MIAC Women's Cross Country Coach of the Year
University of St. Thomas head coach Joe Sweeney helped the Tommies end a nine-year team title drought at the MIAC Championships. The No. 21-ranked Tommie women scored 73 points to beat two-time defending champion Carleton (92) and claim the school's first championship since 1997. Three St. Thomas runners (Katie Theisen, Jenny Olin, and Kelly Russ) were named to the All-Conference team. For Sweeney, it was the 55th team championship won out of a possible 73 all-time in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track.

MIAC Women’s Athlete of the Year
Gustavus Adolphus College senior Hailey Harren (Cold Springs/Rocori) took the lead in the first half-mile and ran away from the pack on her way to claiming her second consecutive MIAC Cross Country title in a time of 21:51.57. She broke the 6,000 meter course record that she set last year by two seconds (21:53.8) and became the first cross country runner from Gustavus to ever win two MIAC individual titles.

2006 All-Conference (Top 15)
1  Hailey Harren        GAC  21:51.57
2  Nikki Umhoefer       BU   23:23.97
3  Katie Theisen        UST  23:24.57
4  Callie PaStarr       MAC  23:27.27
5  Lacee Shrupp         HU   23:33.92
6  Erin Lowrey          MAC  23:39.57
7  Sarah Bernhardson    GAC  23:43.97
8  Karen Campbell       CAR  23:44.22
9  Jenny Olin           UST  23:46.82
10 Melissa Francis      HU   23:47.27
11 Bergen Holzworth     CON  23:51.02
12 Erin Weier           STO  23:51.77
13 Rachel Charpentier   CON  23:52.12
14 Stephanie Block      STO  23:53.87
15 Kelly Russ           UST  23:58.12