MILTON, N.Y. – Marymount University captured the 2024 Atlantic East Women’s Cross Country Championship on Saturday, finishing with a low team score of 35.
 
It is the first team title for the Saints in women’s cross country, as Marywood had won the last five.
 
Marywood and Immaculata finished in a tie for second with 56 points, with Marywood winning second on the tiebreaker as its sixth runner finished 21^st. Pratt Institute was fourth with 103 points, followed by Neumann in fifth at 125 and Centenary in sixth at 142.
 
Avery Finnegan from Marymount won the race with a time of 24:48.5, followed by Aubrey Donahue from Immaculata in second at 24:54.6. Brier Amerlinck from Marymount was third with a time of 25:24.3, followed by Paige Redman from Marywood in fourth at 26:00.0.
 
Hannah Betchyk from Neumann was fifth with a time of 26:13.9, followed by Mikayla Stephens from Marymount in sixth at 26:59.8 and Jayla Gross from Immaculata in seventh at 27:01.5. All seven finished first team All-Conference.
 
Second-team All-Conference went to finishers eight through 14. Gabrielle Snee from Marywood was eighth with a time of 27:08.2, followed by Jaqueline Leone from Immaculata in ninth 27:19.9, Bella Achenbach from Marywood in tenth at 27:25.2, Gabrielle Weirsky from Marymount in 11^th at 27:48.6, McKenna Kerry from Centenary in 12^th at 27:50.7, Giovanna Lisa in 13^th from Pratt at 27:55.6 and Madeleine Pare from Marymount in 14^th at 27:58.0.
 
Teams will now get set for the NCAA regional meet in two weeks.