JOHNSON CITY, TN -- Powered by six event championships titles, Virginia Intermont College
finished second in the team scoring of the NAIA National Indoor Track &
Field Championships in Johnson City, TN this weekend.
The Cobras were outdistanced by champion Lindenwood University, 100.25
points to 82, but according to coach Scott Simmons, Intermont scored
every point they possibly could.
Virginia Intermont began team scoring by winning the 4 x 800-meter
relay
Thursday night with a time of 7:37.83. The team of Jason Lewis, Pat
Marion, Fernando Cabada and Elkana Chepsiror upset defending champions
Azusa Pacific by two seconds.
On Friday, Corey Duquette continued VIC's winning ways taking the title
in the mile run with a time of 4:06.49, the fastest time since 1999 and
2.61 seconds off the national record.
Elkana Chepsiror then easily ran away with the 800-meter title in
1:53.04, before teammate Fernando Cabada outkicked possibly the
toughest 3,000-meter field in NAIA history, including the 2004 NAIA
National Cross Country champion and runnerup Soimo Kiplagat and Josphat
Keino, with a time of 8:22.05.
VIC's David Cheromei then led a 1-2 sweep of the 5,000-meters in
14:37.01, with Duquette runner-up in 14:53.94.
The Cobra's final win came in the distance medley relay with the team
of
Pat Marion, Desmond Brown, Elkana Chepsiror and Fernando Cabada taking
the title in 10:04.35.
Along with the 20 All-American awards garnered by Cobra athletes, Coach
Scott Simmons was selcted as NAIA Region XII/XIII Coach of the Year.
VIC's performance of six individual championship titlles in the meet
ranks #2 in the history of the NAIA, behind Oklahoma Baptist that took
seven titles in 1996. Lindenwood finished the meet with five titles.
JOHNSON CITY, TN -- Powered by six event championships titles, Virginia Intermont College
finished second in the team scoring of the NAIA National Indoor Track &
Field Championships in Johnson City, TN this weekend.
The Cobras were outdistanced by champion Lindenwood University, 100.25
points to 82, but according to coach Scott Simmons, Intermont scored
every point they possibly could.
Virginia Intermont began team scoring by winning the 4 x 800-meter
relay
Thursday night with a time of 7:37.83. The team of Jason Lewis, Pat
Marion, Fernando Cabada and Elkana Chepsiror upset defending champions
Azusa Pacific by two seconds.
On Friday, Corey Duquette continued VIC's winning ways taking the title
in the mile run with a time of 4:06.49, the fastest time since 1999 and
2.61 seconds off the national record.
