BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Ursinus College men's cross country team returned to action with a 16th place finish at the historic Paul Short Run on Friday afternoon.
 
 
The Bears went up against a combination of strong Division II and III teams in the Green 8K Race. Ursinus totaled 404 points as a team that placed them 16^th in the 35-team field. Haskell Indian won the race as a team with 83 points.
 
 
 
First-year Elias Knoll paced the 10 Bear runners in the race to continue his breakout collegiate debut campaign with a time of 27:00.3 and has now led Ursinus in all four races this season. First-year Ryan Ickes followed as the second-highest finishing Bears runner in 68^th overall with his time of 27:52.6 while senior Ryan Martin crossed the line at 28:03.9 in 82^nd overall. First-year Evan O'Connor cracked the top-100 in 98^th overall with his time of 28:21.7 and senior Justice Scheidel was fifth among the Ursinus runners with his time of 28:59.9
 
 
 
 
Junior Nav Manick recorded a time of 29:13.9 and sophomore Johnathon Sabo finished with a time of 30:03.9. Sophomore Aidan Furtek crossed the line at 30:28.1, first-year Ramon Martinez tallied a 30:43.8, and junior Dom Nunez rounded out the runners with his time of 30:53.8.
 
 
 
The Bears will return to action on Saturday, October 18th at the Inter-Regional Border Battle, hosted by Rowan University at 11:45 a.m.