Marshall University Athletics
Saturday, September 29
Bethlehem, PA
11:00 AM
Marshall University
at
Paul Short Invitational
Ian Domenick
Cross Country Bound for Paul Short Invitational
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va.—Marshall cross country travels to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania for the Paul Short Invitational hosted by Lehigh University on Saturday. The meet is traditionally one of the largest collegiate meets in the country.
The meet is split into four collegiate races: gold, brown, white, and open. The men's team will compete in the gold division set to begin at 11 a.m. ET. The women's team will compete in the brown division at 1 p.m.
The men's team in an 8K will compete against 42 other schools. The women's team will compete in a 6K against 44 other schools.
The Herd is back in action for the third of four regular season meets in 2018. Last time out, at the John McNichols Invitational in Terre Haute, Indiana, the Herd was led by senior Nick Schmidt and freshman Madelyn Garrison. Schmidt finished 23rd with an 8K time of 26:02.2. Garrison led the Marshall women for the second consecutive meet by running in 20:02.7 at Indiana State.
Eight men and seven women will compete for Marshall in Bethlehem. They are:
Men:
Christian Bradford
Ian Domenick
Hunter Deem
Joel Krznaric
Alex Minor
Nick Schmidt
Coy Smith
Ryan Vaught
Women:
Alexandra Evans
Madelyn Garrison
Mary Kerby
Audreana Lewis
Abigail Short
Allison Short
Mary Zulauf
Quotes from assistant coach Caleb Bowen
On expectations
"Meet three is where people start throwing in their top athletes to compete. Everyone trains up to this point, this is when competition begins for conferences, regionals, and nationals. We've put an emphasis on this meet all year up to this point because we've known it would be really competitive and we know there will be many teams from our region at this meet, so if we beat several of our regional teams we know we be ranked top-15 in the region."
On the men's side
"One thing we've been working on is running together more in a pack. I look for us to run close together but at a high level. I want our three though five guys to be as close to Nick Schmidt and Alex Minor as possible. We're racing against great competition like Georgia, Richmond, Virginia Tech, Utah State, and a lot of teams a lot like us. Racing against new teams and racing better teams only makes you better, and that's something we try to do at every meet we go to."
On the women's side
"I want to see us run to our potential. We train them to run a 6K, and usually we run a 5K, and I believe the training will really help them in the final 2K of the race. We focus on pack running, and I think they'll do a great job of that. There's some really good teams we'll race against like Delaware, Temple, Towson, UMBC; all teams in our region. It's going to be really competitive."
#HerdFamily
Follow the team on Twitter and Instagram @HerdTFXC for coverage from the Paul Short Invitational in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
HUNTINGTON, W.Va.—Marshall cross country travels to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania for the Paul Short Invitational hosted by Lehigh University on Saturday. The meet is traditionally one of the largest collegiate meets in the country.
The meet is split into four collegiate races: gold, brown, white, and open. The men's team will compete in the gold division set to begin at 11 a.m. ET. The women's team will compete in the brown division at 1 p.m.
The men's team in an 8K will compete against 42 other schools. The women's team will compete in a 6K against 44 other schools.
The Herd is back in action for the third of four regular season meets in 2018. Last time out, at the John McNichols Invitational in Terre Haute, Indiana, the Herd was led by senior Nick Schmidt and freshman Madelyn Garrison. Schmidt finished 23rd with an 8K time of 26:02.2. Garrison led the Marshall women for the second consecutive meet by running in 20:02.7 at Indiana State.
Eight men and seven women will compete for Marshall in Bethlehem. They are:
Men:
Christian Bradford
Ian Domenick
Hunter Deem
Joel Krznaric
Alex Minor
Nick Schmidt
Coy Smith
Ryan Vaught
Women:
Alexandra Evans
Madelyn Garrison
Mary Kerby
Audreana Lewis
Abigail Short
Allison Short
Mary Zulauf
Quotes from assistant coach Caleb Bowen
On expectations
"Meet three is where people start throwing in their top athletes to compete. Everyone trains up to this point, this is when competition begins for conferences, regionals, and nationals. We've put an emphasis on this meet all year up to this point because we've known it would be really competitive and we know there will be many teams from our region at this meet, so if we beat several of our regional teams we know we be ranked top-15 in the region."
On the men's side
"One thing we've been working on is running together more in a pack. I look for us to run close together but at a high level. I want our three though five guys to be as close to Nick Schmidt and Alex Minor as possible. We're racing against great competition like Georgia, Richmond, Virginia Tech, Utah State, and a lot of teams a lot like us. Racing against new teams and racing better teams only makes you better, and that's something we try to do at every meet we go to."
On the women's side
"I want to see us run to our potential. We train them to run a 6K, and usually we run a 5K, and I believe the training will really help them in the final 2K of the race. We focus on pack running, and I think they'll do a great job of that. There's some really good teams we'll race against like Delaware, Temple, Towson, UMBC; all teams in our region. It's going to be really competitive."
#HerdFamily
Follow the team on Twitter and Instagram @HerdTFXC for coverage from the Paul Short Invitational in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
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