PROVO, Utah - The BYU men's and women's cross country teams captured their fourth straight Mountain West Conference Championships Friday at the East Bay Golf Course in Provo, Utah. The 10th ranked BYU men's team finished with 37 points, edging out 14th ranked Colorado State (42) by five points. The BYU women's team, ranked first in the nation, finished with a perfect score of 15 and were followed by 29th ranked Colorado State, with 63 points.

Kip Kangogo won the men's 8K race in a time of 24:16.8. He was followed by Austin Vigil (24:37.9) of Colorado State, Cameron Clarke (24:40.7) of New Mexico and Matt Adams (24:43.2) of BYU.

Kangogo commented, "I was trying to run at a constant pace. I just wanted to be steady."

For the women, Kassi Andersen of BYU finished first on the 6K course with a time of 20:55.2. She was followed by BYU runners Michaela Mannova (20:56.6), Katie Martin (21:06.2), Jaime Cottle (21:28.9) and Nan Kennard (21:32.2). Jessica Zarndt from UNLV was the first non-BYU finisher, with a seventh-place finish (21:42.6).

BYU Women's Head Coach Patrick Shane said, "I am really pleased with how we did. We had a great race today."

Andersen said, "Our strategy was to run as a team. Our whole goal was to work together and stay in a pack."