ST. ALBANS, Vt. – New Hampshire utilized its depth to capture its first women's conference title since 2019, while UMass Lowell made it five straight #AEXC Championships on the men's side with an impressive performance on Saturday at the Hard'Ack Recreation Area in St. Albans.
In the women's race of the day, the Wildcats had four runners finish in the top ten to come away with a 21-point victory over UMass Lowell, 52-73. Defending champion Binghamton was third with 85 points.
UMass Lowell’s Mary-Kate Finn took home her second individual straight title, this time in 17:04.36, nine seconds ahead of Jasmine Trott of Bryant. Claire Ronan of UNH placed third while Bryant’s Chloe Whiting was fourth and Sydney Leitner was fifth. Mary Yount from UMass Lowell was sixth and UMBC's Alex Tepper was seventh to round out the first-team All-Conference honorees. Gabby DeAngelis, Regan Doody and Jill Walker placed 8-9-10 for the Wildcats to clinch the team title for UNH. Maine' Marlee Yoder (11th), Vermont's MegAnne Gilmore (12th), UMass Lowell's Sara Ross (13th) and Binghamton's Anna Gansrow (14th) joined the UNH trio as second-team All-Conference selections.
Jan Wouter Van Den Akker led the River Hawks to their fifth straight championship by placing third, followed by Sean Kennedy-Wonneberger in fourth. The River Hawks ended up winning by 28 points as all seven of their runners finished in the top-16 overall. Maine placed second with 64 points while Binghamton was third with 83.
The individual champion in the men’s race came down to the final 100 yards as Maine’s Luke Marsanskis outkicked Ryan Slaney of Bryant to take home his first individual cross country crown and the first for Maine since 2016. Marsanskis finished in 23:51.75 and Slaney in 23:52.18.
Marsanskis, Slaney, Van Den Akker and Kennedy-Wonneberger were first-team All-Conference selections as well as Bingahamton's Josh Stone (5th) and Maine's Charlie Collins (6th) and Ned Farrington (7th). William Benoit (UMass Lowell) was eighth, Joseph Young (UMass Lowell) was ninth, Cameron Hindle (UMBC) was 10th, Andrew Rosenblatt (Binghamton) was 11th, Ethan Mashtare (UMass Lowell) was 12th, Mark Unger (UMBC) was 13th and Peyton Ramsey (New Hampshire) to comprise the All-Conference second team.
Final Women’s Scores
| 1. New Hampshire |
52 |
| 2. UMass Lowell |
73 |
| 3. Binghamton |
85 |
| 4. Bryant |
111 |
| 5. UAlbany |
115 |
| 6. Maine |
124 |
| 7. Vermont |
134 |
| 8. UMBC |
166 |
| 9. NJIT |
DNF |
Final Men’s Scores
| 1. UMass Lowell |
36 |
| 2. Maine |
64 |
| 3. Binghamton |
83 |
| 4. UMBC |
109 |
| 5. New Hampshire |
127 |
| 6. Vermont |
157 |
| 7. UAlbany |
160 |
| 8. Bryant |
198 |
| 9. NJIT |
257 |
New Hampshire’s Gabby DeAngelis captured Women’s Most Outstanding Rookie honors after placing eighth in the event while UMass Lowell’s Sarah Ross was honored as the Elite 18 award winner. Ross is a senior Plastics Engineering major with a 4.0 GPA.
Binghamton’s Robert Mayclim was named the Men’s Most Outstanding Rookie with his 21st place finish. Bryant’s Ryan Slaney took home the Elite 18 award for a second straight year. The senior finance major holds a 4.0 GPA.
UMass Lowell was named the Men’s Coaching Staff of the Year while New Hampshire was honored as the Women’s Coaching Staff of the Year.
All the teams will return to action in two weeks when they compete in the NCAA Regionals.
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