MANCHESTER, Conn. -- Ending its 2026 season at the NCAA Mideast Regional, Eastern Connecticut State University Men's and Women's Cross Country headed to Wickham Park, finishing 21st on the women's side, led by first-year runner Noelia Diaz, while sophomore Luke Dalton led the men to a 12th-place team finish on Saturday morning.

For the women, Diaz closed her first season with a 108th-place finish in a time of 25:47.4, with first-year Sadie Iselin trailing close behind in 113th at 25:58.1 for the only two Warriors to break the 26-minute mark. Two Eastern runners would finish inside 27 minutes as juniors Isabel Cintron and Keira Warner were back-to-back finishers in 138th and 139th with times of 26:45.1 and 26:49.0, respectively.

Rounding out the rest of the Warrior runners were a trio of first-years in Kylie Burchall (164th) with a time of 28:04.3, followed by Hailey Yahara in 186th with a time of 31:01.0 and Natalie Leppert in 187th, closing with a 31:11.2 in the 6,000-meter event.

Led by Dalton's 55th-place finish in a time of 27:10.7, just 15 places back of an All-Region spot, the Warriors finished 12th as a team, while senior Zach D'Andrea trailed close behind in 70th place in a time of 27:33.1 as the second Eastern runner to cross the line. First-year Brayden Dunn also had a solid start to his first NCAA Regional, placing 74th overall in 27:36.6, while only six seconds behind him was junior Noah Hasuwirth in a time of 27:42.9 in 80th place.

Down the back end of the pack was sophomore Kyle Kornacki in 85th place, closing at 27:57.8, while junior Joey Caruk was 90th, six seconds behind Kornacki, in 28:03.1, and sophomore Hayden Baber finished up the race for the Warriors with a 130th-place finish in a time of 29:23.2, capping off the season for Eastern.