Record-Tying Seven Trojans Earn All-Crossroads League Honors
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JACKSON, Mich. – The top-ranked Taylor women's cross country team (80-1) earned a program-record-tying seven All-Crossroads League recipients, as was officially announced by the league Monday following the CL Championships on Nov. 8.
As part of the yearly awards, head coach Quinn White was also named the Crossroads League Coach of the Year for the 12th time in 15 seasons.
White guided his team to the CL title for the 12th consecutive year, and the Trojans are undefeated against NAIA teams in the 2024 campaign. During the team's 6k record-setting CL Championship race, White coached nine of his runners to top-17 finishes and 13 runners to top-50 finishes in the 123-individual competition.
Highlighting TU's all-league honors was freshman Jaynie Halterman, who finished as the individual champion by more than 33 seconds Friday while sweeping the 6k TU Cross Country Farm course and Taylor program records.
Halterman was one of four first-time All-Crossroads League recipients for Taylor. Audrey Brinkruff and Noel VanderWall garnered the title of all-league for a third time in their careers, and Ahna Neideck capped her CL Championship career with a fourth honor.
The top 15 runners at the CL Women's Cross Country Championship were awarded with all-league honors.
TU Women's Cross Country All-CL Recipients
Jaynie Halterman | Champion | 20:36.9 | First All-CL Honor
Ahna Neideck | 3rd place | 21:29.8 | Fourth All-CL Honor
Noel VanderWall | 4th place | 21:32.2 | Third All-CL Honor
Sam Patterson | 9th place | 22:19.5 | First All-CL Honor
Abby Mays | 12th place | 22:36.3 | First All-CL Honor
Kaitlin Burden | 13th place | 22:36.4 | First All-CL Honor
Audrey Brinkruff | 14th place | 22:45.9 | Third All-CL Honor
No. 1 Taylor concludes its season on Nov. 22 at 12:30 p.m. EST at the 2024 NAIA Women's Cross Country Championship held in Columbia, Missouri.