WARRENVILLE, Ill. – Sophomore Max Sudrzynski claimed the individual UAA title as the No. 7 Washington University in St. Louis men's cross country team finished fourth at the 2026 UAA Cross Country Championships at the St. James Farm Forest Preserve on Saturday afternoon.

No. 6 NYU claimed the team title with 58 points, while No. 12 Carnegie Mellon was right behind them as the runner-up with 61 points. Finishing just ahead of WashU was No. 18 Chicago with 69 points, with the Bears securing fourth place with 76 points.

(RV) Case Western Reserve (113 points), Brandeis (181 points), Emory (182 points), and Rochester (215 points) finished out the UAA meet team standings.

Sudrzynski took the UAA title after finishing 10th a year ago when the Bears hosted the meet. This time, he finished in a time of 24:17.7, nearly two seconds ahead of the runner-up from Chicago. Along with the title, Sudrzynski earned First Team All-UAA honors.

First-year Toby Wong was the next Bear to cross the finish line in 12th place, in a time of 24:44.9, to earn Second Team All-UAA honors.

Also scoring for WashU were junior Ben Lorenz (15th place – 24:51.6), sophomore Charlie Houck (20th – 24:56.0), and junior Sean Green (28th – 25:07.6).

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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