Freshman Mike Galonski set a new personal record of 27:04 as he led the STAC men's cross country team in the Lehigh Brooks Paul Short Run on Friday. The women's squad was paced by junior Sarah Callagy and freshman Keeley Bateman in their first 6K race of the season. The Spartans clocked eight personal records in the race featuring almost 200 collegiate programs.
While Galonski set the pace finishing in 27th place, graduate students Vinny Modafferi and Einar Brissing covered the muddy course in 28:05 and 28:43. Freshmen Matt Buell (personal best 28:58) and Mike Kraus (29:33) rounded out the scorers for the Spartans. Sophomore Garvenchy Nicolas added support in his STAC debut finishing in 30:21 and was closely followed by freshmen Kyle Curran (31:11).
On the women's side, Callagy and Bateman worked together throughout the race, both finishing in a time of 23:45 which was good for 29th and 30th places. Juniors Chelsea Klinger (25:10), Lisa Brevogel (28:13) and Lauren Karpoich (28:15) secured the teams finish with strong performances.
The STAC cross country team will return to action on Sunday, October 10th at the NJIT Highlander Invitational at Branch Brook Park in Newark, NJ.