Trinity women win South/Southeast Regional

Trinity women win South/Southeast Regional

SEGUIN, Texas - Trinity University, which had three individuals finish in the top 10, took first place at the NCAA South/Southeast Regional meet held at Texas Lutheran University. With the victory, the Tigers qualify for the NCAA Championship meet at Hanover College on Nov. 22.

Trinity finished atop of 24 other teams with a total of 43 points. Emory University came in second with 55 points.

Other SCAC team finishes included Rhodes College in fourth place, Hendrix College in ninth place, Centre College in 11th place, Southwestern University in 15th place and Sewanee-University of the South in 19th place.

Trinity's Emily Loeffler finished in second place in a time of 22:16 and her teammate Liz Eder was third in a time of 22:27. D'Ann Arthur came in seventh with a finishing time of 22:39.

Taylor Stephens of Rhodes, the 2008 SCAC Runner of the Year, won the meet with a finishing time of 21:55. SCAC runners swept the top four spots as Hendrix College's Lolly Plummer came in fourth in a time of 22:28.

For complete team results, click here. For complete individual results, click here.

In the Great Lakes Regional, the DePauw University women must wait word of an at-large berth to the NCAA Championship meet after finishing in third place out of 34 teams. Only the top two teams from each regionally automatically qualify for the national meet.

DePauw's Lauren Reich had her usual quality run, finishing in sixth with a time of 22:20. Her teammate, Alison Case was 14th with a time of 22:58.

For complete team and individual results from the Great Lakes Regional, click here.

In the West Regional, the women from Colorado College finished 12th out of 16 teams.

For complete team and individual results from the West Regional, click here.