Sunday, November 2, 2014

Lincoln Lions Win 2014 CIAA Women's Cross Country Championships

CARY, North Carolina  –  The Lincoln University's women's cross country team were crowned CIAA champions with 59 team points at the 2014 CIAA Cross Country Championships on Thursday, October 30th. This was the first ever CIAA Championship in The Lincoln University history since joining in 2010. The Lions had runners place 3rd, 6th, 8th , 12th, and 30th  defeating Winston-Salem State (60) by one point.
 
After several fourth place finishes at the CIAA Cross Country Championships (2010, 2012, and 2013) and a fifth place in 2011 the Lions finally got over the hump led by Head Coach Damion Drummond capturing their first ever CIAA Championship in 2014.  
 
Senior Shana Brown (Baltimore, MD/Institute of Notre Dame) led the Lions with a third place finish crossing the line with a time of 19:33. Two others placed in the top-10 with senior Alexis Cubbage (North Plainfield, NJ/Union Catholic HS)'s sixth place finish (19:54) and sophomore Sarah Gray (Brooklyn, NY/Midwood HS)'s eighth place finish (20:29). SophomoreGenae Butler (Baltimore, MD/Western HS) was fourth for the Lions with a time of 20:56 arriving in 12th place while seniorAshley Torres (Oxford, PA/Oxford Area HS) (22:27) was 30th, senior Samiyah Salih (Irvington, NJ/Benedictine Academy)(22:46) was 31st, and sophomore Emani Parsons (Brooklyn, NY/Midwood HS) (23:04) was 34th rounding out Lincoln's championship team.
 
Winston-Salem State finished as the runners-up with 60 points. Shaw (95) finished third and Virginia State (121) took fourth. Virginia State's Taylor-Ashley Bean won the women's 5K, finishing in 19:27.


RESULTS

COURTESY THE LINCOLN UNIVERSITY LIONS SPORTS INFORMATION

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