Women’s Cross Country Earns Runner Up Finish At NCAC Championships

11/1/2025 8:19:00 PM | By: Jamie Dailey '22, SID Assistant

Women's Cross Country Places Second Overall At NCAC Championships Hosted By Kenyon College

GAMBIER, Ohio – All season long, the women's cross country team has faced resilience. This group overcame that this afternoon competing in their first NCAC Championship meet for their program.

Heading into championship racing, the Blue Streaks were able to showcase their depth once again at the conference level.

The women secured a runner up finish at the 2025 North Coast Athletic Conference Championships hosted by Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, scoring a total of 53 points.

Earning the team title in a close battle were the Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops with a score of 43 points. Placing third overall as a team was DePauw University with 66 points.

Women's Championship 6k Results

Placing fifth overall and being the first runner to cross the finish line for JCU was sophomore Anne Rea, who clocked in at 22:40.7, earning First-Team All-NCAC honors.

Next up was senior Abby Schroff as she would place herself in the top 10 to earn Second-Team All-NCAC honors placing eighth overall with a time of 22:57.3.

Senior Morgan Dobos stepped up huge for the Blue Streaks as she placed 11th overall, clocking in at 23:09.4 to also earn herself all-conference honors.

Placing herself in the mix early on and collecting a huge finish at the end was sophomore Samantha Goodnough, placing 13th overall with a time of 23:18.5 to become the fourth runner for JCU.

To round up the scoring, junior Kelsey Sheridan, in her second cross country race of the season placed 16th overall with a time of 23:27.3.

Madeline Harrington (23:27.6) and Cassie Klein (23:45.1) closed the top seven with top 25 finishes for the Blue Streaks to help lower the point total. Harrington placed 17th, while Klein placed 22nd overall.

It was another great effort and showing from this group who has relied on their depth throughout the 2025 campaign. Today, when individuals struggled, others stepped up in a big way.

Steve Fuelling, Head Cross Country & Assistant Track & Field Coach at John Carroll University was really happy with the way the women executed the race today.

"I'm really proud of the women and how they competed," says Fuelling. "We had some great performances, we just came up a little short against a very good Ohio Wesleyan team."

This group took advantage of the opportunity in a tough conference and really fought for every single position throughout the entire race.

Next Up
The women's cross country team will head down to Louisville, Kentucky for the second time this season for the 2025 NCAA Division III Great Lakes Cross Country Regional Championships at E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park on Saturday, November 15th.

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