COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College men's and women's cross country teams head to the Northeast 10 Conference Championship on Saturday, hosted by Adelphi University at Bethpage (N.Y.) Polo at the Park. The 8K men's race begins at 11 a.m. before the women follow with a 6K at 12:15 p.m.
 
Both Saint Michael's squads were ranked eighth in the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) East Region polls. The men and women both own a trio of top-three finishes, taking second at their own Equality Invitational and third during the State University of New York at Plattsburgh's Cardinal Classic and Southern New Hampshire University's Penmen Mini Meet.
 
The Purple Knights are led by head coach Molly Peters, who is in her 21st year with the women and sixth with the men. The women were third at the NE10 Championship twice in the last three years and are paced by junior Jersey Miller (Minneapolis, Minn./Saint Louis Park), a two-time USTFCCCA East Regional All-Region harrier. She landed on the NE10 All-Conference first team as a first-year, when she was named NE10 Rookie of the Year, and was second team as a sophomore. Miller owns a pair of top-five performances this fall, and her 23:59.7 time at Middlebury College's Aldrich Invitational on Sept. 12 remains the 15th-fastest 6K showing by an NE10 runner this season.
 
Senior Kennedy Holsapple (East Lyme, Conn./East Lyme), an NE10 All-Conference third team finisher in 2023, and first-year Kai McKinnon (Lake Placid, N.Y./Stratton Mountain School) round out the regular top three for the Purple Knights. Seniors Rylee Burnham (Hartland, Vt./Hartford) and Meredith Reilly (Ashland, Mass./Ashland), junior Jordan Munro (Holliston, Mass./Holliston), and first-year Maeve Chambers (Philadelphia, Pa./Nazareth Academy) have been consistent scorers this fall. Reilly landed on the NE10 All-Conference third team last fall.
 
Senior Andrew Scanio (Lake Placid, N.Y./Lake Placid) headlines the men, whose third-place finish at the 2025 NE10 Championship was their best since 1995. They followed that up with the highest regionals placement in program history, taking fourth at the NCAA East Regional Championship. Scanio registered the 18th-fastest 8K in the league (26:10.7) this year during the New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association (NEICAAA) Championship on Oct. 9. Already a two-time all-conference finisher, he took 22nd at the NE10 Championship as a sophomore, only one spot off his third career qualification. Scanio was third team as a first-year and second team as a junior.
 
Senior Adam Bilodeau (Lewiston, Maine/Lewiston) placed on the NE10 All-Conference third team last fall and joins Scanio as the lone Purple Knights to take their team's top two spots this year. Classmate Kyle LeVangie (Medfield, Mass./Medford) and junior Cooper Brennan (Wilton, N.Y./South Glens Falls) have become regulars near the top of the lineup, and classmate Andrew Cole (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland), sophomore Pierce Coughlin (Oakland, Maine/Messalonskee) and Josh Pelletier (North Andover, Mass./North Andover), and first-year Grady Guth (Sigonella, Sicily, Italy/Sigonella) have consistently occupied scoring positions.
 
The NE10 Championship will be streamed live via FloSports. Visit SMCAthletics.com to follow along live.