Audrey MacLean has received more national recognition, earning the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division III National Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Year. The Tiburon, California native was also recognized as the Mideast Regional Athlete of the Year last week.

HIGHLIGHTS

• MacLean excelled on the national stage at the NCAA Championship, clocking a 20:16.8 to become the program's second individual national champion. Her finish stands as the sixth-fastest six-kilometer time in NCAA Division III Championship history.
• Before her performance at the national meet, MacLean broke the regional tape in 21:21.6, winning the race by over seven seconds. The placing marked her third top-three spot in as many seasons at the regional invite, garnering runner-up honors in her debut campaign and earning third a year ago.
• The Panther crossed the line first at the NESCAC Championships (20:47.8) for her second-consecutive conference title. She also claimed individual triumphs at the Connecticut College Invitational (20:17.2) and the Hoffmann Invitational (21:32.2).
• MacLean is the second athlete in program history to win the league championship,  regional crown and individual NCAA Title in the same season. Middlebury Athletics Hall of Famer Dorcas DenHartog '87 secured the 1985 conference trophy before pacing all Division III runners at the then-New England Championships. She capped the season with the team's initial individual NCAA crown on the five-kilometer course.
• Including her track and field accolades, the junior has collected seven USTFCCCA All-American awards as a Panther.
• The USTFCCCA regional and national nods are each the first of MacLean's career.

MacLean and her teammates earned team titles at three invitationals and finished as the second-place team in the NESCAC and NCAA Mideast Regional Championships. The squad's eighth-place finish in the national event was its best since 2018, and the program's 17th top-10 finish all-time.