RESULTS

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The No. 33 ranked Wesleyan women's cross country team performed well at the women's college brown 6k at the 47^th annual Paul Short Run on Friday. The Cardinals finished in 15^th place out of 39 teams in a field that included six other nationally-ranked Div. III program. Wesleyan performed better than two of those six nationally-ranked teams in No. 1 Johns Hopkins (17^th place) and No. 20 RPI (20^th place).

Miranda Graves '23 was the fastest Cardinal for the third straight meet to open the season, crossing the line in a personal-best 6k time of 22:07.4 to claim 34^th place in a field of 342 competitors. Packed up well together once again with Graves was Emma Trapani '21, P'22 who placed 43^rd overall with a 6k PR of 22:12.6. This is the third time in three meets that Graves and Trapani have been the top-two runners on the day for Wesleyan.

Adding depth behind the dynamic top Cardinal duo was Maeve Hoffman '23 who was third-fastest on the day for Wesleyan with a 6k personal-best time of 23:10 to take 117^th place. Maia Dawson '24 performed exceptionally well in her first Paul Short appearance, claiming 124^th place with a time of 23:13.9. Rounding out the scoring on the day for Wesleyan is Sara Greene '23 who placed 136^th, crossing the line in 23:23.7.

CARDINAL FINISHERS:

• Miranda Graves '23 | 22:07.4 | 34^th
• Emma Trapani '21, P'22 | 22:12.6 | 43^rd
• Maeve Hoffman '23 | 23:10 | 117^th
• Maia Dawson '24 | 23:19.9 | 124^th
• Sara Greene '23 | 23:23.7 | 136^th
• Sophie Scobell '22 | 23:27 | 144^th
• Mia Clark '25 | 23:27.5 | 145^th
• Nora Markey '22 | 24:29.1 | 236^th
• Itzel Valdez '23 | 24:56.2 | 264^th

NEXT UP:
Wesleyan enjoys another weekend without competition before picking back up on Saturday, Oct. 16 for the Conn. College Invitational.