HOPKINTON, N.H. – It took a total team effort with four runners in the top 11 as Maine outlasted Bryant to capture the program’s first conference title on Friday afternoon in the 2025 America East Women’s Cross Country Championship at the Hopkinton Fairgrounds.
Bryant went 1-2 overall for the early lead at the end, but Maine took places 6-8 and then 11 and 17 to edge past the Bulldogs by just two points, 49-51. The two points is the closest margin of victory since New Hampshire won by two in 2016.
For the Bulldogs, Jasmine Trott won her first America East #AEXC crown in 17:02.59, while teammate Chloe Whiting was seven seconds behind in 7:09.27. NJIT freshman Jessie Fotheringham rounded out the top three with a 17:17.34.
Binghamton claimed third with 71 points, followed by Vermont (115), UMass Lowell (131) and UMBC (149). NJIT placed seventh (180), while New Hampshire (181) and UAlbany (273) rounded out the field.
Trott, Whiting and Fotheringham headline the First-Team All-Conference, alongside Sydney Leitner (Binghamton), Georgia Brooks (UMass Lowell), Helen Shearer (Maine) and Ruby Krasnow (Maine).
Earning second-team All-Conference were Megan Randall (Maine), Kelley MacElhiney (Bryant), Anna Gansrow (Binghamton), Veselja Treacy (Maine), Alice Rappazzo (Binghamton), Sarah Van Ornum (NJIT) and Siena Stanley (Vermont).
Fotheringham was honored as the Most Outstanding Rookie, while Krasnow secured the Elite 18 award for earning the highest GPA of any All-Conference finisher. The graduate student is working on her PhD in Marine Biology and earned a 4.0 as an undergraduate.
Maine was named the women’s Coaching Staff of the Year for the second time in league history and first time in the 21st century.
All the teams will return to action in two weeks when they compete in the NCAA Regionals.
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