Cornell Women Take 17th at NCAA Northeast Regional
The Big Red finished 17th of 40 teams at the regional held at the Bethpage course in New York.
Updated on Nov. 13, 2026 in Running
Cornell's women's cross-country team scored 527 points to finish 17th among 40 teams at the NCAA Northeast Regional. Boston College won the team title with 51 points.
Why it matters
The result closes out Cornell's fall cross-country season and shows how its five scoring runners performed closely together under difficult conditions. The finish also shapes how the team heads into its winter training, as many distance runners are expected to shift toward indoor track and field.
Cornell's five scoring runners averaged 21:38 and finished within 1:01.8 of one another, while Syracuse's Keira Rogan won the individual race in 19:46.9. The source does not indicate whether these times qualify the team for any later competition.
The players
Cornell University
Cornell is an Ivy League private research university in Ithaca, New York, whose athletic teams compete as the Big Red.
Boston College
Boston College is a private Jesuit university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, that won the NCAA Northeast Regional women's team title.
Maisie McManus
McManus is a senior distance runner for Cornell and the team's top finisher at the regional.
The details
The race was run in temperatures near 40 degrees with rain falling throughout, at the Bethpage course in Bethpage, New York. Senior Maisie McManus led Cornell by placing 41st in 20:55, followed by sophomore Kinga Czajkowska in 106th place.
Timeline
Sept. 4: Cornell opened its season with a victory at the Panthers XC Invite.
Sept. 11: Cornell won at home on the Moakley Course against Ithaca and Cortland.
Sept. 26: Cornell placed 17th at the Princeton Meadows Challenge.
Oct. 31: Cornell finished eighth at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships.
Nov. 13: Cornell finished 17th at the NCAA Northeast Regional in Bethpage.
Season Trajectory
Cornell's 17th-place regional finish closes its fall season within the NCAA regional qualifying structure that decides which teams and runners advance to the national championship. The result follows a season that opened with a victory and ended with an eighth-place Ivy League Heptagonal finish.
Cornell's five scoring runners finished within about one minute of each other, a tight spread that shaped the team's placing. Many of the team's distance runners are expected to move to indoor track and field in December, and the university's indoor schedule will be released soon.
The takeaway
Tight pack running proved decisive for Cornell, as its five scorers finished within about a minute of one another. Readers following distance running can watch how that depth carries into indoor competition this winter.
Further reading
Explore more coverage in the Running section for context on distance racing trends.
