Webster University ended its season on a high note with multiple season-best performances at the NCAA Division III women's cross country regional championships.
 
The Gorloks placed 31st out of 41 teams at the meet conducted in meet conducted in Winneconne, WI. That finish is the third-best in school history behind a 24th place finish in 2011 and 25th place showing in 2010.
 
Of the team's seven runners, five established season-best times while the other two came within four seconds of their season bests. Webster set season-best marks with an average time of 25 minutes and 32 seconds among its top five finishers, and a spread of three minutes and 36 seconds between its No. 1 and 5 runners.
 
Valerie Martin (SO, St. Louis, MO / Webster Groves) finished 95th out of 281 runners with a time of 23:34 for the 6,000-meter course in freezing temperatures. That time is the fourth-fastest ever by a Gorlok in any 6k meet. Martin also owns the third-best 6k time in school history thanks to her 23:30 at the conference championships two weeks ago.
 
Martin's time is the second fastest by a Webster runner in an NCAA championship meet. The record belongs to Candace Barry, who ran a 23:37 at the NCAA regionals in 2007.
 
Martin ends her first season of collegiate cross country with a won-loss record of 781-156, good for an .834 win percentage.
 
Holly Goergen (FR, Phoenix, AZ / Shadow Mountain) was 185th with a season-best time of 25:00. Her time is the ninth best in the Webster record books for an NCAA meet, and the second best by a freshman at such meet.
 
Lauren Hoover (JR, Houston, MO / Houston) was 212th with a season-best time of 25:52. Her time is the 21st fastest all-time by a Gorlok at an NCAA championship.
 
Meghan Illig (FR, St. Louis, MO / Lindbergh) was 220th at 26:06, missing her season-best time by one second. The latter was recorded at the conference championships two weeks ago. Illig's time today is 23rd best on Webster's all-time list for an NCAA meet.
 
A trio of freshmen, all with season-best times, rounded out the team's seven-person lineup.
 
Kelsey Robertson (FR, Independence, MO / Fort Osage) was 244th with a season-best time of 27:10. Danielle Stagner (FR, Rolla, MO / Rolla) was 263rd with a season-best time of 28:18. Michaela Halwachs (FR, Collinsville, IL / Collinsville) was 265th with a season-best time of 28:47.
 
All seven of Webster's entrants today are eligible to return next season along with Shiloh Bradley (FR, Henderson, NV / Green Valley).