OBERLIN - Several members of The College of Wooster cross country teams posted career-best times at the 2026 North Coast Athletic Conference Championship meet, hosted by Oberlin College on Saturday.
 
As she has for most of the season, first-year Stella Anderson led the way with a career-best time of 23:45.8 for the women's team's top finish in 54th place. Junior Basil Keck was the top harrier for the men, placing a team-high 34th in his career-best 8k time of 26:42.6. 
 
Five of the remaining top six on the women's side also recorded career bests on the afternoon, including a slew of the first-years.
 
Eloise Gravel led a pack of Scots with a career-best 24:13.7 for 61st place while seniors Reeve Helvoigt, Elise Wheeler and first-year Molly Noesen-Bosscher were not far behind in 66th, 67th and 69th place, respectively. Helvoigt crossed the finish line in 24:45.8 while both Wheeler and Noesen-Bosscher posted career bests of 24:46.5 and 24:55.4, respectively. 
 
For the men, their other top four finishers also posted personal record times between junior Grant Mentzer, sophomore Max Kollhoff and first-year Owen Neville. Mentzer placed 58th in 27:31.5, Kollhoff took 70th in 28:09.3 and Neville was not far behind in 72nd in 28:15.0. Junior Andrew Rombach rounded out the scoring, finishing in 75th place in 28:24.2. 
 
Although they did not contribute to the team score, first-year Sophie Krummick and junior Eilidh Horn both had strong performances with career bests. Krummick and Horn finished back-to-back in 75th and 76th place in 25:22.9 and 25:34.9, respectively.
 
First-year Gabe Coble and senior Nick Schade raced into the Scots' top-7 in 82nd place and 85th place with times of 29:01.6 and 29:18.2. 
 
As a team, the Scot women placed eighth with 226 points while the men finished ninth with 232 points. John Carroll University completed a clean sweep as Anne Rea took the women's individual title in 21:20.8, and Sam Su bested the men's competition in 24:37.8.
 
The Blue Streak women won with 21 total points and the men brought home their trophy with 36 points.
 
Wooster returns to its friendly confines on 7 p.m. Friday to host the Wooster Twilight 5k Challenge at Papp Stadium.