LA CROSSE, Wis. – National Runner-Up! The No. 3 Washington University in St. Louis women's track and field team is the 2026 NCAA Div. III National Runner-Up after finishing second at the NCAA Championships that concluded on Saturday.
Host Wis.-La Crosse took the team title with 53 points. The Bears finished the meet with 42 points. Johns Hopkins (38 points), Calvin (36 points), and Centre (34 points) rounded out the top five teams.
Saturday Results
- 4x100m
- 1500m
- Sophomore Lucinda Laughlin was the national runner-up in the event with a personal best time of 4:17.31
- She added eight points to the team score
- 400m
- Spytek finished in second place as the runner-up with a time of 54.26
- She scored eight team points.
- 100m
- Wrigth added three team points for the Bears with her sixth-place finish with a time of 11.76
- 800m
- Junior Cate Christopher scored the final point in the event with her eighth-place finish.
- She crossed the line in 2:09.34
- 4x400m
- Bird, junior Julia Coric, Spytek, and Weird were national runner-up in the event
- They crossed the finish line in 3:42.74, scoring eight team points
- 5000m
- Laughlin finished 19th with a time of 17:17.49
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