CU Cross Country Preview - at NCAA Division III Mideast Regionals

Cross Country | 11/12/2026 12:00:00 PM

November has arrived and that means the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championships have come for the Clarkson University Cross Country team and dozens of other programs across the Northeast as teams and athletes vie for spots for NCAA Championships next weekend in Minnesota.

For now, the Golden Knights and many other New England and New York teams will head to Manchester, Connecticut for qualifying purposes, competing at Wickham Park and hosted by Trinity College. A maximum of seven runners will compete for each school, with teams considering both times and health at this point of the year for strategic purposes.

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The Women: The Golden Knights will be joined by 30 other programs in a deep field for their 6000-meter race, beginning at 11:00 am. Senior Alexandra Simon led the Green and Gold at the Liberty League Championships and has averaged 25:22.45 in four 6K races this year, but that figure drops by nearly 20 seconds if the first event of the season is dropped from consideration. Skylar Francis is next for the Knights with an average time of 26:31.78, though like Simon her figure drops in the last three events, falling to 26:15.2. Meagan Speizer has the fastest time of 2026 outside of Simon's results, finishing in under 26 minutes in October, and she is one of three Clarkson runners averaging less than 27 minutes per 6000-meters (26:58.32). Janneke Baks (27:25.64), Kelly Lahiff (28:00.18), Madeline Bresnan (29:32.58), and Olivia Stalker (29:53.5) round out Clarkson's team of seven.

The Men: Clarkson and 28 other schools will be represented in the 8000-meter result, scheduled for 12:00 noon on Saturday. Drew Reigelsperger entered the Liberty League Championships with a sub-26 minute average for the season (25:55.54), but his time at the conference's race increased his average to 26:04.81, which is still one of the fastest averages in program history. James Lynch is the only Clarkson runner to post a sub 27-minute time in 2026, having done so three times in the middle of the campaign. He has the second fastest average time for Clarkson at 27:11.55. The third and fourth spots are virtually interchangeable as their averages are very close to one another. Jack Zieber is third at 27:36.43 and Matthew Clarner is next with an average of 27:45.46. Wyatt Worcester (28:09.43) and Spencer Reese (28:14.5) will also be included in the top seven, while Charles O'Brien (28:56.32) is a late add for the Knights to replace Frank Consolazio.

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