Yale heads to Saturday’s Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country Championships in Attleboro, Massachusetts, aiming to build on last year’s second-place finish. Senior Hebe Chadwick leads the Bulldogs after topping the team in three straight races, while Princeton returns as defending champion.

By the Numbers
  • Saturday’s race is 6K and starts at 11 a.m.
  • Yale returns 4 of its top 7 runners from last year.
  • The top 7 finishers earn first-team All-Ivy honors; places 8–14 earn second-team honors.
  • Yale is ranked No. 8 in the Northeast Region and No. 74 nationally in the XCRI.
Yes, But

Yale has a strong returning core, but Princeton is the defending champion and ranks No. 32 nationally in the XCRI. The Bulldogs’ second-place finish last year was their best since 2016.

State of Play
  • Chadwick has been Yale’s top finisher in its last 3 races, including a course-record 20:53.9 win at the Maribel Sanchez Souther Invitational.
  • Sophomore Phoebe Benun has been the team’s No. 2 finisher in all 4 races this season.
  • Yale’s next postseason test is the NCAA Northeast Regional on Nov. 13 in Old Bethpage, New York.
What's Next

Saturday’s result will determine Ivy honors and offer a measure of Yale’s postseason readiness. The Bulldogs then race at the NCAA Northeast Regional, where the top two teams automatically qualify for the national championships.

Bottom Line

Yale has a proven returning group and a standout leader in Chadwick, but its path to the Ivy title runs through defending champion Princeton.