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Oct. 24, 1992: Mowatt Captures HIAC Championship
Senior
Missy Mowatt had a standout career for the women's cross country team. However an individual win had always eluded her with a number of second-place finishes during the 1992 season.
Missy Mowatt (far left) with members of the 1991-92 teams.
She had one final shot at the first-ever Hawai'i Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship at the University of Hawai'i Hilo campus.
At the start of the final lap of the 5-kilometer race, Mowatt surged ahead of Tara McDonald of Hawai'i Pacific University and Staci Brunton of UH Hilo to grab the lead. She then separated herself from McDonald in the final 500 meters to capture the HIAC individual title in 20 minutes, 45 seconds. McDonald finished three seconds later.
Capturing the HIAC championship in the final race of her career was the perfect way to for her to go out. "The win makes up for all the second-place finishes," Mowatt told The Honolulu Advertiser.
