KUNIA, Hawai'i – Hawai'i Hilo Women's Cross Country had its best Pacific West Conference Championships finish in 15 years with a No. 7 placement at the 6K event Saturday morning at the Hawai'i Country Club.

Sequoia Gonzales and Kathleen Raab both finished inside the top 14 to earn All-PacWest Second Team honors with No. 12 (22:19.7) and No. 14 (22:23.7) placements, respectively.

"This was the best team performance of the year," second-year head coach Alan Ryan said. "We've prepared all season for this race and they all came through with a great team placement. Two All-Conference performances is spectacular. The ladies stepped up!"

The Vulcans finished with 165 points with an average time of 23:31.

It was the highest finish at the conference meet since finishing No. 6 at the 2010 PacWest Championships held on the North Shore of O'ahu. Hawai'i Hilo has three conference championships: 1995, 2006, 2007.

2010 was also the last time the Vulcans earned All-PacWest Team honors with the duo of Kirsta Andrew (No. 10) and Kaylene Peric (No. 12) landing on the Second Team.

Biola claimed its fourth consecutive PacWest Championship with Bethany Mapes taking the individual crown at a time of 21:40.6.

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