Lodge finishes 10th to lead Bulldogs at Paul Short Run
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Bryant senior Melissa Lodge (Hopkinton, Mass.) finished 10th overall in a field of almost 200 runners on Friday as the Bryant cross country team competed in the Paul Short Run in Bethlehem, Pa.
The Bulldog women tied for 13th among the 24 schools competing, while the men's team ran to a 14th place finish among 20 schools at the Paul Short.
The men were a led by senior Ryan Poholek (North Attleboro, Mass.), who finished 52nd overall with a time of 26:19 in the 8K course. Freshman Noah Tellier (North Kingstown, R.I.) ran a career-best time, finishing 59th with a time of 26:29, just 10 seconds behind Poholek.
COACH CARROLL'S THOUGHTS
"Overall, I'm happy with our performance today," said Bryant head cross country coach Noah Carroll. "There were a couple things I want us to improve on, but with a young team on both the men's and women's side, we accomplished a lot. Most of the women went through the 5K split at their season's best or personal records today and then ran another tough kilometer.
"The men went out and ran tough in a race that didn't go quite as fast as it normally does. Had everyone gotten dragged out, like the Paul Short normally does, they'd have all run 20 seconds faster today.
"It's back to work tomorrow to fix and improve on things. We're a month out from NEC's and the hay is not in the barn just yet."
TEAM RESULTS (WOMEN)
Columbia – 79
Saint Francis U – 105
George Washington – 121
Liberty – 149
Boston U. – 150
Binghamton – 180
Siena – 200
Lafayette – 227
Canisius – 256
Monmouth – 269
Loyola (Md) – 300
VCU – 333
Bryant – 384
St. John's – 384
Colgate – 412
UMBC – 422
Hofstra – 435
Fairfield – 490
Rider – 510
Mount St. Mary's – 569
Hartford – 589
Saint Joseph's – 605
Niagara – 662
St. Francis Brooklyn - 766
TEAM RESULTS (MEN)
Buffalo – 59
George Washington – 77
Siena – 79
Marist – 93
Saint Joseph's – 144
Mount St. Mary's – 191
Columbia – 211
Holy Cross – 263
Rider – 280
Lafayette – 312
VCU – 316
Elon – 325
Colgate – 367
Bryant – 381
Hofstra – 388
Hartford – 394
Loyola (Md) – 437
Fairfield – 449
Niagara – 549
Saint Francis Brooklyn – 563
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (WOMEN)
Melissa Lodge – 21:45
Jacklyn Sullivan – 22:46
Olivia Weiss – 23:14
Breann Campise – 24:16
Caroline Meizen – 24:47
Sarah Lapham – 25:27
Ellie Goyette – 26:10
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (MEN)
Ryan Poholek – 26:19
Noah Tellier – 26:29
Matt McGovern – 26:55
Jordan Dagrin – 27:17
Chris Wrenn – 27:39
Robert McCabe – 27:53
Harrison McKinlay – 27:54
Alexander Evans – 28:50
Brian Salit – 29:54
Joseph Suita – 32:25
MEET NOTES
- Each of the men who ran in the Paul Short Run improved on their time over last week's Ted Owen Invitational. Of those, all but one finished with their best time of the season.
- Poholek time of 26:19 is the best time by a Bulldog in 2017, topping Tellier's time of 26:58.8 set at the Nassaney Invitational.
- This run was further than the normal run for the women. The Paul Short Run course is a 6K, while typically the women run a 5K race. Despite the distance, Lodge's average-mile was still 4.5 seconds faster than her time at the Nassaney Invitational.
- Sophomore Jacklyn Sullivan (Plymouth, Mass.) ran to a 55th-place finish, which was in the top 30-percent of runners.
UP NEXT
The Bulldogs will next compete on Oct. 13 in the Rothenberg Run, which will be run at Goddard State Park in Warwick.