IRVING, Texas - Trinity University made history on Saturday, winning the program's first-ever Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference men's cross country title with a narrow victory over three-time defending champion Colorado College on the challenging campus course at the University of Dallas. Complete Results | Official Website | Facebook Photo Album

Trinity finished with 26 points, followed by Colorado College with 37 points.

The Trinity men had six runners finish in the top nine places and eight runners earned All-SCAC honors (2012 All-SCAC team pictured below - click the image for a larger view) as first-year head coach Derick Lawrence led his Tigers to the historic win.

Seniors Pancho Escobedo and Rob Edmonds led the way for Trinity, posting second and third place finishes with times of 26:59.15 and 27:17.04, respectively.

Colorado College, who had its streak of three consecutive team titles snapped, did find solace in the performance of sophomore Nick Hall, who earned 2012 SCAC Runner-of-the-Year and medalist honors with a first-place finish in a time of 26:48.23.

Hall was the league's Freshman-of-the-Year in 2011.

Senior Sal Perdomo (sixth place - 27:25.56), senior Mark Greene (seventh place - 27:43.87), junior Gerado Hernandez (eight place - 27:54.79), freshman Taylor Piske (ninth place - 27:57.75), freshman Chris Soto (13th place - 28:20.54) and sophomore Connor Amoruso (14th place - 28:23.28) rounded out Trinity's all-SCAC performers.

Taylor Piske, Trinity University 2012 SCAC Freshman-of-the-Year	Nick Hall, Colorado College 2012 SCAC Runner-of-the-Year

Escobedo and Perdomo each earned all-SCAC honors in 2011 and Edmonds was an all-SCAC honoree in 2010.

Trinity's Piske, by virtue of his top finish among all first-year runners, was named the 2012 SCAC Freshman-of-the-Year.

In addition to Hall's performance, Colorado College senior Max Marinelli finished fourth with a time of 27:19.96, and sophomore Graham Frank earned all-SCAC honors for the second consecutive year with a fifth-place finish in a time of 27:22.54. CC sophomore Will Richmond also earned all-SCAC honors with a 12th-place finish in a time of 28:18.03.

Southwestern University senior Sam Martinez finished in 10th place to earn All-SCAC honors for the second time in three years and lead the Pirates to a third-place team finish. The Pirates finished with 108 team points to squeak by the host school, the University of Dallas, who finished in fourth place with 118 points.

Ryan McAnany of the University of Dallas was the top Crusader finisher and earned All-SCAC honors with his 11th-place finish in a time of 28:12.79.

Centenary College, competiting in its first-ever SCAC championship, placed fifth in the team standings with 160 points.

After the race, SCAC Assistant Commissioner Jeff DeBaldo caught up with the top three men's finishers as well as Trinity head coach Derick Lawrence.

To listen to an interview with the 2012 SCAC Runner Runner of the Year, Nick Hall of Colorado College, click here.

To listen to second-place finisher, Pancho Escobedo of Trinity University, click here.

To listen to third-place finisher, Rob Edmonds of Trinity University, click here.

To listen to Trinity University head coach Derick Lawrence, click here.