Thursday, September 9, 2010

A winning day at the beach for Lady Rattlers cross country

Florida A & M University's Lady Rattler cross-country squad scored a near-perfect 18 points to win the Bethune-Cookman University Wildcat Invitational on Wednesday, 8 September 2010. FAMU freshman Chandelic Jackson ran 17:53 to win the 5K race on Daytona Beach, finishing just a hair ahead of FAMU's Shanay Mayes in the runner-up spot at 17:54. The Rattlers put all five of their scorers in the top seven. The Savannah State University women were second in the meet with 44 points, while the hosting Bethune Cookman Wildcats were third in the three-team field with 66 points.


Kevin Rono of Bethune Cookman won the men's 5K race in 15:08, but after that it was all Savannah State as the Tigers took the next five places, totaling a winning 20 points. BCU was second with 48 points and FAMU was third with 69.


The meet was run along the Atlantic Ocean on the sands that the Daytona Beach Chamber of Commerce likes to call "The World's most Famous Beach." "World's Fastest Beach" might also apply. Anyone who has ever run on the beach at Daytona (in the Easter Beach Run, for instance) knows that below the high tide mark the sands are flat, smooth, and hard-packed from automobile traffic. It would be hard to engineer a better running surface. It seems a little pretentious to call a three-way meet an Invitational, but this was the first year for the event and the end of the first year on the job for BCU head track and cross-country coach, Donald Cooper. Big things may be ahead.

Bethune Cookman Wildcat Cross-Country Invitational
The Beach, Daytona Beach, Florida
Wednesday, 8 September 2010


INDIVIDUAL RESULTS, 5000m MEN'S RACE

Place Athlete                      School                  Time   Points
===== ============================ ===================== ======== ======
   1. Kevin Rono                   Bethune Cookman       15:07.56    1
   2. Rueben Isreal-McBee          Savannah State        15:17:24    2
   3. Tyrone McCoy                 Savannah State        15:18.61    3
   4. Miguel Valesquez             Savannah State        15:41.53    4
   5. Kris Ballou                  Savannah State        15:41.70    5
   6. Etchien Assinzo              Savannah State        15:44.27    6
   7. Curtis Riggins               Bethune Cookman       15:52.40    7
   8. Darnell Brown                Savannah State        16:00.53    8
   9. Isaiah Coleman               Florida A & M         16:05.22    9
  10. Degion Craddock              Florida A & M         16:13.98   10
  11.                              Savannah State                   13
  12. Tavares Harris               Bethune Cookman       16:31.35   12
  13. Stephon Pamilton             Bethune Cookman       17:23.71   13
  14.                              Florida A & M                    14
  15. La'quan Howard               Bethune Cookman       18:07.06   15
  16. Robert Horton                Bethune Cookman       18:11.61   16
  17.                              Florida A & M                    17
  18. Eric Cray                    Bethune Cookman       19:12.10   18
  19.                              Florida A & M                    19


MEN'S TEAM STANDINGS

Place Team                     Points    1    2    3    4    5   *6   *7
===== ======================== ======   ==   ==   ==   ==   ==   ==   == 
   1. Savannah State               20 =  2 +  3 +  4 +  5 +  6   11   
   2. Bethune Cookman              48 =  1 +  7 + 12 + 13 + 15   16   18
   3. Florida A&M University       69 =  9 + 10 + 14 + 17 + 19   



INDIVIDUAL RESULTS, 5000m WOMEN'S RACE

Place Athlete                      School                  Time   Points
===== ============================ ===================== ======== ======
   1. Chandelic Jackson            Florida A&M           17:52.44    1
   2. Shanay Mayes                 Florida A&M           17:53.12    2
   3. Clarricia Jackson            Florida A&M           18:11.00    3
   4. Ileis Figueroa               Bethune Cookman       18:27.47    4
   5. Stephaun Martinez            Florida A&M           18:31.36    5
   6. Aleah Hordges                Savannah State        19:15.92    6
   7. Ariel Allen                  Florida A&M           19:27.72    7
   8. Dominque Givance             Savannah State        19:36.29    8
   9. Erin Chance                  Savannah State        19:38.79    9
  10. Bridgette Brown              Savannah State        20:26.01   10
  11.                              Savannah State                   11  
  12. Alexys Lewis                 Bethune Cookman       20:42.85   12
  13. Latorria Grier               Bethune Cookman       20:44.35   13
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  16. Lashondra Wilborn            Bethune Cookman       22:47.31   16
  17. 
  18. Taneika Flowers              Bethune Cookman       23:35.18   18
  19. Yolanda Rumph                Bethune Cookman       27:32.02   19


WOMEN'S TEAM STANDINGS

Place Team                     Points    1    2    3    4    5   *6   *7
===== ======================== ======   ==   ==   ==   ==   ==   ==   == 
   1. Florida A&M University       18 =  1 +  2 +  3 +  5 +  7   
   2. Savannah State               44 =  6 +  8 +  9 + 10 + 11
   3. Bethune Cookman              63 =  4 + 12 + 13 + 16 + 18   19


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