The Panther cross country teams raced at the Open New England Championships over the weekend at Franklin Park in Boston. The race featured Division I, II and III schools from throughout New England. The Middlebury women placed sixth overall and second among D3 schools in the 45-team race, while the men were 21^st and seventh among D3 schools in their 45-team competition.

Senior Alexandra Krieg (Wellesley, Mass.) led the Middlebury women, placing seventh overall with a time of 18:02 in the 301-person race. First-year racer Claire McIlvennie (Ithaca, N.Y.) was next for the Panthers in 20^th place in 18:27, followed by first-year racer Elise Moody-Roberts (Cape Elizabeth, Maine), who came in 47^th with a time of 18:46. Classmate Cate Brown (Hanover, N.H.) placed 64^th (18:59) in the race for the Panthers, while fellow rookie Chelsea Ward-Waller (San Antonio Texas) finished in 70^th place in 19:04.

The men's squad saw all its scorers finish between 103^rd and 128^th place in the race in a solid pack. Sophomore Jack Terrett (Sherborn, Mass.) and first-year racer Michael Schmidt (Wilmette, Ill.) both finished with a time of 26:17, but placed 103^rd and 105^th respectively. Junior Peter Hoffman (Rochester, Minn.) came in 109^th (26:19), followed by senior Jack Wambach (Evanston, Ill.) in 115^th (26:26) and senior Rainey Johnson (St. Louis, Mo.) in 128^th (26:31).