Williamsburg, Virginia – The Trinity University Tigers women finished second Saturday at the NCAA Division III South/Southeast Regional Cross Country Championships and qualified for next Saturday’s nationals at Northfield, Minn.

Trinity, led by head coach Jenny Breuer, amassed 54 team points, just two behind regional champion Emory in the 6k race. The Tiger women qualified for last year’s nationals by finishing second at regionals and by winning in 2004.

Tiger junior D’Ann Arthur of Colleyville (Covenant Christian Academy) became the first Trinity runner to win the regional race, clocking in at 23 minutes, 1 second.

Junior Emily Loeffler of San Antonio (O’Connor) was fourth (23:18); first-year runner Caitlin Masse of Katy (Cinco Ranch) finished  seventh (23:29); senior Leda McDaniel of Albuquerque, N.M. (Sandia), was 19^th (24:25), senior Jennifer Burn of Nashville, Tenn. (Harpeth Hall), came in 23^rd ( 24:36); and senior Alison Hoing of Steamboat Springs, Colo. (Klein), was 35^th (25:03). The runners earned All-Region honors.

Trinity’s men finished ninth in the 8k event with 229 points. Sophomore Chass Armstrong of Boerne (Boerne) was 13^th  (26:33) and senior Jeremy Daum of Houston (Clear Lake) was 34^th (27:28), as both took All-Region recognitition.