Results

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Grinnell College's women's cross country team has been impressive all season, and that trend continued Saturday afternoon.
 
The Pioneers collected their 22^nd Midwest Conference title at the league event at Seminole Valley Park, regaining the crown they had taken from them a year ago.
 
Grinnell tallied 40 points to outdistance runner-up Cornell College by 11 in the nine-team field.
 
The title is the second in coach Sarah Burnell's career, Grinnell's third since 2019 and 11^th since 2004. After the meet, Burnell and her staff Andrew Nickeson and Keegan Parrott were named MWC Coaching Staff of the Year.
 
Grinnell had five runners earn All-MWC honors and several put their names on, or move up, the program's all-time leader board.
 
Hannah Roark '26 achieved the rare feat of being a four-time All-MWC performer, finishing third in the 6-kilometer race in 21 minutes, 37.3 seconds. Morgan Karow '26 achieved All-MWC status for the third time, taking fifth place in the 94-runner field in 21:46.1. Those times rank second and third in program history, respectively.
 
Sindri Bonner '28 was right behind Karow, placing sixth in 21:49.7, and MWC Newcomer of the Year Lizzie Drew '29 was 11^th in 22:15.0. Their times are fourth and seventh in GC history. Also earning All-MWC honors was Arushi Kharbanda '29, 15^th place in 22:29.3. Her time is 10^th all-time at GC.
 
Just missing All-MWC honors were Emma Wharton-Hsieh '27 and Talia Harrison '26, who were 21^st and 22^nd in 22:56.2 and 22:57.7. They also rank 21^st and 22^nd in Grinnell history.
 
Other Pioneers making the program's top 50 list were Noelle Vu '28 (24^th all-time at 23:02.1), Ella McEntee '29 (34^th all-time in a clocking of 23:24.8), Tennyson Shultz '28 (38^th in 23:32.5), Diana Barba '26 (45^th in 23:46.5) and Cindy Wang '28 (47^th in 23:51.1).
 
The individual champion was Lidia Dahlman of Cornell, who ran 21:00.2.