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Spencer Moore Sets Emory Record at Paul Short Run; Eagles Race to Strong Finish at Alexander Asics Invitational

Spencer Moore Sets Emory Record at Paul Short Run; Eagles Race to Strong Finish at Alexander Asics Invitational
Posted: Oct 01, 2022

From Emory University Athletics

The Emory University men's cross country team competed at the Paul Short Run on Friday morning where the 8k mens program record was broken. The men's team, competing in the 8k, registered a second place finish.

Friday

The No. 21 ranked Eagles were phenomenal across the board, each of the scorers finishing in under 25:00 minutes and all finishing in the top 60 in the field of 403 runners. After winning their first two meets of the season, the Eagles turned in a second place finish out of 45 teams recording a score of 166. Conference foe No. 13 Carnegie Mellon won the race with a score of 114 while No. 19 Haverford rounded out the podium with a 187 score.

Senior Spencer Moore had the best day of his career with the Eagles, finishing in 16th place while recording a 24:27 time which established the new program record for the fastest 8k time beating out Adam Carlson's time of 24:33 set all the way back in 2000. Senior Brett Lucas finished just behind Moore with a time of 24:28, also breaking the previous program record, to finish in 19th place. 

Elsewhere for the men, sophomore David Evans had a spectacular day of his own, finishing in 29th and crossing the finish line in 24:36, shattering his personal best time in the process and now sits with the sixth fastest time in program history. Junior Scott Masterson continued his breakout season running a 24:49, faster than any runner for the Eagles in the 2021 season, and finishing 45th. Rounding out the scorers for the Eagles was graduate Ethan Thompson who finished the race in 24:57 which saw him in 57th place.

Saturday

For the second consecutive day, the Emory University cross country teams were in action this time competing at the Alexander Asics Invitational.

The No. 21 ranked men, after a spectacular day at the Paul Short Run yesterday, posted another great day scoring 55 points to finish in second place. Georgia Tech was the race winner scoring a low 18 points while Carson-Newman rounded out the podium with a 101 score.

Pacing the pack for the Eagles was junior Spencer Watry who marked a new personal best time, crossing the finish line in 25:25 to finish in sixth place at the 8k meet. Junior Tristan Olpin was rock-solid for Emory notching a 16th place finish while registering a 25:56 time. In his first scoring effort for the Eagles, freshman Nikhil Makker finished just behind Olpin with a 17th place finish with a recorded time of 25:57. Sophomore Evan Woska established a new personal best time with a 26:09 that saw him finish in 21st place. Rounding out the scoring runners for the Eagles was sophomore Jonathan Orelowitz whose time of 26:11 saw him finish in 23rd place.