ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Brandeis University graduate student Shae Regan (Littleton, Mass./Littleton) earned the Judges' first All-University Association honors of the year today, turning a 10^th-place finish at the 2025 UAA Championships hosted by Washington University. Regan helped the Judges finish in sixth place, behind five other top-25 squads. The Brandeis men finished in eighth place.

HOW IT HAPPENED – MEN

• On the men's side, junior co-captain Hugh Licklider (Newton, Mass./BC High) was the top finisher for the fourth week in a row. He completed the eight-kilometer course in 26:07.8 He was a mere two-tenths of second off a personal best at that distance.
• First-year Ben Weiner (Marlton, N.J./Cherokee) continued his fine campaign, finishing among the teams top two for the fourth meet in a row, turning in a time of 26:41.8.
• Sophomore Parker Cook (Old Saybrook, Conn./Old Saybrook) was third in 69^th place with a time of    27:24.6, four seconds off a p.r. while classmate Ben Katsev (N. Andover, Mass./N. Andover) was fourth with a time of 27:40.0, good for 71^st place.
• Senior Dylan Zhao (Staten Island, N.Y./Brooklyn Tech) rounded out the top five in 72^nd place with a time of 27.43.0.

HOW IT HAPPENED – WOMEN

• Regan became Brandeis's first All-UAA honoree in women's cross country since 2021 with a 10^th-place finish. It was the best finish for the Judges since Niamh Kenney '22 and Erin Magill '22 finished in eighth and ninth place, respectively in 2021.
• Regan covered the six-kilometer race in 21:59.3 to earn second-team All-UAA honors. She finished 20 seconds out of the top seven and first-team honors. She was just six seconds off her p.r., set a week earlier at Connecticut College.
• After running in 34^th place through the first mile of the race, Regan improved by 19 spots over the next two miles to get close to All-UAA range in 15^th, then ran the final 3K split in 4:13.4 to bring herself into the top 10.
• The Judges' next four scorers ran within 35 seconds of each other, allowing Brandeis to edge seventh-place Case Western Reserve by eight points for sixth place, 180-188. Brandeis's team score was 61 points lower than last year and their lowest since scoring 122 points in 2021, the last time they finished as high as sixth.
• First-year Mikaela Beeler (Livermore, Calif./Livermore) was the team's second runner for the first time this season, placing 41^st overall with a time of 22:45.2. She lowered her previous career-best for a 6K race seven seconds. Beeler had been the team's fourth runner at each of the previous three meets at this distance.
• Graduate student Kayla DiBenedetto (Andover, Mass./Andover) was the team's third finisher, coming 47^th with a time of 22:52.6.
• Junior Sadie Harrow (Bangor, Maine/Bangor) took 53^rd place with a time of 23:09.0, up six spots from last year's UAA championships, while senior Katriona Briggs (Menlo Park, Calif./Menlo-Atherton) rounded out the top five with a time of 23:20.4, good for 56^th, up nine spots. The Brandeis scorers had an overall spread of 1:21.

 
UP NEXT

• The Judges will close out the regular season on Nov. 15 at the NCAA East Regional Championships.