The Johns Hopkins University Athletics men’s cross country team won its fifth consecutive Centennial Conference championship Oct. 31, 2026, at Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania. The second-ranked team scored 17 points, the second-lowest total in program history, while Caleb Tenney won the individual championship in 24:20.0.
The title marked Johns Hopkins’ seventh overall Centennial Conference championship, with all seven coming since 2013. No. 22 Haverford finished second with 44 points, followed by Swarthmore with 91, Dickinson with 123 and Ursinus with 156.
Caleb Tenney Wins Individual Championship;
Tenney became the third athlete in Johns Hopkins program history and the fifth overall to win the Centennial Conference individual championship. The sophomore finished ahead of teammate Brady Ott, who placed second in 24:25.7.
Freshman Edward Stout finished third in 24:32.8 and was the only freshman in the field to place in the top 10. His result was the second-highest finish by a freshman in Centennial Conference history.
Johns Hopkins Places Seven Runners in Top 14;
Cedar Nichols-Barnhart finished fifth in 24:42.9, and Anthony Clark placed sixth in 24:56.4 to complete Johns Hopkins’ scoring five. Dane Spahr finished 10th in 25:07.9, while Henry Zhe-Heimerman placed 14th in 25:16.0.
Johns Hopkins placed seven runners in the top 14. Tenney, Ott, Stout, Nichols-Barnhart, Clark, Spahr and Zhe-Heimerman earned first- and second-team All-Centennial Conference honors.
The top 14 individual finishers received all-conference recognition. Places one through seven earned First Team honors, while places eight through 14 earned Second Team honors.
Maryland Sports Blog Take;
The Johns Hopkins University Athletics men’s cross country team combined a 17-point team score with seven top-14 individual finishes to secure its fifth consecutive Centennial Conference championship. Tenney’s individual victory led a Johns Hopkins top-three finish that included Ott and Stout, while Clark’s sixth-place result completed the team’s scoring five.
The NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships and NCAA Championships are the next listed championship events for the Johns Hopkins men’s cross country team.
Source: Original report
