2024 Westfield State Women's Cross Country News
After the conclusion of the winter sports season, Westfield State University Athletics continues to hold the top spot in the 2024-25 Howard C. Smith Cup standings, awarded annually to the institution with the best overall athletics program in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Westfield State University Athletics recognized over 300 student-athletes with the celebration of the annual Director of Athletics 3.0 ceremony held on Wednesday night during halftime of the Owls men’s basketball game.
Owls student-athletes’ Jarrod Ledvina, Shea Hamel, Molly Finnegan, Dylan Clark, Tom Onorato, Katie Slattery, Ben Dawe, and Emma Nihill were all named to the 2024 MASCAC Fall Sportsmanship Team.
After a strong 2024 fall season, Westfield State Athletics leads in the 2024-25 Howard C. Smith Cup standings, which is awarded annually to the best overall athletics institution in the league.
Westfield State cross country picked up a pair of awards in the final week of the 2024 season
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 Westfield State Athletics SmugMug website has been officially launched to enhance the accessibility of sports photography for student-athletes, families, and the WSU community.
Lee earned all conference honors in 2023 as the Owls won the MASCAC Cross country title.
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.
Owls teams will wear pink ribbons on their uniforms for home games from Oct. 11 through 19, and SAAC will host a walkathon at the Jerry Gravel Track on October 17.
Westfield State men’s and women’s cross country will host their yearly James Earley Invitational meet on Oct 12, 2024
Westfield State’s women’s cross country first year Sophia Rebenciuc (Southwick, Mass./Bedford HS) was named the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference’s rookie of the week, for the week ending Oct. 6
