Huskies Earn Eighth-Straight Top-20 At NCAAs

Saturday, November 22

Columbia, Mo.

7:20 AM

University of Washington

NCAA Championships

November 22, 2025 | Cross Country

Women's Results PDF

By: UW Athletic Communications

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Outperforming their national ranking by eight spots today, the Husky women's cross country team pulled out an eighth consecutive top-20 finish at the NCAA Championships, running to 19th-place overall at the Gans Creek Championship Course. Washington was led by a 58th-place finish by Mia Cochran and a 65th-place finish from Chloe Foerster.

The Dawgs were ranked 27th coming into the meet but easily outperformed that today. Head Coach Maurica Powell has coached the Huskies into the top-20 in all eight of her seasons at the helm.

Washington scored 472 points. The Dawgs were very close to jumping up even higher in the top-20. Utah in 17th and Northwestern in 18th were just seven, and three, points ahead of UW. The Huskies were just 18 points out of 14th-place, which went to Georgetown with 454. Conversely, UW had a 19-point gap behind them to 20th-place Iowa State.

Cochran, in her first NCAA Cross Country Championships as a Dawg, led the team in 58th overall, covering the 6,000-meters in 19-minutes, 38-seconds. Foerster was just two seconds behind in 65th-place.

Mia and Chloe looking to lead the Dawgs to the finish!

17th in the team race with 1k to go! ???? pic.twitter.com/A2uSF36vXU
— Washington Track & Field and Cross Country (@UWTrack) November 22, 2025

Abby DeVeau, the breakout star this year for the Dawgs who joined the team after playing club rugby for three years, was in the top-100 in her NCAA debut. She was near the back early in the race but passed 34 runners from 1k to 2k, then 52 runners over the next 2k, and pushed up into the top-100 over the final 2k to finish 96th in a time of 19:56.

Seniors Sam Tran and Maeve Stiles capped their cross country careers and capped the Husky scoring. Tran was 167th overall in 20:23, and Stiles finished 190th overall in 20:28. Jenica Swartz finished 207th in her NCAA debut and Josephine Welin also made her NCAA debut, placing 249th overall.

Washington will next turn its attention to the NCAA Indoor Track & Field season, where the women made history with a fourth-place finish last year. The first home meet in the Dempsey is scheduled for Jan. 16-17.

2025 NCAA Championships
Saturday, Nov. 22
Columbia, Mo. | Gans Creek Championship Course

Women's 6,000m Results
Team (32 team field): 1. NC State 114; 2. BYU 130; 3. Oregon 153; 4. New Mexico 216; 5. Florida 225; 6. Stanford 268; 7. Notre Dame 278; 8. Northern Arizona 279; 9. West Virginia 280; 10. Penn State 406; 11. North Carolina 413; 12. Oklahoma State 432; 13. Colorado 434; 14. Georgetown 454; 15. South Carolina 456; 16. Alabama 460; 17. Utah 465; 18. Northwestern 469; 19. Washington 472; 20. Iowa State 491; 21. Wake Forest 514; 22. Boise State 527; 23. LSU 530; 24. Virginia 558; 25. Villanova 574; 26. Wisconsin 600; 27. Washington State 602; 28. Missouri 632; 29. Boston College 647; 30. Tennessee 650; 31. Texas A&M 654; 32. Providence 793.
Individual Champion: Doris Lemngole, Alabama, 18:25.
Husky Finishers (out of 264): 58. Mia Cochran 19:38; 65. Chloe Foerster 19:40; 96. Abby DeVeau 19:56; 167. Sam Tran 20:23; 190. Maeve Stiles 20:28; 207. Jenica Swartz 20:41; 249. Josephine Welin 21:24.