Amanda Whitford repeats; BYU-Hawaii takes crown 

Turtle Bay, HI - The Brigham Young University Hawaii's women's cross country team took the top honors today at the Hawaiian Airlines Pacific West Conference Championships today on a wet course at Turtle Bay.  The Seasiders placed five runners in the top ten to claim the team title with 29 points, seven more than second-place Hawaii Pacific.

BYU-Hawaii's Amanda Whitford successfully defended her conference title by completing the 5K course in 18:22 to claim the individual crown by 43 seconds over Johanna Berggren of Hawaii Pacific.

Trailing Hawaii Pacific's 36 points was UH-Hilo with 59 for third place.  Dixie State claimed fourth with 127 points followed by Notre Dame de Namur with 147.  Grand Canyon finished sixth with 160 and Chaminade came in seventh with 165.  New conference member Academy of Art also competed in the event but were not eligible for the team title because it is not yet a full member of the NCAA.

The top seven individual finishers were given First Team All-Conference honors.  They were Whitford, Lacey Johnson, and Danielle Amparan of BYU-Hawaii, Berggren, Emma Palmer, and Quinn Horochuk of Hawaii Pacific, and Kirsta Andrew of UH-Hilo.

Earning Second Team honors from the conference were Katherine Buxton, Allison Shamrell, and Michelle Fong of BYU-Hawaii, Nina Hagemann and Kelly Rogers of UH-Hilo, and Wendy Darling and Whitney Pitman of Hawaii Pacific.