Hall of Fame
Koby Hagen is one of just three Scots to win the MIAC women’s cross country championship in the stellar history of the program. Also a standout on the track, she posted a total of eight All-MIAC performances on the track to go with three All-MIAC finishes in cross country in her career. After winning the MIAC cross country title as a sophomore in 2003, Koby finished 13th at the NCAA Central Region Meet to earn the first of three All-Region honors. At the MIAC Indoor Championships that year, she finished second in the 1000 meters and third in the mile before winning the 1500 meters at the MIAC Outdoor Championships. Her junior year saw her take 14th at the conference meet and 22nd at the region meet in cross country, and help Macalester’s 4x800-meter relay team win the MIAC title outdoors. As a senior, Koby led Macalester to a fourth-place finish at the region cross country meet, which qualified the Scots for the NCAA Cross Country Championships. After taking 16th at the region meet, she finished 79th at nationals while the team took 21st. In her final season on the track, Koby placed second in the 3000 meters and third in the 1500 while leading the distance medley relay team to a second-place finish at the MIAC Indoor Championships. Outdoors, she helped the 4x800-meter relay team repeat as MIAC champions. After graduation, Koby coached at Edina and Southwest high schools as well as at Macalester. A cultural anthropology major at Macalester, she is a Sustainability and Food Systems Consultant and a Seed Collection Coordinator with the Farm and Forest Growers Cooperative in Minnesota.
