Three Hamilton College athletes have earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Region honors for the 2023 NCAA Division III women's cross country season.
Naomi Andrew '25 (Florence, Mass./Northampton HS), Taylor Harris '26 (New York, N.Y./Convent of the Sacred Heart) and
Sylvie Najarian '25 (Woodcliff Lake, N.J./Pascack Hills HS) earned their all-region distinction by virtue of a top-35 finish at one of the 10 regional sites this past weekend. The all-region honor is the second for Harris and the first for Andrew and Najarian.
All three finished in the top 20 in the 2023 NCAA Division III Niagara Regional Women's Cross Country Championship at Houghton University's Field of Dreams Cross Country Course on Nov. 11. Harris led Hamilton in 13
th place out of 145 finishers with a personal-record time of 21:55.6 on the 6-kilometer course. Najarian moved up six places in the final 1,000 meters and finished 18
th in a personal-best time of 22:17.4. Andrew landed in 20
th place with another PR of 22:26.2.
Harris and Najarian will compete in the 2023 NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Championship, which is at Big Spring High School in Newville, Pa., on Saturday, Nov. 18.
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