St. Albans, Vermont – Sophomore Lexi Tepper turned in the second-fastest 5K time in UMBC history at the 2024 America East Conference Cross Country Championships on Saturday morning at Hard'ack Recreation Area.
 
Tepper finished seventh overall and delivered a personal-best time of 17:44.3 to lead UMBC to an eighth-place finish.  Lily Strelecki also turned in a strong performance as the junior crossed the line in 18:22.0 to place 27^th.
 
Junior Lyna Beraich (41nd, 18:37.8), freshman Katie Schwaner (43rd, 18:40.3), and sophomore Katelyn Deal (59th, 19:15.0) rounded out the scoring for the Retrievers.
 
New Hampshire utilized its depth to capture its first women's conference title since 2019.  The Wildcats has four runners finish in the top ten to come away with a 21-point victory over UMass Lowell, 52-73. Defending champion Binghamton was third with 85 points.
 
UMass Lowell's Mary-Kate took home her second individual straight title, this time in 17:04.36, nine seconds ahead of Jasmine Trott of Bryant. Claire Ronan of UNH placed third while Bryant's Chloe Whiting was fourth and Sydney Leitner was fifth. Mary Yount from UMass Lowell was sixth and UMBC's Tepper was seventh to round out the first-team All-Conference honorees. Gabby Deangelis, Regan Doody and Jill Walker placed 8-9-10 for the Wildcats to clinch the team title for UNH. Maine' Marlee Yoder (11th), Vermont's MegAnne Gilmore (12th), UMass Lowell's Sara Ross (13th) and Binghamton's Anna Gansrow (14th) joined the UNH trio as second-team All-Conference selections. 
 
Team Results

1. New Hampshire (52)
2. UMass Lowell (73)
3. Binghamton (85)
4. Bryant (111)
5. UAlbany (115)
6. Maine (124)
7. Vermont (134)
8. UMBC (166)
9. NJIT (DNF)