The Trinity women won the DIII Little State Championship meet with 17 points, their best finish since winning the meet with 16 points in 2008, and getting a perfect score (15 points) in 2006. This marks the 2^nd year in a row, and the 5^th year of the last 6, that the Tigers have taken the little state title.

Sophomore standout Rosemary Steup finished first overall (22:47.75) in the 6k for the second year in a row, making it the seventh straight year a Trinity woman has taken the individual crown. Larissa Wilkinson took the title in 2004, while All-Americans Emily Daum (neé Loeffler) and Caitlin Masse won from 2006 to 2009. The meet was cancelled in 2005 due to Hurricane Rita.

The Tiger women took 1^st through 4^th individually (which hasn't happened since 2008), led by Steup and sophomore Maddie Murphy (22:50.06) close behind in 2^nd. First year Michelle Oberndorf's time of 22:52.51 puts her 7^th in the record books, while sophomore Vanessa Moreno also had a personal best, finishing in 23:24.61. First year Jessica Pagano (23:49.69) rounded out the top five with a 7^th place finish. Sophomores Jackie Newell and Junior Joy Lindig both placed in the top 10 with 8^th and 10^th place showings, placing the entire top 7 for the Tigers in the first ten spots of the race.

On the men's side, Trinity finished a close 2^nd behind UT-Tyler. The Patriots finished with 35 points, while the Tigers were 3 points back with 38 points.

The junior duo Sal Perdomo and Francisco Escobedo took the 2^nd and 3^rd individual spots with personal best times of 26:03.55 and 26:10.27, respectively. Junior Mark Greene placed 8^th with a time of 27:13.63 making this his first top 10 individual showing at Little State. Sophomore Gerardo Hernandez finished 11^th with a personal best time of 27:45.22, with first year Connor Amoruso rounding out the top 5 with a time of 28:25.38.

Results

Next up for the Tigers is the Incarnate Word Invitational in San Antonio on Saturday, October 9^th.