WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University women's cross country team finished in fifth place in the 6K at the Paul Short Run on Saturday morning. The team tallied a total score of 196 points to edge USTFCCCA Coaches' Poll nationally-ranked (No. 27) and regionally-ranked (No. 2) Princeton (199). The Hoyas entered the invitational with 10 national votes in the USTFCCCA Coaches' Poll and the team is ranked No. 4 in the Mid-Atlantic region. Graduate student Madeline Perez led the Blue & Gray with a personal best in the 6K that erased 38 seconds off of her previous personal record that took place at the 2017 NCAA regional championships. 
 
Georgetown Women's Gold Race Results (5 of 38, 194 points)

• No. 11 Madeline Perez (20:07.3)
• No. 35 Sami Corman (20:40.4)
• No. 42 Baylee Jones (20:50.1)
• No. 60 Meg Mathison (20:58.2)
• No. 66 Rachel Sessa (21:02.0)
• No. 89 Katherine Modrall (21:11.8)
• No. 96 Margie Cullen (21:14.5)
• No. 103 Maggie Donahue (21:18.2)
• No. 106 Alyssa Aldridge (21:19.6)

Georgetown Women's Open Race Results

• No. 4 Maegan Doody (21:00.6)
• No. 6 Katie Dammer (21:05.2)
• No. 9 Cathilyn McIntosh (21:17.8)
• No. 17 Kate Tavella (21:38.5)
• No. 23 Pippa Nuttall (21:55.0)
• No. 25 Olivia Arizin (21:59.4)
• No. 63 Malia Anderson (22:42.9)

Georgetown Men's Open Race Results

• No. 3 Matthew Payamps (unattached) (24:30.5)
• No. 34 Camden Gilmore (unattached) (25:02.5)
• No. 50 Parker Stokes (unattached) (25:15.3)
• No. 82 Jantz Tostenson (unattached) (25:35.7)
• Ruach Padhal DNF
• Kenny Rowe DNF
• Ethan Delgado DNF

Coach Culley on the Women's Races
"The women had a strong showing today finishing fifth overall at the Paul Short Invitational. We had some fantastic performances from Perez, Corman, Jones, Mathison, and Sessa, with Perez running a 38-second personal best on this course and finishing 11th overall in a stacked field. Collectively, we got a slow start off the line and were buried by the first mile mark. Several of the women struggled to find their way out of the massive field and those that did placed well for us. We know what we need to adjust as a squad and we'll make the necessary changes moving forward. We also had fine performances from Doody, Dammer, and McIntosh in the open race running times that were fast enough to contribute to the team in the gold race. It's going to be an exciting few weeks as we challenge ourselves at the Wisconsin Invitational before turning our attention to the postseason."
 
UP NEXT
The Hoyas will travel to Madison, Wisconsin on Oct. 18 to compete in the Wisconsin Invitational.