RESULTS

EWING, NJ – TCNJ edged Rowan by five points to win the 2026 NJAC Women's Cross Country Championship on its home course Saturday, scoring 32 points to the Profs' 37.
 
Ramapo senior Dale Leonard took the individual title, winning the 6K race in 21:54.2. Leonard became the first NJAC woman to win the individual title as both a freshman and a senior. Leonard finished 10.1 seconds ahead of Rowan senior Allyson Wernik, who placed second in 22:04.3.
 
TCNJ senior Naesha Gadie (22:09.0) and sophomore Teagan Walker (22:09.8) crossed the line less than a second apart in third and fourth.
 
Juniors Ella Daly (6th, 22:29.5) and Ava Biemuller (7th, 22:34.7) followed for the Lions, giving TCNJ four runners in the top seven. Freshman Alexis Smith closed out the Lions' scoring five in 12th (23:25.2).
 
Rowan answered with Wernik, senior Jezena Aponte (5th, 22:16.7), sophomore Juliana Sieminski (8th, 22:52.9), freshman Kayla Romanoski (9th, 22:55.0) and senior Maggie Michelet (13th, 23:32.8). Romanoski was the top freshman in the field.
 
Stockton placed third with 79 points, led by junior Evelynn Austin in 11th (23:20.0). Ramapo was fourth with 124 points behind Leonard's title run, and Montclair State took fifth with 129. Junior Jordan Bohrer paced the Red Hawks in 24th (23:54.1), and Montclair State had the tightest pack in the field, with a 26.7-second spread from first to fifth.
 
New Paltz finished sixth with 177 points, led by senior Orquidea Briceno in 10th (23:08.1).
 
Kean was seventh (196) behind sophomore Kathy Reyes in 37th (24:29.8), and Rutgers-Camden placed eighth (249), led by sophomore Dejia Robert in 50th (25:28.4). Rutgers-Newark freshman Daisy Lopez was the top finisher for the Scarlet Raiders in 72nd (27:46.2).
 
Team Standings:
 
1. TCNJ 32
2. Rowan 37
3. Stockton 79
4. Ramapo 124
5. Montclair State 129
6. New Paltz 177
7. Kean 196
8. Rutgers-Camden 249
Rutgers-Newark – No Team Score