NEW HAVEN, Conn. (November 6, 2026) – The 2026 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Cross-Country Championships will be held on Sunday, November 8, at Ocean County Park in Lakewood, N.J. The men’s 8,000-meter championship will take place at 9 a.m., followed by the women’s 5,000-meter race at 10 a.m. The event will be hosted by Georgian Court University.
Race information is available at the CACC Championship Central web page.
Thomas Jefferson University has won the last three CACC women’s championships and 10 of the last 11. The Rams made conference history a year ago by having their seven runners finish in the top seven spots in the race. Jefferson also became the first CACC women’s team to qualify for the NCAA Division II national championship race. This year’s Rams are ranked third in the East Region by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Six out of last year’s top seven are back for Jefferson, led by defending Runner of the Year Olivia Grahn. The top returning non-Ram finisher from a year ago is Georgian Court sophomore Sophia Mauro.
Jefferson is also the defending men’s champion, but will face a stiff challenge from Wilmington University, which had captured the previous two titles. The Rams edged Wilmington by two points in 2025. The Wildcats currently sit sixth and the Rams seventh in the USTFCCCA East Region ranking.
Ram sophomore Dylan Boyle, the 2025 CACC Rookie of the Year, is the top returning runner from last year’s race, placing third. Overall, Wilmington brings back four all-conference runners, topped by Carter Sparwasser’s ninth-place result, and Jefferson returns three.
Georgian Court is hosting the CACC Cross-Country Championships for the first time. Admission is free for spectators. The event was first contested in 2000. Felician University owns the most men’s team titles with nine, while Philadelphia University/Jefferson has claimed 15 women’s crowns.
2026 CACC CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION
Sunday, November 8, at Ocean County Park, Lakewood, N.J.
Men’s Championship (8,000 meters), 9 a.m.
Women’s Championship (5,000 meters), 10 a.m.