At the Paul Short Run hosted by Lehigh University, a 46-school race that included only three Division III schools, RPI first-year Justin Cascio finished 285th out of 428 competitors with an 8k time of 25:13.3. He helped the team record a score of 744 and finish 25th with Johns Hopkins at 777 (26th) and John Carroll at 820 (29th). North Carolina was first with 64 points.