DORGAN CAPTURES PAUL SHORT RUN INVITATIONAL TITLE
10/2/2009 8:19:16 PM
BETHLEHEM (PA) -- Delaware Valley College junior Caitlin Dorgan topped 247 other competitors and captured the individual title at the Paul Short Run Invitational held at Lehigh University. The Aggie women placed 20th out of 32 teams while the men were 25th out of 29 squads.
With numerous teams of all levels, different races took place on Friday and they went by color classifications. The Aggies ran in the white races and the story of the day was Dorgan. It was the second title won by the two-time, all-Middle Atlantic Conference runner this eason as she took top honors at the Delaware Valley Invitational on September 5. She broke the tape at the 6K finish line in 22 minutes, 11 seconds.
Tracey Forsythe (25:06) placed 85th while fellow freshman Alisa Jordan (25:27) was 108th. Margie Mote (26:02) and Talesha Karish (26:45) rounded out the team scoring by finishing 128th and 164th respectively.
On the men's side, senior Chip Brumbaugh placed 68th out of 245 runners with an 8K time of 27 minutes, 34 seconds. Classmate Kevin McCoy (28:01) took 83rd while Thomas Porter (147th - 29:08), Steve Miller (224th - 33:00) and Matt Wiley (231st - 34:21) rounded out the Aggie competitors.