In exclusive voting by the head coaches of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, Colorado College's Ted Castaneda was selected SCAC Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season.

After waiting nine years to capture its first conference title last season, the Colorado College women wasted no time in picking up their second. The Tigers had four runners place in the top six and repeated as SCAC cross country champions at this year's championship event, held Saturday, Oct. 31 in Sherman, Texas.
 
Colorado College junior Leah Wessler paced the Tiger harriers as she repeated as SCAC Women's Runner of the Year with a first-place finishing time of 24:08.2.

CC junior Katie Sandfort finished fourth (24:33.5), followed by a pair of first-year runners for Colorado College as Leah Veldhuisen (24:35.5) and Allysa Warling (24:39.2) finished fifth and sixth, respectively. Veldhuisen was named SCAC Newcomer of the Year for her meet-best finish among first-year runners.

Juniors Allie Crimmins (25:04.5) and Stefani Messick (25:28.9) finished ninth and 10^th, respectively, and sophomores Patty Atkinson (25:41.8) and Corey Luna (25:46.8) rounded out the CC Tigers' contingent of all-SCAC performers with 13th and 14th place finishes.

Last Saturday, Castaneda's squad posted a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Division III West Regional where Warling (22:14.6), Wessler (22:17.2) and Sandfort (22:32.7) finished 10th, 11th and 14th, respectively. All three earned all-region honors and a trip to the NCAA national meet on Nov. 21.

With 92 points, Colorado College finished just five points behind third-place Whitworth and 13 points behind second-place Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.

Joining Warling, Wessler and Sandfort on the all-region team were Veldhuisen (25th - 23:04.0) and Crimmins (32nd - 23:16.7).
 
Castaneda has also earned SCAC Men's Cross Country COTY five times (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2014).