WATERFORD, Conn. -- Bates College women's cross country collected an eighth-place team finish at Saturday's 2025 NESCAC XC Championship Meet, hosted by Connecticut College (Harkness Park).
With 224 points, the Bobcats placed 14 points behind seventh-place Bowdoin College. Williams College earned the victory with 32 points, while Middlebury (69), Connecticut College (81), Tufts (104), Amherst (138), and Wesleyan (182) rounded out the Top-6.
Leah White (Jr.) paced the garnet and white with a time of 21:24.7 (9th overall) on the 6K course, good for All-NESCAC honors. It's the fastest time ever recorded by a Bates women's cross country runner at the NESCAC Championships since the meet became a 6K race in 2006.
Maeve Ginevan (Fy.), in her first NESCAC Championship appearance, followed at 23:00.3 (57th) while
Gwendolyn Anderson (Jr.) crossed the line at 23:04.0 (59th).
Lily Day (Fy.) (71st-23:15.8),
Mikayla Ferguson (82nd-23:31.1),
Lucy Paynter (Sr.) (85th-23:35.0),
Annalise Wood (Fy.) (93rd-23:42.8),
Julia Young (So.) (99th-24:01.5),
Annika Carpenter (Fy.) (120th-24:35.6),
Kayla Burnham (Sr.) (135th-25:13.4),
Eleanor McCourt (Fy.) (142nd-26:05.1),
Izzy Margolius (Fy.) (144th-26:17.3), and
Ashley Taylor (Jr.) (146th-27:00.5) closed out the entries for the Bobcats.
Bates is back in action on Saturday, Nov. 15 when they travel to Hopkinton, N.H. for the NCAA East Regionals.
