Posted by Will Stern - Sat, Nov 19, 2005 - [Men's Cross Country] - Viewed 844 times
(Saturday, November 19th, 2005, Louisville, Ky.) - The Virginia
Intermont College Men's Cross-Country team doubled their pleasure
Saturday, when they ran to their second consecutive team title, topping
runner-up Concordia University (Irvine, Cal.) 52-122.
Leading the way for the Cobras was freshman Steeve Gabart (Miami,
Florida), running to a 9th place finish of 24:54.65, for the 8,000
meter course. Following Steeve into the finish were junior Pat
Marion (Ottawa, Ontario) in 14th place (25:02.70), sophomore Ondrej
Puskar (Trnava, Slovakia) in 15th place (25:03.10), freshman Jeremy
Cadle (Charlottesville, Va.) in 18th place (25:04.70), and senior James
Mousseau (Killdeer, N.D.) in 21st place (25:06.80). The top-5
finishers for VI all earned All-American honors for their top-30
finishes.
Also contributing to the Cobras' championship finish were sophomore
Elkana Chepsorir (Eldorat, Kenya) with a 32nd place finish of 25:22.35
and junior Ricky Cuevas (Stockton, Cal.) with a 54th place finish of
25:37.55.
The individual champion was Soimo Kiplagat of Lindenwood University
(Mo.) with a winning time of 23:49.10. There were 261 finishers
in the event.
The win marks the fourth consecutive men's team title for head coach
Scott Simmons. He won the 2002 and 2003 titles while at Minot
State University (N.D.), and now the 2004 and 2005 titles with Virginia
Intermont.
"The men really ran well," said Coach Simmons, "and I am very happy with everyone."
Individual Results
9 - 24:54.65 - Steeve Gabart - Fr.
14 - 25:02.70 - Pat Marion - Jr.
15 - 25:03.10 - Ondrej Puskar - So.
18 - 25:04.70 - Jeremy Cadle - Fr.
21 - 25:06.80 - James Mousseau - Sr.
32 - 25:22.35 - Elkana Chepsiror - So.
54 - 25:37.55 - Ricky Cuevas - Jr.
