BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Boston University men's cross country team finished ninth in the 8K at the Paul Short Run at Lehigh on Saturday. The Terriers were led by returners to help them to their best-ever finish at the meet.

BU combined for 315 points to finish ten places higher than the 2022 season. Yale, which is ranked No. 7 in the northeast region, won the race with 101 points.
 
Paving the way for BU was grad student Foster Malleck who placed 17th with a time of 24:27.6 for one of his strongest cross country races as a Terrier. Fellow grad student Mike Hagen was next in for the Terriers, placing 55th with a time of 24:46.0. Sophomore Parker Schneider closely followed to take 59th with a time of 24:47.0.
 
Senior Robert Hannon (24:56.8) in 82nd, sophomore Freddy Collins (25:06.8) in 105th, senior Alex Brown (25:11.5) in 119th and sophomore Moritz Ebbeskotte (25:38.4) in 190th rounded out the scoring for BU. Also racing for the Terriers were senior Matthew Mason (25:38.7), grad student Aksel Laudon (26:09.2) and freshman Karsen Vesty (27:42.6).

In the men's open 8K, grad student Kevin Murphy led BU with a time of 25:36.9, good for 46th. Next in were sophomores Tucker Bowerfind (26:12.8) and Glenn Bell (26:24.4) in 93rd and 118th, respectively. Also competing were seniors Will Loggia (26:43.7) and Nate Somers (27:58.0).
 
BU will race next at the IC4A/ECAC Championships in New York on Friday, Oct. 13.