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Women's Cross Country 8/29/2025 Steven Merritt, Director of Athletic Communications

Nyhan Scores First Place Finish as #16 Women's Cross Country Finishes Second at Vassar Season Starter

Junior posts career-best 3K time to finish first overall

Poughkeepsie, NY - Junior Adelaide Nyhan raced to a first place finish out of 62 total finishers as the #16 Vassar College Women's Cross Country team finished just a point behind #4 NYU to place second out of six teams at the 3K Vassar Season Starter at the Vassar Farm.

VASSAR'S FINISHERS

Nyhan bolted out to the front of the pack early and took home the first place title with a new personal best 3K time of 10:56.7.
Junior Cayley Swaim finished fourth overall with a time of 11:05.4 followed by senior Anika Mueller-Hickler in fifth position with a mark of 11:05.6.
Junior Acadia Helfand crossed the finish line in 10th place with a time of 11:13.9, just ahead of sophomore Sarah France in 11th in 11:18.3.
First year Sophie Cosgrove earned a 13th place finish in her collegiate debut with a time of 11:19.6 along with sophomore Chloe Bibula scoring a 18th place finish in a career-best 3K time of 11:26.8.
Vassar scored three straight finishers from 19th to 21st position as sophomore Elizabeth Lowe finished 19th in a personal-best 11:28.7, senior Nora Goldberg-Courtney in 20th in a career-best 11:28.7 and sophomore Hadley Snell in 21st in a personal-best 11:31.2.
First years Cate Feudtner and Malaika Dechet-Wetzel posted top-26 finishes in their debuts as Feudtner was 25th in 11:43.1 followed by Dechet-Wetzel in 26th in 11:43.9.
First year Taylor Vogt posted a 32nd place finish to open her collegiate career in 12:08.0 followed by sophomore Sophia Marchioli in 35th in 12:13.9 and senior Max Sandrew in 36th in 12:20.2.
Seniors Isabelle Borgstedt and Lily Shimpach rounded out the Vassar finishers in the top-45 with Borgstedt finishing in 13:01.5 and Shimpach finishing with a time of 13:18.2.