EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Colleen Conrad (Mogadore, Ohio/St. Vincent-St. Mary's ) earned her second all-conference award at the Great Lakes Valley Conference Cross Country Championships Saturday, finishing in fifth place to help the Lady Miners to a seventh place finish in the meet held at the University of Southern Indiana.

Conrad, who had a 13^th place finish for the Lady Miners in the 2009 GLVC Championships, covered the six-kilometer course in a time of 22:08 to post the highest finish ever for a S&T women's competitor at the conference meet since Missouri S&T joined the GLVC in 2005.

She was followed among the Lady Miner runners by Mindy Lake (Sapulpa, Okla./Sapulpa), who finished 33^rd in 23:28 and Lisa Lake (Sapulpa, Okla./Sapulpa), who had a time of 23:34 to finish in 39^th place.  The next two S&T runners were Alyson Smith (Scott Air Force Base, Ill./Mascoutah), who came in 47^th place in 23:45 and Rachel Feist (Tulsa, Okla./Jenks), who finished 62^nd in 24:14.

The two runners who followed Feist for the Lady Miners were Codee Pedersen (Taylor Ridge, Ill./Rockridge) with a time of 24:27 and Diane Strong (Jackson, Mo./Jackson) at 24:33.

Southern Indiana captured the team championship by six points over Bellarmine and also had the individual champion in Jackie Henderson, who completed the course in a time of 21:38.

The Lady Miners will compete in the NCAA Midwest Regional at Ferris State in Big Rapids, Mich., on Nov. 5.

Complete GLVC Championships women's results