THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Wellesley, Mass. (Nehoiden Golf Course)
 
- The Lead: For the 14th straight season, the No. 12 ranked MIT women's cross country team captured the 2021 NEWMAC Championship by a 29-point margin over runner-up Wellesley College on a rainy Saturday afternoon at Nehoiden Golf Course. In addition, the Engineers had six student-athletes earn All-Conference accolades.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Senior Izzi Gengaro (Boonton Township, N.J.), the 2019 NEWMAC individual champion, finished in the runner-up spot in a time of 22:13.5 over the 6K course. Sophomore Olivia Rosenstein (Urbana, Ill.) was close behind her in third at 22:14.3, with sophomore Sarah Bentley (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) finishing sixth in a time of 22:47.4. Junior Anna Chau (Salem, Ore.) crossed in 11th at 23:10.6, while junior Anna Haddad (Tacoma, Wash.) was the final scoring runner for the Engineers in 12th with a time of 23:13.4.
 
- Sophomore Archana Mohandas (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) placed 14th in 23:20.9, followed by junior Einat Gavish (Newton, Mass.) in 18th place to round out the top seven with a time of 23:25.9.
 
- Sophomore Gillian Roeder (Delmar, N.Y.) finished in 23rd place at 23:45.8, while sophomore Lily Janjigian (Rye Brook, N.Y.) crossed in 29th in 23:55.8 and first-year Christina Crow (Mercer Island, Wash.) in 32nd at 24:01.6. The final MIT finishers were junior Kirsi Rajagopal (Harrison, N.Y.) in 41st place at 24:25.9, first-year Marina Ten Have (Tokyo, Japan) in 59th in 25:03 and first-year Olivia Stoner (Haddonfield, N.J.) in 91st place with a time of 26:02.8.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on Saturday, November 13th as the Engineers travel to nearby Franklin Park for the NCAA Division III East Regional Championship.
 
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