The Grizzlies efficiently placed five runners among the top 20 scorers to overcome a first-place finish by runner-up Grand Valley State's Mandi Zemba and tally Adams State's 11th team championship.

With the victory, the Grizzlies surpassed the 10 straight championships collected by former Division II member Cal Poly beginning in 1982.

Seniors Victoria Martinez and Michelle Icban led the way for Adams State, finishing third and sixth, respectively, on the Prado Park course in Chino, California. Also scoring for the Grizzlies were Veronica Ramirez, Lavenna Mullenbach and Brittany Somers.

Those five plus veteran Emily Mortensen collected all-America honors by finishing in the overall top 30.

The victory capped a second straight undefeated season for Adams State and coach Damon Martin. The Grizzlies also collected three National Association of Intecollegiate Athletics titles before joining the NCAA in 1992 -- the year they ended Cal Poly's record streak.

However, this year's margin of victory was considerably smaller than last year's 70-point shellacking of the field, with Adams State finishing 15 points better than Grand Valley State, which posted its best national performance yet.

The Lakers received a huge boost from Zemba, who became Grand Valley State's first individual cross country champion with an 11-second victory over Western State's Esther Komen.

The senior improved dramatically on a 44th-place finish in 2002 and the 21st-place finish she posted last year after sitting out for a season.

Two other Lakers -- sophomore Karlie Singleton and junior Stacey Kandas --joined Zemba among the top 20 scorers, and Grand Valley State collected a fourth all-America certificate with senior Adrian Chouinard.

However, Adams State's third through fifth scorers provided the final margin of victory, with Ramirez finishing four places ahead of Kandas, Mullenbach finishing two ahead of Chouinard and Somers crossing the line nine ahead of freshman Laura Ademan.

Last year's runner-up in team competition, Western State, finished a distant third, followed by Cal State Chico and Colorado School of Mines.

Members of competing teams dominated the individual standings, taking the top eight spots in the race. Two of those spots were claimed by Abilene Christian's Olha Kryv'yak and Adeh Mwamba, who finished fourth and fifth, respectively.

Arkansas Tech's Aoife Cooke was the top finisher who wasn't affiliated with a competing team, placing ninth. Allison Kruetzer, the individual championship runner-up at last year's meet as a freshman, finished 11th this year.

Team results

1. Adams St., 54; 2. Grand Valley St., 69; 3. Western St., 154; 4. Cal St. Chico, 162; 5. Colorado Mines, 194; 6. Harding, 204; 7. UC San Diego, 225; 8. South Dakota, 296; 9. Wis.-Parkside, 319; 10. Indiana (Pa.), 323; 11. Abilene Christian, 344; 12. Alas. Anchorage, 350; 13. Edinboro, 351; 14. Central Mo. St., 357; 15. Kutztown, 364; 16. Northern Mich., 368; 17. Mass-Lowell, 376; 18. Ala.-Huntsville, 413; 19. Stonehill, 417; 20. Tampa, 455; 21. Central Ark., 482; 22. Mars Hill, 532; 23. Southern Ind., 539; 24. Carson-Newman, 642.

Individual results

1. Mandi Zemba, Grand Valley St., 21:01.7; 2. Esther Komen, Western St., 21:12.9; 3. Victoria Martinez, Adams St., 21:13.6; 4. Olha Kryv'yak, Abilene Christian, 21:15.2; 5. Adeh Mwamba, Abilene Christian, 21:25.1; 6. Michelle Icban, Adams St., 21:27.6; 7. Agnes Kroneraff, Western St., 21:30.8; 8. Karlie Singleton, Grand Valley St., 21:34.1; 9. Aoife Cooke, Arkansas Tech, 21:35.0; 10. Shannon Payne, UC-Colo. Spgs., 21:37.1; 11. Allison Kreutzer, Clayton St., 21:48.2; 12. Jael Koech, Fla. Southern, 21:50.5; 13. Janee Jones, Harding, 21:54.2; 14. Veronica Ramirez, Adams St., 21:54.6; 15. Katie Lee, Cal St. Chico, 21:56.8; 16. Mindy Sawtelle, Indiana (Pa.), 22:03.0; 17. Emry McKay, North Ala., 22:04.4; 18. Aimee Nielsen, South Dakota, 22:06.1; 19. Stacey Kandas, Grand Valley St., 22:10.9; 20. Jennifer Irwin, Ferris St., 22:11.7.

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

Team results

1. Adams St., 54; 2. Grand Valley St., 69; 3. Western St., 154; 4. Cal St. Chico, 162; 5. Colorado Mines, 194; 6. Harding, 204; 7. UC San Diego, 225; 8. South Dakota, 296; 9. Wis.-Parkside, 319; 10. Indiana (Pa.), 323; 11. Abilene Christian, 344; 12. Alas. Anchorage, 350; 13. Edinboro, 351; 14. Central Mo. St., 357; 15. Kutztown, 364; 16. Northern Mich., 368; 17. Mass-Lowell, 376; 18. Ala.-Huntsville, 413; 19. Stonehill, 417; 20. Tampa, 455; 21. Central Ark., 482; 22. Mars Hill, 532; 23. Southern Ind., 539; 24. Carson-Newman, 642.

Individual results

1. Mandi Zemba, Grand Valley St., 21:01.7; 2. Esther Komen, Western St., 21:12.9; 3. Victoria Martinez, Adams St., 21:13.6; 4. Olha Kryv'yak, Abilene Christian, 21:15.2; 5. Adeh Mwamba, Abilene Christian, 21:25.1; 6. Michelle Icban, Adams St., 21:27.6; 7. Agnes Kroneraff, Western St., 21:30.8; 8. Karlie Singleton, Grand Valley St., 21:34.1; 9. Aoife Cooke, Arkansas Tech, 21:35.0; 10. Shannon Payne, UC-Colo. Spgs., 21:37.1.

11. Allison Kreutzer, Clayton St., 21:48.2; 12. Jael Koech, Fla. Southern, 21:50.5; 13. Janee Jones, Harding, 21:54.2; 14. Veronica Ramirez, Adams St., 21:54.6; 15. Katie Lee, Cal St. Chico, 21:56.8; 16. Mindy Sawtelle, Indiana (Pa.), 22:03.0; 17. Emry McKay, North Ala., 22:04.4; 18. Aimee Nielsen, South Dakota, 22:06.1; 19. Stacey Kandas, Grand Valley St., 22:10.9; 20. Jennifer Irwin, Ferris St., 22:11.7.

21. Lavenna Mullenbach, Adams St., 22:13.2; 22. Pavla Havlova, Alas. Fairbanks, 22:13.3; 23. Mimi Hodgins, UC San Diego, 22:14.0; 24. Adrian Chouinard, Grand Valley St., 22:14.3; 25. Stephanie Howe, Northern Mich., 22:17.1; 26. Jennifer James, Cal St. Chico, 22:19.4; 27. Brittany Somers, Adams St., 22:20.6; 28. Nicole Plante, Mass.-Lowell, 22:24.4; 29. Savita Chelimo, Harding, 22:25.9; 30. Emily Mortensen, Adams St., 22:26.5.

31. Sarah Shepard, UC-Colo. Spgs., 22:27.2; 32. Melissa Lendl, Cal St. Chico, 22:29.9; 33. Kaylee Keating, South Dakota, 22:30.8; 34. Maria Delgado, Cal St. L.A., 22:31.3; 35. Emily McGregor, UC San Diego, 22:34.5; 36. Hannah Davey, Colorado Mines, 22:35.3; 37. Heather Beresford, Colorado Mines, 22:35.7; 38. Meghan Crowe, Bellarmine, 22:36.6; 39. Laura Aderman, Grand Valley St., 22:37.9; 40. Ciara Harvey, Cal St. Chico, 22:38.3.

41. Ashley Martinez, Western St., 22:38.9; 42. Tanya Gaurmer, Adams St., 22:40.8; 43. Danielle Moul Nagel, Central Mo. St., 22:43.1; 44. Erin O'Donnell, UC San Diego, 22:44.2; 45. Kalina Szteyn, Harding, 22:47.8; 46. Mandy Kaempf, Alas. Anchorage, 22:51.2; 47. Rachel Ingram, Southwestern Okla., 22:52.5; 48. Amber Hackenberg, Bloomsburg, 22:56.2; 49. Nicole Blaesser, Indiana (Pa.), 23:00.0; 50. Melina Garcia, Angelo St., 23:10.4.

51. Julie Karaszkiewicz, Kutztown, 23:11.3; 52. Lauren Merritt, Central Ark., 23:15.6; 53. Megan McKee, Colorado Mines, 23:16.3; 54. Serena Gardiner, Colorado Mines, 23:18.1; 55. Vicky Echeverria, Harding, 23:18.5; 56. Megan Fairclough, Ala.-Huntsville, 23:19.6; 57. Gina Kennison, Central Mo. St., 23:20.4; 58. Erin Smith, Stonehill, 23:23.4; 59. Irene Jeptolo, Winston-Salem, 23:24.7; 60. Joanna Horstmann, Kutztown, 23:25.2.

61. Naomi Bong, Wis.-Parkside, 23:27.9; 62. Kelly Ahern, Northern Mich., 23:28.8; 63. Kate Prichard, Mars Hill, 23:28.8; 64. Laura Carr, Alas. Anchorage, 23:29.8; 65. Rachel Harper, Western St., 23:31.4; 66. Caitlin Heider, Ala.-Huntsville, 23:33.8; 67. Valerie Kelly, Wis.-Parkside, 23:34.6; 68. Caitlyn Clark, Assumption, 23:35.9; 69. Whitney Welch, Central Ark., 23:36.3; 70. Lindsey Govern, Shippensburg, 23:38.0.

71. Stacy Edwards, Alas. Anchorage, 23:38.2; 72. Rachel Retallick, Mars Hill, 23:38.5; 73. Rachael Lanzel, Edinboro, 23:39.2; 74. Melanie Peddle, Colorado Mines, 23:40.4; 75. Emily Thomas, Mass.-Lowell, 23:42.4; 76. Michelle Boldon, Wis.-Parkside, 23:42.8; 77. Colleen Burke, Tampa, 23:43.4; 78. Michele Kelly, Edinboro, 23:44.2; 79. Leora Jordan, Western St., 23:44.8; 80. Jessica Lamp, Wis.-Parkside, 23:45.4.

81. Dana DeIngenis, Stonehill, 23:46.3; 82. Jenny Hockman, Western St., 23:47.2; 83. Allie Shafer, Southern Ind., 23:48.5; 84. Kelly Gibbons, Grand Valley St., 23:49.4; 85. Erica Hoffman, Indiana (Pa.), 23:50.0; 86. Julie Nemergut, Edinboro, 23:50.9; 87. Casey Schneider, Southern Ind., 23:52.1; 88. Nina Miller, UC San Diego, 23:54.1; 89. Lexi Dunlop, South Dakota, 23:54.3; 90. Kiersten Buckley, Edinboro, 23:55.0.

91. Natalie Johnston, C.W. Post, 23:56.9; 92. Kelsey Maloney, South Dakota, 23:58.1; 93. Sandy Davidson, Central Mo. St., 23:59.4; 94. Diane Dunn, UC San Diego, 24:00.7; 95. Lindsey Nelson, Cal St. Chico, 24:03.6; 96. Alexandra Tayrien, Western St., 24:05.8; 97. Desiree Bower, Kutztown, 24:06.9; 98. Nicole Hasemeier, Central Mo. St., 24:08.1; 99. Jenine Mills, Tampa, 24:12.1; 100. Michelle DiMeo, UC San Diego, 24:12.5.

101. Erin Zellers, Ala.-Huntsville, 24:13.0; 102. Aubrey Morris, Carson-Newman, 24:14.0; 103. Kaitlin Buckley, Stonehill, 24:14.4; 104. Christina DaLomba, Mass.-Lowell, 24:14.6; 105. Lindsay Roberts, Edinboro, 24:15.5; 106. Kim Dunker, Tampa, 24:15.8; 107. Brooke Rediger, Northern Mich., 24:17.3; 108. Dallase Scott, Cal St. Chico, 24:19.4; 109. Amanda Sousa, Mass.-Lowell, 24:23.8; 110. Cheryl Dingman, Kutztown, 24:24.3.

111. Laura Woznicki, Tampa, 24:25.5; 112. Anne Favolise, Wis.-Parkside, 24:26.0; 113. Gosia Drazkowska, Harding, 24:27.2; 114. Davya Baker, Alas. Anchorage, 24:27.3; 115. Meagan Scheidler, Southern Ind., 24:27.8; 116. Kelly Richards, Edinboro, 24:28.0; 117. Stacie Stockard, Indiana (Pa.), 24:28.3; 118. Jessica Kalafut, Northern Mich., 24:28.7; 119. Kelly Chaisson, Stonehill, 24:30.9; 120. Heather Wilmouth, Edinboro, 24:31.3.

121. Jill Winkler, Wis.-Parkside, 24:33.1; 122. Katie Farnsworth, Indiana (Pa.), 24:37.2; 123. Adrienne (Whitney) Rice, Colorado Mines, 24:37.3; 124. Chelsea Thomas, Kutztown, 24:37.4; 125. Mary Mwangi, Abilene Christian, 24:38.1; 126. Mollye Stanford, Abilene Christian, 24:38.3; 127. Allison Duba, South Dakota, 24:38.6; 128. Jane Stieber, Northern Mich., 24:39.1; 129. Kaley Strachen, Alas. Anchorage, 24:40.6; 130. Amy Steckelberg, South Dakota, 24:44.5.

131. Andrea Kruszkak, Ala.-Huntsville, 24:45.9; 132. Erica Kabbeko, Kutztown, 24:46.8; 133. Danielle Stein, Northern Mich., 24:49.3; 134. Sarah Merullo, Mass.-Lowell, 24:50.7; 135. Abbie Waters, Abilene Christian, 24:51.2; 136. Lauren Eynatian, Stonehill, 24:52.5; 137. Diana Willard, Anderson (S.C.), 24:55.8; 138. Emily Harden, Ala.-Huntsville, 24:59.9; 139. Charlene Wirfel, Indiana (Pa.), 25:00.2; 140. Michelle Pitoniak, Central Ark., 25:02.0.

141. Alison Kelley, Central Mo. St., 25:04.9; 142. Margaux Cowan-Banker, Carson-Newman, 25:06.7; 143. Kristen Metzger, Stonehill, 25:09.3; 144. Felicia Prince, Central Ark., 25:10.2; 145. Robin Osborne, Mass.-Lowell, 25:11.2; 146. Jessica Lundgren, South Dakota, 25:13.7; 147. Erin Heeder, Tampa, 25:15.0; 148. Linda Scavarda, Ala.-Huntsville, 25:15.4; 149. Julie Shaw, Cal St. Chico, 25:16.4; 150. Vanessa Gibson, Carson-Newman, 25:17.1.

151. Mary Brown, Harding, 25:19.1; 152. Jackie Oates, Stonehill, 25:22.1; 153. Erin Hasemeier, Central Mo. St., 25:23.9; 154. Erin McKee, Mars Hill, 25:26.1; 155. Stephanie Williams, Kutztown, 25:28.6; 156. Danielle Pratt, Alas. Anchorage, 25:33.9; 157. Kirsten Hasemeier, Central Mo. St., 25:37.5; 158. Jennifer Hitt, Anderson (S.C.), 25:41.6; 159. Bibiane Mahy, Northern Mich., 25:43.0; 160. Jeanie Zelinski, Central Ark., 25:45.1.

161. Ashley McCauley, Mars Hill, 25:45.3; 162. Lisa Massey, Carson-Newman, 25:48.4; 163. Mary Krusen, Alas.-Anchorage, 25:50.9; 164. Meaghan Strong, Indiana (Pa.), 25:52.2; 165. Venessa Whittle, Abilene Christian, 25:55.1; 166. Diane Wetzel, Colorado Mines, 25:56.4; 167. Reah Lee, Ala.-Huntsville, 26:09.4; 168. Elizabeth Head, Mars Hill, 26:17.0; 169. Carrie Leimberger, Southern Ind., 26:18.3; 170. Holly Johnson, Mass.-Lowell, 26:21.0.

171. Keely Hollahan, Mars Hill, 26:25.8; 172. Jennifer Finch, Southern Ind., 26:36.2; 173. Callie Massarelli, Central Ark., 27:06.8; 174. Leela Hadsock, Tampa, 27:19.8; 175. Amanda Medlin, Central Ark., 27:32.0; 176. Jess Fisher, Harding, 27:47.1; 177. Tori Stanfield, Carson-Newman, 27:59.9; 178. Jaime Kuehl, Mars Hill, 29:09.8; 179. Ellie Leggett, Carson-Newman, 29:12.0; 180. Heather Godwin, Carson-Newman, 30:45.7.