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Posted: Oct 30, 2022

Wellesley Cross Country Places Fifth at NEWMAC Championships

Claire Anderson '23 (Frank Poulin)
Claire Anderson '23 (Frank Poulin)
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ATTLEBORO, Mass. - Senior Claire Anderson (Denver, Colo.) finished seventh overall with a time of 22:24.3 for Wellelsey College cross country, as the Blue finished fifth out of 11 at the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championships Sunday at Highland Park in Attleboro, Mass.

MIT won their 15th straight NEWMAC Championship with four of the top 10 runners including individual winner junior Gillian Roeder (Delmar, N.Y.), who finished with a time of 21:53.4. Following MIT (30) in the team competition was Smith (62), Coast Guard (97), WPI (113), and then Wellelsey (145) in fifth.

Anderson was the only member of the Blue to make the All-Conference team. Narrowly missing the cut was senior Ellie Murphy-Weise (San Francisco, Calif.) who finished 20th with a time of 23:14.7. First years Ella Whinney (Madison, Wis.), Emily Brydges (Suffield, Conn.), and Claire Peng (Chapel Hill, N.C.) rounded out the scorers for Wellesley. Whinney placed 37th (24:11.1), followed by Brydges in 49th (24:44.4), and Peng in 65th (25:25.9). 

The Blue were also represented by first years Elise Lanahan (Greenville, S.C.) (25:59.4), Megan Cunningham (Portland, Maine) (26:01.4), Olivia Torres (Coral Gables, Fla.) (26:13.4), sophomore Jesenia Lopez (Fontana, Calif.) (26:17.8), first year Simone Beauchamp (Aurora, Colo.) (26:19.9), sophomore Alicia Naranjo-Champion (El Monte, Calif.) (26:37.5), first year Caelan Schretzmayer (Port Jefferson, N.Y.) (26:49.6), senior Bethany Pasko (Wellesley, Mass.) (27:01.3), first year Meg Dugan (Cohasset, Mass.) (27:15.5), and sophomores Sana Khan (Weston, Conn.) (28:54.0) and Charlotte Adams (Cincinnati, Ohio) (33:20.5).

Wellesley returns to action on Saturday, November 12 at the 2021 NCAA Division III New England Regional at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.

2022 NEWMAC Women's Cross Country Championship

Team Results

  1. MIT – 35 points
  2. Smith – 65 points
  3. Coast Guard – 97 points
  4. WPI – 113 points
  5. Wellesley – 145 points
  6. Mount Holyoke – 155 points
  7. Springfield – 211 points
  8. Wheaton – 242 points
  9. Babson – 257 points
  10. Clark – 265 points
  11. Emerson – 313 points

2022 NEWMAC Women's Cross Country All-Conference

NEWMAC Runner of the Year: Gillian Roeder, MIT
NEWMAC Rookie of the Year: Kate Sanderson, MIT

All-Conference Team (Top 17 Finishers)

  • Gillian Roeder, MIT
  • Lauren Selkin, Mount Holyoke
  • Laurel Kruger, Smith
  • Kate Sanderson, MIT
  • Ruby Krasnow, Clark
  • Anna Haddad, MIT
  • Claire Anderson, Wellesley
  • Christina Crow, MIT
  • Pria Parker, Smith
  • Hanna Case, Smith
  • Einat Gavish, MIT
  • Archana Mohandas, MIT
  • Olivia Rosenstein, MIT
  • Kirsi Rajagopal, MIT
  • Anna Chau, MIT
  • Hope Shales, Coast Guard
  • Caitlin Guilfoyle, WPI