Cross Country

SCSU Wins Historic NE10 Repeat XC Sweep

First time an NE10 school wins men's and women's titles back to back since 2013

2026 CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP
Final Results PDF (Men's I Women's)
Men's All Conference 1st Team: Colton Sallum (SCSU), Hayden MacArthur (Bentley), Ross Wallaca (SNHU), Sam Fortin (FPU), Kyle Martin (Assumption), Hayden Burke (SCSU), Rocco Bueti (Bentley)

Men's All Conference 2nd Team: Deven Bernardin (Adelphi), Dominic Lombardo (SCSU), Mason Behl (Bentley), Andrew Scanio (Saint Michael's), Breckin Burke (SCSU), Dominic Tartarelli (SCSU), Jack Riegger, Adelphi)

Men's All Conference 3rd Team: Max Krapf (Adelphi), Jake Ferrare (Assumption), Joe Lambrun (SCSU), Mosiah Calderon (Adelphi), Michael Hemme (Bentley), Evan Spence (FPU), Liam Doherty (FPU)
 
Women's All Conference 1st Team: Lily Tedford (Bentley), PJ Dauphinais (SCSU), Mckenzie David (SCSU), Kathleen Healy (Adelphi), Erin Sola (SCSU), Kaylee Gravel (SCSU), Sam Doran (Bentley)

Women's All Conference 2nd Team: Jersey Miller (Saint Michael's), Michelle Blackburn (SCSU), Erin O'Shea (FPU), Christina Sakellis (Adelphi), Brenna Woodbury (Saint Anselm), Kennedy Holsapple (Saint Michael's), Kaitlin O'Shea (FPU)

Women's All Conference 3rd Team: Finleigh Simonds (Saint Anselm), Mara Keane (Assumption), Charlotte Perreault (Assumption), Marisa Rayhill (Bentley), Eva Tynan (St. Anselm), Amelia Luetjen (Bentley), Shannon Bresnahan (Saint Anselm)
 
Elite 24 Winners: 
Jack Coyne (Adelphi), 3.97 GPA in Exercise Science
Torrey Hanna (Saint Michael's), 4.00 GPA in Public Health
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MEET NOTES
  • Southern Connecticut's wins in both the men's and women's races in back-to-back seasons is a first in the NE10 since Stonehill in 2012 and 2013.  The Skyhawks also won in 2011.  That and this occurance are the only back-to-back sweeps in conference history.
  • The SCSU men claimed thier fifth straight championship and sixth overall -- all since 2018.
  • Kings of pack running, six SCSU men made all-conference and seven finished among the top 25.
  • Queens of pack running, SCSU finished with a remarkable four of the top six women's runners.  Their countable scores all finished in the top 10.
  • Bentley's men finished runners up for the first time since 2002.  The Falcons were seventh a year ago.
  • The men's results were a tale of old and young, with three seniors and three rookies placing in the top 10.
  • The Saint Anselm women equalled thier best finish since 1998 by coming in third.

TOP PERFORMANCES
  • After finishing second in as a rookie in 2025, SCSU's Colton Sallum won the 2026 individual title.  He becomes the third straight Owl to win the conference crown - a first in program history and the longest string since American Int'l won 12 straight titles from 2009 to 2021.
  • Bentley's Hayden MacArthur finished second, marking the best finish by a Falcon man since Dan Yifru won the NE10 in 2001.  MacArthur's finish is also give Bentley an all-conference first team performer for the third time in four seasons.
  • SNHU's Ross Wallace, the top rookie runner in the league all season, finished third.  It's the best Penmen finish since Tyler McLaren came in third in 2017.
  • Lily Tedford is the first Bentley Falcon to win the women's individual title since Melissa Nash in 2008.
  • Running in her first NE10 Championship, Adelphi grad Kathleen Healy made a statement and placed fourth while running with the lead pack much of the race.
  • Two freshman finished in the top 10 of the women's race win SCSU's Michelle Blackburn and Franklin Pierce's Erin O'Shea.

WHAT IS NEXT?
NCAA East Regional Race
Back at the Bethpage State Park Pologrounds
November 21, 2026
 
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