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FOUR-PEAT: #18 Women's Cross Country Dominates to Collect Fourth Straight Liberty League Championship

Schoenegge wins second individual title, six other Brewers earn All-Liberty League honors

Annandale-on-Hudson, NY - Senior Haley Schoenegge earned her second career Liberty League individual title to help lead the #18 Vassar College Women's Cross Country to its fourth straight Liberty League team crown at the Liberty League Championship at Montgomery Place on the Bard College campus. The senior class of Schoenegge, Adelaide Nyhan, Acadia Helfand, Norah Reade and Cayley Swaim finish their conference careers with a Liberty League championship in each of the four cross country campaigns.

Vassar's Finishers
  • Schoenegge pulled away in the final 2K of the race as she cruised to her second conference title with a time of 21:19.3, outpacing the next closest finisher by over 20 seconds, and earn her fourth consecutive All-Liberty League First Team selection.
  • Nyhan raced to a third place finish with a time of 22:36.2 to earn her third straight First Team selection followed by junior Chloe Bibula in seventh position in 22:52.7, who scored her first career First Team accolades.
  • Swaim crossed the finish line in eighth place with a time of 22:58.2 to collect her third consecutive Second Team honors while junior Hadley Snell earned her first Second Team accolades after a 12th place finish in 23:13.2.
  • Junior Lizzie Lowe also scored her first Second Team honors behind a 14th place finish in 23:21.2 along with first year Eden Panchison earning Honorable Mention honors in her first conference championship race in 19th place in a time of 23:34.4.
  • Sophomore Emerson Wyatt raced to a 26th place finish in 24:04.9 while Reade turned in a 32nd place finish with a time of 24:25.5.
  • Sophomore Malaika Dechet-Wetzel posted a top-45 finish with a time of 25:02.4 along with Helfand crossing the finish line in the top-50 in 25:08.0.
  • First year Grace Alpin placed in the top-50 with a time of 25:11.2 while first year Avery Palmore also finish in the top-50 in 25:20.6.
  • First year Delaney Aronson closed out the Vassar finishers with a time of 25:32.7 to finish in the top-60 overall.
Team Scores
  1. #18 Vassar - 31
  2. St. Lawrence - 58
  3. RPI - 76
  4. RIT - 101
  5. Union - 130
  6. Ithaca - 141
  7. William Smith - 205
  8. Bard - 248
  9. Clarkson - 265
All-Liberty League First Team All-Liberty League Second Team All-Liberty League Honorable Mention
  • Ava Handel (RPI)
  • Annabel Dobash (Union)
  • Madison Beaudoin (St. Lawrence)
  • Charlotte Koutalidis (RPI)
  • Eden Panchison (Vassar)
  • Carly Zack (St. Lawrence)
  • Alice Einhorn (RPI)
Up Next
  • Vassar heads to the NCAA Mideast Regionals on Saturday, November 14 at Wickham Park in Manchester, CT.
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Players Mentioned

Chloe Bibula

Chloe Bibula

5' 1"
Junior
Malaika Dechet-Wetzel

Malaika Dechet-Wetzel

Sophomore
Acadia Helfand

Acadia Helfand

5' 6"
Senior
Lizzie Lowe

Lizzie Lowe

5' 8"
Junior
Adelaide Nyhan

Adelaide Nyhan

5' 8"
Senior
Norah Reade

Norah Reade

5' 9"
Senior
Haley Schoenegge

Haley Schoenegge

5' 7"
Senior
Hadley Snell

Hadley Snell

5' 4"
Junior
Cayley Swaim

Cayley Swaim

5' 2"
Senior
Emerson Wyatt

Emerson Wyatt

5' 0"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Chloe Bibula

Chloe Bibula

5' 1"
Junior
Malaika Dechet-Wetzel

Malaika Dechet-Wetzel

Sophomore
Acadia Helfand

Acadia Helfand

5' 6"
Senior
Lizzie Lowe

Lizzie Lowe

5' 8"
Junior
Adelaide Nyhan

Adelaide Nyhan

5' 8"
Senior
Norah Reade

Norah Reade

5' 9"
Senior
Haley Schoenegge

Haley Schoenegge

5' 7"
Senior
Hadley Snell

Hadley Snell

5' 4"
Junior
Cayley Swaim

Cayley Swaim

5' 2"
Senior
Emerson Wyatt

Emerson Wyatt

5' 0"
Sophomore