MECHANICSVILLE, Va. – The Saint Joseph's women's cross country team turned in its strongest performance of the fall on Saturday, putting two runners onto the All-Conference Team as the Hawks finished fourth at the 2026 Atlantic 10 Championship at Pole Green Park.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• Grace Rudder led the way for the Hawks, placing ninth out of 129 finishers with a time of 20:54.3.  Sabrina Paz joined her on the All-Conference Team with a 15th-place finish in 21:05.6; the times are personal bests for both Rudder and Paz at the six-kilometer distance.
 
• Ali Fink came across in 21:29.7, good for 25th, while Jonalee Adames finished 33rd in 21:38.6 and Chloe Care crossed in 50th place at 21:58.8 to round out the scoring quintet for the Hawks.  All three turned in personal bests as well.
 
• Katrina Endres ran a personal-best 22:05.3 to garner 60th place, while Emily Scott finished in a personal-best 22:47.3 to place 88th.
 
• Khya D'Angelo (22:56.8), Grace Fennell (22:58.9), and Emma Hyde (23:02.9) rounded out the Saint Joseph's contingent in the race.
 
• The Hawks placed fourth as a team, behind now five-time reigning champion Loyola Chicago (69 points), Saint Louis (88), and George Washington (91).  Saint Joseph's tallied 131 points, holding off La Salle (133) and Dayton (135) for a top-four finish.
 
• Saint Joseph's progressed well through the race, holding 11th place after the first kilometer and running 10th after two.  At the 4K-mark, the Hawks were still in the middle of the pack in seventh position before surging over the final third of the race for its best finish at the conference championship since placing fourth in 2002.
 
• Rudder's ninth-place finish is the best for an individual Hawk in seven years after Elaine Estes took eighth in 2019.  Oliwia Wawrzyniak of Saint Louis was the individual champion on Saturday, finishing 50 seconds ahead of the rest of the field.
 
UP NEXT
The NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional meet is set for Friday, November 13.