NIRCA Regionals 2026 | Results & Team Recaps

What the October 17 regionals established

Northeast

Brown won the men's title with 86 points, 11 ahead of Boston College. UMass Amherst and NYU each scored 107. The official timer places UMass third and NYU fourth. Cornell's Callum Coots won in 25:17.2, 6.6 seconds ahead of Brown's Omar Mohallim.

Cornell won the women's team title with 60 points, followed by UMass Amherst with 82 and Northeastern with 85. UMass's Olivia Pignato won the 6K in 22:02.8. Cornell's Ella Whiffen finished second in 22:43.4. Cornell's first five scoring places were 2, 6, 15, 18 and 19.

Binghamton's Sarah Guyette placed sixth in 23:29.3. Binghamton's women scored 229 for eighth, one point ahead of UConn. Matthew Mariano led Binghamton's men in 52nd, running 27:46.9.

Sources: NIRCA meet information · Published result source · Men official PDF · Women official PDF. Checked October 24, 2026.

Mid-Atlantic

Virginia won the men's title with 36 points, one ahead of Virginia Tech. Penn State finished third with 88. Virginia Tech's Chris Nunn won in 25:19.20, with Virginia's Jack Morgan 3.3 seconds behind in second. A single scoring place mattered in the team contest.

Penn State won the women's title with 32 points, ahead of Virginia Tech's 54 and Virginia's 69. Virginia freshman Emerson Ritter won in 22:19.10. Virginia Tech's Audrey Fitzpatrick took second in 22:31.00, while Penn State's Amelia Devan led her team in third at 22:38.80.

Sources: NIRCA meet information · Published result source. Checked October 24, 2026.

Great Plains

Wisconsin swept the team titles at Gans Creek. Its men scored 26 to Illinois's 60 and Minnesota's 84. Jacob Alejandro won the 8K in 25:54.16, only 1.35 seconds ahead of Iowa State's Adrian Welton.

Wisconsin's women scored 32, ahead of Illinois with 51 and Minnesota with 65. Dasha Vorontsov won the 6K in 22:14.67. Teammate Ryann Wagner finished second in 22:22.86, with Minnesota's Chloe McCormick third in 22:54.87.

Sources: NIRCA meet information · Published result source. Checked October 24, 2026.

October 24 result status

From regionals to nationals

Regional placing and season eligibility determine championship participation under NIRCA's rules. This hub does not infer qualification from an entry list or from the finish tables alone. Use the nationals guide and NIRCA's official participant guidance for your team's entry decision.