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WEST CHESTER Golden Rams ::: 2025 Women's Cross Country

WEST CHESTER Golden Rams

2025 Women's Cross Country

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Head Coach: Colin Leak

Season Summary

Season Team Rankings and Finishes

Coaches’
Rank		     FINAL
Team Rank		 First Stick
National NCAA DII
#4 Regional Atlantic 4th Jessalyn WELSH (15th)
  Conference PSAC 4th Kristina TAPIA (7th)

Athletes

Top Athletes Projection (TAP)

This is a projected listing of a team’s “A-team” as determined by participation in national, regional, or conference championship events. If prior to championship events, this list is the top-seven athletes based on head-to-head competition within the team during the regular season in countable, at-large eligible races (meeting date and distance criteria) in which those top athletes race.
  NCAA DII Atlantic Regional

November 8
6.0k (3.7M)
4th place (163 pts) 		PSAC Cross Country Championships

October 25
6.0k (3.7M)
4th place (129 pts)
Kristina TAPIA (SR)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:44.1 (M) 6:00.7


 		21st 2
22:04.5
(KM) 3:40.7
(M) 5:55.2 		7th 1
22:43.4
(KM) 3:47.2
(M) 6:05.7
Jessalyn WELSH (SO)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:50.5 (M) 6:10.9


 		15th 1
21:57.9
(KM) 3:39.6
(M) 5:53.5 		15th 2
23:15.3
(KM) 3:52.5
(M) 6:14.2
Taylor ATKINSON (SO)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:57.9 (M) 6:22.9


 		42nd 4
22:41.4
(KM) 3:46.9
(M) 6:05.1 		36th 4
23:52.4
(KM) 3:58.7
(M) 6:24.2
Ellie GOLDBERG (SR)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:56.2 (M) 6:20.1


 		54th 5
22:51.2
(KM) 3:48.5
(M) 6:07.7 		30th 3
23:44.9
(KM) 3:57.4
(M) 6:22.2
Abbie WILLIAMS (FR)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:54.2 (M) 6:17.0


 		33rd 3
22:25.1
(KM) 3:44.1
(M) 6:00.7 		59th 6
24:26.5
(KM) 4:04.4
(M) 6:33.3
Megan WERNER (FR)
adj. season avg: (KM) 3:56.4 (M) 6:20.5


 		58th 6
22:54.8
(KM) 3:49.1
(M) 6:08.7 		41st 5
24:01.9
(KM) 4:00.3
(M) 6:26.7
Riley DORTONE (FR)
adj. season avg: (KM) 4:14.1 (M) 6:48.9


 		129th 7
24:56.8
(KM) 4:09.4
(M) 6:41.4 		105th 7
25:52.6
(KM) 4:18.7
(M) 6:56.4

Season Race-by-Race Results

November 8 NCAA DII Atlantic Regional
Lock Haven, Pa. * West Branch Cross Country Course (host: Lock Haven)
6.0k (3.7M)

West Chester Starters
Squad
Place		 Overall
Place		 Athlete Year Time Points Team
Gap		 Rolling
Avg
1 15th Jessalyn WELSH SO 21:57.90 15 — 21:57.9
2 21st Kristina TAPIA SR 22:04.50 21 0:06.6 22:01.2
3 33rd Abbie WILLIAMS FR 22:25.10 33 0:27.2 22:09.1
4 42nd Taylor ATKINSON SO 22:41.40 41 0:43.5 22:17.2
5 54th Ellie GOLDBERG SR 22:51.20 53 0:53.3 22:24.0
6 58th Megan WERNER FR 22:54.80 (57) 0:56.9 22:29.1
7 129th Riley DORTONE FR 24:56.80 (127) 2:58.9 22:50.2
Team Scores
Team
Rank		 Score 1-5
Gap		 TAP
s/f		 Team NCAA DII
Region		 Conference
1st 58 0:37.3 7s/7f Davis and Elkins Atlantic 1 AQ Mountain East (1)
2nd 113 1:14.7 7s/7f East Stroudsburg Atlantic 2 AQ PSAC (1)
3rd 127 0:42.5 7s/7f Edinboro Atlantic 3 AQ PSAC (2)
4th 163 0:53.2 7s/7f WEST CHESTER Atlantic 4 PSAC (4)
5th 209 1:29.0 7s/7f Kutztown Atlantic 5 PSAC (5)
6th 217 2:09.2 6s/6f Fayetteville State Atlantic 6 CIAA (1)
7th 227 1:32.0 7s/7f Shippensburg Atlantic 7 PSAC (7)
8th 232 1:13.8 7s/6f Slippery Rock Atlantic 8 PSAC (6)
9th 252 1:44.7 7s/7f Bloomsburg Atlantic 9 PSAC (3)
10th 253 1:09.6 7s/7f West Virginia Wesleyan Atlantic 10 Mountain East (5)
11th 267 1:05.0 7s/7f Millersville Atlantic 11 PSAC (8)
12th 293 3:26.4 7s/7f Gannon Atlantic 12 PSAC (9)
13th 295 3:21.2 7s/7f Glenville State Atlantic 13 Mountain East (4)
14th 338 0:48.7 7s/6f Charleston (W.Va.) Atlantic 14 Mountain East (3)
15th 373 2:21.1 7s/7f Clarion Atlantic 15 PSAC (10)
16th 374 1:03.6 7s/7f Frostburg State Atlantic 16 Mountain East (6)
17th 477 2:46.1 7s/7f Concord Atlantic 17 Mountain East (7)
18th 485 3:57.7 6s/6f California (Pa.) Atlantic 18 PSAC (12)
19th 489 1:17.0 7s/7f Indiana (Pa.) Atlantic 19 PSAC (13)
20th 498 2:24.1 7s/7f Lock Haven Atlantic 20 PSAC (11)
21st 505 1:56.3 7s/7f West Liberty State Atlantic 21 Mountain East (8)
22nd 587 2:53.8 6s/6f Pitt Johnstown Atlantic 22 PSAC (14)
23rd 670 3:17.6 7s/7f Mansfield Atlantic 23 PSAC (15)
— 0 — 4s/4f Fairmont State Atlantic Mountain East (9)
— 0 — 3s/3f Wheeling Atlantic Mountain East (10)
— 0 — 4s/4f Shepherd Atlantic PSAC (16)

October 25 PSAC Cross Country Championships
Edinboro, Pa. * Doug Watts Cross Country Course (host: Edinboro)
6.0k (3.7M)

West Chester Starters
Squad
Place		 Overall
Place		 Athlete Year Time Points Team
Gap		 Rolling
Avg
1 7th Kristina TAPIA SR 22:43.4 7 — 22:43.4
2 15th Jessalyn WELSH SO 23:15.3 15 0:31.9 22:59.3
3 30th Ellie GOLDBERG SR 23:44.9 30 1:01.5 23:14.5
4 36th Taylor ATKINSON SO 23:52.4 36 1:09.0 23:24.0
5 41st Megan WERNER FR 24:01.9 41 1:18.5 23:31.5
6 59th Abbie WILLIAMS FR 24:26.5 (57) 1:43.1 23:40.7
7 105th Riley DORTONE FR 25:52.6 (84) 3:09.2 23:59.5
8 137th Grace O'BRIEN JR 27:18.9 4:35.5 24:24.4
Team Scores
Team
Rank		 Score 1-5
Gap		 TAP
s/f		 Team NCAA DII
Region		 Conference
1st 77 1:00.5 7s/7f East Stroudsburg Atlantic 2 AQ PSAC (1)
2nd 77 1:06.2 7s/7f Edinboro Atlantic 3 AQ PSAC (2)
3rd 103 1:37.9 7s/7f Bloomsburg Atlantic 9 PSAC (3)
4th 129 1:18.5 7s/7f WEST CHESTER Atlantic 4 PSAC (4)
5th 134 0:54.1 7s/7f Kutztown Atlantic 5 PSAC (5)
6th 135 1:08.3 6s/6f Slippery Rock Atlantic 8 PSAC (6)
7th 162 1:21.2 7s/7f Shippensburg Atlantic 7 PSAC (7)
8th 213 1:29.0 7s/7f Millersville Atlantic 11 PSAC (8)
9th 232 3:05.9 7s/7f Gannon Atlantic 12 PSAC (9)
10th 276 2:33.3 7s/7f Clarion Atlantic 15 PSAC (10)
11th 319 2:13.2 7s/7f Lock Haven Atlantic 20 PSAC (11)
12th 325 4:45.8 6s/6f California (Pa.) Atlantic 18 PSAC (12)
13th 342 1:26.7 7s/7f Indiana (Pa.) Atlantic 19 PSAC (13)
14th 357 2:30.2 6s/6f Pitt Johnstown Atlantic 22 PSAC (14)
15th 431 3:20.1 7s/7f Mansfield Atlantic 23 PSAC (15)
16th 495 6:24.6 4s/4f Shepherd Atlantic PSAC (16)
— 0 — 4s/4f Seton Hill Atlantic PSAC

October 3 Paul Short Run
Bethlehem, Pa. * Lehigh Cross Country Course (host: Lehigh)
6.0k (3.7M)

West Chester Starters
Squad
Place		 Overall
Place		 Athlete Year Time Points Team
Gap		 Rolling
Avg
1 3rd Kristina TAPIA SR 22:27.0 3 — 22:27.0
2 8th Jessalyn WELSH SO 22:50.0 8 0:23.0 22:38.5
3 25th Taylor ATKINSON SO 23:54.3 24 1:27.3 23:03.7
4 28th Megan WERNER FR 24:00.2 26 1:33.2 23:17.8
5 117th Rylee MCEVOY FR 25:53.3 112 3:26.3 23:48.9
6 158th Grace O'BRIEN JR 26:36.0 (150) 4:09.0 24:16.8

September 19 Main Line Invitational
Haverford, Pa. * Haverford Cross Country Course (host: Haverford)
5.0k (3.1M)

West Chester Starters
Overall
Place		 Athlete Year Time
42nd Jessalyn WELSH SO 19:47.3
45th Ellie GOLDBERG SR 19:52.7
51st Taylor ATKINSON SO 20:15.0
65th Grace O'BRIEN JR 21:07.9

September 13 Kutztown Division II/III Challenge
Kutztown, Pa. * Kutztown Farm Course (host: Kutztown)
6.0k (3.7M)

West Chester Starters
Squad
Place		 Overall
Place		 Athlete Year Time Points Team
Gap		 Rolling
Avg
1 4th Kristina TAPIA SR 23:09.20 4 — 23:09.2
2 16th Abbie WILLIAMS FR 24:19.30 16 1:10.1 23:44.2
3 37th Riley DORTONE FR 25:27.80 34 2:18.6 24:18.7
4 45th Megan WERNER FR 25:48.30 39 2:39.1 24:41.1
5 53rd Alaina ZABIELSKI FR 26:25.00 43 3:15.8 25:01.9
6 61st Rylee MCEVOY FR 27:12.80 (45) 4:03.6 25:23.7

September 5 WCU Season Opener & Alumni Race
West Chester, Pa. * None (host: West Chester)
5.0k (3.1M)

West Chester Starters
Squad
Place		 Overall
Place		 Athlete Year Time Points Team
Gap		 Rolling
Avg
1 2nd Kristina TAPIA SR 19:17.60 2 — 19:17.6
2 5th Jessalyn WELSH SO 19:46.20 5 0:28.6 19:31.9
3 6th Abbie WILLIAMS FR 19:48.40 6 0:30.8 19:37.4
4 10th Ellie GOLDBERG SR 20:08.10 10 0:50.5 19:45.0
5 11th Taylor ATKINSON SO 20:09.10 11 0:51.5 19:49.8
6 12th Nishi PATEL FR 20:23.60 (12) 1:06.0 19:55.5
7 14th Riley DORTONE FR 20:46.00 (14) 1:28.4 20:02.7
8 16th Alaina ZABIELSKI FR 20:58.10 1:40.5 20:09.6
9 17th Megan WERNER FR 21:07.30 1:49.7 20:16.0
10 19th Rylee MCEVOY FR 21:44.80 2:27.2 20:24.9
11 20th Grace O'BRIEN JR 22:07.60 2:50.0 20:34.2

Season Individual Results

Kristina TAPIA – SR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 5 WCU Season Opener & Alumni Race 5.0k (3.1M) 19:17.6 2nd 1
Sep 13 Kutztown Division II/III Challenge 6.0k (3.7M) 23:09.2 4th 1
Oct 3 Paul Short 6.0k (3.7M) 22:27.0 3rd 1
Oct 25 PSAC 6.0k (3.7M) 22:43.4 7th 1
Nov 8 Atlantic 6.0k (3.7M) 22:04.5 21st 2

Jessalyn WELSH – SO

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 5 WCU Season Opener & Alumni Race 5.0k (3.1M) 19:46.2 5th 2
Sep 19 Main Line Invitational 5.0k (3.1M) 19:47.3 42nd
Oct 3 Paul Short 6.0k (3.7M) 22:50.0 8th 2
Oct 25 PSAC 6.0k (3.7M) 23:15.3 15th 2
Nov 8 Atlantic 6.0k (3.7M) 21:57.9 15th 1

Taylor ATKINSON – SO

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 5 WCU Season Opener & Alumni Race 5.0k (3.1M) 20:09.1 11th 5
Sep 19 Main Line Invitational 5.0k (3.1M) 20:15.0 51st
Oct 3 Paul Short 6.0k (3.7M) 23:54.3 25th 3
Oct 25 PSAC 6.0k (3.7M) 23:52.4 36th 4
Nov 8 Atlantic 6.0k (3.7M) 22:41.4 42nd 4

Ellie GOLDBERG – SR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 5 WCU Season Opener & Alumni Race 5.0k (3.1M) 20:08.1 10th 4
Sep 19 Main Line Invitational 5.0k (3.1M) 19:52.7 45th
Oct 25 PSAC 6.0k (3.7M) 23:44.9 30th 3
Nov 8 Atlantic 6.0k (3.7M) 22:51.2 54th 5

Abbie WILLIAMS – FR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 5 WCU Season Opener & Alumni Race 5.0k (3.1M) 19:48.4 6th 3
Sep 13 Kutztown Division II/III Challenge 6.0k (3.7M) 24:19.3 16th 2
Oct 25 PSAC 6.0k (3.7M) 24:26.5 59th 6
Nov 8 Atlantic 6.0k (3.7M) 22:25.1 33rd 3

Megan WERNER – FR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 5 WCU Season Opener & Alumni Race 5.0k (3.1M) 21:07.3 17th 9
Sep 13 Kutztown Division II/III Challenge 6.0k (3.7M) 25:48.3 45th 4
Oct 3 Paul Short 6.0k (3.7M) 24:00.2 28th 4
Oct 25 PSAC 6.0k (3.7M) 24:01.9 41st 5
Nov 8 Atlantic 6.0k (3.7M) 22:54.8 58th 6

Riley DORTONE – FR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 5 WCU Season Opener & Alumni Race 5.0k (3.1M) 20:46.0 14th 7
Sep 13 Kutztown Division II/III Challenge 6.0k (3.7M) 25:27.8 37th 3
Oct 25 PSAC 6.0k (3.7M) 25:52.6 105th 7
Nov 8 Atlantic 6.0k (3.7M) 24:56.8 129th 7

Rylee MCEVOY – FR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 5 WCU Season Opener & Alumni Race 5.0k (3.1M) 21:44.8 19th 10
Sep 13 Kutztown Division II/III Challenge 6.0k (3.7M) 27:12.8 61st 6
Oct 3 Paul Short 6.0k (3.7M) 25:53.3 117th 5

Grace O'BRIEN – JR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 5 WCU Season Opener & Alumni Race 5.0k (3.1M) 22:07.6 20th 11
Sep 19 Main Line Invitational 5.0k (3.1M) 21:07.9 65th
Oct 3 Paul Short 6.0k (3.7M) 26:36.0 158th 6
Oct 25 PSAC 6.0k (3.7M) 27:18.9 137th 8

Alaina ZABIELSKI – FR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 5 WCU Season Opener & Alumni Race 5.0k (3.1M) 20:58.1 16th 8
Sep 13 Kutztown Division II/III Challenge 6.0k (3.7M) 26:25.0 53rd 5

Nishi PATEL – FR

Date Meet Distance Time Place
Sep 5 WCU Season Opener & Alumni Race 5.0k (3.1M) 20:23.6 12th 6