Huskies Finish Sixth at Paul Short Run

Friday, October 3

Bethlehem, PA

University of Connecticut

Paul Short Run

10/3/2025 2:36:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

BETHLEHEM, Pa.—UConn women's cross country posted a strong showing on Friday morning, finishing sixth as a team at the 51^st Paul Short Run hosted by Lehigh University. Competing in the Women's College Gold 6K race, the Huskies finished with 241 points as a team, placing behind Villanova, Penn State, Georgetown, Texas A&M, and Utah State.

Brooke Strauss (Glastonbury, Conn.) led the charge for UConn, finishing 24^th overall with a time of 20:22.4. Senior captain Chloe Trudel (Amherst, N.H.) was the second-fastest finisher for the Huskies, finishing 33^rd with a time of 20:30.1. Sascha Letica (Auckland, N.Z.) finished 45^th with a time of 20:47.5. Malin Rahm (Schaffhausen, Switzerland) took 64th place, finishing the course with a time of 20:58.4. Loghan Hughes (Enosburg, Vt.) rounded out the UConn top five, finishing 75^th with a time of 21:05.9.

Claire Paci (Greencastle, Pa.) finished at 21:10.2, taking 82^nd place. Ally McCarthy (Sandy Hook, Conn.) ran a time of 21:15.8, good for 93^rd overall. Teanne Ewings (Houlton, Maine) finished with a time of 21:24.6. Calista Mayer (Tolland, Conn.) finished in 21:25.3, and Samantha Moore (Portland, Maine) finished with a time of 22:16.0.

Hear from Head Coach Beth Alford-Sullivan:

"A tremendous team result from the Huskies in the 51^st Paul Short Run. We had a full squad racing at the full 6K race distance. Our freshmen handled things well, and our returners improved tremendously on this course from a year ago.

Brooke Strauss continues her strong freshman season, finishing as the top true freshman in the field today. Sascha Letica performed strongly as well, finishing as the second true freshman. A huge improvement from team captain Chloe Trudel as our number two runner.

We needed this race to give us an opportunity to see our BIG EAST opponents and get our noses dirty in competition. With the graduation of our top three from last season, this team is figuring out who will carry the torch as the front-runners. We are looking forward to competing in Princeton in two weeks!"