HUGHESVILLE, Md. – The 2024 United East Women’s Cross Country Championship took place Saturday morning at 11 a.m. at Oak Ridge Park, hosted by St. Mary’s College of Maryland. St. Mary’s College (Md.) was named the overall team champions, marking the fourth straight season the Seahawks have claimed the title.
Find the full list of results here: RESULTS
Cairn University’s Clarisse Hayden was the first-place finisher with a time of 24:04.6, earning Runner of the Year honors. She was followed by Lancaster Bible’s Abby Ames who crossed the finish line at 24:07.4. Mi’Leah Cotton of St. Mary’s College (Md.) rounded out the podium in third with a 24:30.9 time.
Cotton earned Rookie of the Year honors, awarded to the top first-year runner.
The Elite 20 award, given to a runner from the top-2 finishing teams who holds the highest GPA, was earned by Penn College's Kayleigh Miller.
The Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year was awarded to Reava Potter, head coach at St. Mary's College (Md.)
Team scores and All-Conference members were as follows:
Team Scores
| Place |
Team |
Score |
| 1st |
St. Mary's College (Md.) |
30 |
| 2nd |
Cairn University |
92 |
| 3rd |
Lancaster Bible College |
101 |
| 4th |
Penn College |
126 |
| 5th |
University of Valley Forge |
164 |
| 6th |
Cedar Crest College |
166 |
| 7th |
Penn State Harrisburg |
197 |
| 8th |
Notre Dame of Maryland University |
215 |
| 9th |
Gallaudet University |
245 |
| 10th |
Penn State Berks |
249 |
| 11th |
Penn State Brandywine |
255 |
| 12th |
Penn State Abington |
256 |
| 13th |
Bryn Athyn College |
318 |
All-Conference Teams
First Team
| Finish |
Runner (YR) |
School |
Time |
| 1st |
Clarisse Hayden (SO) |
Cairn University |
24:04.51 |
| 2nd |
Abby Ames (SO) |
Lancaster Bible College |
24:07.34 |
| 3rd |
Mi'Leah Cotton (FY) |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
24:30.85 |
| 4th |
Ella Mitchell (FY) |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
24:36.94 |
| 5th |
Seana Dougherty (FY) |
Lancaster Bible College |
24:48.08 |
| 6th |
Elizabeth Robey (SR) |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
25:38.30 |
| 7th |
Erica Cook (JR) |
Cedar Crest College |
26:26.26 |
| 8th |
Ariana Lecouras (SR) |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
26:26.33 |
| 9th |
Macy Woroniecki (FY) |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
26:32.43 |
| 10th |
Elaina Brady (SO) |
Penn College |
26;37.70 |
| 11th |
AyliGrace Munro (JR) |
Cairn University |
26:40.30 |
Second Team
| Finish |
Runner (YR) |
School |
TIme |
| 12th |
Madison Kingsley (SO) |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
26:52.44 |
| 13th |
Kate Wachter (JR) |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
26:57.07 |
| 14th |
Amanda Grant (FY) |
Notre Dame of Maryland University |
26:59.79 |
| 15th |
Naomi Fay (SR) |
Penn State Berks |
27:06.56 |
| 16th |
Sofia Troland (JR) |
University of Valley Forge |
27:08.18 |
| 17th |
Brittney Douglas (SR) |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
27:09.77 |
| 18th |
Tinyia Terrell (FY) |
Penn State Brandywine |
27:27.09 |
| 19th |
Weiya Carter (SO) |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
27:39.42 |
| 20th |
Erin Wilson (SR) |
Cairn University |
28:02.17 |
| 21st |
Giada Smith (FY) |
Cedar Crest College |
28:14.15 |
| 22nd |
Brielle Worrall (SR) |
Penn State Abington |
28:29.72 |
Third Team
| Finish |
Runner (YR) |
School |
Time |
| 23rd |
Isabella Kerlin (FY) |
Penn College |
28:53.93 |
| 24th |
Autumn Karampatsos (FY) |
University of Valley Forge |
28:58.34 |
| 25th |
Destiny Samuel (FY) |
Penn State Harrisburg |
29:15.83 |
| 26th |
Kylee Antrim (FY) |
Lancaster Bible College |
29:36.46 |
| 27th |
Karleigh Hunter (SO) |
Penn College |
29:44.00 |
| 28th |
Melina Dhital (JR) |
Penn State Harrisburg |
29:53.63 |
| 29th |
Morgan Steele (JR) |
Cairn University |
29:53.63 |
| 30th |
Arianna Arendt (FY) |
Notre Dame of Maryland University |
30:03.16 |
| 31st |
Leah Yost (FY) |
University of Valley Forge |
30:06.70 |
| 32nd |
Lillian DePew (FY) |
Penn College |
30:07.91 |
| 33rd |
Lou Cherena-Santiago (FY) |
Gallaudet University |
30:08.63 |
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