BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Several Purple Eagles had decent individual performances at the 43rd Annual Paul Short Run on Saturday.
For the third straight meet, Tyler Van Leeuwen led the Purple Eagles men’s team. Van Leeuwen ran the 8K event in 26:17 to tie a personal best. He finished 150 out of 401 runners. Niagara’s five other runners all set new personal-best times: Matt Whitworth (27:17), Sergio Cruz (27:20), Ethan Graves (27:27), Ryan DeLola (27:35), and Aidan Russell (28:02). Niagara placed 43rd out of 45 teams.
Caroline Hampton led the women with a personal-best time of 22:49 which is the third fastest time in program history. Hampton placed 118 out of 373 runners. Kayla Murphy was second on the team with a time of 24:01. Aly Orfano (24:17), Sarah Grubbs (24:49) and Megan Helf (24:59) all had personal-best times. NU finished 39th out of 42 teams in the 6K event
The Purple Eagles’ next meet will be the Canisius Alumni Classic on Oct. 15.
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