MSU Women Claim Top 15 Finish At Paul Short Run

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Shannon Fair finished 8th Friday at the Paul Short run In Pennslyvania.

MSU Women Claim Top 15 Finish At Paul Short Run

September 29, 2017 | Cross Country

Offcial Men Stats Official Women Stats

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Following a dominating showing at the Falcon Classic, the Mississippi State women's cross country team finished an impressive 12^th at the prestigious Paul Short Run.

Junior Shannon Fair led the way for MSU with a time of 20:06 to nab an eighth-place finish. The Augusta, Ga., native now has two Top 10 finishes in as many meets this season.

"Shannon had a great race. It was really good to see her run with that kind of confidence," MSU Houston Franks said.

The underclassman duo of Stephanie Peterson and Lisa Oed joined Fair in the top 60. Peterson ran a 20:51 and finished 51^st. Oed placed 57^th with a time of 20:54.

Sophomore Kristy Terp finished 130^th with a time of 21:31, followed by Emma Tucker (21:39) in 145^th, Katherine Badham (22:17) in 208^th and Audrey Honiotes (22:21) in 215^th.

The MSU men placed 37^th with Stephen Jones leading the charge with a 58^th place finish and a time of 24:29.

Joining Jones in the top 200, JT Mackay ran a 25:17 to finish in 171 place.

Senior Aaron Phelps finished 207^th after running a time of 25:30, followed by Eryk Yunk (25:52) in 242, Luke Zacharias (25:56) in 249^th, Caden Foos (26:00) in 253^rd and Ben Craw (26:14) in 264^th place.

"We had a lot of young guys and girls run some big personal bests and that is exciting, but we have a long way still to go to be where we want to be at the end of the year, and we will be back to grind this coming week," Franks said.

The Maroon and White return to SEC country on Oct. 13^th for the Crimson Classic in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

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Paul Short College Meet Women Gold 6K Results

1. Utah State,72

2. Villanova,115

3. Georgia,121

4. Queen's University,226

5. Princeton,232

6. Cornell,246

7. Duke,285

8. Arizona,313

9. Penn,320

10. Adams State,331

11. Georgia Tech,374

12. Mississippi State,391

13. Johns Hopkins,409

14. Wake Forest,411

15. Richmond,448

16. Connecticut,458

17. Lehigh,563

18. Iona,569

19. Buffalo,589

20. Maryland,612

21. Army,657

22. Stony Brook,681

23. Tennessee,693

24. Marist,703

25. Albany,709

26. Navy,722

27. Elon,746

28. American,765

29. East Carolina,768

30. Holy Cross,771

31. Fordham,800

32. Williams,802

33. Manhattan,816

34. Quinnipiac,817

35. Middlebury,877

36. La Salle,916

37. Rutgers,918

38. Mount Olive,926

39. Delaware,1039

40. Ithaca,1072

41. St. Lawrence,1085

42. Towson,1140

MSU Results

8. Shannon Fair, 20:06; 51. Stephanie Peterson, 20:51; 57. Lisa Oed, 20:54; 130. Kristy Terp 21:31; 145. Emma Tucker, 21:39; 208. Katherine Badham, 22:17; Audrey Honiotes,  22:21.

Paul Short College Meet Men Gold 6K Results

1. Utah State,119

2. Georgetown,167

3. Adams State,179

4. Penn,187

5. Navy,193

6. Liberty, 279

7. Army,284

8. Connecticut, 302

9. Wake Fores,318

10. Georgia Tech,348

11. Stony Brook,364

T12. Cornell,368

T12. Georgia,368

14. Villanova, 403

15. Arizona, 458

16. Tennessee,464

17. Haverford, 474

18. Mount Olive,497

19. American, 529

20. Lehigh, 541

21. Albany,553

22. Boston U.,599

23. Rutgers ,633

24. Manhattan,635

25. Amherst ,664

26. La Salle,678

27. Christopher Newport ,691

28. Fordham ,758

29. East Carolina,781

30. Canisius,783

31. UMBC, 810

32. Williams,844

33. Monmouth ,887

34. American Int'l,899

35. Johns Hopkins,906

36. Middlebury, 915

37. Mississippi State,927

38. Saint Francis(Pa),967

39. Binghamton,1143

40. TCNJ,1166

MSU Results

58. Stephen Jones, 24:29; 171. JT Mackay, 25:17; 207. Aaron Phillips 25:17; 242. Eryk Yunk 25:52; 249. Luke Zacharias, 25:56; 253. Caden Foos, 26:00; 264. Ben Craw 26:14