KINGS PARK, NY – After finishing second overall in each of the last two East Coast Conference (ECC) Championship races, senior Rachel Horner-Richardson crossed the line first for the Roberts Wesleyan University Women's Cross Country team to earn the ECC title Saturday at the ECC Championships at Sunken Meadow State Park on Long Island.

Horner-Richardson finished second to teammate Acacia Barber in 2023 and was second to fellow Redhawk Kylee Odell last year but led from start to finish in 2025 to win the overall individual title with a time of 18:43.90. She was alone at the finish with sophomore Paige Reeser taking second place 20 seconds later.

The duo led team as five of the top eight runners at the finish were Redhawks.

Roberts won the team title with a low score of 20 points, well ahead of second-place Molloy (47 points). D'Youville (73) was third followed by Daemen (80), Staten Island (160), St. Thomas Aquinas (194), District of Columbia (196) and Queens (197).

Horner-Richardson was the lone runner to finish in less than 19 minutes as Reeser was second in 19:03.20. Sophomore Evelyn Schmit was fourth overall in 19:15.50, senior Lydia Roselund was fifth in 19:21.30 and freshman Emma Lipa rounded out the Roberts scoring with her time of 19:39.90 and was the top freshman finisher in the race.

Sophomore Amelia Mickelson took 14th place in 19L58.40 for the Redhawks.