CROSS COUNTRY NOTEBOOK
Vermont cross country heads south to Kingsville, Md. for the 2022 America East Cross Country Championships on Saturday (Oct. 29) at UMBC. Races kickoff at 10 a.m. ET with the men's 8k, followed by the women's 5k at 11 a.m. ET. Fans can tune into the action live on AmericaEast.TV. Live results will be produced by M&D Timing.
 
RELATED LINKS
Watch | Live Results | Championship Central
 
SCOUTING THE FIELD
UMass Lowell is the top-ranked team in the men's competition entering Saturday's championships. The UML men are the lone America East team ranked in the Northeast Region's Top-15 by the USTFCCCA at No. 10. The women's side has two teams ranked in the Northeast, with Binghamton at No. 11, and New Hampshire at No. 13.
 
WOMEN'S XC RUNNERS
Andie Cornish, Geneva Cote, Caroline Deiss, Sophie Doman, Emma Hastings-Crummey, Hannah Hayden, Sadie Holmes, Clare Kelly, Jane Leighton, and Hope Tyska will race for UVM women's cross country.
 
MEN'S XC RUNNERS
Owen Amsden, James Cilwik, Davis Cote, Andrew Cromton, Dillon Jensen, Kenneth Morrissey, Steven O'Driscoll, Jameson Sparks, Nathan Stine, and Jacob Tremblay will race for Vermont men's cross country.
 
LAST TIME IN KINGSVILLE
Kingsville, Md. is the location for the America East Championships for the first time since 2016. The UVM women were led by All-Conference runners Autumn Albrecht and Samantha Sayer en route to a fourth-place finish as a team. The Vermont men finished fifth in the team competition with Patrick Coppinger securing All-Conference honors.
 
ALL-CONFERENCE JANE
Jane Leighton is the lone Catamount running this weekend to have earned All-Conference honors in previous America East Cross Country Championships. She finished 10th in the 2021 championships to earn Second Team All-Conference. Leighton also won the Elite 18 award for her impressive work on the course and in the classroom.
 
LAST YEAR'S CHAMPIONSHIPS
The America East Cross Country Championships were hosted by New Hampshire a season ago, which saw the Vermont women place fifth (141 pts.) and the men sixth (165 pts.) in their respective competitions.
 
LAST TIME OUT
The Cats earned a pair of victories in the most recent outing at the Fall Foliage Invitational (OPct. 16). The Vermont women scored 25 points for their first-place finish, and the men picked up 36 points in their win. Jane Leighton finished as the individual winner in the women's 5k, while teammate Andrew Crompton placed first in the men's 8k.