Bethlehem, Pa. (October 2, 2009)--Mount St. Mary's sophomore Dylan Bernard (Frederick, Md./Urbana) finished in 17th place overall in the Brown Race at the Paul Short Run hosted by Lehigh on Friday afternoon. The Mount men's team finished 26th in the field of 38 teams at the event. On the women's side, freshman Megan Kinsella (Allentown, Pa./Allentown Central Catholic) finished 33rd overall. The women's team placed 37th in the field of 39.

Bernard had a time of 25:30 for the 8K course to finish 17th overall in the field of 323 runners. Freshman Chris Swisko (Aberdeen, Md./Calvert Hall) was the Mount's second-best finisher, posting a time of 26:00, good for 43rd in the field. Kyle Ryan (New Market, Md./Linganore), Sean Caskey (Dundalk, Md./Calvert Hall) and John McAuliffe (Reisterstown, Md./Loyola Blakefield) rounded out the Mount's top five runners.

Kinsella finished the 6K course in a time of 22:34 to finish 33rd in the field of 338 runners. Colleen Smith (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle), Brianne Vozzella (Hershey, Pa./Lower Dauphin), Kelsey Greene (Ocean City, N.J./Ocean City) and Brianna Mannuccia (North Hanover, N.J./Northern Burlington Regional) rounded out the Mount's top five.

Mount St. Mary's returns to action in two weeks at the Penn State National Invitational on October 16.