SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Middlebury junior Audrey MacLean won the women’s individual title in dominating fashion and the Williams Ephs placed second overall at the NCAA Division III Championship held at the Roger Milliken Cross Country Course in Spartanburg, S.C. on Saturday, November 22.

MacLean posted the sixth fastest 6K time in championship history at 20:16.8 which was 48 seconds better than the rest of the field of 290 runners. MacLean, the NESCAC Champion, is the fourth NESCAC runner to win the women’s title and the first since 2011. 

Williams finished as the national runner-up as the Ephs placed six runners in the top 40 and combined for 106 points. NYU claimed its first national title in program history with 79 points as four Violets finished in the top 10. NESCAC Team finishes
Williams – 2nd
Middlebury – 8th
Tufts – 11th
Amherst – 16th
Conn. College – 19th
Bowdoin – 28th
 
Individual NESCAC Finishers
Taylor Harris – Hamilton, 22:38.1
Chase Cerrell – Wesleyan, 22:54.5
Leah White, Bates – 22:58.7
Stephanie Ager, Wesleyan - 23:08.0
Ada Grant, Colby - 23:27.0