NORTHAMPTON, Mass. —

Sophomore runner Kevyn Fish (Allison Park, Pa.) finished third overall to lead the U.S. Coast Guard Academy women's cross country team to a runners-up effort at the 2026 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championship on Saturday morning at Smith College.

Nationally-ranked MIT were the eventual meet champions. The #9 Engineers totaled an appropriate 19 points to secure their 19th consecutive title. Fish ran 22:38.0 to lead the Bears to second place with 56 points. Smith tallied 84 points to place third at home.

Three more Bears finished in the top 19 to earn All-Conference honors. Second to cross for the Bears was sophomore Meredith Isley (Valparaiso, Ind.), who clocked in at 23:24.7 for ninth overall, with senior Annabel Molner (Bremen, Germany) right behind her in 10th at 23:25.7 Sophomore Amanda Delevan(Boiling Springs, Pa.) rounded out Coast Guard's All-NEWMAC runners by finishing the course in 23:36.0 to place 16th.

Senior Laura Molner (Bremen, Germany) just missed out on All-Conference honors, running 23:53.4 to place 20th. She was followed by classmate Mia Mastrogiovanni (Manahawkin, N.J.) in 21st with a time of 23:57.7, while freshman Izzie Copeland (Kirtland, Ohio) rounded out the Bears' scorers by running 24:01.0 for 22nd.

Full results for the 2026 NEWMAC Women's Cross Country Championship can be viewed here. Coast Guard women's cross country will return on Saturday, November 7th, for the D3 Challenge at Stenger Farm Park in nearby Waterford, a JV meet hosted by Connecticut College.

The varsity squad will use the off week to recover and prepare for the following Saturday, November 14th, which takes them to Wickham Park in Manchester for the NCAA Division III Mideast Regionals.