The Cardinal racked up a record-high 146 points but still scored a 35-point victory over defending champion Colorado November 21 at the Division I Women's Cross Country Championships in Terre Haute, Indiana.

It is Stanford's second victory in three years and third since 1996.

The young Cardinal team -- one junior, three sophomores and one freshman provided the scoring -- posted possibly the widest differential for a winner between the first and fifth runners in the championships' 25-year history, ranging from sophomore Arianna Lambie's seventh-place finish to Teresa McWalters' 70th-place finish among scorers.

But it still was more than good enough for the win, as Colorado posted an even wider differential -- ranging from Christine Bolf's sixth-place finish to Jackie Zeigle's finish in 71st place.

"We didn't know what to expect watching the end of the race," said first-year Cardinal coach Peter Tegen, who moved to Stanford in August after coaching for 30 years at Wisconsin. "Our order was topsy-turvy throughout the race."

When everything sorted itself out, Tegan had collected his third cross country national championship, counting the two he won with the Badgers in 1984 and 1985.

Colorado was the only team that managed to place two runners among the top 10 scorers, putting Liza Pasciuto just two places behind Bolf and seven places ahead of Stanford junior Kathleen Trotter.

But Stanford freshman Lindsay Flacks more than made up the gap between the No. 2 runners by finishing 13 places ahead of her No. 3 counterpart, the Buffs' Jenny Barringer. Cardinal sophomore Lauren Centrowitz then clinched the win by finishing 29 places better than Colorado's fourth runner, and sophomore McWalters finished one place ahead of Zeigle.

Stanford's Lambie actually led a substantial portion of the race, but ultimately faded a bit in the individual competition. However, her performance helped the Cardinal overtake top-ranked Duke in the team standings midway through the race.

"It was a gutsy race by Stanford," Lambie said. "I'm still emotional right now. We put so much heart into the season. It was the toughest race we have ever won."

Duke slipped to third place, just four points behind Colorado. Arizona State finished fourth and Illinois finished fifth -- its best placement ever at the championships.

The pace was fast on a LaVern Gibson Championship Course that was much drier than at last year's championships -- so fast, in fact, that individual titlist Johanna Nilsson of Northern Arizona set a course record with her winning time of 19:33.9.

Nilsson won the race by 12 seconds over Caroline Bierbaum of Columbia-Barnard, and bettered 2002 champion Shalane Flanagan's course-record time by two seconds.

"I did not want to break away as early as the pack separated, but it ended up working out for me," Nilsson said. "I had no idea about the lead that I had going into the home stretch. I just wanted to finish hard and give it my best."

Nilsson, who sat out the cross country season last fall, finished 12th in 2002 and 10th in 2003. She is the sister of two-time Lumberjacks track titlist Ida Nilsson.

Team results

1. Stanford, 146; 2. Colorado, 181; 3. Duke, 185; 4. Arizona St., 191; 5. Illinois, 212; 6. Michigan, 250; 7. Notre Dame, 252; 8. Brigham Young, 288; 9. Minnesota, 361; 10. Oklahoma St., 377; 11. Princeton, 385; 12. Northern Ariz., 388; 13. Columbia-Barnard, 392; 14. North Carolina St., 406; 15. Baylor, 412; 16. Providence, 413; 17. Wake Forest, 426; 18. Boston College, 432; 19. Arkansas, 444; 20. Wisconsin, 469; 21. Villanova, 497; 22. North Carolina, 520; 23. William & Mary, 530; 24. Butler, 531; 25. Rice, 598; 26. Virginia, 605; 27. Georgetown, 613; 28. Tennessee, 641; 29. Marquette, 660; 30. Michigan St., 671; 31. Georgia, 688.

Individual results

1. Johanna Nilsson, Northern Ariz., 19:33.9; 2. Caroline Bierbaum, Columbia-Barnard, 19:46.0; 3. Stephanie Madia, Notre Dame, 19:48.4; 4. Victoria Mitchell, Butler, 19:50.4; 5. Clara Horowitz, Duke, 19:50.7; 6. Keira Carlstrom, American, 19:58.1; 7. Christine Bolf, Colorado, 19:58.8; 8. Arianna Lambie, Stanford, 19:59.1; 9. Liza Pasciuto, Colorado, 20:01.2; 10. Cack Ferrell, Princeton, 20:03.1; 11. Cassie Hunt, Illinois, 20:05.0; 12. Kaitlyn Gwyther, Quinnipiac, 20:05.5; 13. Amy Hastings, Arizona St., 20:09.0; 14. Haley Paul, Washington St., 20:11.9; 15. Molly Huddle, Notre Dame, 20:13.0; 16. Ashley Caldwell, UCLA, 20:13.6; 17. Annie Bersagel, Wake Forest, 20:14.0; 18. Fiona Crombie, Providence, 20:17.1; 19. Shannon Wommack, Chattanooga, 20:17.8; 20. Kathleen Trotter, Stanford, 20:18.4.

(For complete individual results, see The NCAA News Online at www.ncaa.org.)

Team results

1. Stanford, 146; 2. Colorado, 181; 3. Duke, 185; 4. Arizona St., 191; 5. Illinois, 212; 6. Michigan, 250; 7. Notre Dame, 252; 8. Brigham Young, 288; 9. Minnesota, 361; 10. Oklahoma St., 377; 11. Princeton, 385; 12. Northern Ariz., 388; 13. Columbia-Barnard, 392; 14. North Carolina St., 406; 15. Baylor, 412; 16. Providence, 413; 17. Wake Forest, 426; 18. Boston College, 432; 19. Arkansas, 444; 20. Wisconsin, 469; 21. Villanova, 497; 22. North Carolina, 520; 23. William & Mary, 530; 24. Butler, 531; 25. Rice, 598; 26. Virginia, 605; 27. Georgetown, 613; 28. Tennessee, 641; 29. Marquette, 660; 30. Michigan St., 671; 31. Georgia, 688.

Individual results

1. Johanna Nilsson, Northern Ariz., 19:33.9; 2. Caroline Bierbaum, Columbia-Barnard, 19:46.0; 3. Stephanie Madia, Notre Dame, 19:48.4; 4. Victoria Mitchell, Butler, 19:50.4; 5. Clara Horowitz, Duke, 19:50.7; 6. Keira Carlstrom, American, 19:58.1; 7. Christine Bolf, Colorado, 19:58.8; 8. Arianna Lambie, Stanford, 19:59.1; 9. Liza Pasciuto, Colorado, 20:01.2; 10. Cack Ferrell, Princeton, 20:03.1.

11. Cassie Hunt, Illinois, 20:05.0; 12. Kaitlyn Gwyther, Quinnipiac, 20:05.5; 13. Amy Hastings, Arizona St., 20:09.0; 14. Haley Paul, Washington St., 20:11.9; 15. Molly Huddle, Notre Dame, 20:13.0; 16. Ashley Caldwell, UCLA, 20:13.6; 17. Annie Bersagel, Wake Forest, 20:14.0; 18. Fiona Crombie, Providence, 20:17.1; 19. Shannon Wommack, Chattanooga, 20:17.8; 20. Kathleen Trotter, Stanford, 20:18.4.

21. Ladia Albertson-Junkans, Minnesota, 20:19.3; 22. Melanie Schorr, Dartmouth, 20:21.4; 23. Marina Muncan, Villanova, 20:23.5; 24. Chelsea McKell, Brigham Young, 20:24.0; 25. Lindsay Flacks, Stanford, 20:24.6; 26. Desiraye Osburn, Wichita St., 20:25.4; 27. Rebecca Walter, Michigan, 20:26.0; 28. Kayte Tranel, Nebraska, 20:26.2; 29. Emily Brown, Minnesota, 20:26.5; 30. Angela Homan, Auburn, 20:26.5.

31. Mary Davies, Oklahoma St., 20:29.2; 32. Jessica Gall, Indiana, 20:29.3; 33. Lisa Stublic, Columbia-Barnard, 20:29.3; 34. Sunni Olding, Notre Dame, 20:29.6; 35. Laurel Burdick, Boston College, 20:29.9; 36. Katrina Rundhaug, Wisconsin, 20:29.9; 37. Stephanie Simms, Illinois, 20:30.4; 38. Emily Harrison, Virginia, 20:31.1; 39. Heidi Magill, Brigham Young, 20:32.8; 40. Erin Bedell, Baylor, 20:34.6.

41. Lindsay Donaldson, Yale, 20:35.4; 42. Jenna Kingma, Arizona St., 20:35.5; 43. Jenny Barringer, Colorado, 20:36.0; 44. Violet Chemakwila, Texas Tech, 20:36.6; 45. Brianna Felnagle, North Carolina, 20:38.6; 46. Anna Masinelli, Arizona St., 20:38.7; 47. Lauren Centrowitz, Stanford, 20:39.4; 48. Nicole Gueldemeister, Northern Ariz., 20:39.7; 49. Lauren Williams, Minnesota, 20:39.8; 50. Ashlee Vincent, Portland, 20:40.5.

51. Natasha Roetter, Duke, 20:40.5; 52. Lauren Blankenship, Samford, 20:41.0; 53. Lindsey Scherf, Harvard, 20:42.2; 54. Ashley Anklam, Drake, 20:42.9; 55. Shannon Rowbury, Duke, 20:43.3; 56. Brittany Brockman, Baylor, 20:43.5; 57. Elizabeth Ambrus, UAB, 20:45.1; 58. Felicia Guliford, Tennessee, 20:45.9; 59. Alyson Kohlmeier, Michigan, 20:46.5; 60. Victoria Jackson, Arizona St., 20:47.2.

61. Lindsay Hattendorf, Indiana, 20:48.0; 62. Catha Mullen, Princeton, 20:48.9; 63. Jenni Pereira, Butler, 20:49.1; 64. Katie Engel, Illinois, 20:49.1; 65. Frances Koons, Villanova, 20:49.5; 66. Mallory Champa, Boston College, 20:49.6; 67. Kara Scanlin, Virginia, 20:50.1; 68. Jemissa Hess, North Carolina St., 20:50.4; 69. Laura Stanley, Duke, 20:51.0; 70. Sally Meyerhoff, Duke, 20:51.9.

71. Whitney Anderson, Duke, 20:52.1; 72. Nicole Edwards, Michigan, 20:52.5; 73. Valentina Medina, Oklahoma St., 20:53.5; 74. Susan Davis, West Virginia, 20:54.0; 75. Magin Kebert, North Carolina St., 20:54.3; 76. Meghan Bishop, William & Mary, 20:54.7; 77. Marissa Daniels, Rice, 20:56.1; 78. Ramsey Kavan, Notre Dame, 20:56.6; 79. Meghan Armstrong, Iowa, 20:56.7; 80. Liz Wort, Duke, 20:56.7.

81. Katie Bowen, Weber St., 20:57.0; 82. Ana Gjesdal, Michigan, 20:58.0; 83. Breanne Sandberg, Brigham Young, 20:59.8; 84. Maggie Carroll, Illinois, 21:00.8; 85. Kalin Toedebusch, Colorado, 21:00.9; 86. Julia Cathcart, William & Mary, 21:01.0; 87. Katie Coppin, Illinois, 21:01.9; 88. Meghan Owen, Providence, 21:02.0; 89. Penny Splichal, Arkansas, 21:02.5; 90. Ashley Monteau, Stephen F. Austin, 21:02.7.

91. Nicole Shappert, Wake Forest, 21:03.0; 92. Teresa McWalters, Stanford, 21:03.2; 93. Jackie Zeigle, Colorado, 21:03.6; 94. Anita Campbell, Washington, 21:05.0; 95. Rachel Ellison, Arizona St., 21:05.5; 96. Shannon Saunders, James Madison, 21:06.6; 97. Jessie Stewart, Michigan, 21:09.0; 98. Tiffany Strickland, Utah St., 21:09.1; 99. Amy Fowler, Brigham Young, 21:10.1; 100. Rachel Papin, La Salle, 21:10.4.

101. Maggie Infeld, Georgetown, 21:10.6; 102. Christine Kalmer, Arkansas, 21:11.3; 103. Maria Cicero, Boston College, 21:11.5; 104. Rachael Forish, Southern Methodist, 21:12.0; 105. Annemarie Moutsinga, Coastal Caro., 21:12.0; 106. Angelina Blackmon, North Carolina St., 21:12.4; 107. Kate Gorry, Rice, 21:12.4; 108. Aine Hoban, Providence, 21:12.6; 109. Katja Rosenplaenter, Northern Ariz., 21:12.8; 110. Rachel Hernandez, Illinois, 21:13.5.

111. Alicia Pabich, Wisconsin, 21:13.6; 112. Michaela Courtney, Marquette, 21:14.3; 113. Katie Flaute, Tennessee, 21:14.9; 114. Kiah Vernon, Georgia, 21:15.5; 115. Monique Ortega, Baylor, 21:15.5; 116. Lindsay Zinn, Purdue, 21:15.6; 117. Maggie Grabow, Wisconsin, 21:16.2; 118. Allison Grace, Kentucky, 21:17.4; 119. Dagmara Handzlik, Toledo, 21:17.8; 120. Katie Harrington, Stanford, 21:17.8.

121. Jill Steffens, Georgia, 21:18.3; 122. Mia Swenson, Princeton, 21:18.9; 123. Jennifer Schappert, Lehigh, 21:19.0; 124. Michelle Rafferty, Michigan St., 21:19.3; 125. Sarah Balfour, Texas A&M, 21:19.4; 126. Megan Kaltenbach, North Carolina, 21:19.7; 127. Laura Bowerman, Florida St., 21:19.9; 128. Laura Jakosky, Arkansas, 21:20.2; 129. Amanda Trotter, Stanford, 21:21.9; 130. Anissa Angelosante, Oklahoma St., 21:22.1.

131. Erin Franklin, Wake Forest, 21:22.6; 132. Cassie King, North Carolina, 21:22.9; 133. Brittany Tinsley, North Carolina St., 21:23.4; 134. Dacia Barr, Arkansas, 21:23.6; 135. Eva Slavikova, Oklahoma St., 21:24.7; 136. Callie Wells, Rice, 21:25.3; 137. Barbora Kuncova, Oklahoma St., 21:25.4; 138. Lauren Hagans, Baylor, 21:25.8; 139. Anne Heiner, Brigham Young, 21:26.2; 140. Kelly Vrshek, Arkansas, 21:27.4.

141. Jolee van Leuven, Princeton, 21:27.9; 142. Cassie Peller, Marquette, 21:28.5; 143. Katie DiCamillo, Providence, 21:30.3; 144. Elizabeth Maloy, Georgetown, 21:31.8; 145. Arianne Field, Michigan, 21:32.4; 146. Cassie Rios, Arizona St., 21:32.6; 147. Lisa Senakiewich, Michigan St., 21:34.0; 148. Julie Fisher, Northern Ariz., 21:35.3; 149. Ava Hutchinson, Butler, 21:35.4; 150. Tenke Zoltani, Columbia-Barnard, 21:36.0.

151. Hanna Bremler, Wake Forest, 21:36.5; 152. Nina Andersson, Oklahoma St., 21:36.9; 153. Melanie Schultz, Miami (Fla.), 21:37.9; 154. Renee Graham, Lamar, 21:38.8; 155. Liz Mengyan, Illinois, 21:39.8; 156. Katie Kelly, Michigan St., 21:40.1; 157. Nichole Lister, Boston College, 21:40.2; 158. Ann Marie Thomas, Brigham Young, 21:41.1; 159. Sara Powell, North Carolina St., 21:41.5; 160. Hilary Bontz, Columbia-Barnard, 21:43.7.

161. Erin Henry, Georgetown, 21:44.0; 162. Denise Bargiachi, Arkansas, 21:44.3; 163. Stephanie Lenihan, Columbia-Barnard, 21:45.7; 164. Akilah Vargas, Villanova, 21:45.8; 165. Erin Prillaman, William & Mary, 21:46.6; 166. Mandy McBean, Wake Forest, 21:46.8; 167. Amanda Ganser, Wisconsin, 21:46.9; 168. Harper McConnell, Minnesota, 21:47.2; 169. Kristen Ogden, Brigham Young, 21:47.6; 170. Susanne Andrews, Princeton, 21:47.9.

171. Carmen Ballard, Columbia-Barnard, 21:48.2; 172. Erin Webster, Michigan, 21:48.5; 173. Kaitlin Hurley, William & Mary, 21:48.9; 174. Lise Ogrodnick, Georgetown, 21:49.4; 175. Susie Emond, Marquette, 21:50.6; 176. Kris Roth, North Carolina St., 21:51.0; 177. Linsey Smith, Wisconsin, 21:51.1; 178. Karen Pulliam, William & Mary, 21:51.4; 179. Cassie Ficken, Charlotte, 21:52.0; 180. Katie Twarog, Providence, 21:52.5.

181. Caroline Mullen, Princeton, 21:53.5; 182. Ginger Wheeler, North Carolina St., 21:53.8; 183. Elizabeth Gesel, Villanova, 21:54.2; 184. Katelyn Kaltenbach, North Carolina, 21:54.7; 185. Corey Randall, Arizona St., 21:55.0; 186. Carol Henry, North Carolina, 21:55.4; 187. Eva Tomankova, Oklahoma St., 21:55.9; 188. Lyndsy Bedell, Baylor, 21:56.5; 189. Lauren Burks, Georgia, 21:56.9; 190. Julie Taylor, William & Mary, 21:57.4.

191. Elizabeth Webster, Notre Dame, 21:57.9; 192. Jen Hess, Minnesota, 21:58.0; 193. Natalie Rogers, Northern Ariz., 21:58.9; 194. Sarah Madebach, Georgia, 21:59.1; 195. Laura Hodges, Virginia, 22:00.9; 196. Ellen Dougherty, Villanova, 22:02.4; 197. Carly Matthews, Tennessee, 22:03.7; 198. Kristen Coon, Boston College, 22:04.1; 199. Leah Soro, Tennessee, 22:04.9; 200. Irene Kimaiyo, Texas Tech, 22:06.4.

201. Heidi Lindeman, Marquette, 22:07.2; 202. Katie Gose, Princeton, 22:07.2; 203. Joanna Rodgers, Georgetown, 22:07.5; 204. Tara Hinke, Marquette, 22:08.9; 205. A'havahla Haynes, Wisconsin, 22:09.6; 206. Jean Marinangeli, Notre Dame, 22:09.7; 207. Brittany Ballard, Michigan St., 22:09.8; 208. Laura Meyers, Columbia-Barnard, 22:09.9; 209. Katie Howery, Minnesota, 22:10.1; 210. Laura Cummings, North Carolina, 22:12.5.

211. Ashley Benson, Wisconsin, 22:14.5; 212. Lee Garcia, Rice, 22:14.8; 213. Jill Miller, Wake Forest, 22:15.0; 214. Anne Hessberg, Boston College, 22:16.7; 215. Jennifer Hamilton, Michigan St., 22:17.0; 216. Kristin Hoogheem, Colorado, 22:17.6; 217. Julie Schwengler, Minnesota, 22:19.3; 218. Ann Johansson, Northern Ariz., 22:20.1; 219. Kara Henry, Butler, 22:23.4; 220. Michelle Sikes, Wake Forest, 22:23.4.

221. Katie Read, Virginia, 22:24.5; 222. Jessi Barnes, Baylor, 22:26.6; 223. Sarah Yoder, Rice, 22:27.8; 224. Katie Stucky, Butler, 22:27.9; 225. Lauretta Dezubay, Virginia, 22:29.2; 226. Genni Gardner, Butler, 22:30.6; 227. Ashley Jensen, Providence, 22:36.5; 228. Krista Stepa, Northern Ariz., 22:37.4; 229. Morgan Stengel, North Carolina, 22:38.9; 230. Terri Emond, Marquette, 22:39.6.

231. Sarah Bowman, Tennessee, 22:40.4; 232. Michelle Childs, Providence, 22:40.5; 233. Kim Malcolm, Georgetown, 22:42.2; 234. Laura Kelley, Rice, 22:47.4; 235. Mindy Sullivan, Tennessee, 22:48.8; 236. Anna Reeve, Rice, 22:50.5; 237. Brittany McGuire, Baylor, 22:53.8; 238. Sabine Knothe, Georgetown, 22:56.5; 239. Bridget Akard, Villanova, 23:05.9; 240. Katie DeRusso, Notre Dame, 23:06.8.

241. Rebekah Madebach, Georgia, 23:09.1; 242. Casey Nelson, Villanova, 23:09.4; 243. Rolanda Bell, Tennessee, 23:09.8; 244. Nicola Tufts, Boston College, 23:10.0; 245. Emily Adama, Michigan St., 23:15.9; 246. Abby Booker, William & Mary, 23:18.5; 247. Laura Zeigle, Colorado, 23:20.0; 248. Maria Beitel, Butler, 23:25.4; 249. Shannon Oster, Marquette, 23:31.1; 250. Jennifer Dolson, Virginia, 23:34.8.

251. Jessie Gordon, Arkansas, 23:39.8; 252. Nicole DeMarco, Georgia, 23:42.7; 253. Janine Ricci, Virginia, 23:54.6.