BETHPAGE, N.Y. — The Pratt Institute men's and women's cross country teams competed at the Adelphi Short Course Showdown on Friday at Bethpage State Park, where the women placed eighth in the predominantly Division II field, and the men featured an individual competitor.
Sophomore Melis Kavlicoglu (Reno, Nev.) paced the gold-and-black women, finishing 31st overall in an 83-runner field with a collegiate personal-best 5k time of 20:47.0. Sophomore Sonai Castrillo (Pine Hill, N.J.) followed across the line in 53rd place at 23:21.2, and first-year Merin Kauffman took 65th in 26:22.5.
Sophomore Milla Tenenblat (Hillsborough, Calif.) and junior Cici Liu (Calabasas, Calif.) also established collegiate personal bests to round out the scoring five. Tenenblat crossed the line in 77th place with a career-best 29:13.8, while Liu placed 82nd with a personal-best mark of 34:09.2. First-year Robin Perles (Pottstown, Pa.) completed Pratt's lineup in 83rd place at 34:25.3.
East Stroudsburg University captured the women's team title with 20 points. Host Adelphi University was second with 60 points behind individual champion Kathleen Healy, who took first place in 18:08.7.
In the men's 5k race, sophomore Jackson Brock (Vicenza, Italy) represented the Cannoneers, placing 64th overall in a 90-runner field with a time of 19:00.7. Stony Brook University won the men's team title with 26 points, paced by Alexander Medina's 15:16.2.
Pratt returns to racing on Saturday, Oct. 31, traveling to Milton, N.Y., to compete in the 2026 Atlantic East Conference Championships at the Hudson Valley Sportsdome starting at 10 a.m.
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