WSSU's Jeptolo and Livingstone's Shade
capture regional cross country titles
November 5, 2005
Winston-Salem State University freshman Irene Jeptolo and
Livingstone College sophomore Darius Shade won the Division
II Women’s and Men's Individual Cross Country Southeast
Regionals on Saturday afternoon in Wingate, NC. With their
first place finishes, both qualify for the NCAA Division II
Women’s Cross Country Championships in Pomona, CA on
November 19, 2005.
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Irene Jeptolo |
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Darius Shade |
Jeptolo, a freshman from Kapsabet, Kenya (St. Joseph’s
Girls School) completed the 6k (3.72 miles) course in a time
of 23:25, six seconds ahead of her nearest competitor. She
was runner-up at the CIAA Women's Cross Country Championships
and will be the only female runner to represent the CIAA at
the national championships.
Shade, this year's CIAA individual cross country champion,
set a Wingate University cross country facility record en route
to a victory in the men’s 10K race. He ran a 32:14, skimming
four seconds off the old record held by Larry Marshall of St.
Augustine’s College (32:18).
Last season, Shade finished as CIAA and SE Region Runner-up.
With a time six seconds better than last year, he improved
to become regional champion becoming he first student-athlete
from Livingstone to ever win a CIAA cross country individual
and a Southeast Region Championship.
Mars Hill College won both the men's and women's team regional
titles.
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