BETHLEHEM, Pa.- The West Chester University men's cross country team is finishing its preparations for the 52
nd Annual Paul Short Run Presented by Asics at Lehigh University on Friday morning. The Golden Rams will have a contingent competing in the open 8K at 9:30 a.m. and a full squad in the Gold 8K at 11 a.m.
West Chester Men's Cross Country at Paul Short Invitational
Race Details: College Men's Gold 8K – 11 A.M.
Length: 8K
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Five Things to Know
- West Chester has captured the team and individual title in every meet that the Golden Rams have competed in this year, as Kyle Tracey started his collegiate career with back-to-back individual crowns at the WCU Season Opener and Dickinson Long-Short, which also helped WCU to team titles in both of these meets. Last Saturday at the Purple & Gold Open, Joey Sharkey led West Chester with a first-place 4K finish in 12:54.9 to help West Chester capture its third team title in as many meets.
- West Chester returns to the Paul Short Invitational in 2026 after finishing 15th out of 38 teams in the Brown Division race as the third-highest Division II finishing team. Josh Miller (Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville) led West Chester with an eighth-place finish in 24 minutes and 39.9 seconds to lead the Golden Rams at the 51st Annual Paul Short Invitational.
- West Chester will compete in the Gold Division race on Friday at 8 a.m. in a primarily Division I field as the Golden Rams race along side Army, Bowling Green, Brown, Bucknell, Charleston (W.V.), Charleston Southern, Charlotte, Colgate, Dartmouth, Delaware State, Fayetteville State, Fordman, Howard, Lehigh, Liberty, Maine, Mercer, Navy, Norfolk State, Ohio State, Penn, Penn State, Pitt, Rhode Island, Rutgers, St. Joe's, Shippensburg, Siena, Stonehill, Stony Brook, Temple, UMBC, Umass-Amherst, Umass-Lowell, Virginia, Wingate, and Yale.
- Competing for West Chester at 11 a.m. will be Andrew Bradley, Louie Edgcumbe, Nick Forman, Matthew Landis, Sam Leisenring, Josh Miller, Eli Radio, Matthew Remishofski, Joey Sharkey, and Kyle Tracey. Evan Dawson, Jorge Rinker, Tyler Rudy, Aiden Schwartz, Brendan Tester, Ryan Wack, and Isaiah Washington are expected to compete in the open 8K at 9:30 on Friday morning.
- Friday will be the warmest day the Delaware Valley has seen in a few weeks, with temperatures climbing into the mid-80s under mostly sunny skies.
Up Next
West Chester will be back in action next Saturday in Coatesville for the Golden Ram Open, which will be the team's third and final home Invitational of the season.
