At the prestigious Paul Short Run at Lehigh University, Patterson placed second overall in a field of 371 runners from all three NCAA classifications with an eight-kilometer time of 25 minutes, 39 seconds ... Patterson finished just three seconds out of the top spot, while he finished 53 seconds ahead of the third-place finisher ... His performance helped Saint Vincent to a 10th-place team finish in a 31-team field that included 13 USTFCCCA regionally-ranked squads.