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Complete
Results (PDF)
BUENA VISTA, Va. (Oct. 27, 2006) –
Southern Virginia University and Dine College took the top two
spots in the men’s and women’s races at the United
States Collegiate Athletic Association Cross Country National
Championship at Glen Maury Park in Buena Vista, Va.
SVU’s women won the title for the
sixth-consecutive season and the eighth time in school history
while Dine’s women took second. The Dine men’s team
won the title while the Knights came in second for the
second-straight year.
Junior Midge Sullivan of SVU took second
overall (first in points) in the race by running a personal
best of 26:02 in the 6k. Lindsay Calkins, the only runner from
Lyndon State, was first overall with a time of 24:21.
Overall, the Knights took five of the top
12 spots with Sullivan in second, Jan Frodsham fourth (26:46),
Catherine Pohm fifth (26:53), Shaina Brown eighth (27:29) and
Bridget Gonzalez 12th (27:56). SVU finished with its best team
score in championship history at 24, 31 better than
second-place Dine.
After SVU and Dine, Warren Wilson was
third, Columbia Union College was fourth and New Hampshire
Technical Institute was fifth. The women’s All-Americans
were Calkins, Sullivan, Heather Searles (NHTI), Frodsham,
Pohm, Amy Young (Penn State Dubois) and Venessa Jones
(Columbia Union). It was Sullivan’s second-straight year
earning All-America honors.
Dine won the men’s 8k race with a team
score of 30 and was led by Jacob Kirwa’s meet-winning
time of 27:01. Freshman Casey Cheever of SVU was second at
27:31 and he was followed by Tony Perez of Dine (27:48) and
Jeff White of SVU (27:58). Dine’s other scorers were
Aaron Johnson (sixth), James Nduyti (seventh) and Cody Tipler
(13th).
The Knights were second as a team with a
score of 46. Following Cheever and White were BJ Awerkamp
(10th), Jordan Bennett (12th) and Sevy Price (18th).
Rounding out the men’s teams in
finishing order were Lyndon, Warren Wilson, NHTI, Rhema and
Columbia Union.
The men’s All-Americans were Kirwa,
Cheever, Perez, White, Johnson, Nduyti and Bobby Penney
(Lyndon). The All-America honors were the second for White.
On Thursday night the USCAA announced the
Academic All-America team. Following is a list of the
honorees:
Academic All-America Honorees
Men
- Jeff White, SVU
- Mark Landreneau, University of Dallas
- Nathaniel Lubliner, Northwest Christian
College
- Jon Cunningham, Lyndon State College
- Mike Harrison, NHTI
Women
- Shaina Brown, SVU
- Amy Ludwig, SVU
- Catherin Pohm, SVU
- Amy Young, Penn State Dubois
- Lyndsay Calkins, Lyndon State College
- Hayley Joseph, Lyndon State College
- Lynette Dennison, Dine College
- Heather Searles, NHTI
- Glencora Cowan, University of Dallas
- Aimie Gillet, Northwest Christian
College
- Katie Gilbert, Northwest Christian
College
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