Bethlehem, Pa. – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's cross-country team competed against a bevy of Division I teams on Friday at the Paul Short Run, hosted by Lehigh.

The Ducks had 10 individuals competing in the Open Race amidst a field of more than 550 from schools including Yale, Penn, Cornell, Brown, Villanova, Penn State, Rutgers, Temple, and Seton Hall as well as nearly 20 more D-I institutions.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Matthew Reed was Stevens' top finisher in 28:32.6, more than 1:30 faster than his time at the MAC Preview Meet two weeks ago. Benjamin Adamo was the next Duck over the line, running 29:09, shaving more than 35 seconds off his time from two weeks ago. Nelson VanMaaren (29:30.6) and Max Thorn (29:50.5) were the two remaining Ducks who ran under 30:00; VanMaaren knocked more than a minute off his MAC Preview Meet time, Thorn shaved off more than 15 seconds.

William Parker ran 30:32.2, 24 seconds faster his MAC Preview time, and Connor Wrinn ran 30:36.2, trimming seven seconds from his MAC Preview run.

Daniel Affoumani (31:04), Wesley Schlimer (31:47), Christian Garofano (31:47.1), and Ryan Garofano (33:03.9) were the final four Ducks in the race. Affoumani bettered his MAC Preview time by 38 seconds, Garofano bettered his by more than four minutes, and Schlimer set a monster PR by nearly two minutes.

The Championship race, scheduled to feature nine additional Ducks, was canceled.

UP NEXT
In two weeks, the Ducks head to South Jersey for the Rowan Border Battle on October 17,

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