WINCHESTER, Va. – The Washington and Lee University women's cross country team extended its conference record with a 22nd Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) championship on Saturday morning, capturing its third consecutive title with 46 points at Kernstown Battlefield.
The Generals placed five runners among the top 14 finishers to secure an 18-point victory over runner-up Lynchburg (64). Batten University finished third with 66 points, followed by host Shenandoah (99) and Roanoke (120) to round out the top five in the 10-team field.
Sophomore
Adelaide Ellis led the Blue and White with a runner-up finish in 22:55.3, while classmate
Audrey Robinson placed seventh in 23:43.6. The duo earned First Team All-ODAC recognition and led a group of seven Generals who collected all-conference honors.
The women's victory completed a second consecutive championship sweep for Washington and Lee, which also claimed the men's team title with 16 points.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Ellis led the Generals throughout the 6k race, crossing the finish line second overall in 22:55.3. The sophomore maintained her runner-up position through the recorded checkpoints to secure her first First Team All-ODAC honor.
- Robinson joined Ellis on the All-ODAC First Team, finishing seventh in 23:43.6. The sophomore improved 13 places from her 20th-place showing at last year's conference championship, giving W&L two runners among the top seven.
- Sophomore Amelia Weenig and first-year Laura Sallade followed in 11th and 12th place, respectively. Weenig completed the course in 24:15.6, while Sallade crossed five seconds later in 24:20.5, earning both runners Second Team All-ODAC recognition.
- First-year Emma Watson rounded out the scoring five with a 14th-place finish in 24:27.6, collecting Second Team All-ODAC honors in her conference championship debut. The Generals placed three runners between 11th and 14th to secure their 46-point total.
- Senior Hannah Adams finished 15th in 24:32.7, followed by sophomore Josie Engle in 16th (24:34.0). Both earned Third Team All-ODAC honors, giving Washington and Lee seven all-conference performers for the championship.
- The Generals maintained the team lead at every recorded checkpoint, holding 47 points at both 2.5k and 4k before lowering their final total to 46. W&L's scoring five combined for a time of 1:59:43, averaging 23:57 with a 1:33 spread between its first and fifth finishers.
SCORING SEVEN
Washington and Lee – First Place (46 points)
TEAM SCORING
| Place |
Team |
Scoring Positions |
Points |
| 1st |
Washington and Lee |
2, 7, 11, 12, 14 (15, 16) |
46 |
| 2nd |
Lynchburg |
5, 8, 13, 18, 20 (22, 23) |
64 |
| 3rd |
Batten University |
1, 3, 9, 21, 32 |
66 |
| 4th |
Shenandoah |
6, 17, 24, 25, 27 (29, 30) |
99 |
| 5th |
Roanoke |
10, 19, 26, 28, 37 (38, 39) |
120 |
| 6th |
Eastern Mennonite |
4, 34, 49, 51, 56 |
194 |
| 7th |
Bridgewater (Va.) |
40, 43, 44, 45, 46 (48) |
218 |
| 8th |
Guilford |
31, 35, 42, 54, 59 |
221 |
| 9th |
Sweet Briar |
36, 41, 47, 52, 55 |
231 |
| 10th |
Randolph |
33, 50, 53, 57, 58 |
251 |
TEAM NOTES
- Washington and Lee captured its ODAC-record 22nd women's cross country championship and third consecutive conference title. The Generals have claimed the team crown in each of the last three seasons (2024-26).
- W&L swept the men's and women's ODAC cross country championships for the second consecutive year. The men's team totaled 16 points, tying Lynchburg's 1989 squad for the lowest championship score in conference history.
- The Generals placed nine runners among the top 21 and seven inside the top 16, collecting seven or more All-ODAC honors for the third consecutive season.
- Ellis recorded her highest finish at an ODAC cross country championship, improving from ninth in 2025 to second this season.
- Robinson climbed 13 positions from her 20th-place finish in 2025 to seventh, earning First Team All-ODAC recognition after collecting Third Team honors last season.
- Weenig earned her second consecutive All-ODAC honor after placing 10th in 2025 and 11th this season, while Engle collected her second straight all-conference selection.
- Sallade and Watson each earned Second Team All-ODAC recognition in their first conference championship appearances.
- Batten sophomore Ester Zar won the individual championship in a Kernstown Battlefield course-record 21:44.1, breaking the previous standard of 21:55.8 set by Lynchburg's Kelsey Lagunas in 2022. Zar was named the ODAC Runner of the Meet.
- Batten's Ella Moskowitz earned ODAC Rookie of the Meet honors after finishing third in 23:20.5, while Shenandoah's Madison Chorney was recognized as the ODAC/Virginia Farm Bureau Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
W&L Individual Results
UP NEXT
The Generals will return to competition on Saturday, Nov. 14, at the NCAA Division III South Region Championships, hosted by the University of Lynchburg at Panorama Farms in Earlysville, Va. Competition is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
