Senior Zach Emerson finished 81st overall to pace the Mount St. Mary's men's cross country team to a 28th-place finish at the highly competitive Paul Short Invitational hosted by Lehigh University on Friday. The Mount women finished 34th overall at the event.

Emerson completed the 8K course in a time of 25:35 to pace the Mount men's team. Sophomore Matt Logie was right behind, finishing 85th overall with a time of 25:37. Sophomore Morgan Sowell (26:42), junior Dustin Bauer (26:46) and sophomore Justin Brackett (26:49) rounded out the Mount's top five performers.

The men's team finished 28th in the field of 42 teams, just ahead of Northeast Conference rival Monmouth. Villanova won the event, finishing in front of Pittsburgh and Columbia.

Liz Kessler was the Mount's top runner on the women's side, finishing the 6K course in a time of 24:00. Freshman Maura Tipping was next at 24:54, followed by Caitlin Greene, Caitlin Finnerty and Brianne Vozzella.

The Mount returns to action on October 14th when the team competes in the Tribe Open hosted by the College of William and Mary.