2026 Liberty League Women’s Cross Country Championship Results
RED HOOK, N.Y. – Vassar College captured its fourth consecutive conference title on Saturday at the 2026 Liberty League Women’s Cross Country Championship, held at Bard College’s Montgomery Place Campus. The Brewers finished the race with all five scoring runners placing among the top 12.
The Brewers are the first Liberty League women's cross country team to win more than three consecutive titles since St. Lawrence University won 13 straight from 2002 through 2014.
As a team, Vasar totaled 31 points on the day en route to the 2026 title with a 27-point advantage over the runner-up. St. Lawrence placed second for the second consecutive year with 58 points, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) rounded out the top three with 76 points. Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT, 101) finished fourth and Union College (130) was fifth. The Tigers and Garnet Chargers were followed by William Smith College (205), Bard College (248), and Clarkson University (265).
The Brewers were led by Haley Schoenegge, who captured her second Liberty League individual title since 2024. Schoenegge crossed the finish line in 21:19.8 to go along with a 5:44 pace on the 6-kilometer course, and finished with a 20.6-second margin of victory over runner-up Kathryn Arbegast of RIT (21:40.4). The two runners set the pace for the championship from the start before Schoenegge pulled away near the three-mile mark.
Vassar placed three runners among the top seven to earn All-Liberty League First Team honors. Along with Schoenegge, Adelaide Nyhan finished third in 22:36.2, while Chloe Bibula recorded a seventh-place finish with a time of 22:52.7. The Brewer trio was joined on the First Team by RIT teammates Arbegast and Therese Georgia (fifth, 22:42.0), as well as two from St. Lawrence: Avery Blanchard (fourth, 22:37.1) and Charlotte Blake (sixth, 22:52.7).
Runners finishing eighth through 14th earned All-Liberty League Second Team honors at the championship. The 2026 Second Team featured three Vassar runners, two from RPI, and one each from St. Lawrence and Ithaca. Cayley Swaim (8th,22:58.2), Hadley Snell (12th, 23:13.2), and Lizzie Lowe (14th, 23:21.2) represented the Brewers. RPI’s Fran Mavricos finished in 23:00.9 for ninth, Hannah Pawlowski of Ithaca and Quinn Sirgany of St. Lawrence followed in tenth (23:06.8) and eleventh (23:13.2), respectively. RPI’s Erin vonHousen also garnered second team honors with a 13th-place finish and time of 23:15.3.
The Liberty League also recognizes an honorable mention that represents individuals who finish fifteenth through twenty-first.
2026 Liberty League Women's Cross Country Championship All-League Teams
All-Liberty League First Team
1. Haley Schoenegge, Vassar — 21:19.8
2. Kathryn Arbegast, RIT — 21:40.4
3. Adelaide Nyhan, Vassar — 22:36.2
4. Avery Blanchard, St. Lawrence — 22:37.1
5. Therese Georgia, RIT — 22:42.0
6. Charlotte Blake, St. Lawrence — 22:49.5
7. Chloe Bibula, Vassar — 22:52.7
All-Liberty League Second Team
8. Cayley Swaim, Vassar — 22:58.2
9. Fran Mavricos, RPI — 23:00.9
10. Hannah Pawlowski, Ithaca — 23:06.8
11. Quinn Sirgany, St. Lawrence — 23:12.4
12. Hadley Snell, Vassar — 23:13.2
13. Erin Vonhousen, RPI — 23:15.3
14. Lizzie Lowe, Vassar — 23:21.2
All-Liberty League Honorable Mention
15. Ava Handel, RPI — 23:21.5
16. Annabel Dobash, Union — 23:27.8
17. Madison Beaudoin, St. Lawrence — 23:30.7
18. Charlotte Koutalidis, RPI — 23:33.4
19. Eden Panchison, Vassar — 23:34.4
20. Carly Zack, St. Lawrence — 23:37.2
21. Alice Einhorn, RPI — 23:42.3