Cross Country | 10/17/2026 4:43:00 PM

Oberlin, Ohio – With temperatures in the low 50s at the start of the race, the Oberlin College cross country team hosted the Oberlin Inter-Regional Rumble on Saturday afternoon. 

In the women's varsity race, the Crimson and Gold placed ninth overall out of 22 teams, posting 253 points. In the men's varsity race, the Oberlin squad recorded an eighth-place team finish out of 18 teams with 213 points. Case Western Reserve defended their team titles in both the men's and women's varsity races. 

"The Rumble went great! There are so many people and groups who put in a lot of effort to make this meet happen–our Grounds Department, Concert Sound, Sports Medicine, Athletics Communications, our entire XCTF staff, and we had help from the basketball teams, softball, and our track athletes. So a huge thank you to all of them. And a huge thank you to our XC team ran super hard today and then helped clean the course up afterward," Head Coach Izzy Alexander adds. 

Kicking off the morning with the women's varsity race, Char Purcell earned a top-20 finish, placing 18th overall with a time of 23:27.1. Samantha Soto finished 32nd, recording a time of 23:53.8, while Mirabel Adams placed 58th, crossing the line in 24:21.2. Rounding out the top five Oberlin runners, Lieke Everts and Solana Pearl ran to back-to-back finishes, placing 83rd and 84th with times of 24:55.6 and 24:59.8, respectively. 

Chelsea Larsen notched an 89th-place finish, registering a time of 25:05.9, while Elis Leppik navigated the course in 25:48.2 to place 112th. June Essinger produced a time of 27:49.1, as Sofia Picucci posted a time of 28:11.8. Zoe Engel rounded out the Oberlin field, finishing in 29:41.7. 

Will Gordon led the Crimson and Gold squad in the men's varsity race, placing 17th with a time of 26:32.1. Piers Shirk crossed the line in 24th, delivering a time of 26:46.1. Cooper Tanski finished 38th, notching a time of 27:03.3, while Kaed Egan raced his first Rumble with a personal best of 27:22.7 to finish 57th. Michael Hutnick recorded a 109th-place finish in 28:13.9, as Toby Wells-Spackman placed 139th in a time of 28:54.6. Daniel Beyda crossed the line in 29:14.1 to finish 148th, with Ben Burleson rounding out the Oberlin men's varsity squad in 30:45.2. Luke Wozek was the sole runner in the men's open race, closing out the day for Oberlin, clocking in a time of 32:49.0.

Hosting the conference championships for the first time since 2017, the Crimson and Gold return to action in two weeks when they host the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday. October 31. The women's championship race begins at 11 a.m., while the men's championship race will follow at noon. 

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