The Binghamton men’s and women’s cross country squads each had a solid outing last Saturday at the Lehigh Paul Short Run, finishing in 18th and 10th place, respectively. With both the men’s and women’s teams competing in races featuring 40 or more different schools, this meet marks the first that the teams finished in the top half of the competition this season.

Junior Alexis Hatcher led BU in the 6,000 meter brown race, finishing 13th out of 360 runners with a time of 22:01. Sophomores Alana MacDonald and Eileen O’Hara would be the next Bearcats to finish in the top 100, at 89th and 91st, respectively. Freshman Allison Davis rounded out the top-finishers taking 94th with a time of 23:09.

The men’s team also found success. Leading the pack in the men’s 8,000 meter gold race was junior Ethan Hausamann, finishing 41st while clocking a time of 24:40 — his third best time as a Bearcat. Also finishing in the top-100 in the 358-man gold race were junior Matt Johnson in 71st and senior Jesse Garn in 87th.

The cross country teams are next set to travel to New Jersey on Oct. 18th for the Princeton Invitational.