The No. 18-ranked William and Mary women's cross country team looks to put a triumphant cap on the season Saturday at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, racing against the 30 best teams in the nation in a bid for a top-10 finish.  The race, hosted by Indiana State in Terre Haute, Ind., will begin at 1:15 p.m. Eastern, and can be watched live or followed on live stats at the following links.

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Tribe Roster
Emily Stites	Southeast Region Champion ... Southeast Region Athlete of the Year ... CAA runner-up ... CAA Runner of the Week (Oct. 22) ... Eighth-place Pre-Nationals ... Third-place Panorama Farms ... Runner-up Spider Alumni Open ... 26th at NCAA in 2012 ... 10th at NCAA 5,000m outdoors in 2013 ... 2013 USAT&F Junior Cross Country Champion ... 2013 USAT&F Junior 5,000m Champion ... Captained Team USA at World Junior Cross Country.
Elaina Balouris	Sixth at SE Regional ... CAA Champion ... National Runner of the Week (Sept. 9) ... 12th at Pre-Nationals ... Won Panorama Farms ... Won Spider Alumni Open ... CAA Runner of the Week (Sept. 10, Oct. 1) ... 13th at NCAA in 2012 ... 10th at NCAA 10,000m in 2013 ... 19th at NCAA 10,000m in 2012.
Meghan McGovern	12th at SE Regional ... Fourth at CAA Championships ... 83rd at Pre-Nationals ... 20th at Panorama Farms ... Fourth at Spider Alumni Open ... Ran on Team USA at the 2013 NACAC Junior Cross Country Championships.
Michelle Britto	17th at SE Regional ... Third at CAA Championships ... 64th at Pre-Nationals ... 25th at Panorama Farms ... Seventh at Spider Alumni Open.
Dylan Hassett	33rd at SE Regional ... Fifth at CAA Championships ... 81st at Pre-Nationals ... 18th at Panorama Farms ... Fifth at Spider Alumni Open ... NCAA competitor in both cross country and 10,000m in 2012-13.
Carolyn Hennessey	46th at SE Regional ... Seventh at CAA Championships ... Ninth in the open race at Pre-Nationals ... 41st at Panorama Farms ... Ninth at Spider Alumni Open.
Erica Amatori	88th at SE Regional ... 10th at CAA Championships ... 161st at Pre-Nationals ... 28th at Panorama Farms ... 15th at Spider Alumni Open ... SAAC Representative/Communications Chair.
Clarissa Schick	186th at Pre-Nationals ... 62nd at Panorama Farms ... Third for W&M at the 2012 NCAA Championships and the Southeast Regional.

Twice as Nice
The Tribe is making back-to-back appearances at the NCAA Championships for the first time ever.  Overall, this is the 11th time that W&M has been represented at the national meet.

Stites FTW
Emily Stites won her first race of the season last week, claiming the Southeast Region title by over 10 seconds with her time of 19:57.5.  It was the first-ever region championship for a Tribe woman, and the sophomore also broke the existing course record that had been set in 2009 by future Olympian and NCAA Champion Sheila Reid of Villanova.  With her win, Stites was named the Southeast Region Athlete of the Year, another first for the Tribe women's program.

Regional Roundup
The Tribe had its best-ever regional showing last week in earning its way to the NCAA Championships.  W&M's second-place finish tied last year's squad for the best place in program history, while the 2013 team's 69 points well surpassed the record of 90 points set back in 1980 at the AIAW Region II meet.  The Tribe also placed four athletes on the all-region team, bettering the previous mark of three in 1990 and 1997.

All-Region Honorees
In addition to Stites, seniors Elaina Balouris (sixth overall) and Michelle Britto, and sophomore Meghan McGovern all earned top-20 finishes to make the all-region team.  For Balouris, it was her fourth year on the team, matching Kathy Newberry '00 as the only four-year runners in school history.  Balouris and Stites are also only the second pair of teammates to earn all-region honors in back-to-back seasons, joining Newberry and Tribe Hall-of-Famer Emily Furia '01 (1998 & 1999).  For both McGovern (12th) and Britto (17th), this marked the first-ever regional award.

Making Conference History
W&M won the Colonial Athletic Association title for the second consecutive year in 2013 and 19th time overall, but the manner in which it was accomplished was quite impressive.  The Tribe swept the top five positions for the first perfect score in conference history, and the largest margin of victory ever (66 points).

More from the CAA
The Tribe's 19 CAA trophies are the third-most for any sports team in the conference, trailing only two more Green and Gold squads.  The W&M women's tennis team has 22 championships, while men's cross country has won 21 titles.

Conference Perspective
W&M is tied with Portland for the fourth-most conference championships in Division I history at 19.  Eastern Kentucky leads the pack with 26 titles, while BYU is close behind with 23 and N.C. State has 21.

Massey Cancer Center 5K Breaks Fundraising Records
The record-breaking was not confined to competition this season, as the Tribe's annual Massey Cancer Center 5K fundraiser collected more than $22,000 in donations.  Over the 20+ year history of the event, W&M has helped raised more than $125,000 for research and treatment at the Massey Cancer Center at MCV, in Richmond, Va.

NCAA Cross Country Appearances

Year	Team Finish	Team Points	Individuals	Finish	Award
1990	T-20th	434	Janice Brown	45th
			Cathy Stanmeyer	73rd
			Megan Holden	125th
			Silica Johnson	154th
			Karen Laslo	156th
			Andrea Lengi	161st
			Maggie Silver	167th
1991	--	--	Janice Brown	15th	All-America
1992	16th	385	Janice Brown	4th	All-America
			Marcie Homan	74th
			Sonja Friend	123rd
			Heather Haines	139th
			Allison Abbott	150th
			Andrea Lengi	152nd
			Angela Dalke	163rd
1993	--	--	Marcie Homan	11th	All-America
1994	--	--	Marcie Homan	10th	All-America
1996	17th	416	Laurie Sturgell	57th
			Kathy Newberry	110th
			Tressa Breindel	113th
			Cybelle McFadden	127th
			Julia Davidson	136th
			Claire Torchia	145th
			Becky Flowers	157th
1998	10th	374	Kathy Newberry	43rd
			Dana Pascarella	56th
			Emily Furia	89th
			Amanda Buell	108th
			Amy Lynn Stemphoski	181st
			Ali Mann	216th
			Candice Major	231st
2002	T-23rd	549	Ali Henderson	38th	All-America
			Maura McMahon	80th
			Kristyn Shiring	175th
			Jackie Kosakowski	178th
			Tara Guelig	211th
			Cheryl Bauer	226th
			Lauren Heron	234th
2003	--	--	Ali Henderson	30th	All-America
2005	23rd	530	Meghan Bishop	76th
			Julia Cathcart	86th
			Erin Prillaman	165th
			Kaitlin Hurley	173rd
			Karen Pulliam	178th
			Julie Taylor	190th
			Abby Booker	246th
2012	21st	481	Elaina Balouris	13th	All-America
			Emily Stites	26th	All-America
			Clarissa Schick	170th
			Michelle Britto	191st
			Lanie Smith	207th
			Meghan McGovern	228th
			Dylan Hassett	231st