#18 Tartans Race at Panther Open to Start Season

(PITTSBURGH Pa.) – The Carnegie Mellon University men's cross-country team opened its 2025 campaign at the Panther Opener at Schenley Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Friday. The Tartans placed second, scoring 58 points on the 5k course.

Race Information

Pitt 17, Carnegie Mellon 58, Pitt/Unattached 59, Mount Union 106
Location: Pittsburgh, Pa. (Schenley Park)

Results:

• Junior Matthew Short crossed first for the Tartans and sixth overall with a time of 14:52.30.
• Senior, and All-American Ryan Podnar placed eighth in the race with a time of 14:56.40 in his first race since March.
• Freshman Tanay Parikh debuted his collegiate career finishing third on the team and thirteenth overall with a time of 15:06.70.
• Sophomore Oliver Moss placed 14th with a time of 15:06.80 in his first race since the 2024 Indoor UAA championship.
• In his first race for the Tartans, freshman Stefan Langridge placed 17th with a time of 15:13.20.
• Crossing in 20th with a time of 15:23.00 was junior Adam Kollgaard in his first race since March.
• Placing 21st was junior Christian Brower with a time of 15:25.00 in his first race since October 2024.

Up Next

The Tartans will break for a week before traveling to Clinton, Pennsylvania to compete in the Robert Morris Colonial Invitational on Friday, September 12 at 8:30 a.m.