The junior from Sweden won the 2005 NCAA women's cross country race by running six kilometers in a championship course record 19:33.9, finishing 13 seconds ahead of runner-up Caroline Bierbaum of Columbia-Barnard.
Nilsson placed 12th in 2002 and 10th in 2003. The Northern Arizona team - the only Big Sky Conference squad to receive an at-large bid to the 2005 championship - finished 12th.
On the men's side Idaho State senior Paul Hoffman - the only Big Sky runner in the race - placed 157th over 10 kilometers in a time of 31:29.4.
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