PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania cross country teams get a first look at the 2023 Ivy Heptagonal Championships course this Friday, as the Quakers will be at Franklin Park in Boston for the Battle in Beantown. Friday's races are being hosted by Boston College.
 
In addition, the Penn women will send a team to Lehigh on Saturday to run in the Brown Race at the Paul Short Run.
 
MEET #3: BATTLE IN BEANTOWN
Friday, Sept. 29, 2023 | Boston, Mass.
Location: Franklin Park
Women's Race: 5K, noon
Men's Race: 8K, 12:30 p.m.
Live Results

MEET #4: PAUL SHORT RUN BROWN RACE (women)
Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023 | Bethlehem, Pa.
Location: Goodman Campus Cross Country Course
Women's Race: 6K, 1 p.m.
Live Results

Who Is Competing For The Quakers
BATTLE IN BEANTOWN (WOMEN): Kyra Compton, Lara Cota, Olivia Morganti, Lily Murphy, Kelly Murray, Bronwyn Patterson, Katie Pou, Miranda Schriver, Zoe Shetty, Maeve Stiles, Fabianna Szorenyi, Phoebe White
 
BATTLE IN BEANTOWN (MEN): Nick Carpenter, Sahil Dodda, Dennis Fortuna, Liam Going, Troy Hill, Luke Johnson, George Keen, Vidhur Polam, Silas Ruth, Will Shaughnessy, Dylan Throop

PAUL SHORT (WOMEN): Laura Baeyens, Arielle Breuninger, Sarah Fischer, Chloe Hassman, Camille Jordan, Anastasia Russell
 
Penn's Last Time Out
Penn ran at Haverford College's Main Line Invitational on Friday, Sept. 15. The men earned a victory with 21 points, while the women took second with 39 points. The men ran a four-mile race on Haverford's campus and were led by a sixth-place finish from Dennis Fortuna who clocked a time of 20:02.0. It was Fortuna's first collegiate victory. Nick Carpenter (11th), George Keen (12th), Vidhur Polam (13th), and Liam Going (15th) rounded out the top 15. The women were paced by a fifth-place finish from Zoe Shetty, who finished the three-mile course in 17:20.8. She was closely followed by Kelly Murray (6th) and Miranda Schriver (7th), while Phoebe White came through for ninth to wrap up Penn's top-10 finishers.

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