WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – William & Mary women's cross country put three runners in the top 50 on the way to finishing 13th in the Gold 6K Race at the 49th Paul Short Run.
 
The Tribe, which entered the week ranked No. 12 in the Southeast Region, outdistanced 11 regionally-ranked foes. That list included Bucknell (No. 8 Mid-Atlantic Region), UMass Lowell (No. 10 Northeast Region), George Washington (No. 10 Mid-Atlantic Region), Maryland (No. 11 Mid-Atlantic Region), Yale (No. 12 Northeast Region), Rutgers (No. 12 Mid-Atlantic Region), Lehigh (No. 13 Mid-Atlantic Region), Stony Brook (No. 14 Northeast Region), Georgia (No. 15 South Region), UMass Amherst (No. 15 Northeast Region), and Rider (No. 15 Mid-Atlantic Region).
 
Sophomore Sofia Istnick once again paced the Tribe. She ran the 6K course in a time of 21:09.9 to take 33rd in the 393-runner field.
 
Sophomore Catherine Garrison and junior Arianna DeBoer both finished in the top 50 as well. Garrison was 57th after the opening mile and moved up 17 spots over the remained of the race to place 40th in a time of 21:15.8. DeBoer was just a second behind her teammate taking 43rd position in a time of 21:16.8.
 
Junior Lucy Young and senior Emily Sell rounded out the Tribe's scoring five, finishing in 122nd (21:56.5) and 185th (22:24.8), respectively.
 
No. 24-ranked Utah Valley claimed the team title in the 44-team field with 77 points. Wake Forest and Boston University rounded out the top three at 129 and 176, respectively. W&M topped a pair of CAA foes in Stony Brook (14th at 454 points) and Monmouth (30th at 755 points).  
 
Up Next
The Tribe returns to action on Oct. 14 when it competes at the Virginia XC23 Pre-Nationals at Panorama Farms.
 
49th Paul Short Run
Team Results
out of 44
1. Utah Valley 77
2. Wake Forest 129
3. Boston University 176
4. Penn State 182
5. Quinnipiac 257
6. Georgia Tech 282
7. Belmont 283
8. West Virginia 337
9. Navy 348
10. Army 394
11. Western Ontario 395
12. Guelph 402
13. William & Mary 410
14. Stony Brook 454
15. Yale 485
16. South Carolina 486
17. Maryland 532
18. North Dakota 550
19. Georgia 552
20 Rutgers 582
 
W&M Results
33. Sofia Istnick 21:09.9
40. Catherine Garrison 21:15.8
43. Arianna DeBoer 21:16.8
122. Lucy Young 21:56.5
185. Emily Sell 22:24.8
217. Taylor Gibson 22.36.1
242. Heidi Fortin 22:52.2
265. Kelly Ann Sutterfield 23:01.1
287. Annika Griggs 23:12.5
295. Kyra Holland 23:17.9