CANTON, Ga. – Snider earns Second SAA Athlete of the Week honors after record-setting performance.
Around the SAA:
Watson Collegiate Classic
Oberlin Regional Rumble
Old Glory Gallop
Conneticut College Invitational
Berry Meet
Fighting Scots XC Invitational
2026 SAA Cross Country Championship
Athlete of the Week
Anne Snider | Trinity | JR | Waco, TX - Snider was the top Division III finisher in Saturday’s race, leading the Tigers to a seventh place overall finish in a field of more than 40 teams across all divisions. The Tigers also claimed the top spot among DIII programs, while Snider set a new personal record in the 5K with a time of 17:54.
Notable Performances
- Kirsten Rose | Oglethorpe | SO | Peachtree, GA - Rose broke the program's 6K cross country record for the second consecutive meet to win the Berry College Meet on Saturday. She clocked 23:19, trimming four seconds off her own record from her previous race, finishing more than 10 seconds ahead of the field of 93 runners. Rose's first-place finished helped the Stormy Petrels take third as a team.
- Eleanor Graham | Sewanee | SR | Maryville, TN - Senior Eleanor Graham set a Sewanee program record in the 6K at the Fighting Scots Invitational, finishing in 22:50.8 to surpass the previous record of 22:54 set in 2019. She finished among the top three for the second consecutive meet and led the Tigers to a fourth-place finish among 11 teams.
2026 Women’s Cross Country Report Archive (AOW)
Week One - Sept. 9: (Gianna Keena, Trinity)
Week Two - Sept. 15: (Gianna Keena, Trinity)
Week Three - Sept. 22: (Elena Gentry, Rhodes)
Week Four - Sept. 29: (Megan Shinn, Maryville)
Week Five - Oct. 6: (Anne Snider, Trinity)
Week Six - Oct. 13: (Megan Shinn, Maryville)
Week Seven - Oct. 20: (Anne Snider, Trinity)
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