INFO | Paul Short Run complete results
 
Bethlehem, Pa.---- The No. 1 Wingate University men's cross country team finished fifth in the 40-team Paul Short Run College Gold Division Friday. The Bulldogs posted 181 points to claim honors as the top non-NCAA Division I school in the Gold field. Lehigh University hosted the 51st annual Paul Short Run presented by ASICS on the Goodman Campus Cross Country Course. The PSR is the largest NCAA XC meet in the nation.
 
Georgetown won the event with 102 points. The rest of the top five included Utah State, Texas A&M, Harvard and Wingate. The defending South Atlantic Conference and Southeast Region champion Bulldogs won the historic 50th Paul Short Run in 2024. The event holds special meaning for Wingate director of cross country and track and field Matt van Lierop, as Lehigh University is his alma mater.
 
Wingate defeated NCAA Division I Penn State, Navy, Villanova, Syracuse and Pittsburgh in the Paul Short Run Gold Division. The Bulldogs also vanquished NCAA Division III powerhouse Johns Hopkins. Earlier in the day, the Wingate men won the Paul Short Run College Open Division. Twenty-seven Bulldogs competed in this year's Paul Short Run.
 
Inside the 8K results
 
- Wingate had two student-athletes in the Gold Division 8K top 25 Friday
- Junior Joaquin Campos finished 16th with his personal-best time of 23:31.4
- Senior Antonin Saint-Peyre took 25th place with his time of 23:49.0
- Senior Luca Poppe was the third WU runner to finish with his time of 23:51.9
- Sophomores Arthur Faroux and Alex Durant rounded out Wingate's top five
- Faroux's time was 24:04.5, while Durant posted a mark of 24:10.2
- Harvard junior Sam Burgess won the Gold 8K race with his time of 23:18.6
- The Bulldogs had four runners in the Open 8K top 25 to win the team title
- Junior Niels Peeters finished third with his time of 24:06.0
- Classmate Samuel Gilson was 11th, thanks to his time of 24:20.1
- Senior Daniel Schmidt finished 13th with his time of 24:21.4
- Sophomore Thomas Bentley placed 23rd, thanks to his time of 24:39.6

Quotables
Wingate head cross country coach Pol Domenech
 
"We are super proud of how our men competed today. We came in wanting to get more experience against a large field to mimic the nationals experience…and this is exactly what we got. We are so proud of the performances today and how they were able to run together for a large portion of the race. This is a good fitness benchmark in the middle of our season. We are excited to build from here."
 
Up Next
 
Both Wingate teams will compete in the Queens University of Charlotte Royals XC Challenge Friday, October 10 at McAlpine Creek Park. The South Atlantic Conference meet is Saturday, October 25, hosted by the Tusculum University Pioneers. The NCAA Division II Southeast Regional championships are Saturday, November 8 in Wingate.
 
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