The following story originally appeared on the website for William & Mary Athletics. – Ed.
For a league-leading 29th time, William & Mary captured the CAA Men’s Cross Country Championship on Friday morning at Bethpage State Park on Long Island.
The Tribe placed six runners in the top-15 of the 8k race to accumulate 34 points (2-3-8-9-12) to finish atop the 11-team field. The conference crown marked the program’s first since 2021 and the 22nd this century. First year Head Coach Adam Smith guided W&M to its 44th overall conference title, as the Tribe won 15 Southern Conference titles.
The 29 CAA titles is tied with the W&M women’s tennis program for the most in league history in any sport.
On the women’s side, the Green and Gold finished third in the 12-team field. W&M recorded its third straight top-three finish at the CAA Championships with a trio of runners finishing inside the top-15 and all five scorers setting personal bests in the 6k. The Tribe totaled 82 points (11-12-14-19-26), just four behind runner-up Monmouth (78). Elon won its sixth straight team title with 33 points.
Six student-athletes – Alex Jordan, Hayes Trapp, Caleb Wilcox, Tristan Thurneysen, Eric Fagan and Nolan Yeagle – earned All-CAA honors for finishing top-15 in the 97-runner field on the men’s side. On the women’s side, Molly Weithman, Abby Lane and Caroline Sapperstein earned all-league recognition.
Alex Jordan paced the Tribe with a runner-up finish and a career-best time of 24:00 cruising through the course at a 4:50-mile pace. Senior Hayes Trapp earned All-CAA honors for the fourth time in his career, placing third for the third consecutive season. The Aiken, S.C., native crossed the line in 24:08.
Caleb Wilcox was the next runner in for the Green and Gold, finishing eighth in 24:23.3. Tristan Thurneysen came in right behind Wilcox in ninth place, the top rookie finisher in the field. Eric Fagan rounded out the scorers, placing 12th overall with a time of 24:36.8.
On the women’s side, Weithman tallied an 11th place finish to pace the Tribe, finishing in a career-best 21:16.5. Lane checked in right behind her in 12th place, stopping the clock in 21:23.8. Caroline Sapperstein registered a personal best of 21:24.5 to take 14th and round out the three W&M top-15 finishers. Chloe Miller set a new career best in the 6k by 25 seconds, finishing in 21:33 to claim 14th overall. Celia Dawson was the fifth Tribe runner to set a new all-time best mark in the 6k, closing out the race in 21:47.2. to finish in 26th place.
Up next
W&M will be back in action at the NCAA Southeast Regional Championships on Nov. 13 in Spartanburg, S.C.