Galloway, N.J. – Four Stockton University women's cross country runners earned NJAC all-conference honors for their performances at the NJAC Championships on Saturday. Led by the quartet, Stockton in the top three for the fifth consecutive year.
Junior
Kayla Kass (Bayonne/Bayonne) collected her second straight all-conference accolade by finishing 11th out of 111 runners in the NJAC Championship with a time of 23:25.5 for six kilometers. Kass became a three-time all-conference runner (2024 Second Team, 2022-23 First Team). She also was the 2022 NJAC Rookie of the Year.
Three more Ospreys finished directly behind Kass for all-conference nods. Junior
Rachel Hayes (Marlboro/St. John Vianney) placed 12th with a time of 23:31.0 for her second career NJAC Second Team honor (2022, 24).
Fifth-year
Amanda McNally (Tabernacle/Seneca) collected her first career all-conference award as she earned an NJAC Second Team spot by finishing 13th with a time of 23:35.4. The Rowan University transfer ran in the conference meet for the third time overall and first time for Stockton.
Senior
Jaelyn Barkley (Hope/Belvidere) garnered her third career all-conference accolade by placing 14th at 23:40.4 to snag an NJAC Second Team nod for the second straight year. Barkley also was NJAC First Team in 2022.