ALBANY, N.Y. – For the second time in program history, the Vermont Women won the America East Cross Country Championship Friday afternoon on the campus of UAlbany.
Zoey McNabb and
Siena Stanley placed second and third overall and were joined by
Isabella Fryer as an All-Conference selection. The Catamount Men finished in second for the first time since 1991 behind top-five finishes from
Darius Parker and
Eamon Burke.
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Results: Women's 5k | Men's 8k
CatamounTV Celebration Reel
COACHES QUOTE
"Unquestionably a fantastic day for Catamount Cross Country," said Matt Bellfield. "A championship is always hard to win, and the women paid the price it took for that victory. Both in their preparation and sacrifice the past few months, and in the race itself today.It also extremely important to not overlook matching the best-ever team performance for our men. They put it all out there to try to get the win and held on as long as they could. We are grateful for all the support and are so happy we could bring home some hardware."
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Women's 5k race opened at 11am on Friday morning and Zoey McNabb paced Vermont out of the gates. She would go on to finish in second place in her first conference championship, clocking a 17:16.80 earning first team All-Conference.
- Siena Stanley earned All-Conference honors for the second straight season. The junior picked up a podium place finishing third overall at 17:29.80. That was over 30-seconds quicker than her 2025 performance.
- Isabella Fryer was the third Catamount to post a sub 18-minute time. She finished 13th overall to pick up the Second Team All-Conference honor with a time of 17:49.80.
- In 20th place was Lydia Donahue with her best 5k time of the fall at 18:09.40. Grace DeLisle completed the Vermont top-five and point scoring group, crossing the line at 18:12.60 in 23rd place.
- Reese Bradbury (18:22.50) in 31st and Niav Murphy (18:35.20) in 42nd were both a part of Vermont's top-seven finishers helping them win the conference.
- The Vermont Women earned 61 points besting second place Maine who collected 69. While the Black Bears placed all five point scorers in the top-17, Vermont's duo on the podium of McNabb and Stanley pushed the Catamounts to the conference title.
- UMass Lowell won the men's title with all five point scorers in the top-14 of the race and 49 points. The Catamounts collected 61 points with all five point scorers in the top-20 to finish in second as a team, the best ever result for the men's team.
- Darius Parker sped to a fourth place finish at 24:15.10 in the 8k for his best time of the year. Right behind was Eamon Burke in fifth place at 24:19.30. They were both First Team All-Conference selections.
- Will Locke finished in 15th place, taking 15 seconds off his time from 2025. He closed at 24:34.90.
- Josiah Conley and Bennett Harrison-Michaels were neck and neck at the finish line. The freshman Conley was just ahead in 18th overall posting a 24:42.50. Harrison-Michaels clocked a 24:42.90.
- Patrick Mozden posted a 24:46.70 in 23rd overall and Myles Napolitano was 35th in 25:10.50.
- Vermont's Zoey McNabb was honored as the women's Most Outstanding Rookie of the Meet after her second-place finish while the Catamount staff of Belfield and Joe Gingras were recognized as the Coaching Staff of the Year.
- Josiah Conley of Vermont was honored as the men's Most Outstanding Rookie after taking 18th overall.
- All America East schools will return to action on Friday, November 13 at the NCAA Northeast Region Championship from Bethpage, NY.
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