Thanks to three individual titles on Sunday, the Colorado College women's track and field team won the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship for the first time in program history and snapped Trinity University's run of eight straight team titles.
 
"Today was an emotional day," head coach Katie Bretscher said. "Winning a championship is something that we have been talking about since I took over this program. To see it all come together was such a proud moment for me."
 
CC won the meet with a program-record 216 points, followed by Trinity (197.5) and Texas Lutheran (174.5).
 
Junior Isabel Olson opened Sunday's session by running away with the 5K title in a time of 17:52.52. Sophomore Alison Mueller-Hickler finished second, followed by junior Eliot Singer in third, sophomore Brooktie Frogge in fifth, freshman Willow Lott in seventh and freshman Mary Cate Kiser in eighth.
 
Senior Kendall Accetta captured her second individual title of the weekend by winning the 1,500-meter race in 4:39.14, followed by Olson in second, junior Sydney Rankin in fourth and freshman Alison Barker in fifth.
 
Senior Emma Fowkes led a 1-2 finish in the high jump, edging fellow senior April Kwan. Fowkes won the event with a height of 5'3.75", while Kwan cleared 5'1.75". Fowkes also placed second in the 100 hurdles Sunday with a personal-best time of 15.24 seconds.
 
Sophomore Clara Lippert earned all-SCAC honors with a second-place finish in the 400 with a personal-best time of 58.22 seconds.
 
"I want to thank our student-athletes, especially the seniors for believing in my vision and themselves to make this happen," Bretscher said. "We would not have achieved this goal without the incredible coaching and support staff that we have. I'm very grateful to have them be a part of our program."

The Tigers return to action on Friday, May 3, at the Air Force Academy Twilight Open, for the first of several "Last Chance" meets throughout the month of May leading up to the NCAA Division III Championships.