NORTHAMPTON, Mass. – Wellesley College cross country came in fourth out of 12 as a team at the annual NEWMAC Championship, hosted by Smith College this year. Additionally, sophomore Cadence Chang (Boston, Mass.) earned an All-Conference honor.

MIT won the team event with a score of 19. Coast Guard Academy took second at 56 and Smith College claimed bronze with a score of 84. The Blue finished fourth and posted a 105 score. Babson College (168), Salve Regina University (189), WPI (195), Springfield College (224), Wheaton College (243), Mount Holyoke College (306), Clark University (317), Emerson College (386).

Chang led the Blue by claiming 11th place out of 134 total runners with a time of 23:26.2. 

First-year Theo Wilkinson (Lewisburg, Pa.) came in 23rd place, completing the course at 24:03.5. Sophomore Zoë Cort (San Francisco, Calif.) was one spot behind in 24th place, hitting the finish line at 24:05.7.

Sophomores Sophia Trabuco (Rochester, Minn.) and Dylan Burmeister (Nobleboro, Maine) scored for the Blue in 28th and 29th place respectively. Trabuco's 24:14.5 time was good for 28th while Burmeister grabbed 29th at 24:15.1.

Classmate Avery Lieb (Ojai, Calif.) ran a 24:22.3 and placed 36th. First-year Nina Letts (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) took 40th with a 24:31.7 time and senior Perry Huang Kemper (Boise, Idaho) finished 41st with a time of 24:37.4.

Other runners for Wellesley included senior Julia Sun (Chappaqua, N.Y.) (43rd - 24:43.6), first-year Paige McGaraghan (Menlo Park, Calif.) (47th - 25:08.4), junior Helen Yang (Woodland Hills, Calif.) (51st - 25:12.8), first-year Michelle Su (Winchester, Mass.) (58th - 25:27.2), sophomore Bela Kumar (Natick, Mass.) (69th - 26:06.3), first-year Sienna Franich (Mission Viejo, Calif.) (74th - 26:27.9) and junior Addie Maguire (Oakland, Calif.) (92nd - 27:35.9).

The Blue are back in action on Saturday, November 14 at the NCAA East Regional Championship, held at Wainwright Recreation Complex in South Portland, Maine.