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Mississippi State cross country finishes 12th at NCAA South Regional

Jon Myers
Mississippi State cross country finishes 12th at NCAA South Regional

Mississippi State cross country finished 12th at the NCAA South Regional Championships in Tallahassee, Florida, concluding its 2026 season.

Berit Janowitz led the Bulldogs for the second consecutive race, placing 33rd in 20:42.5. Milicent Kemboi ran a season-best 6K time of 20:55.0. Larkin Johnson, Kaitlyn Burge and Louise Stonham completed the team’s scoring five. Johnson was the only runner among the scoring five at every meet during the fall.

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Gabrielle Boulay and Mallory Streetman also competed at regionals. Streetman matched her season-best time, which she had set at the SEC Championships. Mississippi State recorded eight individual top-20 finishes and two top-10 finishes during the season.

Source: Mississippi State Athletics.

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Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."