BOSTON – Our #AEXC teams traveled to five different meets over the weekend, each finding their own success on the way.

The Binghamton cross country teams finished the regular season on a high, as they swept the team titles at the Canisius Cross Country Alumni Classic. Anna Gansrow won her first career title with a 5k time of 17:36 while Sydney Leitner was close behind at 17:40. Vermont closed out the regular season by collecting a team victory at the Fall Foliage Invitational. Siena Stanley finished fourth with a time of 18:26.40. At the ECAC Championships, Jessie Fotheringham has found her footing as she dominated the course with a 6k personal best of 21:02.4.
On the men’s side, Binghamton’s Bobby Mayclim finished fifth overall with an 8k time of 25:04 at the Canisius Alumni Classic. UMass Lowell’s men’s cross-country team ran hard in the Princeton Fall Classic on Friday. Sean Kennedy-Wonneberger finished the 8k course in 23:37.6 and took 25^th place. Jan Wouter Van Den Akker finished at 23:43.2 while freshman William Conklin completed the course in 24:42.5.

As we approach the final weekend of events before the #AEXC Championships, multiple teams will compete one last time. UMass Lowell and New Hampshire will travel to Connecticut for the CCSU Mini meet while Bryant competes in the Rothenberg Run.

#AEXC Weekly Award Winners – Oct. 20
Female Rookie and Performer of the Week 
Jessie Fotheringham, NJIT – Fr., Tamworth, NSW, Australia

• Fotheringham earned her third top-10 finish of the season, finishing seventh at the ECAC Championships.
• She had a personal best 6k time of 21:02.4 and is the first Highlander in program history to earn All-East honors.
• This is Fotheringham’s third #AEXC Rookie of the Week & first Performer of the Week honor this year.

 
Male Performer of the Week 
Sean Kennedy-Wonneberger, UMass Lowell – Sr., East Haddam, Conn.

• Ran impressively at the Princeton Fall Classic, finishing the 8k race in 25th place out of 318 finishers with a time of 23:37.6.
• Kennedy-Wonneberger completed the 8k course at a 4:45.2 pace.
• This is Kennedy-Wonneberger’s second #AEXC Performer of the Week honor this year.
   

Male Rookie of the Week 
William Conklin, UMass Lowell – Fr., Danvers, Mass.

• Conklin finished in 130th in the 8k at the Princeton Fall Classic with a 24:42.5 mark.
• This is Conklin’s second Rookie of the Week honor.

2025 Weekly Award Winners
Oct. 20 -  Male Performer: Sean Kennedy-Wonneberger, UMass Lowell; Male Rookie: William Conklin, UMass Lowell; Female Performer and Rookie of the Week: Jessie Fotheringham, NJIT
Oct. 13 – Male Performer: Charlie Collins, Maine; Male Rookie: Ethan Keller, Maine; Female Performer: Helen Shearer, Maine; Female Rookie: Lila Garbett, Maine
Oct. 6 – Male Performer: Jan Wouter Van Den Akker, UMass Lowell; Male Rookie: Will Conklin, UMass Lowell; Female Performer: Ruth White, New Hampshire; Female Rookie: Jessie Fotheringham, NJIT
Sept. 29 – Male Performer: Charlie Collins, Maine; Male Rookie: Ethan Keller, Maine; Female Performer: Megan Randall, Maine; Female Rookie: Zara Darkin, Maine
Sept. 22 - Male Performer: Sean Kennedy-Wonneberger, UMass Lowell; Male Rookie: Lasse Bjorn Jensen, NJIT; Female Performer: Ruth White, New Hampshire; Female Rookie: Jessie Fotheringham, NJIT
Sept. 15 – Male Performer: Daniel Danilovitz, UMBC; Male Rookie: Joey Ensor, UMBC; Female Performer: Lexi Tepper, UMBC; Female Rookie: Arianna Verardi, UAlbany
Sept. 8 - Male Performer: Aiden Masse, Bryant; Male Rookie: Jack Moir, Bryant; Female Performer: Jasmine Trott, Bryant; Female Rookie: Gracie Richard, UMass Lowell
Sept. 2 - Male Performer: Daniel Danilovitz, UMBC; Male Rookie: Ethan Keller, Maine; Female Performer: Megan Randall, Maine; Female Rookie: Alice Rappazzo, Binghamton

 
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