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- Year:
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- Major:
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News mentions
Tealei Chandonnet (Dracut, Mass.) finished 60th overall with a time of 23:05.8 to lead Westfield State women’s cross country to a 14th-place team finish at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional at Harkness Park in Waterford, Conn.
After winning their fourth consecutive MASCAC Championship, Westfield State women’s cross country dominated the league’s 2024 All-Conference list as eight of the ten spots went to Owls’ athletes after this past Saturday’s MASCAC Championship meet from Doyle Conservation Center in Leominster, Mass.
Westfield placed eight runners in the meet’s top 10, finishing with 20 points, 42 points better than runner up Bridgewater State.
The Owls top unit went to the Conn College meet at Harkness Park in Waterford, Conn., a meet that serves as a preview of the course for the NCAA Mideast Regional later this fall.
Westfield State junior Shea Hamel and first-year Sophia Rebenciuc swept the conference weekly honors as Hamel was named the MASCAC Runner of the Week while Rebenciuc was tabbed the conference’s Rookie of the Week.
Westfield finished with 99 points, behind just regionally ranked Williams (46) and Wesleyan (99). Roger Williams University (108) and Salve Regina (143) rounded out the top five teams at the meet.
Westfield State men’s and women’s cross country will host their yearly James Earley Invitational meet on Oct 12, 2024
ealei Chandonnet led the Owls in 15th place in a time of 18:52.
After a team victory at the Owls season-opening meet at Keene State, women’s cross country posted a strong fourth place showing at the Trinity College Invite on Saturday afternoon.
Westfield State women’s cross country junior Shea Hamel and first-year men’s cross country athlete Gavin DaFonte both earned MASCAC weekly honors this past weekend.
Shea Hamel topped the individual performance list with a first place finish to lead Westfield State women’s cross country to a team victory at the Keene State Alumni meet from Keene, N.H. on Saturday afternoon.
Owls return five all-conference runners to make a push at fourth straight title.