At the end of November, women’s cross country finished 18th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships in Terre Haute, Indiana, losing a tiebreak to St. Olaf College with 488 points..

Hannah Preisser ’26 led the team with a career-best 7th-place finish, moving up well throughout the race, including improving six spots in the last kilometer. She claimed All-American honors with her performance. Preisser — still a junior — is the only three-time cross country All-American in Carleton’s history other than Clara Mayfield ’23.

Libby Rowland ’25 and Sophie McManus ’25 have now competed at the NCAA XC Championships for four straight times, the fifth and sixth Knights to do so. McManus has now run at the last four national championships for cross country and track. 

Men’s Cross Country

Men’s cross country team sent two athletes to the NCAA Cross Country Championships in Terre Haute, Indiana. This is the fifth time in school history that Carleton has sent individual qualifiers. 

Women’s Soccer

After making it past the first round at the NCAA Tournament, the women’s soccer team ended with a 4-2 penalty kick loss to Loras College in Iowa. The Knights defeated the University of Wisconsin-Superior on Nov. 16, going through regular time and two rounds of overtime at 0-0. The team was down 2-0 in penalty kicks to start but won the game on three stops by Avery Trapp ’27 and three penalty goals by Claire Burbery ’26, Thea Traw ’25 and Kathryn Kresee ’25.

The next day was much the same as the Knights held up against the then-number two ranked Loras Duhawks. Trapp made a career-high 13 saves as the Knights were well outshot in regular time and double overtime. Piper Dean ’25 and Traw made their penalty shots, but the Duhawks made three penalty shots to win the game.

Women’s soccer had several athletes named to the Region IX All-Region team by the United Soccer Coaches, and one repeat All-American. Dean repeated as first-team All-Region, the first to do so in school history, and also repeated as an All-American pick. Kresee is now a two-time second-team All-Region pick. Trapp, Zoraya Jordan ’27 and Dylan Baker ’26 were named third-team All-Region.

Men’s Indoor Track and Field

On Dec. 6 and 7 Soren Kaster ’27 opened the Knights’ competitive season by going into second place in school history in his heptathlon opener, recording 6 Indoor PRs and 4,506 points in his event debut at the M City Indoor Classic. His Day 2 time of 9.24 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles is tied for the tenth-fastest in program history. His only non-personal record came in the 1,000-meter event, where he won the event by 19 points over two Division I competitors.

Women’s Basketball

After not having a season last year, women’s basketball recorded 2 wins and 7 losses over winter break and week 1.

In good news for the team, they defeated North Central University 59-41 on Nov. 16.On Jan. 4, they recorded a 73-49 win against Augsburg University, with Nayeli Williams ’25, Selma Vangstein ’25, Whitney and Liesl McCallum ’28 all scoring 13 points, a tied career high for Williams.

They lost 42-56 to the University of Northwestern-St. Paul on Nov. 26. They fell 53-61 to Pomona-Pitzer on Nov. 29 and 44-50 to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Nov. 30. The Knights lost 39-70 to the College of St. Scholastica on Dec. 4 and 52-72 to the College of St. Scholastica on Dec. 7.

Audrey Whitney ’28 scored a career-high 23 points in a 53-67 loss to Macalester College on Dec. 11. Addy Huss ’28 had her first double-double with 25 points and 13 rebounds in a 57-63 loss to Martin Luther College on Dec. 13. McCallum scored a career-high 19 points in a 48-75 loss to Hamline University on Jan. 8. Women’s soccer lost 39-75 to St. Mary’s University (Minn.) on Jan. 11, with Huss scoring 14 points to lead the team.

Men’s Basketball

Over Winter Break and Week 1 men’s basketball  recorded 5 wins and 4 losses. They beat Buena Vista University 62-60 on Nov. 15, Bethany Lutheran College 78-76 on Nov. 20, the University of Wisconsin-River Falls 72-67 on Nov. 30, the College of St. Scholastica  78-50 on Dec. 4, and fell in a close game (66-72) to Number 23 St. John’s University on Dec. 7. Luke Harris ’25 scored a season-high 32 points against St. John’s. The Knights narrowly beat Macalester College, scoring 63-60 on Dec. 11. They lost a tight game to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire on Dec. 30, falling 73-76. They also had a late loss, 70-74, to Augsburg University on Jan. 4th. Jan. 6 brought a 66-57 victory against St. Olaf College. They lost 61-72 to Hamline University on Jan. 8, with Matt Drake ’28 leading the team by scoring 18 points. Harris scored a game-high 25 points in a 75-70 win against Saint Mary’s University on Jan 11. 

Women’s Swimming and Diving

From Nov. 5-7, women’s swimming and diving finished seventh in the highly competitive Rochester Invite. Nina Schwab ’28 and Hailey Westrup ’27 took first and fourth place respectively in both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events. Chelsea Anderson ’28 was 12th in the 500-yard freestyle and 5th in the 1650-yard freestyle. Stephanie Baranov ’26 placed 14th in the 1650-yard freestyle. Emma Yao ’27 was 13th in the 100-yard breaststroke, and Caroline Crampton ’25 was 12th in the 200-yard butterfly. Schwab’s performance earned her MIAC Diving Athlete of the Week, which the website says is “nominated by the Conference’s sports information directors and selected by MIAC staff.”

Men’s Swimming and Diving 

Men’s swimming and diving finished sixth in the highly competitive Rochester Invite that went from Nov. 5-7. Hans Anderson ’27 finished 6th with 367.4 points in the 1-meter diving event and 5th in the 3-meter diving event with 399.5 points, Ethan Tun ’25 was 9th with a time of 1:55.45 in the the 200-yard IM, 8th in the 100-yard backstroke and 9th in the 100-yard IM, and Nicholas Chang ’25 was 14th in the 200-yard IM and 15th in the 100-yard IM. Jackson Rankin ’27 was 10th in the 100-yard butterfly, and the 800-meter freestyle relay placed 12th, Will Clausman ’26 was 15th in the 400-yard IM and 11th in the 200-yard butterfly. Jeffrey Kong ’26 was 13th in the 200-yard breaststroke, Aiden Johnson was 13th in the 200-yard butterfly, and Matthew Krogman ’25 was 14th in the 1650-yard freestyle.