Both the Siena Men's and Women's Cross-Country teams placed sixth in fields of 38 and 35 teams on Saturday at the Paul Short Run on the Goodman Campus Cross Country Course in Bethlehem, PA hosted by Lehigh University.  Over 7,000 student-athletes from the collegiate and high school ranks took part in the two-day event in the 50^th yearly running. 

In the men's college brown 8K race, top Saints' finishers in order included Collin Brown in 25:12.6 (16^th), Luke Tkaczyk in 25:33.0 (33^rd), Collin Clinton in 25:42.1 (41^st), Christopher DeForest in 26:00.3 (65^th), Connor Thomas in 26:16.4 (94^th), Noah Greski in 26:27.0 (111^th), Brody Santagata in 26:56.8 (152^nd), and Nate Sletten in 27:01.5 (157^th).

Siena (245) only placed behind Davis & Elkins (79), Catawba (128), Colgate (134), Shippensburg (137) and New Hampshire (231) in the standings.  The Saints finished ahead of conference opponents who took part in the meet including Marist (282), Canisius (376), Merrimack (391), Niagara (621), Mount St. Mary's (633), Manhattan (698), and Quinnipiac (874). 

Colin Brunelle finished 62^nd with a time of 25:29.2 followed by Tyler Greene 25:58.5 (105^th), Evan Wattie 26:00.5 (110^th), Marcus Homa 26.22.2 (154^th), Tyler Tkaczyk 27:24.3 (276^th) and PJ Dauer 27:27.9 (285^th) in the open men's 8K.

On the women's side, the Saints finished in sixth overall (252) among 35 teams.  Only New Hampshire (103), Catawba (156), Liberty (214), Saint Francis (217) and Vermont (234) finished ahead of the Saints in the standings. 

In the Women's College Brown 6K, Julia Caputo clocked in at 21:44.1 to place seventh overall.  Claire Gardner placed 13^th with a time of 21:58.3 followed by Katie Hesler in 22:25.8 (35^th), Faith Skowvron in 23:00.3 for 82^nd, Chloe Poulos in 23:20.5 (115^th), Julianna Tourangeau in 23:39.3 (150^th), Christina Peppy in 23:53.7 (177^th) and Mattingly O'Rourke in 24.40.5 (222^nd).  There were 286 runners who completed the race in the field.   
In the Open Women's 6K, Marris Potter was the top Saints' finisher in 24:35.8 (228^th) followed by Katie Hayes in 24.58.7 (254^th), Belle Painter in 25:12.9 (275^th) and Olivia Schaffer in 25:13.8 (278^th).  There were 488 runners who completed the race. 

Siena will return to competition on Friday, Oct. 18 at the ECAC/IC4A Cross Country Championships at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, NY.