There was one holiday dinner that was going to be delicious, no matter what problems may have occurred in the kitchen.

Brigham Young made sure of that by successfully defending the team title at the Division I Women's Cross Country Championships November 25 at Indiana State.

"It will make Thanksgiving turkey taste really good," said Brigham Young head coach Patrick Shane. "The girls ran a great race. It is always a thrill to win a national championship, and it is really exciting to win back-to-back championships."

Brigham Young had a team total of 85 points. Stanford finished second for the fifth time with 113 points, and Notre Dame placed third for its best effort in the championships' 22-year history.

The recipe for Brigham Young's victory was similar to its 2001 triumph. Michaela Mannova was the Cougars' first finisher for the second year in a row, and she was fifth overall for the second consecutive championships.

"I could not have had a better race," Mannova said. "We were ready for a snowstorm, so the sunny weather was like heaven."

Just as Jessie Kindschi took seventh place for the Cougars last year, Brigham Young's Kassi Andersen occupied the same spot in 2002. "We did all we could, and fortunately for us it was enough," Andersen said.

Katie Martin (20th), Breanne Sandberg (41st) and Jaime Cottle (46th) were Brigham Young's other scorers.

Alicia Craig ended in third place for Stanford, with teammate Lauren Fleshman fourth. It was Fleshman's third top-10 finish, after earning third place last year and fifth in 1999.

Molly Huddle topped Notre Dame by placing sixth.

Shalane Flanagan of North Carolina seized the lead early in the race and went on to become the Tar Heels' first individual champion. Flanagan's victorious time of 19 minutes, 36 seconds for 6,000 meters was 9.9 seconds better than the mark of second-place finisher Kate O'Neill of Yale.

"It's very exciting," said Flanagan. "You pump up a national championship as one of those things that is so difficult to win, and this year it wasn't as hard as I expected it to be. That's a tribute to how hard I've worked and the mental and physical toughness I've gained over the last year."

Team results

1. Brigham Young, 85; 2. Stanford, 113; 3. Notre Dame, 170; 4. Georgetown, 214; 5. Colorado, 220; 6. Providence, 235; 7. Arkansas, 251; 8. Villanova, 256; 9. Wake Forest, 328; 10. Northern Ariz., 333; 11. Columbia, 341; 12. Michigan St., 365; 13. North Carolina St., 404; 14. Indiana, 423; 15. Michigan, 430; 16. Missouri, 437; 17. Duke, 475; 18. Marquette, 485; 19. Wisconsin, 488; 20. Virginia, 510; 21. North Carolina, 517; 22. Texas, 529; 23. (tie) Arizona St. and William & Mary, 549; 25. (tie) Penn St. and UCLA, 568; 27. Ball St., 612; 28. (tie) Florida St. and Tennessee, 657; 30. Northwestern, 661; 31. Washington, 699.

Individual results

1. Shalane Flanagan, North Carolina, 19:36.0; 2. Kate O'Neill, Yale, 19:45.9; 3. Alicia Craig, Stanford, 19:48.0; 4. Lauren Fleshman, Stanford, 19:48.3; 5. Michaela Mannova, Brigham Young, 19:49.5; 6. Molly Huddle, Notre Dame, 19:55.7; 7. Kassi Andersen, Brigham Young, 19:56.1; 8. Ida Nilsson, Northern Ariz., 19:57.7; 9. Megan Metcalfe, West Virginia, 20:01.0; 10. Sara Gorton, Colorado, 20:01.4.

11. Malindi Elmore, Stanford, 20:01.8; 12. Johanna Nilsson, Northern Ariz., 20:01.8; 13. Laura O'Neill, Yale, 20:05.8; 14. Karin Van Rooyen, Southern Methodist, 20:06.3; 15. Vicky Gill, Florida St., 20:07.4; 16. Christin Wurth, Arkansas, 20:07.5; 17. Lena Nilsson, UCLA, 20:10.0; 18. Maria Cicero, Boston College, 20:13.7; 19. Lauren King, Notre Dame, 20:14.5; 20. Katie Martin, Brigham Young, 20:15.2.

21. Molly Austin, Colorado, 20:15.9; 22. Natalie Florence, Colorado, 20:16.6; 23. Jennifer Payne, Stony Brook, 20:17.6; 24. Briana Shook, Toledo, 20:18.7; 25. Annie Bersagel, Wake Forest, 20:23.4; 26. Londa Bevins, Arkansas, 20:23.9; 27. Michelle Carson, Michigan St., 20:25.6; 28. Mary Cullen, Providence, 20:26.8; 29. Kristin Price, North Carolina St., 20:27.8; 30. Mollie DeFrancesco, James Madison, 20:29.2.

31. Melissa Gulli, Texas A&M, 20:29.8; 32. Julie Culley, Rutgers, 20:30.9; 33. Carrie Zografos, Oregon, 20:31.4; 34. Caroline Bierbaum, Duke, 20:32.3; 35. Marina Muncan, Villanova, 20:33.4; 36. Talis Apud-Martinez, Texas, 20:34.2; 37. Erin Moffett, DePaul, 20:34.6; 38. Ali Henderson, William & Mary, 20:35.1; 39. Erin Sicher, Georgetown, 20:35.4; 40. Christa Benton, South Fla., 20:35.6.

41. Breanne Sandberg, Brigham Young, 20:36.3; 42. Roisin McGettigan, Providence, 20:36.9; 43. Amy Mortimer, Kansas St., 20:37.4; 44. Ioana Parusheva, Villanova, 20:38.9; 45. Sarah Scholl, Georgetown, 20:44.5; 46. Jaime Cottle, Brigham Young, 20:45.1; 47. Jamie Krzyminski, Michigan St., 20:46.7; 48. Loretta Kilmer, Columbia, 20:48.2; 49. Adriana Zalucka, Akron, 20:48.4; 50. Sharon Dickie, Tennessee, 20:48.8.

51. Rebecca Walter, Michigan, 20:49.3; 52. Jennifer Handley, Notre Dame, 20:50.1; 53. Amanda Bales, Missouri, 20:51.3; 54. Valerie Lauver, Missouri, 20:51.5; 55. Emily Field, Southern Methoist, 20:52.2; 56. Sara Vergote, Toledo, 20:53.2; 57. Sara Bei, Stanford, 20:54.2; 58. Traniere Clement, Georgetown, 20:54.6; 59. Mindy Peterson, Indiana, 20:55.0; 60. Samia Akbar, American, 20:55.5.

61. Heather Cappello, Providence, 20:56.5; 62. Patricia Nolan, Columbia, 20:57.6; 63. Jessie Swan, Marquette, 20:58.4; 64. Risa Rutland, Wake Forest, 20:58.6; 65. Kristina Roth, North Carolina St., 20:59.5; 66. Marie Nilsson, Oklahoma St., 20:59.8; 67. Kalin Toedebusch, Villanova, 21:00.1; 68. Nicole Lee, Georgetown, 21:00.7; 69. Andreine Byrd, Arkansas, 21:00.8; 70. Josi Lauber, North Carolina St., 21:01.1.

71. Deirdre Byrne, Providence, 21:01.6; 72. Anna Sherman, Wake Forest, 21:01.9; 73. Courtney Inman, Washington, 21:02.0; 74. Catherine Wanyoike, Auburn, 21:02.5; 75. Jane Maxwell, Virginia, 21:02.6; 76. Loryn King, Notre Dame, 21:03.1; 77. Audrey Giesler, Indiana, 21:03.3; 78. Stephanie Madia, Notre Dame, 21:05.2; 79. Erin Sullivan, Stanford, 21:06.0; 80. Maura McMahon, William & Mary, 21:06.4.

81. Emily Kroshus, Princeton, 21:07.5; 82. Erika Edwards, Northern Ariz., 21:08.3; 83. Rebecca Mitchell, Villanova, 21:08.8; 84, Erin Sims, Texas, 21:09.0; 85. Clara Horowitz, Duke, 21:09.7; 86. Alejandra Barrientos, UCLA, 21:10.1; 87. Darja Vasiljeva, Minnesota, 21:10.7; 88. Jodee Adams-Moore, Georgetown, 21:11.2; 89. Rachel Evjen, Northwestern, 21:11.6; 90. Kim Hemstreet, Detroit, 21:13.1.

91. Erin Donohue, North Carolina, 21:13.5; 92. Amy Hastings, Arizona St., 21:14.3; 93. Hilary Edmondson, Wisconsin, 21:14.4; 94. Tera Moody, Colorado, 21:14.5; 95. Sarah Pepera, Michigan St., 21:14.8; 96. Tracey Brauksieck, Penn St., 21:15.1; 97. Caitlin Hickin, Columbia, 21:15.7; 98. Jodi Jakubek, Marquette, 21:15.7; 99. Nan Kannard, Brigham Young, 21:16.8; 100. Stacey Ritz, Ball St., 21:17.3.

101. Melissa Stelloto, Columbia, 21:18.2; 102. Ellen Dwyer, Virginia, 21:18.6; 103. Brooke Novak, Tennessee, 21:19.8; 104. Jill Laurendeau, Georgetown, 21:20.2; 105. Maureen Scott, Arkansas, 21:20.6; 106. Meredith Crane, Texas A&M, 21:21.4; 107. Jessie Kindschi, Brigham Young, 21:22.2; 108. Lindsey Gallo, Michigan, 21:22.4; 109. Jane Martineau, Michigan, 21:22.7; 110. Anita Siraki, Stanford, 21:22.8.

111. Dawn Domaschk, Texas, 21:23.1; 112. Laura Jakosky, Arkansas, 21:23.1; 113. Jessica Gall, Indiana, 21:23.1; 114. Emer O'Shea, Providence, 21:23.5; 115. Susan Barth, Marquette, 21:24.4; 116. Liz Gesel, Villanova, 21:24.5; 117. Elaine Canchola, Wisconsin, 21:25.0; 118. Marni Kruppa, Georgetown, 21:25.5; 119. Shannon Rowbury, Duke, 21:25.9; 120. Erin Franklin, Wake Forest, 21:26.1.

121. Linsey Blaisdell, Wisconsin, 21:26.8; 122. Jeanne Spink, Michigan, 21:27.4; 123. Jessica Huff, Iowa St., 21:27.7; 124. Cindy Durocher, Michigan St., 21:27.9; 125. Cody Sohn, Arizona St., 21:29.4; 126. Caity Phillips, Kentucky, 21:29.8; 127. Amy Chipman, Missouri, 21:29.9; 128. Jeane Goff, Stanford, 21:30.1; 129. Rachael Cuellar, New Mexico St., 21:30.8; 130. Brooke Thomas, Southern California, 21:31.0.

131. Shiloh Whiting, Arkansas, 21:31.3; 132. Ana Morales, Notre Dame, 21:31.6; 133. Shannon Wommack, Chattanooga, 21:32.4; 134. Molly Landreth, Penn St., 21:32.5; 135. Lauren Burks, Georgia, 21:32.8; 136. Jill Scully, Ball St., 21:32.8; 137. Michelle Wale, Penn St., 21:33.2; 138. Jackie Zeigle, Colorado, 21:33.4; 139. Jinny Hanifan, Northern Ariz., 21:34.2; 140. Alice Schmidt, North Carolina, 21:34.5.

141. Jessica Zarndt, UNLV, 21:34.6; 142. Tenke Zoltani, Columbia, 21:34.7; 143. Heidi Lane, Wisconsin, 21:34.9; 144. Lisa Stublic, Columbia, 21:34.9; 145. Lindsay Hattendorf, Indiana, 21:35.0; 146. Danielle Coon, Wake Forest, 21:35.3; 147. Michelle Lilienthal, Wisconsin, 21:35.7; 148. Ariana Lee, Montana St., 21:36.5; 149. Liz Reusser, Wisconsin, 21:36.8; 150. Desiree Davila, Arizona St., 21:37.8.

151. Kim Moore, Missouri, 21:38.3; 152. Meg McGarvey, Virginia, 21:39.4; 153. Rebecca Obrecht, Indiana, 21:40.5; 154. Kara Scanlin, Virginia, 21:41.3; 155. Crystal Meeks, Ball St., 21:41.6; 156. Lindsey Egerdahl, Washington, 21:41.9; 157. Anna Marie Masinelli, Arizona St., 21:42.2; 158. Jackie Swan, Marquette, 21:43.0; 159. Andrea Parker, Michigan, 21:44.9; 160. Laura Evans, Northwestern, 21:45.9.

161. Jenny Stevens, Penn St., 21:46.0; 162. Diana Hossfield, Northwestern, 21:46.1; 163. Sally Meyerhoff, Duke, 21:46.1; 164. Megan Cauble, Tennessee, 21:48.3; 165. Allison Lind, Florida St., 21:48.5; 166. Dawn Cleary, Virginia, 21:48.8; 167. Diana Henderson, North Carolina St., 21:48.8; 168. Chelsea Loomis, Michigan, 21:48.9; 169. Jessica Scalzo, Arizona St., 21:50.0; 170. Katie Nowak, Ball St., 21:50.4.

171. Erica Sigmont, Arkansas, 21:50.6; 172. Serena Ramsey, Missouri, 21:51.0; 173. Natalie Stein, Michigan St., 21:51.6; 174. Ashley Seaton, Virginia, 21:52.0; 175. Kristyn Shiring, William & Mary, 21:52.4; 176. Lisa Cappello, Providence, 21:53.9; 177. Victoria Chang, Hawaii, 21:54.7; 178. Jackie Kosakowski, William & Mary, 21:54.9; 179. Natalie Rogers, Northern Ariz., 21:55.4; 180. Valerie Flores, UCLA, 21:55.7.

181. Jamie Haro, Marquette, 21:56.1; 182. Janelle Vadnais, North Carolina St., 21:57.2; 183. Emille Geheste, Northern Ariz., 21:57.2; 184. Ashley McLeod, Missouri, 21:57.3; 185. Abigail Nelkie, North Carolina St., 21:57.5; 186. Christine Bolf, Colorado, 21:57.8; 187. Katy Hillard, Penn St., 21:57.9; 188. Misty Harper, Florida St., 21:58.0; 189. Estelle Brose, Northern Ariz., 21:58.4; 190. Sarah Ross, Texas, 22:00.3.

191. Katherine Bonugli, Missouri, 22:01.1; 192. Tara Johnson, Penn St., 22:01.4; 193. Elizabeth Burke, Columbia, 22:02.2; 194. Liz Awtrey, North Carolina, 22:02.5; 195. Laura Stanley, Duke, 22:02.7; 196. Katie Yemm, Colorado St., 22:04.1; 197. Natalie Hughes, Florida St., 22:05.6; 198. Alli Sauer, Marquette, 22:06.1; 199. Kate Spigel, Washington, 22:06.1; 200. Phebe Ko, Duke, 22:06.3.

201. Nicole Kuznia, Northwestern, 22:06.8; 202. Stacey Vidt, Virginia Tech, 22:07.2; 203. Sarah Huddleston, Ball St., 22:08.6; 204. Emily Blakeslee, Northwestern, 22:09.0; 205. Julia Lucas, North Carolina St., 22:09.2; 206. Jenna Timinsky, UCLA, 22:09.2; 207. Carmen Winant, UCLA, 22:09.4; 208. Sharon O'Connor, Virginia, 22:09.6; 209. Amanda Fitz-Gustafson, Arizona St., 22:09.6; 210. Maureen McCandless, Pittsburgh, 22:10.1.

211. Tara Guelig, William & Mary, 22:11.0; 212. Kate Bradshaw, Washington, 22:11.5; 213. Jessica Pery, North Carolina, 22:12.6; 214. Sarah Pizzo, Michigan, 22:12.8; 215. Jackie Mulrooney, Wisconsin, 22:13.3; 216. Laura Halverson, Washington, 22:13.4; 217. Carre Joyce, Villanova, 22:13.7; 218. Jill Miller, Wake Forest, 22:13.9; 219. Cassie King, North Carolina, 22:15.2; 220. Nikeya Green, Wake Forest, 22:17.2.

221. Karen Rogers, Northwestern, 22:17.7; 222. Heidi Hullinger, Duke, 22:18.4; 223. Elizabeth Lindgren, Arizona St., 22:20.9; 224. Allison Hall, UCLA, 22:22.0; 225. Katie Wales, Notre Dame, 22:22.5; 226. Cheryl Bauer, William & Mary, 22:22.5; 227. Kirsty Smith, Villanova, 22:24.9; 228. Laura Hodgson, Washington, 22:25.4; 229. Maureen Thomas, Penn St., 22:29.9; 230. Gail Stec, Michigan St., 22:30.2.

231. Anne Clinton, Florida St., 22:34.6; 232. Kyna Forkins, Northwestern, 22:35.1; 233. Jodi Jones, Texas, 22:35.7; 234. Lauren Heron, William & Mary, 22:35.9; 235. Allison Miller, Indiana, 22:36.7; 236. Jessica Winters, Weber St., 22:37.5; 237. Katie Scarlett, Texas, 22:38.0; 238. Jessica Southers, Tennessee, 22:39.7; 239. Aubrey Gaffer, Ball St., 22:39.8; 240. Brittany Ballard, Michigan St., 22:40.6.

241. Kendall Grgas-Wheeler, Colorado, 22:44.3; 242. Jamie Gibbs, Washington, 22:52.4; 243. Nicole Hartford, Ball St., 22:53.3; 244. Susie Emond, Marquette, 22:55.4; 245. Lori Mann, UCLA, 22:59.3; 246. Felicia Guliford, Tennessee, 23:00.4; 247. Kelly Siefker, Indiana, 23:00.9; 248. Olga Cronin, Western Ky., 23:08.6; 249. Roisin Quinn, Providence, 23:23.0; 250. Elizabeth McCalley, Tennessee, 23:27.9.

251. Laura Melendez, Florida St., 23:38.0; 252. Jennie Sucher, North Carolina, 23:43.5; 253. Erin Anderson, Tennessee, 23:51.3; 254. Jennifer Gomez, Florida St., 24:12.0.