AMES, IOWA (D9Sports) — Amy Rudolph, a Kane High School graduate, and the head coach of the Iowa State women’s cross country team, was named as the Women’s Midwest Region Coach of the Year by the USTFCCCA.

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In her first season as the Iowa State women’s head coach, Rudolph’s team has rallied behind her. After an impressive ninth-place showing at the Nuttycombe Invitational, the Cyclones have since won the Bradley Pink Classic, the Big 12 Championship and the Midwest Regional Championship. The conference and regional titles are Iowa State’s third in the last three years and its seventh in the last eight seasons. The Iowa State women’s team competed at the NCAA Championships Saturday.