McKINLEYVILLE – Tiffany Turner and Amber Hebb earned All-CCAA honors for the second straight year, Tiffany Dinh earned Freshman of the Year honors and the Cal Poly Pomona women's cross country team finished third at the CCAA Championships on Saturday.

Turner completed the 6,000-meter route at Beau Pre Golf Course in 22 minutes, 41.6 seconds to finish sixth. Hebb earned a top-10 finish by placing ninth in 23:03.4.

“We're enjoying a successful season and improved from fourth last year to third,'' said Broncos head coach Troy Johnson. “We had the potential for a top-2 finish and we figured that third was within our grasp going in.

“A solid effort on the day and we'll be ready to compete again in two weeks at regionals.''

Dinh placed 17th and was the top freshman finisher at 23:42.2.

Junior Sarah Garcia finished 25th in 24:04.7 and freshman Lauren Parr completed the Broncos' top five by placing 42nd (24:45.9).

Other Broncos and their times include: junior Elizabeth Soria (46th – 24:52.1); senior Denise Salceda (57th – 25:15.5) and freshman Johanna Murray (70th – 25:57.9). 

"Tiffany and Amber went out right away and competed well on a rather, demanding course,'' assistant coach Tony Reyes said. "I thought the course might have favored Tiffany a bit because there were a few hills out there that were difficult. Tiffany Dinh ran a very solid race and Sarah (Garcia), I know, was pleased with finishing in the top 25. We ran well and it showed.''

Chico State placed four four runners in the Top 10 and earned the team victory with 33 points.

The Wildcats, who were led by senior Julie Shaw, totaled 33 points to finish ahead of second-place UC San Diego, which posted 84 points. Cal Poly Pomona (91) was third and followed by Cal State L.A. (101), Cal State Stanislaus (142), Humboldt State (146), San Francisco State (162), Cal State San Bernardino (162), Sonoma State (270), Cal State Dominguez Hills (290) and Cal State East Bay (334).

The team championship marked the second straight for Chico State and sixth in the last eight years.

For the second year in a row, Cal State L.A. senior Vivien Wadeck captured the individual title in 21:52.6 to out-pace UC San Diego's Bre Schofield (22:13.5).

Wadeck became only the second female in the history of the CCAA Championships to repeat as conference champion. Amy Harper of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo won consecutive titles in 1982 and 1983.

Chico State rounded out the top five as Shaw (22:21.6) placed third and was followed by teammates Alia Gray (22:22.9) and Kara Lubieniecki (22:27.6).

Wadeck was named Runner of the Year while Chico State's Jonah Weeks was Newcomer of the Year.

Chico State head coach Gary Towne was named Coach of the Year for the second year in a row.

(Thanks to the CCAA for contributing to this release)