CLAREMONT, Calif.—Senior Malia Heien became only the fifth runners in school history to earn a third trip to Cross Country Nationals on Saturday, as she finished 11^th overall to punch her ticket to South Carolina next Saturday. 
 
THE BASICS 
 
Women's Cross Country – 14^th Place – 380 Points 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Heien earned her fourth-straight All-Region finish to lead women's cross country to a 14^th-place showing. 

The senior, who placed 10^th at the Northwest Conference Championship two weeks ago in similar sloppy conditions, used a strong surge to finish in 11^th place.
 
She sat 35^th after 1K and 24^th after 1.3 miles. Heien moved up to 16^th after 2.1 miles and 12^th overall at the 2.7 mile mark. She would briefly drop to 13^th at the 3.5 mile mark and would cross the finish line in 11^th place. She posted a final time of 22:28.2. 
 
Junior Skylar Willow finished second on the team for a second-straight meet. Willow followed a similar script to Heien. She sat 124^th at the first checkpoint but cracked the top-100 after 2.1 miles and crossed the finish line in 87^th place. Willow finished the race in 24:47.9. 
 
Senior Miriam Reside took 96^th overall. Reside was in 125^th place at the first marker but picked off 20 runners by the second checkpoint and would bounce between 94^th and 98^th the rest of the way. Reside notched a final time of 25:16.5. 
 
Sophomore Talia Tomhave placed fourth on the Pioneers. Tomhave ranked 123^rd at the first checkpoint and moved up to 101^st after 2.7 miles. She registered a final time of 25:23.5 to place 101^st.
 
Junior Nadia Cota finished fifth on the team and 119^th overall in her first Regional race since 2023. The junior sat 133^rd after the first 1.3 miles, but would move up inside the top-125 and eventually finished in 25:57.6. 
 
Sophomore Maeva Conroy made her Regionals debut on Saturday. She placed 124^th overall. Conroy was sitting in 134^th place at the checkpoint but moved up over the next four markers to finish in 124^th place with a time of 26:12.5. 
 
Senior Emogene Lutz took 131^st place. Lutz sat 147^th at the first checkpoint but would move up at each marker. She crossed the line in 26:43.4 to take 131^st. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS 

• Heien ran the fastest time of her season by 5.2 seconds and her fastest time since setting a PR at last year's NCAA DIII West Regional Championship Meet. 
• Reside (51 places) and Lutz (17 places) each improved upon finish from last year's Regional Championship Meet. Reside's 96^th-place finish was the best of her career. 
• Heien's 11^th-place finish was the second-best of her career. She finished in eighth place as a sophomore (2023), 11^th as a senior (2025), 17^th as a junior (2024) and 28^th as a first year (2022). 
• Cota's 119^th-place finish was 30 spots better than her finish as a first year (149^th).  

WHAT'S NEXT 
 
Heien will travel to Spartanburg, South Carolina for the 2025 NCAA DIII West Regional Championship Meet. The women's race will kick off at 11 a.m. (Eastern).