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Women's Cross Country Team Dashes to a Sixth Place Finish at the Paul Short Run
Oct. 8, 2001 PITTSBURGH-The University of Pittsburgh cross country teams competed in a field of 39 teams this past Saturday at the Paul Short Run in Lehigh, Pa., with the women's team finishing strong in sixth place while the men's squad placed 20th.
Pacing the women's team for the third time this year was senior Amanda Schmidt (Annapolis, Md./Broadneck), who placed a team-best 16th overall out of 269 competitors. Schmidt, who finished in 21:47.91, won the Duquesne Quad Duals earlier this year. Freshman Lauren Shaffer (Imperial, Pa./West Allegheny) placed 21st in 21:59.66, while freshman Maureen McCandless (Bensalem, Pa./Nazareth Academy) and senior Elizabeth Rocks (Philadelphia, Pa./Nazareth Academy) finished 24th and 29th, respectively.
For the men's team, freshman Darrell Curtis (Carlisle, Pa./Cumberland Valley) was the top Pittsburgh finisher as he raced to 75th place with a time of 26:07.93. Freshman Nick Westerman (Cincinnati, Ohio/Elder) was the next Panther to cross the finish line as he placed 96th in 26:29.01.
The Panthers are back in action next weekend as the squad will split up between the Duquesne Invitational and the NCAA Pre-Championships meet in Greenville, S.C.
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