Merryman, O'Neill finish 1-2 to Highlight Stony Brook Season Opener

Saturday, September 5

Stony Brook, N.Y.

Quinnipiac University

Stony Brook Season Opener

Avery Palmucci, Zoe Merryman and Maddie O'Neill all run at the 2025 MAAC Championships

Merryman, O'Neill finish 1-2 to Highlight Stony Brook Season Opener

9/5/2026 3:29:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

STONY BROOK, N.Y. — The Quinnipiac women's cross country team got off to a winning start in the 2026 campaign, winning the annual Stony Brook Season Opener on Long Island on Saturday morning.

Senior Zoe Merryman and junior Madeleine O'Neill finished 1-2 atop the leaderboard, with the senior edging the junior by 0.4 seconds in the 4k race. Alexa Ciccone and Avery Palmucci also recorded top-10 finishes en route to help the Bobcats' effort.

Quinnipiac as a team finished the day with 31 points, 25 ahead of the hosts to win the meet. Fordham (70 points) and Sacred Heart (71 points) also competed in the curtain raiser for the 2026 season.

SCORERS

Zoe Merryman – 1^st (14:27.9)
Madeleine O'Neill – 2^nd (14:28.3)
Alexa Ciccone – 7^th (14:45.9)
Avery Palmucci – 9^th (14:53.8)
Natalie Crocker – 12^th (15:01.4)

UP NEXT
Quinnipiac gets a preview of the 2026 Metro Conference Championship course on Sept. 19 when they head to the Blue Sky Sports Complex for the Manhattan Invite.

For an inside look at the Quinnipiac women's cross country program, go to gobobcats.com/wxc and be sure to follow it on social media @QU_TrackXC.