Cancellieri Leads Women's Cross Country At Paul Short

The Central Connecticut State women's cross-country team posted a 22^nd place finish in the Brown Race at the Paul Short Invitational on Friday, hosted by Lehigh University. Julianna Cancellieri was the Blue Devils top finisher, running to a 19^th place finish in the race, with a run of 21:31.3.

Team Score: 22nd of 35 Brown Race | FULL PAUL SHORT RACE RESULTS

Location:  Goodman Campus Cross Country Course | Bethlehem, PA

Course Length: 6K

NOTABLE

• Cancellieri was 79^th after the first mile and moved up 49 spots over the second mile to set herself up for a final push into the top-20 of the standings
• Kaylee Gravel was the Blue Devils second finisher, running 22:29.5 to place 77^th
• Lillian Tabellione was the top rookie for CCSU, placing 114^th at 22:50.2, moving up 58 spots in the standings in the second mile, and then passing 23 more runners over the second portion of the race
• Isabelle Mondo ran 23:38.8 to place 194^th in the race, and Isabella Jensen was 208^th at 23:44.9 to round out the CCSU scoring effort

RACE NOTES

• The Brown race was contested by 307 racers representing 35 starting teams
• NEC foes Merrimack, Stonehill, LIU, Le Moyne, FDU and Wagner were amongst the teams that ran in the race with the Blue Devils
• CCSU posted 559 points in the race, behind NEC foes Stonehill (17^th, 499 points) and Wagner (21^st, 551 points
• Cancellieri finished 167th overall in the four flights of the Paul Short Run, that consisted of 1,356 racers

UP NEXT

• The Blue Devils are next in action at the New England Championships, a week from today.