Oct. 1, 2005

Complete Results

Bethlehem, Pa. - Duquesne's women's cross country team finished 21st of 47 teams in the 32nd running of the Paul Short Invitational on Saturday at Lehigh University's Goodman Course. Sophomore Samantha Howard again paced the Red and Blue with a time of 21:35.8, good for 42nd place in the 310-athlete competition. The Dukes' average time was 22:30.5.

Senior Brianne Scott came in 97th with a mark of 22:16.2 followed by classmates Tara Gerlach (#135 - 22.35.1) and Rebecca Stearns (#144 - 22:44.2).

Columbia University took first place with an average time of 21:12.7 and Georgetown's Elizabeth Maloy's 20:28.0 won the individual honors.

Other Atlantic 10 programs at this meet were La Salle (7th place), Richmond (#13), Charlotte (#14), Rhode Island (#18), Saint Joseph's (#33), Massachusetts (#38) and George Washington (#39).

The Dukes next competition is back in Pittsburgh on Saturday, October 8, 2005, at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational.

Duquesne Results

  140    42  Samantha Howard, So*,      21:35.8    5:47
  142    97  Brianne Scott, Sr*,        22:16.2    5:58
  137   135  Tara Gerlach, Sr*,         22:35.2    6:03
  143   144  Rebecca Stearns, Sr*,      22:44.2    6:06
  138   210  Elizabeth Graham, Sr*,     23:20.8    6:16
  136   230  Jenna Daggett, So*,        23:35.3    6:19

Team Results

  1   Columbia                121
  2   Georgetown              138
  3   Tennessee               186
  4   Univ Of Maryland        226
  5   Cornell                 230
  6   Villanova               258
  7   La Salle                261
  8   Univ Of Pennsylvania    278
  9   Stony Brook             317
 10   Bucknell                340
 11   Univ. Of California     345
 12   Davidson                398
 13   Richmond                463
 14   Charlotte               480
 15   Us Military Academy     482
 16   Us Naval Academy        515
 17   Lehigh                  537
 18   Univ Of Rhode Island    549
 19   Rutgers                 567
 20   Univ At Buffalo         592
 21  Duquesne             628
 22   Ithaca                  636
 23   Penn State              641
 24   Univ Of Pittsburgh      663
 25   Saint Francis Pa        668
 26   Appalachian State       682
 27   T C N J.                697
 28   Auburn                  712
 29   Binghamton              723
 30   Lafayette               785
 31   Colgate                 827
 32   Wayne State             829
 33   Saint Josephs           832
34*   Univ Of Tampa           858
34*   Univ. Of Delaware       858
 36   Kutztown                868
 37   N C At Wilmington       926
 38   Univ Of Massachusetts   955
 39   George Washington       976
 40   Winthrop                997
 41   Loyola                 1016
 42   Queens U (Canada)      1032
 43   Monmouth               1115
 44   U N C Greensboro       1174
 45   Univ Of Detroit Mercy  1195
 46   U M B C                1251
 47   Va Military Institute  1381