Iriondo Finishes Inside Top 20 at Paul Short Invitational on Friday Morning

Friday, October 2

Bethlehem, PA

11:00 AM / 11:45 AM

Charleston Southern University Athletics

Paul Short Invitational

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Photo by: Michael Causey/CSU Sports

Iriondo Finishes Inside Top 20 at Paul Short Invitational on Friday Morning

10/2/2026 1:19:00 PM | Men's Cross Country

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BETHLEHEM, PA. - Charleston Southern flew up to the Northeast earlier this week and raced in the Paul Short Invitational on Friday morning. The Buccaneer men claimed tenth in the field of 35 teams in the Men's College Gold 8K division.

Charleston Southern tallied a team score of 292 points to finish ahead of teams including Rhode Island, Charlotte, Temple and Rutgers. Wingate won the event with a team score of 58 points.

Martin Iriondo was the top finisher for the Buccaneers at the meet as he claimed 17^th overall with a time of 24:22.9 while Griffin Gillespie was close behind in 30^th at 24:43.2. Following behind him was Elijah Pabon in 67^th at 25:15.5, Lin Scott in 81^st at 25:23.6 and Collin Kleinhen in 103^rd at 25:35.0.

Also running at the race in this heat included Andrew Cleland (138^th - 25:52.0), Earlon Baker (197^th – 26:18.9), William Reid (230^th – 26:46.3) and Jayden Phillips (282^nd – 27:36.9). There was also an open race division for it with Iwan Thomas claiming 25^th in the field with a time of 25:35.5. Austin Jugenheimer had a 26:16.7 and Zaiden Lane had a 27:02.7

The Buccaneers have just one more regular season meet remaining for the fall before the Big South Championships at the end of the month. They will compete in the Upstate Invitational on Saturday, October 17 which is also serving as the hosts for the Conference meet on Friday, October 30 and this year's NCAA Southeast Regionals on Friday, November 13.

CSU Individual Results
17 – Martin Iriondo– 24:22.9
30 – Griffin Gillespie – 24:43.2
67 – Elijah Pabon – 25:15.5
81 – Lin Scott – 25:23.6
103 – Collin Kleinhen – 25:35.0
138 – Andrew Cleland – 25:52.0
197 – Earlon Baker – 26:18.9
230 – William Reid – 26:46.3
282 – Jayden Phillips – 27:36.9

Final Team Results (Top 10 of 35)
1 – Wingate (58)
2 – Penn State (129)
3 – Pittsburgh (151)
4 – Navy (193)
5 – Penn (222)
6 – Stony Brook (227)
7 – Army (243)
8 – Liberty (269)
9 – Charleston (W.V.) (280)
10 – Charleston Southern (292)

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