Women’s Cross Nation Claims Eighth at Paul Short Run

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The University of Pennsylvania males’s and girls’s cross nation groups competed on the Paul Short Run on Friday, hosted by Lehigh. 

The girls’s group completed eighth of 40 groups with 282 factors, up six spots from 2024. 

Senior Lily Murphy led the ladies’s 6k gold race for the primary two-miles earlier than dropping again to tenth with a personal-best time of 20:01.0. 

Lara Cota performed the lengthy recreation shifting up 47 spots within the remaining mile ending fifty fifth with a time of 20:51.7. Gabby Jones positioned 56th clocking in at 20:51.9. Anna Weirich adopted intently behind in 62nd at 20:56.5. Freshman Izzy Rodriguez rounded out the group rating putting 99th at 21:17.1.

Kofi Fordjour crossed the end line first for the Quakers clocking in an 8k time of 21:19.7, scored eightieth. George Keen scored 129th with a time of 24:27.0, adopted by Shane Murphy at 24:47.7, Shamus Larnard at 24:29.1, and Liam Going at 24:53.6. 

Up Next

The Quakers return to Princeton on Oct. 17 to compete on the Princeton Fall Classic. 

Paul Short Run

Bethlehem, Pa.

Oct. 3, 2025

Top 5  Results 

Women’s 6k Gold – (eighth of 40)

352 athletes within the gold race 

10. Lily Murphy – 20:01.0

55. Lara Cota – 20:51.7

56. Gabby Jones – 20:51.9

62. Anna Weirich – 20:56.5 

99. Izzy Rodriguez – 21:17.1 

Men’s 8k – Gold (twenty fourth of 40) 

354 athletes within the gold race 

83 (80). Kofi Fordjour – 21:19.7

139 (129). George Keen – 24:27.0

142 (132). Shane Murphy – 24:47.7

149 (138). Shamus Larnard – 24:29.1

159 (148). Liam Going – 24:53.6