Bonson Wins Regional Title, Tartans Place Second

(NEWVILLE, Pa.) – The seventh-ranked Carnegie Mellon University women's cross country team made history this weekend at the 2025 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional hosted by Dickinson College when graduate student Chloe Bonson won the meet and paced the Tartans to a second-place finish, their fourth straight. Winning the race was fourth-ranked Johns Hopkins University.

Race Information (Top 3 Team Finishers)

JHU 42, Carnegie Mellon 64, Lebanon Valley 160

Results:

• Bonson won the race by six seconds in 21:24.42, leading the field for over 3k of the 6k race, becoming the first Tartan to win the regional event.
• Finishing in fifth place, just like her 2024 finish, was junior Ananya Devpura in a time of 21:52.45.
• Senior Orit Shiang finished 15th with a time of 22:19.43.
• Following shortly behind Shiang was sophomore Elise Kempf in 16th in 22:20.45.
• Rounding out the top five was sophomore Emma Horsley in 28th with a time of 22:41.69.
• Finishing in 30th, was senior Margaret Ann Healy with a time of 22:47.06.
• Senior Jackie Liu crossed the finish line in 44th with a time of 23:26.66.
• Bonson, Devpura, Shiang, Kempf, Horsley, and Healy earn All-Region honors for finishing in the top 35.

Up Next

The Tartans will await their bid to the 2025 NCAA Championship which will be held next weekend, Saturday, November 22, at 12:00 p.m. in Spartansburg, South Carolina.