Recap Courtesy Bentley Athletics
HOPKINTON, N.H. – For the first time in school history, the Bentley women's cross country team won the Northeast-10 Championship Sunday afternoon on the Hopkinton Fairgrounds.
Bentley posted a score of 68 points, three points ahead of second-place Southern New Hampshire, the 2022 champion.
Caitlin Burmester placed second overall in the field of 92 finishers. She crossed the 6K finish line in 22:04.23.
Freshman duo
Lily Tedford and
Madison Wolle finished inside the top 15, placing 14
th and 15
th, respectively. Tedford's time was 23:20.06, and Wolle's time was 23:27.52. Bentley's fourth finisher was
Molly Capece, whose time of 23:36.66 was good for 17
th overall.
Brooke Neri rounded out Bentley's top five. She placed 20
th overall with a time of 24:02.03.
Bentley was the only team with five runners finishing in the top 20.
Additional Notes:
- Defending champion Southern Connecticut ran without top runner, Courtney Henchcliffe, and finished in fourth -- 17 points out of the lead and four points off the podium.
- Bentley's win marks the fifth NE10 team to win the conference title in five races (SCSU '23, SNHU '22, AIC '21, Stonehill '19). Bentley becomes just the fourth active NE10 institution to claim the women's cross country title.
- Adelphi senior Katherine Marsh, the defending individual champion, was running an NE10 record pace before being medically withdrawn near the end of the race.
- Saint Michael's placed two underclassmen inside the top seven in Jersey Miller and Fran Peterson. Miller was the highest-placing freshman in the race.
- Saint Anselm, which finished in third place, claimed three of the top 11 spots, with sophomore Anyelina Martinez winning the individual title in 21:45.38, seven seconds off the NE10 record.
- The race was streamed live on FloCollge for the first time in league history. An archive of the broadcast is
available here.
FULL RESULTS
1. Bentley (68)
2. SNHU (71)
3. Saint Anselm (81)
4. SCSU (85)
5. Saint Michael's (124)
6. Adelphi (143)
7. Franklin Pierce (171)
8. New Haven (180)
9. American International (269)
10. Pace (274)
11. Assumption (281)
All-NE10 FIRST TEAM
Anyelina Martinez, Saint Anselm*
Caitlin Burmester, Bentley
Corrina Obernesser, SNHU
Megan Whitnell, SCSU
Briana Grecco, SCSU
Jersey Miller, Saint Michael's
Fran Peterson, Saint Michael's
*Individual Champion
All-NE10 SECOND TEAM
Lucia Kutner, Adelphi
April Mauceri, New Haven
Nora Conway, Saint Anselm
Ava O'Donnell, Saint Anselm
Paige McInerney, SNHU
Deirdre Bailat, SNHU
Lily Tedford, Bentley
All-NE10 THIRD TEAM
Madison Wolle, Bentley
Hailey Desmarais, Franklin Pierce
Molly Capece, Bentley
Sumaira Mayan, Adelphi
Erika Wojcik, SNHU
Brooke Neri, Bentley
Tatum Seastrand, Franklin Pierce
ELITE 24 AWARD
Jia Anderson-Salo, SNHU
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