A dominating team performance by Washington at the Division I Women’s Cross Country Championships and Sally Kipyego’s third straight individual title suggested new definitions for the word “unbeatable.”

The Huskies rolled to their first Division I Women’s Cross Country Championships team title Monday in Terre Haute, Indiana, with the freshman duo of Christine Babcock and Kendra Schaaf leading the way, finishing among the top 10 runners who scored points for teams and top 12 overall. Washington beat Oregon, the meet’s runner-up for the second straight year, by 52 points.

If anything, the heavily favored Huskies exceeded expectations.

Oregon tallied 131 points in the race, better than last year’s 177, and actually managed to offset the Washington freshmen with its own top-10 finishes by championships veterans Alex Kosinsky – a sophomore who improved on her top-15 finish in last year’s race – and junior Nicole Blood.

However, Washington’s third through fifth scoring runners all crossed the finish line well ahead of the Ducks’ third finisher to round out the team’s 79-point effort – and for good measure, the Huskies’ sixth runner (whose placement doesn’t count toward the point total) nearly did so, too.

Washington’s victory closes out a dominating year for a team that previously never had cracked the top five at the championships.

Coach Greg Metcalf said the race didn’t go exactly as planned – but with Washington’s depth, the Huskies had lots of room to improvise.

“Honestly, about 1,500 meters in, I thought we were a little back,” he said. “It actually didn’t go according to plan. But (team members) did what they do all year long. After the (3-kilometer mark), they moved and ran better after that.

“Our front team of Christine Babcock and Kendra Schaaf were in the lead pack right where they needed to be. They did a great job. And Mel (Marie Lawrence, who scored 19th) and Katie (Follett, following on Lawrence’s shoulder to score 20th) closed well and lowered our team’s score dramatically after half way.

“Things didn’t go 100 percent as planned, but I won’t get greedy. It was good to win.”

Texas Tech’s Kipyego proved herself a master of Indiana’s November swings in weather, gutting out a windy day that earlier pushed rain showers over the expanse of the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course, which now has hosted the championships for five straight years.

“It was hard,” she admitted after finishing seven seconds ahead of Florida State’s Susan Kuijken – her tightest margin of victory on the course, where she won by 26 seconds in warmer but muddy conditions in 2006 and won by 18 seconds last year.

But the competition pushed Kipyego to break her own year-old course record by more than two seconds, as she finished with a time of 19 minutes, 28.1 seconds.

“It was cold and windy and the girls that were running next to me were running hard out there. It was probably the hardest NCAA cross country race of all the three. I am just happy to get through and win.”

With the win, Kipyego etches her name in NCAA cross country records next to a legendary trio of men who won three individual Division I championships: Washington State’s Gerry Lindgren in the late 1960s, Oregon’s Steve Prefontaine in the early 1970s and Washington State’s Henry Rono in the late 1970s.

“It’s an amazing feeling,” Kipyego said. “I am absolutely happy for just being able to come here and win three in a row. It’s a blessing to me. It’s one opportunity that you just don’t get every day.”

Team results

1. Washington, 79; 2. Oregon, 131; 3. Florida St., 163; 4. West Virginia, 198; 5. Princeton, 220; 6. Villanova, 248; 7. Texas Tech, 272; 8. Stanford, 299; 9. Georgetown, 305; 10. Illinois, 318; 11. (tie) Michigan St. and Minnesota, 336; 13. Providence, 340; 14. Arizona St., 381; 15. Arkansas, 404; 16. Michigan, 416; 17. Florida, 454; 18. New Mexico, 475; 19. Baylor, 484; 20. SMU, 504; 21. Wisconsin, 530; 22. Rice, 535; 23. Northern Ariz., 536; 24. Iowa, 538; 25. Nebraska, 539; 26. Virginia, 605; 27. Boston College, 651; 28. Syracuse, 658; 29. Notre Dame, 689; 30. Stony Brook, 712; 31. Kentucky, 824.

Individual results

1. Sally Kipyego, Texas Tech, 19:28.1; 2. Susan Kuijken, Florida St., 19:34.9; 3. Tasmin Fanning, Virginia Tech, 19:37.1; 4. Brianna Felnagle, North Carolina, 19:53.3; 5. Racheal Marchand, Iowa, 19:54.9; 6. Angela Bizzarri, Illinois, 19:59.1; 7. Christine Babcock, Washington, 20:01.7; 8. Alex Kosinski, Oregon, 20:04.2; 9. Nicole Bush, Michigan St., 20:07.6; 10. Nicole Blood, Oregon, 20:08.6.

11. Hollie Knight, Auburn, 20:12.7; 12. Kendra Schaaf, Washington, 20:17.3; 13. Janet Jesang, Western Ky., 20:18.3; 14. Keri Bland, West Virginia, 20:19.9; 15. Liz Costello, Princeton, 20:23.9; 16. Veronica Pohl, Northern Ariz., 20:24.3; 17. Marie-Louise Asselin, West Virginia, 20:26.1; 18. Lillian Badaru, Texas Tech, 20:27.3; 19. Gwen Jorgensen, Wisconsin, 20:27.7; 20. Frances Koons, Villanova, 20:29.4.

21. Andrea Walkonen, Boston U., 20:29.4; 22. Katie Engel, Illinois, 20:30.1; 23. Bridget Franek, Penn St., 20:31.5; 24. Nicole Edwards, Michigan, 20:31.9; 25. Marie Lawrence, Washington, 20:32.3; 26. Katie Follett, Washington, 20:32.5; 27. Lisa Senakiewich, Michigan St., 20:33.4; 28. Wendi Robinson, Indiana, 20:34.1; 29. Pilar McShine, Florida St., 20:34.5; 30. Lauren Holesh, North Carolina, 20:35.4.

31. Danette Doetzel, Providence, 20:36.3; 32. Megan Duwell, Minnesota, 20:36.5; 33. Elizabeth Maloy, Georgetown, 20:36.8; 34. Amanda Miller, Washington, 20:37.0; 35. Amanda Marino, Villanova, 20:37.3; 36. Sarah Bowman, Tennessee, 20:39.5; 37. Erin Bedell, Baylor, 20:39.6; 38. Lesley Van Miert, Florida St., 20:41.7; 39. Kari Hardt, Arizona St., 20:42.1; 40. Mattie Bridgmon, Oregon, 20:43.6.

41. Lauren Saylor, Washington, 20:43.7; 42. Clara Grandt, West Virginia, 20:44.2; 43. Astrid Leutert, Northern Ariz., 20:44.6; 44. Hanna Grinaker, Wisconsin, 20:44.8; 45. Lara Crofford, Nebraska, 20:45.4; 46. Christina Munoz, Texas A&M, 20:45.9; 47. Ali Kielty, Arizona St., 20:46.1; 48. Lindsey Scherf, Oregon, 20:46.3; 49. Gabriele Anderson, Minnesota, 20:48.4; 50. Silje Fjortoft, SMU, 20:50.4.

51. Anita Campbell, Washington, 20:50.4; 52. Megan Brandeland, Princeton, 20:50.9; 53. Linzi Snow, Florida St., 20:51.0; 54. Denise Bargiachi, Arkansas, 20:51.7; 55. Beverly Ramos, Kansas St., 20:52.0; 56. Nicky Archer, New Mexico, 20:53.0; 57. Alicia Follmar, Stanford, 20:53.5; 58. Megan Lessard, Columbia, 20:53.9; 59. Kellyn Johnson, Wichita St., 20:53.9; 60. Emily Infeld, Georgetown, 20:54.8.

61. Zoe Nelson, Oregon, 20:54.8; 62. Alex Banfich, Princeton, 20:54.9; 63. Asia Diaz, Texas Tech, 20:54.9; 64. Rachael Forish, SMU, 20:55.5; 65. Catherine White, Arkansas, 20:55.6; 66. Pasca Cheruiyot, Missouri St., 20:56.7; 67. Bogdana Mimic, Villanova, 20:56.9; 68. Laurynne Chetelat, Stanford, 20:57.1; 69. Kate Harrison, West Virginia, 20:57.6; 70. Katie Dicamillo, Providence, 20:57.7.

71. Jolee Vanleuven, Princeton, 20:57.8; 72. Tarah McKay, Louisville, 20:59.1; 73. Nicole Mericle, Rice, 20:59.6; 74. Kate Niehaus, Stanford, 21:00.0; 75. Genevieve Lacaze, Florida, 21:00.3; 76. Alyssa Abbott, Utah, 21:00.5; 77. Reilly Kiernan, Princeton, 21:00.6; 78. Tara Erdmann, Loyola Marymount, 21:01.3; 79. Natasha Labeaud, Georgetown, 21:01.8; 80. Kim Conley, UC Davis, 21:02.2.

81. Annie Beecham, Ohio, 21:02.8; 82. Browning Charlotte, Florida, 21:03.4; 83. Nichole Jones, Baylor, 21:04.0; 84. Allison Pye, Rice, 21:04.8; 85. Michelle Corrigan, New Mexico, 21:06.3; 86. Lydia Willemse, Florida St., 21:06.7; 87. Lauretta Dezubay, Virginia, 21:07.2; 88. Katie Harrington, Stanford, 21:07.2; 89. Katie McCafferty, Georgetown, 21:07.3; 90. Stephanie Marcy, Stanford, 21:07.6.

91. Emily MacLeod, Michigan St., 21:08.2; 92. Kaitlyn Tallman, Villanova, 21:09.2; 93. Kelly Waters, Oklahoma, 21:09.6; 94. Amy Laskowske, Minnesota, 21:10.2; 95. Jenna Kingma, Arizona St., 21:10.4; 96. Megan Hogan, George Washington, 21:10.6; 97. Krystal Douglas, Providence, 21:10.8; 98. Leah Brogan, Penn, 21:11.3; 99. Mary Kate Champagne, Providence, 21:11.4; 100. Zoe Buckman, Oregon, 21:12.5.

101. Callie Hogan, Villanova, 21:12.5; 102. Dacia Perkins, Arkansas, 21:12.8; 103. Danielle Tauro, Michigan, 21:13.5; 104. Jackie Areson, Tennessee, 21:14.7; 105. Sarah Cummings, Princeton, 21:15.1; 106. Gladys Kipsang, Texas Tech, 21:15.3; 107. Nichole Lister, Boston College, 21:15.6; 108. Morgane Gay, Virginia, 21:16.0; 109. Kristin Sutherland, Illinois, 21:16.3; 110. Kaylyn Christopher, West Virginia, 21:16.6.

111. Kari Summers, Ohio, 21:16.8; 112. Geena Gall, Michigan, 21:17.4; 113. Danielle Bradley, Baylor, 21:17.6; 114. Kelly Sampson, Michigan, 21:18.9; 115. Lucy Van Dalen, Stony Brook, 21:19.2; 116. Mallory Van Ness, Minnesota, 21:19.4; 117. Nana Sang-Bender, Syracuse, 21:19.7; 118. Kaitlin Gregg, UC Davis, 21:20.2; 119. Amanda Goetschius, Charlotte, 21:20.2; 120. Zsofia Erdelyi, Southern California, 21:20.3.

121. Sarah Perry, Iowa, 21:20.4; 122. Jacy Kruzel, Florida, 21:21.1; 123. Alexa Glencer, Princeton, 21:21.3; 124. Chantelle Groenewoud, Illinois, 21:22.2; 125. Anne Ronoh, A&M-Corpus Christi; 126. Emily Langenberg, Michigan St., 21:23.3; 127. Lindsey Ferguson, Notre Dame, 21:23.6; 128. Llahnatalja Zarcenko, Nebraska, 21:23.8; 129. Renee Tomlin, Georgetown, 21:24.3; 130. Rachel Carrizales, Nebraska, 21:24.7.

131. Holly Van Dalen, Stony Brook, 21:25.1; 132. Jennifer Pancoast, Nebraska, 21:25.3; 133. Stephanie Garcia, Virginia, 21:25.3; 134. Sarah Morrison, Villanova, 21:28.1; 135. Heather Dorniden, Minnesota, 21:28.8; 136. Hannah Davidson, Providence, 21:29.0; 137. Natalie Haws, Weber St., 21:29.1; 138. Georgia Griffin, Stanford, 21:30.0; 139. Sara Vaughn, Alabama, 21:30.5; 140. Lacey Oeding, New Mexico, 21:31.1.

141. Jillian Rosen, Arkansas, 21:31.1; 142. Lennie Waite, Rice, 21:31.3; 143. Haley Paul, Arizona St., 21:32.6; 144. Claire Richardson, Harvard, 21:32.7; 145. Elizabeth Boyle, Illinois, 21:33.2; 146. Ellie Rastall, Colorado St., 21:33.3; 147. Ali Crabb, Florida, 21:34.2; 148. Brielle Chabot, Boston College, 21:34.6; 149. Christine Kalmer, Arkansas, 21:36.1; 150. Mallory Champa, Boston College, 21:36.3.

151. Catherine Desarle, Syracuse, 21:36.6; 152. Carolyn Boosey, New Mexico, 21:36.7; 153. Amy Watson, Navy, 21:37.1; 154. Kaitlin Shiver, Florida, 21:37.3; 155. Marissa Treece, Notre Dame, 21:37.5; 156. Christina Woytalewicz, Florida St., 21:38.4; 157. Michelle Guzman, Texas Tech, 21:39.2; 158. Hannah Roeder, Iowa, 21:39.6; 159. Sunni Olding, Arizona St., 21:40.1; 160. Jessica O'Connell, West Virginia, 21:40.5.

161. Britany Williams, Rice, 21:40.6; 162. Heidi Rocha, Notre Dame, 21:41.2; 163. Ahna Lewis, West Virginia, 21:41.3; 164. Jamie Cheever, Minnesota, 21:41.5; 165. Nell Rojas, Northern Ariz., 21:41.6; 166. Claire Hardwick, SMU, 21:42.8; 167. Ashley Gibson, New Mexico, 21:43.4; 168. Angela Spadafino, Arizona St., 21:43.8; 169. Monika Korra, SMU, 21:44.1; 170. Maegan Krifchin, Syracuse, 21:44.3.

171. Sarah Price, Michigan St., 21:45.9; 172. Jennifer Morgan, Michigan, 21:46.0; 173. Carlie Green, Michigan St., 21:46.4; 174. Leah Coyle, Wisconsin, 21:46.8; 175. Renae Van Wyhe, Baylor, 21:47.5; 176. Laura Huet, Stony Brook, 21:47.8; 177. Crystal Martinez, IPFW, 21:48.2; 178. Jessa Simmons, SMU, 21:48.5; 179. Lauren Penney, Syracuse, 21:48.5; 180. Lise Ogrodnick, Georgetown, 21:49.1.

181. Jessica Ortman, Kentucky, 21:49.2; 182. Sarah Morgan, Providence, 21:49.8; 183. Sara Petrick, Florida, 21:49.9; 184. Bria Wetsch, Oregon, 21:50.3; 185. Jenna Ortman, Kentucky, 21:50.6; 186. Katherine Peterson, Kentucky, 21:51.4; 187. Becky McCormack, Michigan St., 21:51.4; 188. Katie Williams, Michigan, 21:51.6; 189. Rachel Velarde, Notre Dame, 21:52.0; 190. Brooke Eilers, Iowa, 21:52.3.

191. Emilie Amaro, Stanford, 21:53.5; 192. Theresa Brokaw, Illinois, 21:54.1; 193. Leslie Luna, New Mexico, 21:54.1; 194. Betsy Flood, Iowa, 21:55.4; 195. Jessi Barnes, Baylor, 21:56.4; 196. Erin Lagasse, Boston U., 21:56.9; 197. Samantha Stafford, Virginia, 21:57.5; 198. Caitlin Comfort, Wisconsin, 21:58.1; 199. Lauryn MacFawn, Syracuse, 21:58.1; 200. Jessica Driscoll, Boston College, 21:58.2.

201. Breffini Twohig, Providence, 21:59.2; 202. Lauren Gregory, Georgetown, 21:59.5; 203. Caroline King, Boston College, 22:00.0; 204. Lisa Montgomery, Michigan, 22:00.7; 205. Rebekah MacKay, Syracuse, 22:03.6; 206. Addison Lemaster, Texas Tech, 22:04.4; 207. Becky Wade, Rice, 22:04.5; 208. Kacey Gibson, Florida St., 22:05.7; 209. Lauren Johnston, Boston College, 22:05.9; 210. Amanda Hardesty, Iowa, 22:06.0.

211. Sarah Hurley, Wisconsin, 22:06.4; 212. Hayley Green, Stony Brook, 22:06.4; 213. Haley Lawrence, Northern Ariz., 22:06.9; 214. Elizabeth Slaughter, Texas A&M, 22:07.7; 215. Stephanie Aldea, Houston, 22:09.0; 216. Andrea Halasek, Kentucky, 22:09.9; 217. Kortnee Burton, Northern Ariz., 22:12.0; 218. Ilyssa Pettigrew, SMU, 22:12.8; 219. Lindsay Prescott, Arizona St., 22:13.6; 220. Alison Smith, Villanova, 22:13.9.

221. Becca Bauman, Notre Dame, 22:14.5; 222. Sara Casscells, Virginia, 22:18.2; 223. Emma Reed, New Mexico, 22:19.1; 224. Heather Stephens, Syracuse, 22:21.5; 225. Stephanie Baliga, Illinois, 22:24.6; 226. Vanessa Hancock, Northern Ariz., 22:29.4; 227. Fionna Fallon, Iowa, 22:30.2; 228. Julie Northrup, Florida, 22:30.5; 229. Jodi Hulett, Baylor, 22:31.2; 230. Abby Higgins, Notre Dame, 22:31.5.

231. Megan Jackson, Arkansas, 22:31.6; 232. Lindsay Petri, Kentucky, 22:33.1; 233. Samantha Learch, Arkansas, 22:34.3; 234. Ashley Miller, Nebraska, 22:35.0; 235. Carolina Cortes, Stony Brook, 22:35.7; 236. Felicitas Mensing, Minnesota, 22:37.0; 237. Mary Heitkamp, Boston College, 22:40.2; 238. Lyndsay Harper, Virginia, 22:47.4; 239. Betsy Miller, Nebraska, 22:51.0; 240. Chepleting Boit, Texas Tech, 22:52.2.

241. Beth Tacl, Notre Dame, 22:52.3; 242. Alexa Renstrom, Wisconsin, 22:56.6; 243. Nikki Codd, Northern Ariz., 23:10.1; 244. Jennifer Webers, Nebraska, 23:14.1; 245. Susan Brooks, Virginia, 23:15.7; 246. Laura Hudson, Rice, 23:16.6; 247. Leigh Ann Ganzar, Baylor, 23:17.7; 248. Keltie John, Rice, 23:31.5; 249. Sierra Anderson, SMU, 23:34.6; 250. Claire Laverty, Kentucky, 23:49.8.

251. Suzanne Holt, Kentucky, 24:11.8; 252. Ruth Gillespie, Stony Brook, 24:18.3.