Pima Community College women’s cross country finishes second in NJCAA Division II national championship

By Javier Morales

Posted on November 15, 2026

The Pima College women’s cross country team is returning to Tucson as the second-place team in all of NJCAA Division II (Ray Suarez/Pima)

Report by Pima Community College media relations

The Pima Community College women’s cross country team made program history on Saturday at the NJCAA Division II National Championships in Huntsville, Ala.

The Aztecs took the runner-up trophy out of 41 teams as they finished with a team score of 104 points. Mesa Community College claimed their third straight championship as they took the top five spots, finishing with 15 points.

Every Pima women’s competitor set a new personal-record.

Freshman Meredith Bauman (Flagstaff HS) was the top Pima finisher in the 5K race as she took 10^th place out of 324 competitors with a PR time of 18 minutes, 55.1 seconds. She gained nine points for the Aztecs. Freshman Rayleigh Olsen (Benson HS) crossed the finish line in 13^th place with a time of 18:57.8, earning 12 team points. Bauman and Olsen claimed NJCAA All-American honors because they finished in the top 15.

Freshman Annabelle Haskins took 19^th place and claimed 17 team points as she closed out the race at 19:06.7.

Freshman Maysen White (Crismon HS) was 28^th (25 team points) with a closing time of 19:24.0 and freshman Taylon Lund was 46^th at 19:50.3, earning 41 points.

Though they didn’t score any team points, freshmen Lily Wodrich (19:54.8) and Mayte Navarro (Nogales HS) (21:03.6) also set personal-records for their finishes.

“It’s amazing. We worked so hard and we came here today and made history,” Olsen said. “Our goal during the race was to stay together as much as possible and break up other groups. I think we did as good as we could have done.”

Pima Cross Country coach Jon Harmon liked what he saw out of his squad.

“They were all 55 seconds of each other which was our best spread of the season and every lady ran a PR. It was huge,” Harmon said. “We’re building something. They’re a young team. I’m excited for our future.”

The Aztecs had one sophomore on the team this season and look to bring back eight sophomores next year.

“We are so ready next year,” Olsen added. “We know what we need to do, training wise and everyone’s ready to come back and dominate.”

The Aztecs will return for the Women’s Track & Field season starting in January.