University of Massachusets Athletics

Saturday, October 5
Bethlehem, Pa.
11 a.m.

University of Massachusetts

at

Paul Short Run (Lehigh)

John Lucey

Men’s Cross Country Secures Top-10 Finish At Paul Short Run

October 05, 2024 | Men's Cross Country

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – University of Massachusetts men's cross country posted a score of 324 to score a top-10 team finish in a field of 44 schools in the Men's College Gold 8K at the Paul Short Run on Saturday morning on the campus of Lehigh University.

THE UMASS TOP-FIVE
- Graduate student John Lucey led the pack for the Minutemen in 25th overall in a field of 374 competitors with a time of 24:00.5 to help UMass finish ninth as a squad.
- Graduate student Bobby Carew followed in 48th, clocking in at 24:21.0.
- Sophomore Collin Catherwood was close behind in 57th (24:25.5).
- Senior Will Kenney also earned a spot in the top 100, placing 80th (24:37.8).
- Sophomore Erik Unger completed the scoring in 124th (24:54.8).

ALSO IN ACTION
- Graduate student Michael Norberg earned a top-15 finish in the Men's Open 8K (24:42.8), taking 12th among the 588 finishers. Senior Loeden Rodrigues was 155th (26.23.0).

UP NEXT
- The Minutemen will travel to the Hopkinton Fairgrounds in Hopkinton, New Hampshire for the New England Championships on Saturday, October 12.