(ST NORBERT COMMUNICATIONS)BATAVIA, Ill. – St. Norbert College captured the 2026 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference women’s cross country championship with a dominating performance at the conference meet at Settler’s Hill Golf Course.
The Green Knights went low with a total of 25 points, matching the best-ever scoring performance at the NACC Championship (Aurora University, 2014) and was also the best score ever for St. Norbert at a conference meet (31 points, 2010). St. Norbert, which won its third NACC title and 11th overall conference crown, easily outdistanced second-place Aurora, which had 66 points. Wisconsin Lutheran College was third with 78 points. Aurora’s Susana Martinez bested a field of 96 harriers, covering the 6,000-meter course in 22:41.
St. Norbert had eight athletes finish in the top 15, earning them All-NACC honors.
Kayla Wesaw led St. Norbert with a second-place finish in 23:49, followed by Brianna Sheahan in third place at 23:52. Madelyn Willmas placed fifth in 24:12, followed by Kera Riley in sixth place at 24:18. Jada Baer rounded out the scorers by finishing in ninth place at 24:34.
Anna Fitzgerald placed 12th in 24:45, while Mollie Madsen was 14th in 24:51. Luisa Arcuri made the all-conference cut in 15th place, timing 24:52.
Wesaw, Riley and Madsen earned All-NACC honors for the second year in a row. Head coach Corey Bins and his staff were named NACC Coaching Staff of the Year.
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BATAVIA, Ill. – St. Norbert College finished in second place at the 2026 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Championship at Settler’s Hill Golf Course.
The Green Knights totaled 52 points for their runner-up finish, matching their highest finish since 2021. The result also matched their best finish at a conference meet in school history, with five runner-up showings overall. St. Norbert’s 52 points is the second-best mark in school history, just behind a 51-point total in 2007.
Milwaukee School of Engineering claimed the team title with 26 points. Wisconsin Lutheran College finished in third place with 68 points. MSOE’s Samuel McPeak won the individual title, leading a field of 97 contestants by covering the 8,000-meter course in 25:05.
St. Norbert finished with four harriers in the Top 15, earning them All-NACC honors. It is the second-most all-conference runners in one season in St. Norbert history.
Kyan Lynts (pictured) led the way with a fourth-place finish in 25:44, while Lars Huffman finished in fifth place in 25:48. Christian Lopez finished 11th in 26:16, while Jacob Wellons made the cut with a 15th-place showing in 26:40. Huffman and Lopez earned All-NACC honors for the second consecutive year, joining a list of 14 others who have been named all-conference twice in their career.
Rounding out St. Norbert’s top seven were Ian Hoppe in 22nd place at 27:46, while Liam Donehoo was 26th in 27:55. Carson Hammer finished in 32nd place in 28:17.
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