Boerne, Texas - The two-time defending champion Trinity men's and women's cross country teams finished as runners-up to Colorado College at the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships on Saturday.

The Colorado College men scored 30 points and Trinity amassed 38 in the eight-team field of the 8k race at Boerne City Lake Park. Colorado College's women beat Trinity by a scant three points (29-26) in the eight-squad 6k event.

RESULTS

Trinity junior Taylor Piske placed second in the men's competition, with a time of 27:25. The individual men's champion was Nick Hall of Colorado College, who clocked in at 26:37.

Piske led a group of five Tiger runners who earned All-SCAC honors. First-year competitor Michael Erickson ran the course in 27:57 for a fourth-place finish. Erickson was named the  SCAC Men's Freshman of the Year. Sophomore Austin Brown came in at No. 5 (27:58), junior Christian Soto was 13th (28:48), and first-year Daniel Henkes placed 14th (28:54) to complete the All-SCAC list. First-year Jacob Hammond just missed All-SCAC recognition with a 15th-place performance (28:55), and senior Brandon Douglas crossed the line in 18th place (29:31).

Six Tiger women picked up All-SCAC accolades, led by senior Nicola Hill's third-place finish (24:08). Senior Michelle Oberndorf was fourth (24:20), and first-year Melissa Whitman took fifth place (24:21). Whitman became this year's SCAC Women's Freshman of the Year. Senior Autumn Kervella placed eighth (24:40), first-year Emma Maceachern was No. 9 (24:41), and junior Mariana Sigala completed Trinity's All-SCAC honors in 14th place (25:11). Senior Genevieve Primeau took the No. 15 slot (25:26).

Leah Wessler of Colorado College emerged as women's champion (23:17), and Rebecca Lavietes was second (23:53).

Both Tiger teams will compete at the NCAA Division III South/Southeast Regional Championships at Berry, Georgia, on November 15.