ABILENE, Texas – Making history in West Texas, East Texas Baptist University won the American Southwest Conference women's cross country championship for the first-time in program history. Phoebe Dunman was the ASC Individual Champion as six runners earned All-ASC awards and Natalie Bach-Prather was named the ASC Coach of the Year.
 
ETBU held onto the championship with 33 points over Mary Hardin-Baylor's 44 and Hardin-Simmons University's 49 points. ETBU had three runners in the top 10 to give them the championship in Dunham (1^st), Requena (3^rd), and Willis (4^th)
 
Dunham ran a 23:09.83 for the championship in the 6K coming in almost 40 seconds faster than the second place runner. Requena ran a 24:33.64 for third place and Willis came in fourth with a 24:39.72 to earn All-ASC First Team.
 
Making the All-ASC second team were Mary Kate Mark in 12^th place with a time of 27:05.38, Megan Smith in 13^th at 27:17.80, and Ruquayya Soudine in 14^th at 27:30.44. Mallory Frederick was 16^th (27:59.16) while Izabella Ball was 17^th (28:35.11), Evangeline Wilson was 18^th (28:53.13), and Sophie Gaddy came in 19^th (29:13.92.

ETBU will next run at the NCAA Division III West Regional in California on Nov. 15.
 

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 ASC AWARDS
ASC Individual Champion: Phoebe Dunham
ASC Coaching Staff of the Year: Natalie Bach-Prather
All-ASC First Team: Phoebe Dunham, Danna Requena, Hannah Willis
All-ASC Second Team: Mary Kate-Mark, Megan Smith, Ruquayya Soudine