PITMAN, N.J. – After winning the 2026 NJAC Cross Country Championship on Saturday, the TCNJ women's cross country team took home a major award as well as five All-NJAC honors.
 
Head coach Justin Lindsey and his staff earned Coaching Staff of the Year honors. Under the staff's guidance, the women's cross country team won the program's 36^th NJAC title and its first since 2023. The Lions won the championship meet with 32 points, headlined by four First Team runners and one Second Team honoree.
 
TCNJ's four First Team awards were earned by Naesha Gadie, Teagan Walker, Ella Daly, and Ava Biemuller. For both Gadie and Walker, 2026 marks their second consecutive year being named First Team All-NJAC. Gadie and Walker paced the Lions by finishing third and fourth respectively at the conference championship meet; this is also Gadie's third career conference honor. Daly and Biemuller were awarded their first career First Team honors each, improving upon the Second Team nods they earned in 2025. Daly finished sixth while Biemuller claimed the final First-Team spot in seventh.
 
Rookie Alexis Smith earned TCNJ's lone Second Team nod, having finished 12^th at the NJAC Championship. A three-time NJAC Rookie of the Week honoree, Smith was the second-fastest freshman in the field on Saturday.