PRINCETON, N.J.- William & Mary Men's Cross Country standout Hayes Trapp won Princeton's Joe Handelman '52 Fall Classic on Friday afternoon. The three-time CAA Male Runner of the Week led the Tribe men to its fourth top-two finish in as many events in a loaded field at the Meadows Campus at Princeton in New Jersey. 

W&M's men's team finish runner-up only behind No. 8 Syracuse in a field of 20 teams, including multiple ranked programs. The Green and Gold finished with 82 points during the 8k race. 

On the women's side, William & Mary finished seventh in the 19 team field. Three W&M runners finished inside the top-35 of the 179-runner field. The Tribe racked up 197 points in a competitive field. 

Trapp paced the field finishing the 8k in 24:08.5 to claim the first individual title of his decorated career. The Aiken, S.C., native has placed inside the top-six in all four of his competitions this season. 

Alex Jordan registered a season-best fourth place finish on Friday. The graduate student stopped the clock in 24:14.3 for his second top-five finish of the 2026 campaign. 
Sophomore Caleb Wilcox was the third Tribe student-athlete to place inside the top-20 crossing the line in 24:38.3, a season-best in the 8k. 

Eli Phillips (26^th at 24:45) and Henry Anderson 32^nd at 24:53) rounded out the scorers for William & Mary in its runner-up effort. 

Abby Lane paved the way with a career-best in the 6k closing out the race in 21:30.9 for her third top-20 finish of the season. Veronica Znajada tallied a 25^th place finish in 21:50 and Chloe Miller logged a career-best 21:58.3 to take 32^ndoverall. 

Caroline Sapperstein (51^st in 22:16) and Maeve Evans (74^th in 22:35) finished out the scorers for the Green and Gold. 

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The cross country team will ready for the 2026 CAA Championships on Oct. 30 at Bethpage State park in Farmingdale, N.Y.