Coats Places 14th To Lead Terps At 50th Annual Paul Short Invitational

BETHLEHEM, PA – Coming off a two-week break, the Maryland women’s cross country team turned in a strong performance at the 50^th Annual Paul Short Invitational – one of the top annual cross country meets of the season nationally.
 
The Terps were led by Rose Coats who placed 14^th overall among 371 total runners who crossed the finish line. As a team, Maryland finished 28^th among 42 overall teams in the Women’s Gold 6K race which featured some of the top programs in the country.
 

Time for the Gold 6K🐢 pic.twitter.com/3RTV0XMk15

— Maryland Track & Field (@MarylandTrack) October 5, 2024

 
Coats, who also placed 14^th at the Penn State Spiked Shoe Invitational, was two seconds off her personal-best 6K time with a mark of 20 minutes, 24.2 seconds as the top Terp to cross the finish line. 
 
Katie Turk placed 87^th (21.17.8) followed by Katie Altieri (22:00.5) who finished 183^rd. The top five was rounded out by Emma Lorey (272, 22:46.9) and Rubie Goffena (276, 22:50.3).
 
Earlier in the morning Gauri Nair led Maryland in the Women’s Open 6K as she placed 45^th among 488 runners with a time of 22:40.6 – her second fastest time of the season. She was followed by AnnaMarie Tretola (80, 23:05.5) and Cayden Justice (117, 23:28.3).
 

The Women’s Open 6K is underway! pic.twitter.com/6VwwsXLHMA

— Maryland Track & Field (@MarylandTrack) October 5, 2024

 
Harvard, ranked fourth in the Northeast Regional Rankings, won the overall team title followed by Connecticut and Princeton (4^th in the Mid-Atlantic Region).

Coach Valmon’s Thoughts:

“Rose Coats led the way today with a gutsy race taking charge to put herself in the front of the pack from the start. This is a good stepping stone at the halfway point in the season.”

 

Up Next: Maryland will return to action on Oct. 18 at the Princeton Fall Classic in Princeton, NJ.

Maryland Top Five Finishers:

14. Rose Coats (20:24.2)

87. Katie Turk (21:17.8)

183. Katie Altieri (22:00.5)

272. Emma Lorey (22:46.9)

276. Rubie Goffena (22.50.3)

Top Five Team Scores:

1. Harvard (134)

2. Connecticut (148)

3. Princeton (155)

4. Utah State (160)

5. Northeastern (231)

28. Maryland (740)