Graduate student Jackson Cayward trimmed off better than 20 seconds off his previous 8k time, crossing the finish line first in 24:12.9, while senior Julianna Tourangeau put forth a strong effort with a top of 22:28.6 in the 6K at the Paul Short Run on Friday in Bethlehem, PA in fields of over 300 competitors at the Goodman Campus Cross Country Course at Lehigh University.

The Siena Men's Cross-Country team's next best performances came from senior Tyler Greene (25:08.9) in 182^nd place, junior Colin Brunelle (25:14.1) in 204th, graduate student Luke Tkaczyk finishing in 252^nd with a time of 25:37.5 and sophomore Evan Wattie closing right behind at 255^th (25:39.4). 

Other Siena men who finished were Collin Clinton (25:51.4), Michael Ryan (25:55.0) Connor Thomas (26:40.8), and Behn Thomas (27:14.1). 

The Saints men's team placed 31^st out of 40 teams in the men's' college gold 8K field.  Georgetown (102), Utah State (123), Texas A&M (137), Harvard (147) and Wingate (181) round out the Top-Five.   

On the women's side, the Siena Women placed 25^th out of 39 teams. After Tourangeau, junior Faith Skowvron (22:50.7) took off nearly eight seconds from her previous time and placed 114^th, senior Mattingly O'Rourke (22:55.4) was 120^th while Kate DeForest ran in 23:21.0 took off about seven seconds from her previous time. 

Rounding out the Saints' finishers were Avery Kozerski (24:04.5), Marissa Navarra (24:12.6), Brooke Gabriel (24:16.6), Chloe Poulos (25:16.8) and Olivia Armenia (25:35.7).

Siena takes back to the course on Friday, October 17 in the ECAC/IC4A Cross Country Championships at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, NY.