LAKELAND, Florida – Central State University's Raymond Korir finished in second place at Saturday's NCAA Div. II South Region Cross Country Championships. Korir crossed the finish line with a time of 31:44.18, becoming the first CSU runner to automatically qualify for the NCAA Div. II National Championships. Junior Emmanuel Birgen, finished in 35th place with a time of 33:18.98. Birgen will await to see if his performance will be good enough to join Korir at nationals. The full qualifying list will be released by the NCAA on Monday. This year's championship race will be held on Dec. 1 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
"It has been a long time since a CSU cross country runner has qualified to compete on the national stage," head coach James Rollins said. "We have a great history in the sport with two national titles in during the 1960s. Over the last few years, we added some really talented distance runners. It started a few years ago when Emmanuel Birgen joined the program. When Raymond came to CSU this fall, we knew we had a another great competitor. The hope is that we can get back to being a top-level NCAA Div. II program."
Korir, a freshman from Kenya, has been CSU's top runner throughout the fall. He finished first at the SIAC Championships earlier this month, earning SIAC Runner of the Year honors. He has also been selected as the SIAC Runner of the Week twice this season.
Full results from the South Region Championships can be found on - http://elitetiming.net/
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