GLASSBORO, N.J. – For the second straight year, Widener Women's Cross Country sends a runner to the NCAA Championship.
 
The Pride would place third in team standings out of 28 teams competing at this year's NCAA Regional meet held by Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J. The team finished with 95 points falling just behind Stockton and 30 points behind leader TNCJ. The Blue and Gold averaged a 22:46 race with a total time of 1:54:37.
 
Leading the pack and punching her ticket to the 2023 NCAA Cross Country Championships was junior Gabby Nye. Nye placed second overall in the women's 6k with a time of 21:56.4 and would pace a 5:53.1 mile.
 
Liz Egan followed in at 13^th with a 22:47.1 and a 6:06.7 pace. Egan's 22:47.1 would become her new personal best and would drop her two seconds from her time at the MAC Championships two weeks ago.
 
Just outside the top 20 at 21^st was Kathryn Long. Long would pace a 6:11.1 with a final time of 23:03.8. Long would also set a new personal best and would drop two minutes from championships two weeks ago and a minute from the Lehigh Paul Short Run.
 
Jaden Sweely snuck into the top 30 with her 23:20.8 final time. Sweely would pace a 6:15.7 to finish at 29^th overall. Graduate student Chris Tran broke into 34^th with a 23:29.5 to mark a new personal best again by two minutes over the time at championships.
 
First year Morgan Anderson rounded out the top 50 grouping with a 47^th place cross. Anderson's 24:01.8 would be accompanied with a 6:26.7 mile pace.
 
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Gabby Nye's second place finish will earn her a race at the 2023 NCAA Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Nov. 18 in Carlisle, Pa. This year's championships are hosted by Dickinson.