Men's Cross Country

Princeton Sweeps Team Championships; McNatt, Hogan Take Individual Titles

PRINCETON, N.J. – Princeton swept the 2025 Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country Championships claiming both the men’s and women’s titles. Individually, two Tigers also crossed the finish line first as Anna McNatt took home the top spot on the women's side while Myles Hogan did the same on the men's side.
 
WOMEN’S RECAP
McNatt was one of only three individuals to finish under the 21-minute mark, crossing the line at 20:35.0, seven seconds ahead of second place. McNatt's teammate, Meg Madison, took the silver medal with a time of 20:42.7 as Harvard's Molly Malague crossed just under 21 minutes in 20:58.9.
 
On its way to earning its second-straight team title, Princeton placed all five scorers in the top-11. In addition to McNatt and Madison, Caroline Barton placed fifth (21:12.5), Emma De Jong took eighth place (21:29.0), and Maddie Cramer finished just outside the top-10 in 21:40.6.
 
WOMEN’S TEAM SCORES
1. Princeton – 27
2. Yale – 82
3. Columbia – 103
4. Penn – 105
5. Harvard – 112
6. Cornell – 115
7. Brown – 169
8. Dartmouth – 190
 
MEN’S RECAP
Hogan blew away the competition on the men's side to take the individual title, winning by over 45 seconds. Harvard's Tam Gavenas placed second with a time of 24:14.4 while his teammate Charlie Ortmans placed fourth (24:20.6). Narrowly edged out by Gavenas, Yale's Owen Karas took the bronze medal at 24:15.8.
 
The Tigers claimed their fifth consecutive Ivy title, which marks the first time since 1987-1991 that a program has won five championships in a row. Similar to the women, five Tigers also placed within the top-11 on the men's side for the Tigers. Jackson Shorten took fifth (24:24.9), Jacob Nenow (24:33.8) placed seventh followed by Brian Boler in eighth with a time of 24:34.1. Freshman Hayden Boaz rounded out the scorers for the Tigers, crossing the finish line at 24:48.7.
 
MEN’S TEAM SCORES
1. Princeton – 32
2. Harvard – 46
3. Cornell – 92
4. Yale – 98
5. Dartmouth – 143
6. Columbia – 146
7. Penn – 167
8. Brown – 217