Gruber Breaks Cross Country Program Record in 6K at Paul Short Run

Friday, October 3

Bethlehem, Pa.

10 AM

University of Delaware

Lehigh University

Photo by: Nick Vuylsteke

Gruber Breaks Cross Country Program Record in 6K at Paul Short Run

10/3/2025 12:59:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – A top ten finish and a new 6,000-kilometer program record was set by Marie-Theres Gruber as the University of Delaware cross country at the Paul Short Run, hosted by Lehigh, on Friday.

The previous program record was held by Mackenzie Jones at 20:38.

RESULTS

Gruber was the top Fightin' Blue Hens finisher in Friday's 6K. She finished in eighth place with a time of 19.56.50, the best finish at Paul Short in program history.
The second Blue Hen to cross the finish time was Erin McGoey in 135^th place at 21:31.10.
Rounding out the top five Blue Hen finishers was Leah Clear (22:12.50, 233^rd place), Gabrielle Thiry (22:33.00, 258^th place) and Tiffany Herrera (22:54.20, 281^st place)
Additional Blue Hens who competed were Delana Einreinhofer (23:00.30), Cassidy Donovan (23:01.10), Lauren Thomas (23:19.10), Rachel Starr (23:26.80) and Libby DeMichele (24:43.40)
Overall, the Blue Hens finished 29^th out of 40 teams.
Full results can be viewed here.

UP NEXT
The Blue Hens travel to The Bronx, New York to compete in the ECAC Championships on Friday, October 17 at 10 a.m. It is the final race before the Conference USA Championships on November 1 in Huntsville, Alabama.