EDISON, NJ (Aug. 29, 2025) – The 2025 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) men’s & women’s cross country seasons start this weekend with nine league teams set to compete.
Races get underway this morning with Mount St. Mary’s hosting its annual Mount 5k Duals at 11:00 a.m. in Emmitsburg, MD. Rider’s cross country squads will travel to Ambler, PA to compete in the Temple Cross Country Invitational, with action starting at 5:30 p.m. Manhattan will compete in the NJIT Alumni Opener in Newark, NJ at 6:45 p.m.
On Saturday, Marist will host the annual Marist Season Opener at Vassar Farm beginning at 9:00 a.m., with the meet featuring a trio of MAAC schools which include Fairfield, Iona, and Siena. A pair of MAAC Connecticut schools in Quinnipiac and Sacred Heart will run at the Stony Brook Season Opener, in Stony Brook, NY at 10:30 a.m. to wrap up the opening weekend’s slate.
For the full 2025 MAAC Men’s & Women’s Cross Country schedule visit
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The 2025 MAAC Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Championships will be held at Twin Ponds on the Farm in Montgomery, New York on Saturday, November 1, 2025. 2025 will mark the third straight year that the championship races will be held at Twin Ponds on the Farm and the meets will be hosted by Manhattan University for the 31st time. For all information regarding the 2025 MAAC Men's & Women’s Cross Country Championships, please visit
maacsports.com/xc.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 13 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 45th year of competition during the 2025-26 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius University, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan University, Marist University, Merrimack College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Sacred Heart University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena University.
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