FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Fairfield University Men's and Women's Cross Country will be the first teams of Stags to compete for a MAAC Championship this fall when they hit the course at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex on Saturday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The men will run an 8K at 9 a.m. followed by the women's 6K at approximately 9:45 a.m.
 
Fairfield Men's Cross Country will look to improve on a ninth-place finish the spring 2021 MAAC Championship – the only meet of the truncated season. The Stags were led by Robert Dillon in that race, placing 22nd overall in a field of 127 runners. Fairfield returns its top four finishers from that meet – Dillon, Pacifico Flores, Devin Flores and Timothy Burchsinger.
 
Fairfield Women's Cross Country placed seventh at the spring edition of the Championship – its best finish since 2013. The Stags welcome back their top eight finishers and nine of 11 competitors in total from the spring, including individual pacesetter Courtney Kitchen. Kitchen placed 50th of 112, followed less than four seconds later by Jane Frawley in 51st and – fewer than three seconds after Frawley – Anna Weissenberg in 53rd.
 
As a part of Championship Weekend, it was announced on Thursday that 16 Stags were named to the MAAC All-Academic Team.
 

Miranda	Curto	Junior	Finance
Emily	Dalla Riva	Sophomore	Accounting
Rebecca	Drohen	Junior	Marketing / International Business
Jane	Frawley	Senior	Nursing
Danielle	Grosso	Junior	Nursing
Courtney	Kitchen	Junior	Mathematics
Catherine	Lanahan	Sophomore	Biology
Rachel	Martin	Senior	Biology
Mia	Melao	Senior	Nursing
Molly	Silvestri	Senior	Nursing
Anna	Weissenberg	Junior	Biology
Timothy	Burchsinger	Junior	Economics
Robert	Dillon	Junior	Bioengineering
Devin	Flores	Junior	Biology
Pacifico	Flores	Junior	Biology
Bryce	Zapusek	Junior	Business Analytics

  
Coverage of the 2021 MAAC Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships begins at 9 a.m. on ESPN+.