Vienna Ritter-Yelle

Vienna Ritter-Yelle

  • Award
    Rookie
  • Week Of
    10/19/2026
  • Sport
    Women's Cross Country
  • School
    William Smith College
  • Year
    Freshman
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Auburn, N.Y.
  • High School
    Auburn
William Smith College first-year Vienna Ritter-Yelle won the inaugural Warner-Fleury Invitational (formerly the Cross Country Only Championship), hosted by William Smith, on Saturday. She covered the soggy, 6-kilometer course in a winning time of 24:33.6, 5.9 seconds ahead of the runner-up, classmate Evie Morris. It was Ritter-Yelle's second victory of the season (SUNY Poly Wildcat Invitational, Sept. 26). With five runners in the race's top 10, the Herons won the team title by a comfortable margin over second place SUNY ESF. It's the fifth straight year that a Heron has won the team's annual home race and the fifth consecutive year that the team at home. It's the first time a Heron first-year has won at home since 2014.