LC Women’s Cross Country Placed 7th in CIAA Championships
SALEM, VA- The Livingstone College women's cross country team competed in the CIAA Championship on Thursday afternoon. The 5K race was held at Green Hill Park in Salem, Virginia. The Lady Blue Bears tallied 151 points at the 5K course.
Angel Ewell ran a 20:43 on the 5K course to finish seventh overall, earning All-CIAA honors. The Lady Blue Bears had a team time of 1:53:27 and an individual average time of 22.42.
Asia Green had the next best time for the Lady Blue Bears of 21:16.0 for 13th overall. Jaela Norman posted the third best individual time of 23:15 to place 39th. MonaLisa Paulk and Gabrielle Glasco rounded out the LC women runners with a time of 23:22.4 and 24:48.8 for 40th and 52nd.
Fayetteville State University women captured their second consecutive CIAA Women's Cross Country Championship. The Broncos placed three women in the top ten overall as they captured the title with 70 points, defeating St. Augustine's (92) and Bowie State (98). The remaining order of finish included Virginia State (115), Winston-Salem State (137), Lincoln (142), Livingstone (151), Virginia Union (195), Shaw (206), Chowan (241), Claflin (257), Elizabeth City State (304), and Johnson C. Smith (324).
Fayetteville State junior Nelly Kandie captured her first CIAA Championship, jumping out in front of the pack. She completed the 5,000-meter course in 19:27.2. Virginia State sophomore Kyla Frank was second with a time of 20:12.7 and Nazirah Purnell, a sophomore from Lincoln was third with a time of 20:14.4.
The All-CIAA Team includes Kandie, Frank and Purnell in addition to Amanda Crawford (SAU); Sarah Adam (VUU); Aleena Cruz (FSU); Angel Well (LC); Florence Fields (SAU); Tamia McLean (WSSU); Destiny Stevons (FSU); Clonne Gourrier (BSU); Kaydi Ann Wint (SU); Asia Green (LU); Lela Knight (CU); and Zuwena Johnson (BSU).
