NORTHFIELD, Minn. – The No. 23 Connecticut College women's cross country team finished 14th out of 35 teams at the 2026 Running of the Cows (Pre-Nationals) on Saturday afternoon at the Bill Huyck Championship Cross Country Course.

In a competitive meet that featured 18 nationally-ranked programs, Conn finished the day with 423 points and placed three runners in the top-40 of the field of 324. The Camels finished in front of five nationally-ranked teams—including three that were ahead of them in the latest USTFCCCA poll—and got a sneak preview of the venue that will host the national championship at the end of the season. 

Williams College took home team honors with a score of 79 points, paced by a runner-up finish from first year Sophie Capozzi. Vassar College's Haley Schoenegge was the individual medalist with a time of 21:07.1 and finished 10 seconds clear of Capozzi.

April Schilling (Amherst, Mass.) continued her impressive season for the Camels with a fourth-place finish, clocking in with a career-best 6K time of 21:28.1. Kiera Tallas (Fountain Valley, Calif.) and Abby Williams (Waterville, Maine) were the next to cross for Conn, with the former finishing 12th in 21:46.7 and the latter in 38th in 22:16.9.

Juliet Provost (Seekonk, Mass.) and Maddalena Figueroa-Starr (Holyoke, Mass.) completed the scoring for the Camels. Provost came home in 23:49.2 to finish 210th while Figueroa-Starr crossed in 23:51.9 to take 218th. Hannah Petersen (Brookline, Mass.) and Julia Coyle (Pomfret Center, Conn.) rounded out Conn's top-7 and finished 230th and 268th, respectively.

Conn will next compete at the James Earley Invitational on Saturday, October 10.