HOPKINTON, N.H. – The Brandeis Men's Cross Country produced several personal records and improvements from last year at the NCAA Division III East Regional Championship today. They placed 12th out of 32 teams, with 346 points, just 5 points behind Bridgewater State. The meet marked the end of their season, with senior
Dylan Zhao running his final cross country race
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Junior co-captain Hugh Licklider (Newton, Mass./BC High) paced the men with a 48th place finish, leading the Judges for the fifth week straight. He posted a time of 26:06.3, earning a 1-second PR. He also improved 63 places from his most recent 2023 showing at Regionals, running a minute and 49 seconds faster.
- Sophomore Parker Cook (Old Saybrook, Conn./Old Saybrook) conquered a 56-second lifetime best, running 26:24 for 59th place. He improved 36 places from his freshman time of 27:33
- First-year Ben Weiner (Marlton, N.J./Cherokee) marked his first NCAA Regionals race with his time of 26:57, earning 76th place. He remained in the team's top three for all five 6k races of his first collegiate season.
- Senior Dylan Zhao (Staten Island, N.Y./Brooklyn Tech) came in 4th for Brandeis, placing 81st and running a time of 27:06. He cut 29 seconds off his time from last year's Regional meet, improving by 16 places.
- Sophomore Ben Katsev (N. Andover, Mass./N. Andover) rounded off the top 5, finishing just two seconds behind his teammate. He ran 27:08, putting him in 82nd place. He shaved an entire minute and 29 seconds from his first Regionals, earning 45 places higher than last year
- Brandeis' 3rd through 5th man had a spread of only 11 seconds.
UP NEXT
- The men closed out their 2025 cross country season and will be back soon for indoor track.
