BETHLEHEM, PA. – Hunter Brignall (Seneca Falls/Mynderse Academy) finished in 10th place out of 409 runners in the Brown Division of the Lehigh University Paul Short Run. 
 
Brignall's performance helped Cortland place 31st out of 47 schools in the team scoring. The race featured 30 Division I and five Division II schools. Cortland, ranked fifth in the Niagara Region, finished with 838 points. Central Connecticut State won the team title with 94 points. 
 
Brignall covered the 8,000-meter course in 25 minutes, 13.9 seconds. Jacob Ireland of Columbia won the race in 24:36.8. Brignall was the second-best finisher among Division III entries. 
 
Cameron Szabo (Owego/Owego Free Academy) placed 109th in 26:17.8. Adam Beach (Red Hook) was 256th (27:42.6), Brandon Mulholland (Syracuse/Westhill) finished 269th (27:47.2), Matthew Mullen (Medford/William Floyd) placed 272nd (27:48.9) and Adam Schreiber (Williamson) was 273rd (27:49.0).

Coach's Corner - Comments from Head Coach Steve Patrick:

We certainly started off today on a good note, as Robby Davidson and Josh Koeppe started us off with strong performances in the open race. Both men did a really good job of following our race plan, and were able to put themselves in position for a good performance in a huge race.

In the Brown division the men's team came up a bit short for where we wanted to be. The higher quality of the race may have been a bit intimidating, and we didn't quite race to what our standard should be. But that's the point of coming to this race and seeing such strong competition. I'm quite confident that we can learn from this and progress forward.

The women closed the day on a high note, as they moved into a podium spot by taking third! While we definitely made some mistakes, this experience provides us with some really good improvement on the season and shows us what we are capable of. Devin Reilly and Melissa Innocent were our stars on the day with exceptional races to put us into a great team finish.

We will be splitting the team this week, as some folks have the opportunity to race at Hamilton next Saturday, while those who aren't racing get to focus on getting a bit more training in.