(EAST LANSING, Mich.) - The Wilmington College Women's Cross Country team will take to the cross-country course at Forest Akers Golf Course in East Lansing, Michigan tomorrow, hoping to build on the massive successes they have had this season and improve their team score from last season's Great Lakes Regional Championships, where they placed 32nd.
 
Tennis legend Billie Jean King was quoted as saying that "pressure is a privilege." Quaker sophomore Morgan Blair would certainly agree with that sentiment, given that expectations placed upon her after a stellar freshman season could not possibly have been higher. She has more than delivered, having led the Quakers over the line at every race she has been healthy for this season, while also launching herself into the top ten of Wilmington history at the Louisville Cross Country Classic on October 3rd with a time of 23:06, which ranks as the seventh-fastest 6k run by anyone to wear the Quaker uniform.
 
Blair has been backed by always-solid senior Hayden Setty, who ran a lifetime personal best of 24:08 at the OAC Championships and served as the Quakers number one runner for the first two meets of the season in relief of an injured Blair. Setty, who is already the eighteenth in Wilmington history in the 6k run, will look to break the 24-minute barrier on Saturday.
 
The Quakers third woman has been freshman Sophia France, who has improved with every race this season, running a personal best of 25:37 at the OAC Championships. She will look to continue her trend of improvements at the regional meet.
 
Sophomores Addison Naus and DaShae Washington have been joined at the hip for the entirety of the 2026 campaign; Naus's personal best came at the OAC Championships with a time of 27:03; Washington's came at the aforementioned Louisville Cross Country Classic with a time of 27:26.
 
The last two runners to watch for the Quakers are junior Heather Dutenhaver and freshman Etta Moore. Dutenhaver ran a personal best of 28:46 at the OAC championships, while Moore followed her with a time of 29:45. Both of them will look to make a final PR push at the Regional Championships.
 
All told, the Quakers have had a phenomenal season littered with personal bests and breakout races. They will look to capitalize on that momentum and improve their team placement from last season at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships, the final test they will face this fall.