All-Decade MWC Dominance

Dominance of the Mountain West Conference 10th Anniversity All-Decade cross country teams is reflective of BYU's national status.

Three NCAA women's cross country titles came by virtue of BYU getting six of the seven spots on the recently named MWC women's team. And BYU's Josh Rohatinsky is the only national champion (2006) for the conference on the harrier teams.

Rohatinsky's sister, Tara Rohatinsky-Northcutt, was on BYU's 2001 NCAA Championship Team. Laura Heiner-Turner was on the 1999 and 2002 NCAA title teams. Kassi Andersen, Michaela Mannova and Breanne Sandberg were on the 2001 and 2002 NCAA title teams.

"Kassi had an immediate impact on our team and has a great legacy at BYU," said BYU coach Patrick Shane. "Laura was a phenomenal, the best of the three sisters and one of my best athletes ever. We couldn't have won our conference or national titles without Michaela."

In addition to those five, BYU was represented by Heidi Magill-Dahl on the MWC All-Decade team.

Joining Josh Rohatinsky for the BYU men on the seven-member MWC All-Decade team were Kip Kangogo and Chandler Goodwin. Kangogo transferred to TCU after two years with the Cougars and Goodwin just finished his eligibility this past season.

"Josh was highly recruited and helped kick off my coaching career," said BYU coach Ed Eyestone, who also won the NCAA individual title in 1984. "Chandler was a tenacious, feisty competitor."

Since the MWC began in 1999, BYU's women won the league crown eight years in a row until last season. BYU's men won the MWC title seven times during that span.

The MWC All-Decade teams were selected by a combined panel of media, institutional and conference personnel and on-line fan poll. In order to be eligible for consideration, candidates must have been a first team all-Mountain West selection at least once in their careers.

Mountain West Conference All-Decade Cross Country Teams
Runner                 School    Years in MWC            All-Conference
Kassi Andersen              BYU  2002, 2003, 2006, 2007  2002, 2006
Heidi Magill-Dahl           BYU  2004, 2005, 2006, 2007  2004, 2005
Michaela Mannova            BYU  2001, 2002, 2003        2001, 2002, 2003
Tara Rohatinsky-Northcutt   BYU  1999, 2000, 2001        2000, 2001
Breanne Sandberg            BYU  2002, 2003, 2005, 2006  2002, 2003, 2005
Laura Heiner-Turner         BYU  1999, 2003, 2004        1999, 2003, 2004
April Thomas                CSU  2005, 2006, 2007        2006, 2007
Runner                 School    Years in MWC            All-Conference
Chandler Goodwin            BYU  2004, 2005, 2006, 2007  2005, 2006, 2007
Josh Rohatinsky             BYU  2000, 2004, 2005, 2006  2000, 2004, 2005, 2006
Kip Kangogo             BYU/TCU  2002, 2003, 2005        2002, 2003, 2005
Bryan Berryhill             CSU  1999, 2000              1999, 2000
Matt Gonzales               UNM  2001, 2002, 2004        2001, 2002, 2004
Jeremy Johnson              UNM  2002, 2006, 2007        2006, 2007
Mark Korir                  UW   2007, 2006, 2005        2006, 2007