This past weekend saw Virginia Intermont compete in Nike's Race of Champions at the Great American Cross-Country Festival in Cary, N.C. The Cobras went head-to-head with some of the best NCAA Division I teams in the nation and finished 7th, three points behind #23 Georgia and four points behind #18 Central Michigan. With a point total of 177, VIC easily defeated Virginia (8th with 228), #23 Northern Arizona, New Mexico (tied for 9th with 272), North Carolina and Duke.
"We've competed well early against some tough teams," said coach Scott Simmons, "but our main focus is the national championships in November and December. We need to be a better team by then and that has been, and will be, what we are working on."