Cross Country Concludes Paul Short Run

Friday, October 3

Bethlehem, Pa.

Army West Point

Paul Short Run

NCAA Track and Field on June 11th, 2025 Jaden Coleman / Nate Barrett

Photo by: Jaden Coleman / Nate Barrett

Cross Country Concludes Paul Short Run

October 03, 2025 | Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country

Results

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Army West Point cross country program took part in the famous Paul Short Run on Friday afternoon, with the women recording an 11^th place finish while the men finished 13^th.

On the women's side, Louisa Diamond led the way with personal best time of 20:22.8, good for 25^th place. She was the top Patriot League finisher. Of the 40 programs racing in the event, Army was just one of nine teams who's top five finishers all recorded times in the top 100. The other Black Knights who registered top 100 finishes in the women's race were Claire Lewis (65^th), Mikayla Cheney (70^th), Charlotte Richman (76^th) and Alma Lazo Cazares (92^nd).

Anthony Diaz led the way on the men's side, posting 62^nd place finish with a time of 24:11.6. Like the women's team, all five-point finishers had top 100 times, making Army one of 11 teams to achieve that mark. Adam Furman (70^th), Nathan Davis(73^rd), Gavin Hansen (82^nd) and Maximus Haynia (99^th) were the other top racers for the Black Knights.

The Black Knights had six athletes compete in the open races. In the women's race, Abigail Ringwood finished 19^th – seventh among collegiate racers – with a personal best time of 21:43.8. Sophia Guilfoile (22:07.3), Grace Coppel (22:30.1) and Katherine Merritt (22:44.2) also put up strong results in the open race.

In the men's open race, Ivar Hokanson (25:45.9) and Andrew Lee (25:46.7) finished in the top-half of the field.

Coaches Corner – Head coach Mike Smith
Men's Performance
"We opened up our varsity men today at the Paul Short Run. Conditions were ideal for racing and our men dug in and competed well. We finished 13^th in the 40-team race. We did some good things in the race and then we found that we have some things to work on. We were aggressive early, but we didn't move up throughout the race. It was our first race of the year and as a result, we expected to be a little bit rusty and that showed in how we handled the mid race pressure. We will naturally improve in that area as we move forward through the season. We have plenty of racing ahead of us to demonstrate our ability. We had hoped to be very compact today and have a short spread of time from our first runner to our fifth runner and we accomplished that; we just didn't do it the way I had hoped we would. We weren't as far up in the race as we needed to be. We'll get better at that. That's something that will come with more racing. The guys showed a lot of heart out there today and a lot of competitive grit. Individually, we had some guys really step up. Adam Furman '27 was particularly good today. He got out strong in the race, and he did a good job of moving up within the race. I thought Gavin Hansen '27 also raced well today. He raced well three weeks ago at Iona and today was more of the same he's very consistent and that paid off for him today; he didn't panic with the fast early pace. He took a more measured approach today and he did a really nice job of moving up throughout the race. The guys know that they will need to get back to work and are looking forward to a good opportunity in two weeks on our home course to put up a better performance. We beat some good teams today in a race that was packed with quality programs. Our challenge now is to master our execution and take our performances to a higher level.

Women's Performance
"The Paul Short Run is unlike any other meet on our schedule. It is huge. There are 40 teams on the starting line and 400 runners in each race. There is a carnival like atmosphere surrounding the event with thousands of people milling about the course. When the gun goes off, the running lane is a pack of humans, and the race moves as a unit until it strings out somewhere after the one-mile mark. It is a hard and grinding race from gun to finish line. We brought an experienced women's team to the starting line and overall, they performed well in what was the first race of the season for most of the varsity team. Our focus today was on keeping a really short time spread from our number one runner to our number five runner. At the mile mark our top five women were separated by only one second. But at the two mile mark the separation from one to five was 19 seconds. We ended up closing the race well but in the middle miles, we were too complacent. Our women have high aspirations for this season and today was a good measuring stick for where we are and an awakening of what it looks like where we want to go. We beat the teams that we should've beaten, but we didn't beat the teams that we had hoped to beat. In the merge of all the teams entered, we beat all the Patriot League schools (American, Navy, Lehigh, Colgate, Lafayette, Holy Cross, BU, Loyola) and several Ivy League schools (Yale, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth) but Penn and Harvard finished ahead of us. Overall, I thought we had some outstanding individual performances. I thought Louisa Diamond '27 took her racing to another level today. She was a consistent number two for us last year and today she was our number one. She got out into the race, then moved up well early and closed fairly well at the end. Her time of 20:22 makes her our No. 2 all-time performer on the Lehigh course. It was a statement run for her. Claire Lewis '26 was our number two today and she had the best run she has ever had on this course. She was solid throughout the race. I thought we might have five of our women under the 21-minute barrier, but we came up just a bit short. Two of our yearling racers had very good days. Alma Lazo Cazeres '28 had the best race of her young career. She got out into the race early and never backed down. She was followed closely by Mia Royall '28, who also had the best race of her career. Those two have shown great progress in training and they raced to a high level today. We discovered today that we are a good team, but we've got to do a better job of executing if we want to be a great team. We were forced out of our comfort zone today and that'll pay off in the championship meets that we have coming."

Men's Results
62. Anthony Diaz – 24:11.6
70. Adam Furman – 24:14.5
73. Nathan Davis – 25:15.3
82. Gavin Hansen – 24:18.2
99. Maximus Haynia – 24:29.1
161. Parker Harris – 24:54.7
200. Jess Augustine – 25:12.3
227. Christian Bachmann – 25.24.8
235. Matthew Gorman – 25:27.8
249. Ryan Rheam – 25:35.9

Women's Results
25. Louisa Diamond – 20:22.8
65. Claire Lewis – 20:58.5
70. Mikayla Cheney – 21:03.4
76. Charlotte Richman – 21:06.2
92. Alma Lazo Cazares – 21:15.1
115. Mia Royall – 21:23.1
116. Leah Richardson – 21:23.7
123. Ava Bushaw – 21:27.6
199. Abigail Garner – 21:54.3
229. Lindsay Cook – 22:11.7

Up Next
The Army cross country program is back in action next Saturday, Oct. 11, at the NJIT Highlander Invite in Newark, N.J. Results will be available on goarmywestpoint.com/xcresults.