ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy cross country teams head to Bethlehem, Pa. as the Midshipmen take part in the annual Paul Short Run hosted on Lehigh University's Goodman Campus Cross Country Course on Friday, Oct. 2. The College Men's Gold 8K race begins at 11:00 a.m. followed by the College Women's Gold 6K race at 11:45 a.m. Prior to the Gold races, there is a men's open race at 9:30 a.m. with a women's open at 10:15 a.m.
 
Live results are available via LeoneTiming.com.
 
Admission
Admission to the Paul Short Run is free. All spectator parking will be in the Stabler lots at $10 per vehicle. Cash is preferred and is the fastest method, but credit cards are also accepted. Spectators are advised to arrive early to see the entire race.
 
Meet Participants – College Men's Gold Race
Army, Bowling Green, Brown, Bucknell, Charleston (W.Va.), Charleston Southern, Charlotte, Colgate, Dartmouth, Delaware State, Fayetteville State, Fordham, Howard, Lehigh, Liberty, Maine, Mercer, Navy, Norfolk State, Ohio State, Penn, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Rhode Island, Rutgers, Saint Joseph's, Shippensburg, Siena, Stonehill, Stony Brook, Temple, UMBC, UMass Amherst, UMass Lowell, Virginia, West Chester, Wingate, Yale
 
Meet Participants – College Women's Gold Race
Army, Bowling Green, Brown, Bucknell, Charleston Southern, Charlotte, Colgate, Cornell, Dartmouth, Delaware, East Stroudsburg, Fairfield, Fordham, Howard, LSU, La Salle, Lehigh, Liberty, Longwood, Maine, Maryland, Mercer, Monmouth, Navy, Norfolk State, Ohio State, Penn, #28 Penn State, Pittsburgh, Quinnipiac, Rhode Island, Rider, Rutgers, Temple, UMBC, UMass Amherst, UMass Lowell, Wingate, Yale
 
Paul Short Run
The Paul Short Run presented by ASICS returns to Lehigh University's Goodman Campus this weekend for its 52nd running.
 
The meet will again be split over two days, with high school races Thursday, Oct. 1, and college races Friday, Oct. 2. More than 7,000 athletes from more than 600 high schools and colleges will compete in six high school races and eight college races.
 
The meet honors the late Paul Short, who served as Lehigh's business manager and assistant director of athletics for 29 years. Short became an avid fan of Lehigh cross country and track and field during his tenure. A 1934 Lehigh graduate, he excelled as a football, wrestling, baseball and lacrosse student-athlete and was inducted into the Roger S. Penske/Lehigh Athletics Hall of Fame in 2000.
 
Former Lehigh cross country and track and field coach John Covert organized the first meet in 1969 with seven teams. Women joined in 1981, running a 5K that changed to a 6K in 2000.
 
Last Time Out (MEN)
The Navy men recorded a top 20 finish at the 2026 John McNichols Invitational hosted by Indiana State University at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Ind. Junior Dane Eike posted a time of 24:14.3 in the 8K race to finish 25th among the 263 competitors to lead Navy to a 19th-place finish as a team.
 
As a team, the Mids finished 19th among the 34 teams that featured a field of 14 top-30 teams in the Division I rankings, along with three nationally-ranked men's teams in Division III. #9 BYU won the team title with a low score of 71, while #21 Florida was second with a team tally of 119. Washington (190 points), #27 Stanford (205), and #11 Washington State (212) rounded out the top five in the team event.
 
Individually, Eike led the Midshipmen, earning a 25th-place finish with a time of 24:14.3 in the team's latest meet. Junior James Partlow was the second Mid to cross the finish line, finishing in the top 100 with a time of 24:59.0. Junior Trevor Hayes followed closely with a time of 25:02.4. Senior Zack Poekert (25:11.0) and sophomore Luke Bowlsby (25:34.1) rounded out the top five scoring positions for Navy. Finishing closely behind the scoring pack were junior Billy Driscoll and sophomore Shane Conroy, who clocked times of 25:42.2 and 25:47.2, respectively. Juniors Patrick Gandini (26:01.2) and Jonathan Skemp (26:10.1) completed the Navy lineup in the 8K Championship event.
 
In the open 8K event, senior team captain Logan Flament led a trio of Mids that competed with a time of 25:56.3. Freshman Dom Pappagallo clocked a time of 26:20.6, while sophomore Will Ditre crossed the finish line with a time of 26:57.1.
 
Last Time Out (WOMEN)
Navy participated in the 2026 John McNichols Invitational hosted by Indiana State University at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute, Ind. Sophomore Juliet Frum paced the Midshipmen, finishing the 6K race in 95th overall among the 233 competitors with a time of 21:49.5.
 
As a team, the Mids finished 21st among the 28 teams that featured a field of 10 top-30 teams in the Division I rankings, along with one nationally-ranked women's team in Division III. #8 Northern Arizona won the team title with a low score of 61, while #20 Utah was second with a team tally of 107. #21 Washington State (121 points), #25 Toledo (124), and #14 Florida (156) rounded out the top five in the team event.
 
For the second consecutive race, Frum led the Midshipmen. The sophomore posted her top 6K time of the young season with a time of 21:49.5. Freshman Brianne Duynstee was the second Midshipman to cross the finish line, posting a time of 22:12.5. Fellow freshman Emily Downing followed closely with a time of 22:15.1. Junior Paige Sheiffele (22:17.7) and senior team captain Susie Heinz (22:29.9) rounded out the top five scoring positions for Navy. Finishing just behind the scoring pack, freshman Sam Vanderhave (22:32.8) and junior Madeline Palmisciano (22:33.0) placed consecutively for Navy's displacers. Senior Caroline Carter finished with a time of 22:37.6, and sophomore Catalina Simon completed the Navy lineup in the event with a time of 23:01.9.
 
In the open 6K event, freshman Lucy Myers led a trio of Mids that competed with a time of 22:27.8. Senior Susannah Henderson clocked a time of 23:07.1, while freshman Regan Schultz crossed the finish line with a time of 24;07.3.
 
Up Next
The Midshipmen return to action on Saturday, Oct. 17 as the Mids host the Black Knights in the annual Star Meet, which is part of the overall Army-Navy Star Series presented by USAA. The women are set for 11:00 a.m., while the men are slated for 12:00 p.m. Live results will be available.