PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania cross country teams split up for two different events on Friday in two different states, as part of the team headed to South Bend, Indiana for the Piane Notre Dame Invitational and another part traveled north to Lehigh for the 47th annual Paul Short Invitational.
 
At Piane, senior captain Noah Carey shined again for the men's side, taking 19th place out of 176 runners on the five-mile course, clocking a time of 23:58.0. Cracking the top 100 with Carey was Michael Keehan and Zubeir Dagane. Keehan came through in 64th with a time of 24:42.2, and Dagane followed closely behind in 75th with a time of 24:47.0.
 
As a team, the men finished 17th out of 23 squads with 394 points.
 
On the women's side, Olivia Morganti paced the team with a time of 17:23.5 on the 5K course for 90th. Senior captain Ariana Gardizy trailed by just nine seconds for 110th with a time of 17:32.6. Also breaking the 18-minute mark was Fabianna Szorenyi, clocking a time of 17:53.5 for 147th.
 
The women's team finished in 25th for the day, collecting 658 points.
 
At the Paul Short Invitational, the men had a strong outing in the 8K race, taking fifth out of 41 teams with 218 points. Leading the way was Justin Iler with a sixth place finish out of 340 runners, crossing the line at 24:55.4. Close behind was Dylan Throop, crossing in 17th with a time of 25:16.3, while Vidhur Polam (25:37.1) and Jonah Gorevic (25:53.0) earned 40th and 60th, respectively.
 
The women didn't have a team score for their race but had great performances by the squad that ran the course. Zoe Shetty led the Quaker pack with a time of 21:59.0 on the 6K course for 27th, while Chloe Hassman earned 38th with a time of 22:11.3. Miranda Schriver and Maggie Maier rounded out the group with times of 22:40.8 and 23.09.2, in that order.
 
The Quakers earn some time off before their next event on October 15. The women head to Penn State National in State College, while the men head to Charlottesville for the Virginia/Panorama Farms Invitational.
 
 
PIANE NOTRE DAME INVITATIONAL
Women (25th / 658 points)
90. Olivia Morganti – 17:23.5
110. Ariana Gardizy – 17:32.6
147. Fabianna Szorenyi – 17:53.5
165. Lizzy Bader – 18:07.7
174. Niamh Hayes – 18:16.8
189. Phoebe White – 18:58.5
192. Laura Baeyens – 19:34.0
 
Men (17th / 394 points)
19. Noah Carey – 23:58.0
64. Michael Keehan – 24:42.2
75. Zubeir Dagane – 24:47.0
109. Ray Sellaro – 25:08.0
128. James Lee – 25:21.9
136. Luke Johnson – 25:30.6
138. Justin Cornetta – 25:31.8
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149. Will Shaughnessy – 25:47.5
 
 
PAUL SHORT INVITATIONAL
Women (NTS)
27. Zoe Shetty – 21:59.0
38. Chloe Hassman – 22:11.3
69. Miranda Schriver – 22:40.8
113. Maggie Maier – 23:09.2
 
Men (5th / 218 points)
6. Justin Iler – 24:55.4
17. Dylan Throop – 25:16.3
40. Vidhur Polam – 25:37.1
60. Jonah Gorevic – 25:53.0
98. Edwin Klanke – 26:19.0
136. Mason Gatewood – 26:36.9
178. Sean Banko – 27:00.4