LEONARD CROWNED NJAC CHAMPION, ROADRUNNERS FINISH IN 4TH PLACE

Women's Cross Country 10/31/2026 6:06:00 PM LEONARD CROWNED NJAC CHAMPION, ROADRUNNERS FINISH IN 4TH PLACE Women's Cross Country 10/31/2026 6:06:00 PM LEONARD CROWNED NJAC CHAMPION, ROADRUNNERS FINISH IN 4TH PLACE Ewing, NJ: Ramapo College senior Dale Leonard captured her second individual New Jersey Athletic Conference Women's Cross Country Championship title this morning, leading the Roadrunners to a fourth-place team finish at the 2026 NJAC Championships hosted by The College of New Jersey. Ramapo tallied 124 points in the 6K race. Leonard crossed the finish line in first place with a time of 21:54.2, finishing 10.1 seconds ahead of runner-up Allyson Wernik of Rowan University. For her championship performance, Leonard was named the NJAC Women's Cross Country Runner of the Year and earned NJAC First Team All-Conference honors. Leonard previously won the NJAC individual title as a freshman in 2023 with a time of 22:59.2. She becomes the first Ramapo woman to win multiple NJAC individual cross country titles and the first woman in conference history to capture championships as both a freshman and a senior. Her winning time today was over a minute faster than her freshman champions...