BC’s Kirwa takes first at South Regional Cross Country Championship
Emmanuel Kirwa, a freshman from Kapsabet, Kenya not only placed first in the NCAA Division II South Regional Championship, but also became the first runner in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic (SIAC) history to win the NCAA South Regional Championship.
Head Coach Frank Hyland, said, “This is a great accomplishment for Kirwa and BC Cross Country. He has worked hard all year and he deserves the reward, however, we still have more to accomplish. NATIONALS!”
Kirwa ran a 10K course (6 miles) recording a time of 31:53.9. While his 1st place finish earned him a spot on the 1st Team All-Region Team, he also qualified to compete at the NCAA Division II National Championship in Joplin, Mo. on November 17th.
He will compete against runners from schools such as Florida Southern College, Alabama-Huntsville, and the University of Tampa. Both UAH and Tampa finished with a total of 103 points. Harding University was just outside of the qualifiers in fourth place with 106 points.
Four runners earned individual qualifying spots, finishing in the top five in the race. Emmanuel Kirwa of Benedict was the overall winner with a time of 31:53.9. James Cheruiyot of Harding was second at 31:58.4, while Abraham Kiprotich (Morehouse) was third at 32:16.8 and Nao Asano (West Georgia) made the field finishing fifth at 32:32.
Oneil Williams of Benedict College also finished in the top 15 and earning a spot on the All-Region Team.
NCAA DIVISION II SOUTH REGIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA - SHARON JOHNSTON PARK NOVEMBER 3 2007 ============== MEN'S 10K ==============
Place TmPl No. Men Name Yea School Confere===== ==== ==== ======= ====================== === ====================== ======= 1 312 31:53.9 Emmanuel Kirwa FR Benedict SIAC 1 2 1 385 31:58.4 James Cheruiyot JR Harding GSC 1 3 2 399 32:16.8 Abraham Kiprotich SO Morehouse SIAC 2 4 3 346 32:23.2 Luke Beevor SR Florida Southern SSC 1 5 4 492 32:32.0 Nao Asano JR West Georgia GSC 3 6 5 321 32:37.3 Stephen Hill JR Christian Bros. GSC 6 7 6 310 32:42.2 Brandon York SR Alabama-Huntsville GSC 2 8 7 452 32:54.9 Tony Nicolosi SO Tampa SSC 2 9 8 392 33:09.4 Wojciech Kopec FR Harding GSC 5 10 9 485 33:10.8 Brian Gowin SR West Florida GSC 11 10 308 33:11.9 Mark Temple SO Alabama-Huntsville GSC 7 12 11 349 33:15.8 William Koeppel SR Florida Southern SSC 10 13 12 352 33:17.3 Ben Martucci FR Florida Southern SSC 5 14 13 447 33:22.0 David Forry SR Tampa SSC 3 15 315 33:32.2 Oneil Williams JR Benedict SIAC 3 16 14 476 33:33.1 Austin Enriquez FR West Alabama GSC 9 17 15 305 33:34.0 Nathan Milles FR Alabama-Huntsville GSC 4 18 16 411 33:38.8 Eskender Abdalla JR Nova Southeastern SSC 7 19 313 33:45.2 Titus Rotich JR Benedict SIAC 7 20 17 351 33:46.7 Andrew Martucci FR Florida Southern SSC 21 18 353 33:52.5 Lief Thomason SR Florida Southern SSC 4 22 19 495 33:53.2 Roman Drankin SO West Georgia GSC 23 20 450 33:53.8 Jeremy Lautzenheiser SO Tampa SSC 24 21 339 33:59.6 Stewart Helton SO Columbus St. PBC 4 25 22 484 34:04.3 Justin Gates JR West Florida GSC 26 23 380 34:12.4 Josh Hollar SO GC&SU PBC 8 27 24 415 34:13.1 Robert Maughan JR Nova Southeastern SSC 28 25 307 34:14.1 Will Rodgers SO Alabama-Huntsville GSC 8 29 26 384 34:16.4 Frank Bolling SO Harding GSC 30 27 395 34:17.3 Dreyfus Clemons FR Morehouse SIAC 4 31 28 421 34:18.2 Agustin Rey FR Nova Southeastern SSC 32 460 34:19.1 Giovanni Bilotta SR UNC-Pembroke PBC 3 33 29 336 34:23.1 Phillip Burks SO Columbus St. PBC 34 30 491 34:23.9 Jordan Therkauph SR West Florida GSC 35 31 446 34:24.7 Chris Catanach SO Tampa SSC 8 36 32 448 34:25.6 Matt Hockenjos FR Tampa SSC 37 33 498 34:26.3 Danny Wiley SR West Georgia GSC 38 34 390 34:26.9 Will Fairhurst FR Harding GSC 39 35 357 34:27.5 Myles Garza FR Florida Tech SSC 9 40 36 378 34:28.1 Richard Dobson SR GC&SU PBC 6 41 37 389 34:28.8 Matt Fahey FR Harding GSC 42 38 300 34:29.5 Alan Schmitz JR North Georgia PBC 43 39 298 34:30.0 Michael Valentine SR North Georgia PBC 9 44 40 334 34:32.5 Joey Chino FR Clayton State PBC 7 45 41 323 34:33.6 John Waldorf JR Christian Bros. GSC 10 46 42 398 34:34.6 Lawrence Hanks JR Morehouse SIAC 8 47 43 403 34:39.2 Noble Swint SO Morehouse SIAC 6 48 44 439 34:40.6 Dusty Hardin FR Southern Arkansas GSC 49 45 488 34:41.2 Nicholas Maedel FR West Florida GSC 50 46 337 34:45.2 Tim English SO Columbus St. PBC 2 51 47 301 34:48.0 Sean Allan SR Alabama-Huntsville GSC 52 48 490 34:49.0 Josh McEachin FR West Florida GSC 53 49 306 34:49.5 Josh Moshier FR Alabama-Huntsville GSC 54 50 318 34:53.3 Rex Hammonds FR Christian Bros. GSC 55 51 442 34:55.2 Joshua Mitchell SR Southern Arkansas GSC 56 52 322 34:55.8 Jordan Michael JR Christian Bros. GSC 57 53 382 34:57.3 Richard Pate JR GC&SU PBC 58 311 34:58.4 Charles Chirchir FR Benedict SIAC 5 59 54 397 34:59.0 Dezmond Douglas SO Morehouse SIAC 9 60 55 480 35:00.6 Jonathan Sellers FR West Alabama GSC 61 56 409 35:01.8 Zac Piper SR North Alabama GSC 62 57 443 35:02.4 Kevin Perez SO Southern Arkansas GSC 63 58 400 35:05.4 Courtney Morris FR Morehouse SIAC 10 64 59 487 35:07.7 Andrew Maedel FR West Florida GSC 65 60 331 35:09.1 Anthony Aguilar JR Clayton State PBC 5 66 61 348 35:12.9 Daniel Dunn FR Florida Southern SSC 67 62 436 35:17.9 Nathan Blim FR Southern Arkansas GSC 68 63 437 35:19.4 Colton Connelly FR Southern Arkansas GSC 69 64 414 35:21.0 Aaron Kolterjahn SR Nova Southeastern SSC 70 65 386 35:22.4 Jordan Conley SR Harding GSC 71 66 304 35:26.2 Zach Koch SR Alabama-Huntsville GSC 72 67 449 35:31.8 Kevin Lane FR Tampa SSC 73 68 344 35:35.9 John Neill FR Columbus St. PBC 10 74 69 418 35:39.3 Jeff Palmer FR Nova Southeastern SSC 75 70 479 35:41.7 Daniel Ross SR West Alabama GSC 76 71 356 35:42.6 Morgan Davis FR Florida Tech SSC 77 72 379 35:45.4 Michael Hague SR GC&SU PBC 78 73 347 35:49.2 John Blackburn FR Florida Southern SSC 79 74 494 35:50.3 Robert Densmore FR West Georgia GSC 80 75 369 35:50.8 Steven Holmes JR Francis Marion PBC 81 76 373 35:52.0 Jerry Roth FR Francis Marion PBC 82 77 493 35:53.5 Ritchie Chris SO West Georgia GSC 83 78 376 35:54.0 Tim Cary FR GC&SU PBC 84 79 483 35:55.6 Jared Black FR West Florida GSC 85 80 412 35:58.5 John Besharat SO Nova Southeastern SSC 86 81 342 36:01.3 Jay Moulton FR Columbus St. PBC 87 82 345 36:02.2 Adam Pugh SR Columbus St. PBC 88 83 470 36:03.3 Brandon Joyner SO Valdosta State GSC 89 84 441 36:06.0 Steve Martinez FR Southern Arkansas GSC 90 85 335 36:07.2 Au Nguyen JR Clayton State PBC 91 86 340 36:08.5 Russell Jones SO Columbus St. PBC 92 87 354 36:09.5 Eric Beckwith JR Florida Tech SSC 93 88 454 36:10.7 Gordon Wright SR Tampa 94 89 383 36:18.1 Joey Shackelford JR GC&SU PBC 95 90 472 36:19.9 Alan McGough SO Valdosta State GSC 96 91 362 36:20.9 Joseph Peterson SR Florida Tech SSC 97 92 499 36:26.0 Teale Marchette FR North Georgia PBC 98 93 482 36:29.2 Jeremy Wilson SO West Alabama GSC 99 94 319 36:29.7 Andrew Hayden SR Christian Bros. GSC 100 95 402 36:34.9 Kenneth Skinner FR Morehouse SIAC 101 96 496 36:39.3 Aaron Gall SO West Georgia GSC 102 97 497 36:41.6 Bobby Ralston SR West Georgia GSC 103 98 474 36:43.0 Juan Tejada FR Valdosta State GSC 104 99 333 36:45.9 Jarrid Casimir FR Clayton State PBC 105 100 469 36:48.0 Christopher Holland SR Valdosta State GSC 106 101 359 36:56.9 Ethan Harrell FR Florida Tech SSC 107 102 466 36:59.1 Steve Cary SO Valdosta State GSC 108 103 388 37:03.2 Will Ellis JR Harding GSC 109 104 408 37:08.1 Scott Johnson FR North Alabama GSC 110 105 370 37:18.3 Ben Miller FR Francis Marion PBC 111 106 405 37:18.8 Joseph Bailey SR North Alabama GSC 112 107 444 37:28.3 Michael Wooten JR Southern Arkansas GSC 113 108 320 37:35.4 Deandre Hibbler FR Christian Bros. GSC 114 109 324 37:37.7 Jimmy Whitaker SO Christian Bros. GSC 115 110 367 37:38.3 Dan Brann JR Francis Marion PBC 116 111 478 37:42.3 Corey Rigdon FR West Alabama GSC 117 112 477 37:44.1 Spencer Gray FR West Alabama GSC 118 113 481 37:57.3 Craig Warlick SO West Alabama GSC 119 114 457 38:08.9 Josh Kerzie JR North Georgia PBC 120 115 410 38:18.3 Cain Yarbrough SR North Alabama GSC 121 116 299 38:35.7 Tommy Stapleton SR North Georgia PBC 122 117 455 38:39.0 David Beall SR North Georgia PBC 123 118 364 38:40.0 David Stephens SR Florida Tech SSC 124 119 361 38:44.0 Erik Mackay FR Florida Tech SSC 125 120 406 39:01.9 Mason Dye SR North Alabama GSC 126 121 419 39:09.3 Joe Pena FR Nova Southeastern SSC 127 122 371 39:23.4 Ariel Ortiz SR Francis Marion PBC 128 123 471 39:27.8 Daniel McCormick FR Valdosta State GSC 129 124 330 43:26.0 Jeremy Adkins FR Clayton State PBC 130 125 374 45:49.4 Tj Simmons SR Francis Marion PBC 131 126 372 45:51.6 Chris Rice JR Francis Marion PBC 132 127 332 52:59.0 Walid Berkhedle FR Clayton State PBC 1
NCAA DIVISION II SOUTH REGIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA - SHARON JOHNSTON PARK NOVEMBER 3 2007 ============== MEN'S 10K ==============
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1. Florida Southern 3 11 12 17 18 (61) (73) = 61 Luke Beevor, William Koeppel, Ben Martucci, Andrew Martucci, Lief Thomason, Daniel Dunn, John Blackburn 2. Alabama-Huntsville 6 10 15 25 47 (49) (66) = 103 Brandon York, Mark Temple, Nathan Milles, Will Rodgers, Sean Allan, Josh Moshier, Zach Koch 2. Tampa 7 13 20 31 32 (67) (88) = 103 Tony Nicolosi, David Forry, Jeremy Lautzenheiser, Chris Catanach, Matt Hockenjos, Kevin Lane, Gordon Wright 4. Harding 1 8 26 34 37 (65)(103) = 106 James Cheruiyot, Wojciech Kopec, Frank Bolling, Will Fairhurst, Matt Fahey, Jordan Conley, Will Ellis 5. West Florida 9 22 30 45 48 (59) (79) = 154 Brian Gowin, Justin Gates, Jordan Therkauph, Nicholas Maedel, Josh McEachin, Andrew Maedel, Jared Black 6. Morehouse 2 27 42 43 54 (58) (95) = 168 Abraham Kiprotich, Dreyfus Clemons, Lawrence Hanks, Noble Swint, Dezmond Douglas, Courtney Morris, Kenneth Skinner 7. Nova Southeastern 16 24 28 64 69 (80)(121) = 201 Eskender Abdalla, Robert Maughan, Agustin Rey, Aaron Kolterjahn, Jeff Palmer, John Besharat, Joe Pena 8. West Georgia 4 19 33 74 77 (96) (97) = 207 Nao Asano, Roman Drankin, Danny Wiley, Robert Densmore, Ritchie Chris, Aaron Gall, Bobby Ralston 9. Christian Bros. 5 41 50 52 94 (108)(109) = 242 Stephen Hill, John Waldorf, Rex Hammonds, Jordan Michael, Andrew Hayden, Deandre Hibbler, Jimmy Whitaker 10. Columbus St. 21 29 46 68 81 (82) (86) = 245 Stewart Helton, Phillip Burks, Tim English, John Neill, Jay Moulton, Adam Pugh, Russell Jones 11. GC&SU 23 36 53 72 78 (89) = 262 Josh Hollar, Richard Dobson, Richard Pate, Michael Hague, Tim Cary, Joey Shackelford 12. Southern Arkansas 44 51 57 62 63 (84)(107) = 277 Dusty Hardin, Joshua Mitchell, Kevin Perez, Nathan Blim, Colton Connelly, Steve Martinez, Michael Wooten 13. West Alabama 14 55 70 93 111 (112)(113) = 343 Austin Enriquez, Jonathan Sellers, Daniel Ross, Jeremy Wilson, Corey Rigdon, Spencer Gray, Craig Warlick 14. Florida Tech 35 71 87 91 101 (118)(119) = 385 Myles Garza, Morgan Davis, Eric Beckwith, Joseph Peterson, Ethan Harrell, David Stephens, Erik Mackay 15. North Georgia 38 39 92 114 116 (117) = 399 Alan Schmitz, Michael Valentine, Teale Marchette, Josh Kerzie, Tommy Stapleton, David Beall 16. Clayton State 40 60 85 99 124 (127) = 408 Joey Chino, Anthony Aguilar, Au Nguyen, Jarrid Casimir, Jeremy Adkins, Walid Berkhedle 17. Valdosta State 83 90 98 100 102 (123) = 473 Brandon Joyner, Alan McGough, Juan Tejada, Christopher Holland, Steve Cary, Daniel McCormick 18. Francis Marion 75 76 105 110 122 (125)(126) = 488 Steven Holmes, Jerry Roth, Ben Miller, Dan Brann, Ariel Ortiz, Tj Simmons, Chris Rice 19. North Alabama 56 104 106 115 120 = 501 Zac Piper, Scott Johnson, Joseph Bailey, Cain Yarbrough, Mason Dye