BETHLEHEM, Pa.—The pair of sophomore Charlie Moore (Brisbane, Australia) and junior CJ Sullivan (Milton, Mass.) earned individual awards, and Villanova came in eighth in the team standings in a stacked men's gold race at the Paul Short Run on Friday morning. Moore and Sullivan both finished in the top 13 out of more than 350 runners on the starting line. The top four finishers for the Wildcats all placed in the top 60 and the team's entire scoring five as in the top 100 as Villanova got its first real test of the season.
 
Moore covered the 8,000 meter Goodman Campus Course in 23:24.1 to finish in seventh place. He was followed by Sullivan in 13^th place with a time of 23:30.8. The top 25 individuals were presented with awards after the race. Their finishes helped the Wildcats tally a team score of 226 points and come in eighth out of 40 teams. The race featured a number of the top teams from the Mid-Atlantic Region and around the country in a preview of postseason competition to come later this season.
 
Each of the eight runners who competed for Villanova on Friday are in their first or second season of collegiate cross country eligibility. The sophomore duo of Bailey Habler (Sydney, Australia) and Jack Coomber (Brisbane, Australia) were the third and fourth scoring runners in 55^th place (24:08.6) and 57^th place (24:09.9), respectively. Redshirt freshman Jack Fenlon (Laois, Ireland) rounded out the scoring runners in 97^th place with a time of 24:26.9.
 
The rest of the Wildcats lineup featured sophomore Ben Thomas (Sydney, Australia) just behind Fenlon in 101^st place with a time of 24:29.9, while juniors Nick Sullivan (Middletown, N.J.) and Brian Theobald (Wall, N.J.) posted times of 25:27.2 and 26:18.8, respectively.
 
Villanova will next race in the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational on October 17.