Martin becomes the second Webster runner ever to claim the conference title, the other being Rita Ross in 1993. Martin was named SLIAC Runner of the Year, the first Webster honoree since Ross. Last year, Martin was selected the conference's Newcomer of the Year after finishing second in the individual standings at the SLIAC meet.

Martin earns a spot on the all-conference first team for the second consecutive year. She is joined on the first team by teammates Holly Goergen (So., Phoenix, AZ / Shadow Mountain) and Meghan Illig (So., St. Louis, MO / Lindbergh), who finished fourth and sixth, respectively, in the field of 55 runners.

This is the second all-conference honor for Goergen and the first for Illig. Last season, Goergen made the all-SLIAC second team after placing 11^th at the conference championships.

Webster placed fourth out of seven teams, finishing six points behind the conference champion in the most competitive field in the history of St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC).

Since the SLIAC expanded from four to six teams in 1995, the closest spread between first place and fourth in team scoring had been 15 points in 2010. In the last 20 years [excluding 2005 when only three teams scored], the average spread between first and fourth place has been 64 points.

The collective score of Webster's top four runners was the best in the field, but the team champion, Spalding (KY), had a better score from its No. 5 runner.

The Gorloks were the only team to place three runners on the all-conference first team. The only other time Webster has ever done so was 2011 with Julie Greenough (4^th), Heather Heisse (6^th) and Jane McKibben (7^th).

All six Webster entrants today recorded personal-best times not only for the season, but their careers at this race's official distance of 6,000 meters, which is the standard for championship meets. Further, all six Gorloks recorded their fastest per-mile pace this season for any race at any distance.

Though this is the first time Martin has won a collegiate cross country meet, it is the fifth meet this season she has placed in the top 20, a new school record. The prior record was four, shared by nine runners, including Martin in 2014. With nine career top-20 finishes, Martin is second in the Gorlok record book behind Candace Barry (2006-09), who had 11 such finishes.

Martin's winning time was 23 minutes and six seconds, a 16-second margin ahead of the runner-up. That time is the second fastest in school history for a 6k race, behind Heather Heisse, who recorded a 22:37 at the 2013 SLIAC championships. Martin owns four of the fastest eight times on Webster's all-time list at this distance.

Martin is the fourth Gorlok with at least two all-conference first-team honors in their career. The other three are Heisse (2011, 2012, 2013), Barry (2006, 2007) and Kjersti Ehrie (1995, 1996).

Martin improved her season win-loss record to 1,253-173 (.879), adding to her existing record for wins in a season. She has 2,034 career wins, making her the fourth Gorlok to surpass the 2,000-win mark, a feat she has accomplished in two seasons. Ahead of her in career wins are Heisse (2010-13), Jane McKibben (2009-12) and Eroica Stackhouse (2010-13).

Goergen was timed at 23:34, the sixth-fastest time in school history for a 6k race, and the third fastest by a sophomore. [Top two sophomore times were set by Martin last year.]

Goergen's time is the fourth-fastest ever by a Gorlok at the conference championships, and the second fastest by a sophomore (behind Martin's time last year).

Her time today was 1:33 faster than her performance at last year's SLIAC meet and 1:04 faster than her previous career-best time, which she set two weeks ago at Illinois College. Compared to her first collegiate 6k meet, last October, Goergen improved her time today by 2:30.

Goergen moves into a tie for second place in the school record book with 971 wins this season, putting her next to Heisse (2012).

Illig's official time was 23:40, the ninth-fastest time in school history for a 6k race, and the fifth fastest by a sophomore.

Her time is the fifth-fastest ever by a Gorlok at the conference championships, and the third fastest by a sophomore.

Illig's career progress is evident in that today she ran 2:25 faster than she did at last year's SLIAC meet and 1:37 faster than her previous career-best time, which she set two weeks ago at Illinois College. Compared to her first collegiate 6k meet, last October, Goergen improved her time today by 3:24.

With at least one more meet this season, Illig has 825 wins in 2015, which puts her fourth on Webster's all-time list.

Lexie Salamone (Fr., Greenwood, MO / Lee's Summit West) was Webster's No. 4 runner, placing 22^nd with a season-best time of 25:04. Her time is the 10^th fastest ever by a Gorlok freshman in any 6k race and the third fastest at the SLIAC championships. [The two fastest freshman times belong to Stackhouse (2010) and Barry (2006).]

Salamone ran a 6:43 per mile pace today, faster than the 6:49 she ran in her last meet two weeks ago, and the 7:56 she ran in this season's opening meet.

Jessica Aguilar-Adan (Fr., Las Vegas, NV / Valley) crossed the finish line in 35^th place with a season-best time of 27:18. That was a 7:19 per-mile pace, down from 7:56 two weeks ago and 8:26 in her season opener in September.

Shiloh Bradley (So., Henderson, NV / Green Valley) was 49^th with a career-best time of 31:33. Her per-mile pace was 8:27, down from 8:59 two weeks ago, and almost two minutes faster than in her season opening race.

In two weeks, Webster heads to Rock Island, IL, for the NCAA regional championships. The Gorloks will compete on a course they ran earlier this season back on Sept. 25. This is expected to be the largest meet of the season with more than 30 teams and 200 runners.