MANCHESTER, Conn. – Trinity College Men's and Women's Cross Country competed in the 2026 NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championship on Saturday afternoon (November 14) at Wickham Park in Manchester, Conn. The Bantams served as the host institution for the regional championship, welcoming programs from across the region for the men's 8K and women's 6K races.

The Trinity women's squad secured an 11th-place finish out of 28 competing teams, totaling 288 points. Senior Paige Jaenicke led the Bantams with a 14th-place finish, clocking a time of 22:33.4, while fellow senior Ava Del Vescovo followed in 32nd place with a time of 23:13.1. Both runners earned All-Region honors with their top-35 performances.

Women's 6K Highlights

• Trinity placed 11th overall with 288 points, finishing just 12 points behind Johnson & Wales' 300-point total and 12 points behind 10th-place Smith College's 276 points.
• Jaenicke paced the Bantams with a 14th-place finish, averaging 6:03.0 per mile.
• Del Vescovo joined Jaenicke among the top 35 finishers, crossing the line in 23:13.1 while averaging 6:13.6 per mile.
• The Bantams' five scoring runners combined for a time of 2:00:00, averaging 24:00 across the 6K course.
• Williams College captured the women's regional championship with 33 points, followed by Middlebury College with 71 and Vassar College with 142.

Men's 8K Highlights
The Trinity men's squad secured a 10th-place finish out of 23 competing teams, totaling 342 points. Sophomore Lysander Duffield led the Bantams with a 48th-place finish, clocking a time of 26:57.0.

• Duffield paced Trinity with an average mile time of 5:25.3.
• Senior Dolan Pols followed in 71st place, crossing the finish line in 27:33.7.
• Junior Tyler Johnson finished just behind Pols in 72nd place with a time of 27:34.4.
• Junior Jack Blanchfield placed 73rd in 27:36.4, giving Trinity three consecutive finishers within 2.7 seconds.
• First-year Brian Smith finished in 78th place with a time of 27:39.0, while sophomore Nielsen Kasser rounded out Trinity's six listed finishers, placing 97th overall with a time of 28:12.4, averaging 5:40.5 per mile.
• Trinity finished with 342 points, 14 points ahead of 11th-place Hartford (356).
• RPI captured the men's regional championship with 33 points, followed by Williams (63) and Amherst (82).

UP NEXT
The Bantams await for NCAA selections to see if Trinity's All-Region runners, Jaenicke and Del Vescovo earn a spot at Nationals.