BETHLEHEM (PA) – The Delaware Valley University men's cross country team finished in 28^th place out of 34 squads at the 43^rd Annual Paul Short Run hosted by Lehigh University.
 
The Paul Short run is one of the largest cross country meets in the nation with approximately 6,000 athletes from nearly 450 colleges and high schools competing this year. DelVal took part in the College Men White 8K race and registered a four-man team score of 736. SUNY Cortland had 87 points to take home the team crown.
 
Individually for the Aggies, freshman Zach Loomis was the top placewinner once again as took 95^th out of 266 competitors with a time of 28 minutes, 25 seconds. Fellow rookie Colton Titus was 156^th with a time of 29 minutes, 59 seconds while sophomores Jacob Hart (173^rd – 30:28) and Mitchell Stage (200^th – 32:00) rounded out the team scoring. Junior Kris Kline (223^rd – 33:09) and freshman Kevin Naviloff (228^th – 33:29) also ran the course for DelVal.
 
Gettysburg College's Ben Taber was the individual champion with a time of 25 minutes, 39 seconds.
 
The Aggies will compete at the DeSales University Invitational next Saturday, October 8 (10:30 a.m.).