Sevilla-Connelly Leads ‘Cats to Victory at Paul Short Run

Saturday, October 5

Bethlehem, Pa.

University of New Hampshire

Paul Short Invitational

Nicolas Sevilla-Connelly (Photo by Michelle Bronner)

Photo by: Michelle Bronner

10/5/2019 4:58:00 PM | Men's Cross Country

Nicolas Sevilla-Connelly takes first as Wildcats win College Brown 8k.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – University of New Hampshire senior Nicolas Sevilla-Connelly (Chester, N.H.) took first in the College Brown 8k race at the 46th annual Paul Short Run. The men's cross country team won the College Brown 8k race with a team score of 161 points.

Sevilla-Connelly finished first with a time of 24:26.9, a new personal best in the 8k by almost a full minute. He was followed by UNH's second top-10 finisher, junior James Wilkes (Concord, N.H.) who took fourth with a personal best time of 24:53.7.

The Wildcats finished 65 points ahead of the next two teams in the standings, a tie between So. Connecticut State and Binghamton at 226.

UP NEXT:
The Wildcats head back to Boston next Saturday, October 12 to take on the New England Cross Country championship meet.

MEET RESULTS:
Other scoring Wildcats included:
   •   Junior Aidan Sullivan (Nashua, N.H.) took 26th overall with a time of 25:09.6, a new personal best by almost half a minute.
   •   Senior Alexander Saveliev (Concord, N.H.) was the 56th to cross the finish line with a new personal best time of 25:25.9.
   •   Freshman Forest MacKenzie (Deerfield, N.H.) took 75th with a time of 25:32.6.
   •   Rounding out the scorers was senior Nicholas Brown (Conway, N.H.) who took 85th in 25:37.8, defeating his old best 8k time of 26:05.6.

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