Mississippi State
SEC Cross Country Championships
October 29, 2026 | Cross Country
COLUMBIA, Mo. โ Mississippi State cross country will travel to Columbia, Missouri, on Friday to compete in the SEC Cross Country Championships. The women are set to toe the line at 10:08 a.m. CT.
The Bulldogs are coming off a third-place finish at the Crimson Classic, earning their third consecutive podium finish. Naomi Jepleting led State with a 14th-place finish in a personal-best 20:07.9, ranking fifth in program history in the women's 6K. Berit Janowitz also recorded a personal best, finishing 15th in 20:26.3 to tie for ninth in program history.
State has finished in the top three at all three regular-season meets this year, earning two third-place finishes and one second-place finish. The Bulldogs haveย recorded eight top-20 individual finishes and two top-10 finishes this season. Jepleting, Larkin Johnson and Brooklyn Quanz have each finished in the scoring five at all three meets.
MSUย is set to send Janowitz, Johnson, Quanz, Milicent Kemboi, Louise Stonham, Gabrielle Boulay, Kaitlyn Burge, Mallory Streetman, Morgan Grace Sheffield, Lillian Overby and Sophie Santucci to compete at the SEC Championships. Stonham will make her season debut following an injury, while Jepleting will miss the meet for an injury of her own.
Mississippi State finished ninth at the 2025 SEC Cross Country Championships in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Bulldogs have improved on their previous year's team finish at the conference championships in each season under head coach Erinn Stenman-Fahey and will look to continue that trend in Columbia on Friday.
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