WARRENVILLE, Ill. – The No. 8 Washington University in St. Louis women's cross country team took to the course at the St. James Farm Forest Preserve for the 2026 UAA Championship on Saturday afternoon. The Bears put up a strong performance as they finished third as a team.
No. 1 NYU claimed its second-straight conference title with just 28 points. No. 6 Chicago was the runner-up with 50 points, with WashU taking third with 97 points. No. 11 Carnegie Mellon was fourth with 106 points, and No. 13 Emory finished fifth with 142 points.
Case Western Reserve (163 points), Brandeis (178 points), and Rochester (194 points) rounded out the UAA field.
Junior
Lucinda Laughlin finished runner-up with a time of 20:41.6 to lead the Bears on the day. With her second-place finish, she earns First Team All-UAA honors. First-year
Lucy Luetkemeyer was the next Bear to cross the finish line in a time of 21:42.8. Her 14th-place finish secures the final spot on the All-UAA Second Team.
Also scoring for the Bears were senior
Avery Nason (27th – 22:02.4), junior
Sally Carrington (28th – 22:02.7), and junior
Maddy Lee (30th – 22:10.2).
WashU will next compete at the WashU Open on Thursday, Nov. 5. The 5k meet on the Francis Olympic Field track will get started at 7 p.m.
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