Women's Cross Country | 10/31/2026 5:25:00 PM

Results

Whitewater, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse women's cross country team won its sixth straight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championship (presented by Culver's) Saturday afternoon at the UW-Whitewater Campus Course.
 
WIAC HISTORY
* UWL won its 15th league title in school history, second-most in history. UW-Oshkosh owns a conference-best 16 championships.
 TEAM POINTS
* UWL captured the team title with 23 points. UW-Stevens Point placed second with 74 and UW-Eau Claire third with 88. UW-Oshkosh was fourth (95) followed by UW-River Falls (135), UW-Stout Polytechnic (167), UW-Whitewater (187) and UW-Platteville (257).

INDIVIDUAL FINISHERS
* UWL had 11 of the top 17 overall finishers, including Hailey Carroll placing second overall with a time of 21:38.6 on the 6,000-meter course. Marah Benedict finished third (21:42.3) with Molly Novotny fifth (21:51.5).
* Five other runners finished in the top 10 with Madison Twarling sixth (21:57.6), Annika Elliott seventh (21:59.9), Mallory Reiser eighth (22:00.3) and Milana Pisto 10th (22:11.2).
* Becca Immer was 11th (22:12.4), Julia Zalewski 12th (22:18.3), Joelle Duty 15th (22:25.7), Lauren Wegand 17th (22:30.9) and Stella Gruendemann 43rd (23:41.7).
 
INDIVIDUAL WINNER
* UW-Stout Polytechnic's Claudia Lasiowski won the individual title (21:38.5).
* A total of 86 runners completed the race.  

ALL-WIAC
* Five UWL runners earned All-WIAC First Team honors Saturday, including Carroll, Benedict, Novotny, Twarling and Elliott.
* Reiser, Pisto, Immer and Zalewski are All-WIAC Second Team selections with Duty and Wegand earning All-WIAC Honorable Mention accolades.
* It the third all-conference honor for Reister after finishing 11th in 2024 and 19th in 2025. Novotny, Twarling, Elliott, Pisto, Immer and Zalewski picked up their second career recognition. Novotny (11th), Twarling (16th), Elliott (fifth), Pisto (seventh), Immer (15th) and Zalewski (eighth) earned 2025 All-WIAC honors.
 * The top seven runners receive All-WIAC first team recognition, while runners placing eighth through 14th earn All-WIAC second team accolades.  Individuals finishing 15th through 21st claim honorable mention laurels.

CONFERENCE HONORS
* Benedict earned the WIAC Newcomer of the Year Award while Ella Woodworth was named to the All-WIAC Sportsmanship Team.
 
DEREK STANLEY
* Stanley, in his 15th season as UWL's head coach, has now led the Eagles to nine WIAC Championships (2013-14, 2016, 2021-26) while finishing second on five occasions (2012, 2015, 2017-19).
* A total of 104 All-WIAC Cross Country honors have been earned under Stanley, including 44 first team selections and 34 second team choices.         
* He has led the men's squad to 11 (2012-13, 2017-19, 2021-26) conference championships.

RANKINGS
* UWL is ranked third and UW-Eau Claire 15th in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Poll.
 
UP NEXT
* UWL returns to action Saturday, November 14 at the NCAA Division III North Regional at the St. Olaf College (Minn.) Cross Country Course in Northfield, Minnesota.