Heartland Announces XC Awards (11/1/06)

BILLINGS, MT – The Heartland Conference announced its end of season cross-country awards on Wednesday.  The Montana State-Billings teams combined for four all-conference honors, and head coach Dave Coppock was named the HLC Women’s Coach of the Year.

The Yellowjacket women won the Heartland Conference team title on October 21, outpacing Incarnate Word by 23 points.  Freshmen Teri Lea McCormick (Hardin, MT) and Crystal Roseberry (Chinook, MT) were named to the all-conference team for placing sixth and eighth respectively. 

Coppock was selected as the Coach of the Year in voting by the other coaches in the conference.  Coppock is in his eighteenth season as the Yellowjackets’ head coach.  Lincoln University’s Nessa Paul was named the Runner of the Year, and Incarnate Word’s Klara Garcia was the Freshman of the Year.

Two Yellowjacket men earned all-conference honors.  Matt Roseberry (Chinook, MT) finished fourth in the championship race, and Jarred Rensvold (Wolf Point, MT) placed seventh.  Kevin Felts of team champion St. Edward’s University was voted Coach of the Year.  David Fuentes of St. Edward's was the Runner of the Year, and Felix Rodriguez of Dallas Baptist was the Freshman of the Year.