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 30^th. This was the first ever CIAA Championship in The Lincoln University history since joining in 2010. The Lions had runners place 3^rd, 6^th, 8^th , 12^th, and 30^th  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 12^th place while seniorAshley Torres (Oxford, PA/Oxford Area HS) (22:27) was 30^th, senior Samiyah Salih (Irvington, NJ/Benedictine Academy)(22:46) was 31^st, and sophomore Emani Parsons (Brooklyn, NY/Midwood HS) (23:04) was 34^th 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.

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