HADDONFIELD, N.J. - The Atlantic East Conference announced the 2026 Women’s Cross Country major award winners and All-Conference teams on Wednesday. The top 14 finishers at the conference championship made up the all-conference squads.
Immaculata’s Aubrey Donahue received her third-career Runner of the Year award, finishing with a time of 24:24.9, a near-fourty second improvment from last year's time at the same Championship course. Rookie of the Year honors went to Gwynedd Mercy's Cara Mott, who finished fourth with a time of 26:44.9.
Brier Amerlinck, a Marymount senior, who finished second with a time of 25:35.4, received the Atlantic East Elite Scholar Athlete Award, which is given to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA competing at the final site of the championship, and is a finisher in the top two teams. The Biochemistry major holds a 4.0 GPA and has now received back-to-back-to-back Elite Scholar Athlete Award honors.
Coaching Staff of the Year was awarded to Immaculata University.
The full all-conference teams are listed below. Finishers one to seven earned first-team while eight to 14 earned second-team.
WOMEN’S MAJOR AWARDS
Champion - Marymount University
Runner-Up - Immaculata University
Runner of the Year - Aubrey Donahue, Sr., Immaculata
Rookie of the Year - Cara Mott, Fr., Gwynedd Mercy
Elite Scholar Athlete Award - Brier Amerlinck, Sr., Marymount
Coaching Staff of the Year - Immaculata University
FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Place/Name Time
1. Aubrey Donahue, Immaculata 24:24.9
2. Brier Amerlinck, Marymount 25:34.5
3. Abby Hughes, Marymount 26:26.3
4. Cara Mott, Gwynedd Mercy 26:44.9
5. Gabi Titone, Marymount 27:14.9
6. Jayla Gross, Immaculata 27:27.8
7. Melis Kavlicoglu, Pratt 27:43.1
SECOND-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Place/Name Time
8. Jacqueline Leone, Immaculata 28:03.1
9. Hailee Dicks, Gwynedd Mercy 28:12.4
10. Elizabeth Dellacorte, Marymount 28:45.0
11. Merin Kauffman, Pratt 29:27.4
12. Sonai Castrillo, Pratt 29:42.2
13. Breanna Dymek, Immaculata 29:46.2
14. Kyara Farjardo, Immaculata 29:59.3
FINAL WOMEN’S TEAM RESULTS
1. Marymount - 35; 2-3-5-10-15(19)(21)
2. Immaculata - 42; 1-6-8-13-14(17)(18)
3. Gwynedd Mercy - 72; 4-9-16-20-23
4. Pratt - 76; 7-11-12-22-24
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The Atlantic East Conference is a member of NCAA Division III comprising six institutions in a four-state area - Gwynedd Mercy and Immaculata Universities in Pennsylvania; Centenary and Saint Elizabeth Universities in New Jersey, Marymount University in Virginia, and Pratt Institute in New York.
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