College Brown event

Bethlehem, PA … The College of New Jersey women's cross country team competed in the 38^th annual Paul Short Run hosted by Lehigh University.
 
The women's team placed 15^th overall out of 44 teams in the College Brown race in the event. Junior Cathy Goncalves (Clark, NJ/Athur L. Johnson) followed up her conference Runner of the Week honors with a 54^th-place finish out of 385 runners. She posted a time of 23:19 in the 6k event.
 
The top five finishers counted towards the team's total score (435) and sophomore Megan Flynn (Robbinsville, NJ/Robbinsville) was the next TCNJ runner to finish, placing 69^th with a time of 23:33. Senior Alyssa Bannon (Spotswood, NJ/Bishop Ahr) snuck in the top 100 crossing the finishing line 99^th with a time of 23:57.
 
Sophomore Anginelle Alabanza (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick) and junior Rachel Morris (Marlboro, NJ/Marlboro) rounded out the Lions participants who scored. Alabanza was 103^rd overall finishing in 23:58 and Morris crossed the line 24:02, placing 110^th.
 
Freshman Regina Neumeyer of Iona College posted the winning time of 21:47. Iona won the College Brown event. 

The Paul Short Run presented by Brooks takes center stage on the Goodman Campus Course. More than 5,000 runners from 450 colleges and high schools competed in races throughout the morning and afternoon. 

The next competition for the Lions is the Connecticut College Invitational. The event is scheduled for October 15 in New London, CT.