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Amanda Whitford displays her first-place award along with men's winner Golden Harper at today's Hawaiian Airlines Pacific West Conference Championships

October 27, 2007

Seasiders Second in PacWest

Amanda Whitford runs uphill by herself en rounte to winning the individual title at the Hawaiian Airlines Pacific West Conference Championships today

Belmont, CA—The Brigham Young University Hawaii's women's cross country team took second place today at the Hawaiian Airlines Pacific West Conference Championships, finishing 13 points back of UH-Hilo in the race for the title. Individually, BYU–Hawaii’s Amanda Whitford claimed the individual title with Diana Voorhees placing third for the Seasiders.

Whitford ran an 18:54 5K to finish first by 17 seconds over UH-Hilo’s Kelly Rogers. Voorhees came in at 19:33 to give the Seasiders two of the top three finishes. Hilarie Glenn took tenth place with a time of 20:20 and Michelle Fong finished 14th in 20:31. Allyson Robison completed the scoring for the Seasiders with a 17th-place finish in 20:59 and Veronica Mendoza completed the race in 21:35 for BYU–Hawaii.

The top seven runners in the race were awarded All-Conference First Team honors with the next seven being named Second Team All-Conference. Whitford and Voorhees nabbed First Team honors for the Seasiders with Glenn and Fong making the second team.

Team Scores:

1. UH-Hilo 32
2. BYU–Hawaii 45
3. Hawaii Pacific 49
4. Notre Dame de Namur 123
5. Chaminade 126
6. Dixie State 149
7. Grand Canyon 160

First Team All-Pacific West
Amanda Whitford BYU Hawaii
Kelly Rogers Hawaii Hilo
Diana Voorhees BYU Hawaii
Kari Andrew Hawaii Hilo
Elin Soto-Thompson Hawaii Pacific
Emma Palmer Hawaii Pacific
Alejandra Sanchez Hawaii Hilo

Second Team All-Pacific West
Nina Hagemann Hawaii Hilo
Jennifer Torres Hawaii Pacific
Hillarie Glenn BYU Hawaii
Ashley Benson Hawaii Hilo
Ashley Hughey Notre Dame de Namur
Quinn Horochuk Hawaii Pacific
Michelle Fong BYU Hawaii

Complete team results

Complete individual results