BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Victoria Patterson's top-20 finish in the 6K led Columbia cross country as the Lion women finished 25th and the men finished 31st at the Paul Short Run, hosted by Lehigh and run at the Goodman Campus Cross Country Cross.
 
Patterson clocked a time of 20:00.4 to finish 19th, leading both the men and women with Columbia's lone top-20 finish on the day. Michael Danzi finished the 8K with a time of 23:42.7 to cross the line in 57th as the men's top finisher.
 
Elia Ton-That crossed the line in 81st with a time of 20:41.2 to represent the next finisher for the Lion women. And for the men, Owen Lockyer's 164th-place finishing time of 24:29.4 put him as the next best finisher for the Lions.
 
UP NEXT: The Lions return to New York City when they run in the Mets Cross Country Championships held at Van Cortlandt Park on Friday, Oct. 7.
 
COLUMBIA RESULTS
Paul Short Run (Sept. 30)
Bethlehem, Pa. (Goodman Campus Cross Country Course)
 
WOMEN (6K)
(1. Everlyn Kemboi, Utah Valley, 19:33.0); 19. Victoria Patterson, 20:00.4; 81. Elia Ton-That, 20:41.2; 132. Jordan Mathis, 21:08.4; 210. Mary Caroline Heinen, 21:34.0; 300. Daniela Quintero, 22:41.1; 372. Caroline Schleif, 22:43.5
 
MEN (8K)
(1. Parker Wolfe, North Carolina, 23:02.4); 57. Michael Danzi, 23:42.7; 164. Owen Lockyer, 24:29.4; 222. Edward Blaha, 24:49.8; 229. Gavin White, 24:51.7; 326. Owen Nelson, 25:26.7; 331. George Blaha, 25:28.2; 396. Jack Casey, 26:27.1 
 
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