PORTLAND, ORE. --- Portland Pilots women's cross country junior Lauren LaRocco earned West Coast Conference Runner of the Month honors for October, the league announced Thursday afternoon. LaRocco captures her second straight WCC Runner of the Month honor of 2016.
At the 2016 WCC Cross Country Championships on Oct. 28, LaRocco ran away from the field to win the individual title, earning All-WCC First Team Honors and besting the field by an impressive 24.7 seconds. Her first-place finish helped the Portland women to their 20th WCC team title and their first since 2008. This win also marked the 10th time that the Pilots have won both the team and individual crowns in the same year, and the first since Dana Morgan led Portland in 2007.