CLAREMONT, Calif. — Pomona-Pitzer women's cross country won its 6th SCIAC title in program history, including the first since 1991, Friday morning at the Pomona-Pitzer Campus Course. 
 
The Sagehens held off Sixth Street Rival CMS for the team title, totaling 22 points to the Athenas' 39. Pomona-Pitzer's five scoring runners placed second, third, fourth, sixth and seventh. 
 
Megan Walter led the way for the Sagehens with a second-place individual finish, clocking a 6k time of 21:55.5. Lili Maycock placed third with a time of 21:55.9 while Kendall Madine followed in fourth place, finishing at 21:59.6. 
 
Maggie Avey earned a sixth-place individual finish after racing a time of 22:08.5. Eva Novy-Hildesley followed in seventh to round out Pomona-Pitzer top-five scoring runners, clocking a 22:09.8.
 
Additionally, Fiona Bodkin placed eighth (22:14.4) and Anna Hirsch ninth (22:22.8) to earn All-SCIAC First Team honors along with the team's top-five scoring runners. Caroline Struby placed 12th (22:29.3) and Elizabeth Newman 17th (22:35.9) to earn All-SCIAC Second Team nods. 
 
This marks the first time since 1979 that both the Sagehen men's and women's teams have won outright SCIAC Championships in the same season. Both teams also won in 1980, when the women's team shared the title with Occidental and CMS. 
 
The Sagehens will compete next at the NCAA Division III West Regionals in Spokane, Washington, on Nov. 14 at 9:00 a.m. PT.