NORTHAMPTON, Mass. — Junior Abby Wozniak (Blackstone, Mass.) led the Wheaton College (Mass.) women's cross country team with a 14th-place finish at the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference Championship this morning on the campus of host Smith College in Northampton, Mass.

No. 9 Massachusetts Institute of Technology won its 19th consecutive NEWMAC crown with a score of 19 points. The Engineers boasted the first, second, fourth, fifth and seventh-place finishers, including senior Liv Girand (New York, N.Y.), who won the individual title with a time of 22.17.6.

Wozniak posted a mark of 23:28.4 for the Lyons and earned All-Conference honors due to her top-19 finish. The Blue and White tallied 243 points to place ninth as a team.

Junior Chloe Vescio (Douglas, Mass.) placed 52nd with a time of 25:14.2, before sophomore Sophia Woodcock (Warrington, Pa.), who finished 83rd with a mark of 27:05.5. Sophomore Caeli Wagner (Hingham, Mass.) crossed the line with a time of 27:36.2 to finish 93rd and first year Koby Sherwood (Monmouth, Maine) closed out the scoring for Wheaton with a 106th-place effort behind a time of 28:20.7.

First year Blue Betancourt-Poor (New York City, N.Y.) clocked in at 28:41.6 to finish 110th and senior Annabelle Sanders (Miami, Fla.) placed 114th with a time of 29:16.6. First year Evelyn Campbell (Charlestown, R.I.) turned in a time of 30:11.0 to finish 122nd with classmate Mady Dias (Taunton, Mass.) a few steps behind at 30:16.0 to place 124th. Junior Niyati Hotha (South Brunswick, N.J.) finished 128th for the Lyons with a mark of 31:57.7. 

Wheaton will run again on Saturday, November 14 when it competes at the NCAA Division III Northeast Regional at the Wainwright Sports Complex in South Portland, Maine.