Although the
morning was a cold and wet, many people believed it was perfect
weather for Cross Country during the Elon Invitational on Sept.
17.
“font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;”>Although the morning was a
cold and wet, many people believed it was perfect weather for Cross
Country during the Elon Invitational on Sept. 17.
“font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;”>The Lady Aggies Cross Country
Team finished 8th in the invitational with a team score
of 206 points and their overall time was 1:49:32 in the 5K
competition which consists of 3.1 miles. Elon’s Women Cross Country
team finished in 1st place with a score of 26 points and
they had four of their runners finish in the top seven. Jenessa
Benn lead the Lady Aggies Team as she finished 45th with
a time of 20:33. “I think we did a good job as a team and we can’t
wait for the next meet. We’ll just use this one as practice and
we’re hoping to continue to do better,” said Benn.
“font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;”>Tony Veney, the Director of
Track and Field for A&T was pleased with the Lady Aggies
performance. He informs the team that they should not get
complacent and continue to look forward to the MEAC (Mid-Eastern
Athletic Conference) Cross Country Championships at the end of
October.
“font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;”>“I was pleased with the
effort; however, we still got another six weeks to go before we go
to MEAC, so they will get consistent training in,” said Coach
Veney.
“font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;”> A&T Men’s
Cross Country team finished 7th overall in the 8K races
with 211 points and a time of 2:27:27. UNCG’s Paul Chelimo,
finished first and set a course record with a time of
23:40.
“font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;”>Paris Simmons led the Aggies
in the race finishing 44th with a time of 28:10. He
missed all of last season due to an ankle injury, but was excited
to be back and is looking forward to a great season.
“font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;”>“The race today was pretty
straight. It’s been horrible watching for a year. It feels good to
run again.” Simmons stated that his goal this year is to be a two
time All-American indoor and outdoor. He also plans on making it to
the Olympic trials.
“font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;”>“I’m just looking to get
better each meet,” said James Daniels, Associate Head Coach. He
also commented on having Simmons back this year. “I’m real pleased
with Paris. Paris is never pleased with himself and I always got to
calm that down inside of him, but I’m real pleased with it
[Simmons’ performance].”
“font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;”>The Aggies next meet will be
the Greensboro XC Invitational at Hagan Stone Park on Saturday,
Sept. 24th.
- Tirelle Daye, Contributor