AT A GLANCE
 
SEATTLE – The University of San Francisco women's cross country team continued its historic season, coming away from the NCAA West Regional's with their top individual and team regional finishes in the program's history.
 
The Dons dominated the regional with three Top 10 individual performances. Charlotte Taylor added the individual West Regional title to her West Coast Conference title, finishing the race in a course record of 19:14.18 for the second consecutive race. From the start Taylor led the race, battling with Boise State's Allie Ostrander until the end to finish as the top runner in the region. As a team, the No. 4 women's team grabbed the automatic bid to the NCAA National Championship field.  
 
Joining Taylor on the awards dais was Weronika Pyzik, Isabelle Brauer and Marie Bouchard, who took fourth, seventh and 16^th, respectively to earn All-West Region honors. Rounding out the scorers for the Dons was Tatjana Schulte, finishing in 31^st with a time of 20:27.18. Lizzie Bird and Lea Meyer crossed the line in 39^th and 59^th respectively.
 
Stanford finished second as a team with a score of 76, grabbing the second of two automatic bids to race in the NCAA Championship Field. Oregon finished third, rounding out the top three teams with a team score of 92.
 
NEXT UP
With their first-place finish, USF will head to Louisville, Ky. for the NCAA National Championships on Nov. 18^th. They will wait for the NCAA selections tomorrow to see the rest of the field that will be joining them in Louisville.
 
COACHES QUOTES
USF head coach Helen Lehman-Winters
On the plan for the race
"Our plan for today was to just have a solid showing and keep our momentum rolling into the NCAA championships next weekend. We feel like we accomplished just that, and l know all of our women feel that they have more to give at Nationals."
 
On having three of the top 10 finishers
"Three women in the top ten in the region is legit, and we are pleased with how well they all managed themselves in this field. Charlotte ran with relative ease and Weronika and Isabelle measured it off really well. Marie was really solid, with this being her first big race all year, and we are confident that will be even sharper next weekend. Tatjana continues to be really tough and really came on strong the second half of the race."
 
On the depth of the team
"One of the strengths of this team is that not only do we have the firepower up front, but we also have an entire team of women who are all capable of being in our scoring five."
 
USF Results
Women's 6K – 1st Place (59 points)
1. Charlotte Taylor – 19:14.18*
4. Weronika Pyzik – 19:29.06*
7. Isabelle Brauer – 19:35.54*
16. Marie Bouchard – 19:59.44* 
31. Tatjana Schulte – 20:27.18 
39. Lizzie Bird – 20:38.02
59. Lea Meyer – 20:57.37
 
*All-Region