HAMPTON, Ga. - Appalachian State University women's cross country replicated its 2014 result at the Sun Belt Conference Championships with a second-place showing on Sunday and a team score of 66.

"I'm very proud of the three young ladies that earned all-Sun Belt honors today," said head coach Michael Curcio. "Tristin went after the win and she found herself breaking away with the girl from Arkansas State (Abbey Dixon). The Little Rock girl (Noora Wallenius) rallied up the finishing hill and dipped by Tristin at the end. We knew South Alabama was good and they went right after it at the gun. Our pack just couldn't get in close enough to challenge them on the last lap."

The Mountaineers were led by Tristin Van Ord for a fourth time in five meets this season and just like last year's league meet, Van Ord finished in second place (17:51.0) to garner first team all-Sun Belt honors. So far in her career, she has competed in 14 cross country events and has accumulated two first-place finishes, six in the top five, nine in the top 10, and 12 in the top 25. 

Torre Moser was the next top-15 runner for App State and improved her placing by three spots to 14th with a time of 18:54.9 (third-team recognition). She was pushed along by Hana Ratcliffe in 15th (18:59.9/third team all-Sun Belt) in her first-ever SBC Championship and Dana Cox in 16th (19:01.3).

Samantha Campanaro rounded out the scoring for the Black and Gold and improved her Sun Belt placing by 16 spots from 35th to 19th with a time of 19:14.3.

Natalie Kile (20th) and Brittany Williams (28th) were the final two to finish for Appalachian with times of 19:17.9 and 19:40.7, respectively.

Curcio added, "We found ourselves rallying hard at the end but could only work ourselves into second place. I know we were disapointed with the outcome, but we all certainly left impressed with how the Jaguars put themselves out there as a team. As my family and avid Brooklyn Dodger fans would say, wait till next year."

Individually, Noora Wallenius (Arkansas-Little Rock) earned medalist honors and Abbey Dixon (Arkansas State) came in at third. Team wise, South Alabama took the title with 46 points and UT-Arlington concluded the top three with 84 points.

Next up is the Three Stripe Invitational on Saturday, Nov. 7 in Raleigh, N.C.