Beeler earns All-UAA honors with 12th-place finish

Women's Cross Country 10/31/2026 8:21:00 PM Adam Levin '94

Beeler earns All-UAA honors with 12th-place finish

WARRENVILLE, Ill. – The Brandeis University cross country teams each had an All-Association performance today as the men finished in sixth place and the women came in seventh at the 2026 University Athletic Association championships, hosted by the University of Chicago in Warrenville, Illinois.

TEAM PERFORMANCES

Despite scoring two fewer points than in 2025, the women came in seventh, down one spot. They scored 178 points to finish 15 behind Case Western Reserve and 16 ahead of the University of Rochester.

ALL-ASSOCIATION HONORS

The team's top finish was turned in by women's sophomore Mikaela Beeler (Livermore, Calif./Livermore), who placed 12^th overall with a time of 21:41.0 to earn second-team honors. She was 11 seconds out of a top-seven and first-team All-Association honor. Beeler was fourth among sophomores at the race.
This was just the second time that Beeler broke 22 minutes over six kilometers, lowering her p.r. by 11.6 seconds. She improved 29 places from her 2026 UAA finish and was the fourth sophomore to cross the finish line.
Beeler had previously earned All-Association outdoors in the 10,000-meter run at last year's outdoor track and field championships.

MORE SCORERS – WOMEN

Senior Sadie Harrow (Bangor, Maine/Bangor) finished in 22^nd place with a time of 21:49.6, about seven seconds out of the top 14 and All-UAA contention. She broke 22 minutes for the first time, lowering her p.r. by 15 seconds. Harrow moved up 31 places from her previous best at UAAs set in 2025.
First-year Joely Klaristenfeld (San Diego, Calif./Canyon Crest Acad.) was the team's third runner with a time of 22:34.2. Though she missed a p.r. by about 11 seconds, Klaristenfeld was the seventh rookie to cross the finish line.
Senior Shayna Zavell (Highland Park, Ill./Highland Park) was 69^th overall as the team's fourth runner with a time of 24:08.2, improving her p.r. by 21 seconds.
Sophomore Rebecca Hlavacek (Jefferson, Mass./Wachusett Regional) was 74^th, senior Mollie Nelson (Quincy, Mass./North Quincy) was 75^th and first-year Julia Velasco (Lawrence, Kans./Lawrence Free State) was 76^th.