November 1, 1997
Isaac Sugut's second-place finish paced the Bison, who finished with ascore of 39 and placed four runners in the top 10 to easily defeat runner upand defending champion Hampton by 64 points.
Bethune-Cookman's Zoltan Lenhardt, the meet's outstanding performer,overcame the rainy conditions to win individual honors, covering theeight-kilometer course in a conference-record 26:38. His time broke the markof 27:37 set by Coppin State's Courtney Bennett in 1991.
Maryland Eastern Shore finished third, while Coppin State was fifth andMorgan State seventh.
In the women's race, eighth-place finisher Monica Green was the firstrunner across the line for the Florida A&M, whose top five finished within 30seconds of each other.
The Rattlerettes scored 58 points to beat second-place Bethune Cookman by14.
Bethune's Nicole Carty, who won the 1995 individual title, reclaimed thehonor after placing second a year ago. Named as the women's outstandingperformer, Carty finished the five kilometers in 19:23 to beat teammate CathyFigueroa by 41 seconds.
The Lady Wildcats took three of the top four spots, but B-CC's fifthrunner managed only a 44th-place finish to drive up Bethune's total.
Defending champion Coppin State, led by 11th-place finisher Isis Green,was sixth, while UMES and Morgan State finished seventh and ninth,respectively.
Howard's William Moultrie was chosen as the men's outstanding coach, andKimberli Williams of Florida A&M was the women's outstanding coach.
Men (8K)
Team scores: 1. Howard 39; 2. Hampton 103; 3. Maryland Eastern Shore 108; 4.Delaware State 121; 5. Coppin State 131; 6. Florida A&M 136; 7. Morgan State158; 8. Bethune-Cookman 160; 9. Norfolk State 233; 10. North Carolina A&T249; 11. South Carolina State 262.
Top Finishers: 1. Zoltan Lenhardt (B), 26:38; 2. Isaac Sugut (How), 26:51; 3.Kiptalno Baiywo (How), 27:32; 4. Michael Anderson (B), 27:40; 5. HerbertHabyarimana (NS), 27:45; 6. Michael Garcia (MES), 27:58; 7. Mebahton Mezebe(How), 28:08; 8. Karim Harried (MS), 28:11; 9. Neil Daniels (D), 28:13; 10.Michael Zipf (How), 28:22; 11. Nigel Holder (MES), 28:35; 12. AnthonyShoecraft (Ham), 28:52; 13. Garfield Thompson (Ham), 28:52; 14. Diron Accoo(D), 29:06; 15. Barrington Redwood (C), 29:11; 16. Jemmel Green (C), 29:16;17. Kenyon Link (How), 29:19; 18. Aaron Coy (F), 29:24; 19. Gabriel Clark(F), 29:41; 20. Jarreau Robinson (MS), 29:48; 21. Ian Roberts (C), 29:49; 22.Russell Melvin (D), 29:51; 23. Sheldon Salvary (Ham), 29:52; 24. CortlandCobb (D), 29:53; 25. Yousif Omer (Ham), 30:15; 26. Marquan Mikle (F), 30:17;27. Moise Aldajuste (MES), 30:21; 28. Carl Whyte (MES), 30:22; 29. BosworthHenry (F), 30:29; 30. Jamie Franklin (Ham), 30:31; 31. Drew Anderson (How),30:34; 32. Trevor Lewis (NC), 30:35; 33. Julian Dash (MS), 30;41; 34. GordanDash (NC), 30:44; 35. Clifton Alexander (How), 30:45; 36. Michael Anderson(MES), 30:46; 37. Travis Marcus (S), 31:25; 38. Brian Wilson (B), 31:26; 39.Stephon Mark (C), 31:28; 40. Leroy Nickie (C), 31:31; 41. Walter Jones (Ham),31:34; 42. Jahmal Sands (Ham), 31:37; 43. Patrick Simms (C), 32:21; 44.Damion Thomas (F), 32:26; 45. Delano Naylor (NS), 32:28; 46. Michael Waitathu(F), 32:42; 47. Eugene Hildebrand (M), 32:52; 48. Zena Lewis (F), 32:59; 49.Ian Smith (C), 33:06; 50. James Hunter (M), 33:19; 51. Tariq Rasheed (S),33:23; 52. Moore Jabbar (D), 33:30; 53. Freddie Johnson (NC), 33:31; 54.Dwayne Gatlin (NS), 33:52; 55. Karl Thomas (S), 34:14; 56. Owen South (B),34:18; 57. William Guy (D), 34:19; 58. Henry Jeffress (M), 34:33; 59.Taldrige Davis (S), 34:34; 60. Everett Watson (S), 34:42; 61. Gary Ellington(B), 34:56; 62. Pride Sanders (S), 35:01; 63. Jermichael Watts (NC), 35:24;64. Paul Tucker (NS), 35:32; 65. Linwood Johnson (NS), 35:33; 66. CliveCourtenay (S), 35:51; 67. Marcus Thompson (NC), 36:16; 68. Karriem Pierre(NS), 36:34; 69. Adrian Shears (NS), 36:34; 70. Ralph Fequiere (B), 36:36;71. Williams Jones (NC), 36:55; 72. Derrick Felton (MES), 37:51; 73. JohnnySplunge (MES), 38:31; 74. Derrek Johnson (B), 38:48; 75. Jessie Petaway (M)40:57.
Women (5K)
Team scores: 1. Florida A&M 58; 2. Bethune-Cookman 72; 3. Howard 83; 4.Hampton 129; 5. Delaware State 133; 6. Coppin State 134; 7. Maryland EasternShore 179; 8. Norfolk State 198; 9. Morgan State 235; 10. South CarolinaState 240; 11. North Carolina A&T 256.
Top Finishers: 1. Nicole Carty (B), 19:23; 2. Catherine Figueroa (B), 20:04;3. Ayanna Mackins (How), 20:11; 4. Karen Williams (B), 20:15; 5. TamyraEdwards (How), 20:19; 6. Catrese Hairston (S), 20:25; 7. Tyra Neal (D),20:30; 8. Monica Green (F), 20:33; 9. Jennifer Brown (F), 20:38; 10.Startisha McNair (Ham), 20:41. 11. Isis Green (C), 20:43; 12. Alicia Sewell(F), 20:48; 13. Jessica Sewell (F), 21:00; 14. Zara Eden (C), 21:05; 15.Leigh Hancil (NS), 21:07; 16. Priscilla Hall (F), 21:08; 17. Cherie Hart (D),21:08; 18. Tatum Hopson (F), 21:16; 19. Gabriela Chytrova (Ham), 21:21; 20.Iris Williams (MES), 21:26; 21. Nicola Bryan (B), 21:30; 22. Erica Horsey(MES), 21:35; 23. Jamelia Jordon (How), 21:36; 24. LaToya Stephens (D),21:37; 25. Adrianne Trice (How), 26. Raven Andrews (MS), 21:46; 27. TrinishiaWilliams (How), 21:46; 28. Karen Walters (How), 21:47; 29. Shanika Clary (F),21:50; 30. Stephanie Tolbert (Ham), 21:55; 31. Lisa Taylor (C), 21:57; 32.Tiffany Brisbane (Ham), 21:58; 33. Nikia Scott (How), 22:00; 34. KristalThompson (NS), 22:02; 35. Kimya McCoy (NC), 22:03; 36. Draphet Moody (C),22:09; 37. Tamara Laing (NS), 22:10; 38. Rhonda Ellis (Ham), 22:13; 39.Evelynn Samms (D), 22:15; 40. Hadiyah Mujhid (MES), 22:16; 41. Odelia Muir(NS), 22:20; 42. Sceana Young (C), 22:25; 43. Amy Lucas (M), 22:59; 44.Emmannuel Lorristin (B), 22:59; 45. Nikea White (MES), 23:00; 46. TramaineGrippon (D), 23:21; 47. Samira Powell-Gray (NC), 23:3448. Elisa Funchess (S), 23:39; 49. Maro Mitchell (Ham), 23:51; 50. MyraChristian (MS), 23:55; 51. Taminka Warren (MS), 23:56; 52. Angela Jackson(MES), 23:57; 53. Santosha Marshall (NC), 24:01; 54. Janelle Mitchell (D),24:02; 55. Stephanie Gray (S), 24:05; 56. Lucretia Rice (MES), 24:07; 57.Janee Ward (C), 24:08; 58. Zanetta Lyons (NC), 24:21; 59. Monique Facey (B),24:53; 60. Leona Brown (B), 25:10; 61. Elethia Rhoden (C), 25:11; 62.Camillia Chatman (Ham), 25:42; 63. Crystal Jones (NC), 25:49; 64. SelinaBurton (S), 25:57; 65. Tominka Howard (MS), 26:12; 66. Charlene McLean (D),26:18; 67. Morhanda Patrick (S), 26:21; 68. Jilma Patrick (MS), 27:06; 69.Natalia Cineas (M), 27:10; 70. Latoya Smith (NC), 27:12; 71. Juliet Licorish(NS), 27:20; 72. Chrisonia Williams (S), 27:35.
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