PITTSBURGH – The Duquesne cross country teams head to the 51st annual Paul Short Run on Friday at Lehigh University's Goodman Campus Cross Country Course in Bethlehem, Pa.

MEET INFORMATION 
2025 Lehigh University Paul Short Run presented by ASICS
Date/Time: Friday, Oct. 3, 2025 | 2 p.m. (Brown Race)
Location: Goodman Campus Cross Country Course – Bethlehem, Pa.
Races: Men's 8K | Women's 6K
Live Results |  Meet Information

THE LINEUP

• Women's Scored Race: Emma Andreen, Cydney Blahovec, Ava Brewster, Lauren Ciuca, Sylvia Kashak, Kendall Lucas, Gianna Mosca, Reagan Ryen, Kate Saum, Sophia Trevenen
• Men's Scored Race: Jack Barnhisel, Jacob Bonnar, Anthony Ciecierski, Sam de la Riva, Sam Freedman, Liam Kirkpatrick, Jack Pritchard, Ben Shields, Mason Stewart, Nathaniel Woshner
• Women's Open Race: Elidh Edgar
• Men's Open Race: Brendan Burns, Isaak Nizami

LAST TIME OUT
Duquesne returns to action for the first time since both teams placed fourth at the Robert Morris Colonial Invitational on Sept. 12. The Dukes combined for 13 personal bests at the meet. Ben Shields (24:36.2 – PR, 4th place) and Nathaniel Woshner (24:39.9 – PR, 6th place) led the men's team, with all five scorers running personal bests (Sam Freedman, Anthony Ciecierski and Mason Stewart also scored). On the women's side, freshman Lauren Ciuca paced the Dukes in her first collegiate 6K, finishing 17th with a time of 21:56.2. Fellow freshman Sylvia Kashak and senior Kate Saum placed inside the top 30, while Sophia Trevenen and Ava Brewster rounded out the scoring.

A-10 HONORS
Shields and Ciuca earned Atlantic 10 honors following their standout performances at RMU. Shields collected his first career A-10 Men's Performer of the Week award after placing fourth with an 8K personal-best 24:36.2 – an improvement of more than 30 seconds. Ciuca was named A-10 Women's Rookie of the Week after finishing 17th overall with a 21:56.2 in her first 6K.

PRESEASON POLLS
In the Atlantic 10 preseason polls, the Dukes were picked sixth on the women's side and tied for ninth on the men's side. Loyola Chicago was selected as the favorite in both. The Duquesne men also opened the season ranked No. 12 in the USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region preseason poll, their first regional ranking since 2020, before dropping out of the poll.

UP NEXT
The Dukes return to Youthtowne Fields in Clinton, Pa., for the second time this season when they compete at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 11. The men's race begins at 10 a.m., followed by the women at 10:45 a.m.

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