The Colorado College women's cross country team wrapped up its 2018 season with an eighth-place finish at the NCAA Division III West Regional Championships Saturday in Walla Walla, Wash.
 
The Tigers finished the meet with 211 team points. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps captured the team title with 46, followed by Pomona-Pitzer with 101 and Whitman with 167.
 
Senior Leah Veldhuisen and freshman Megan Koch led the Tigers and earned all-region honors by placing 28^th and 34^th, respectively. Veldhuisen completed the 6K course in a season-best time of 23.10.6, just ahead of Koch's personal-best time of 23:15.6.
 
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Pomona-Pitzer automatically qualify for the national meet by finishing first and second, respectively, while the top seven individuals that are not on those two or other teams selected as at-large teams.
 
Freshman Lucy Wagner just missed the all-region team by placing 39^th with a personal-best time of 23:33.6, followed by senior Meghan Tanel (45^th) and sophomores Gillian Foley (65^th), Alexia Preston (72^nd) and Lily O'Dowd (82^nd). Tanel (23:41.9) and Preston (24:21.1) each posted a career-best time, while Foley (24:08.9) recorded a season-best time.
 
Team Results
1. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps - 39
2. Pomona-Pitzer - 93
3. Whitman - 153
4. Occidental - 165
5. Willamette - 166
6. UC Santa Cruz - 185
7. Whitworth - 194
8. Colorado College - 195
9. Redlands - 212
10. Pacific (Ore.) - 244
11. Puget Sound - 274
12. Pacific Lutheran - 288
13. Caltech – 314
14. LaVerne - 333
15. Cal Lutheran - 387
16. Lewis & Clark – 427
17. Mills - 566
 
CC Individual Results (6K)

Name	Finish	Points	Time
Leah Veldhuisen	28	25	23:10.6
Megan Koch	34	31	23:15.6
Lucy Wagner	39	36	23:33.6
Meghan Tanel	45	42	23:41.9
Gillian Foley	65	61	24:08.9
Alexia Preston	72	(68)	24:21.1
Lily O'Dowd	82	(78)	24:40.4