Voorhees and Morris Capture EIAC Cross Country Titles
October 25, 2003
Frederick Smith and Allicia Golden
Voorhees College Tigers
Morris College Lady Hornets
Orangeburg, SC—Voorhees College Tigers, Denmark, SC
and Morris College Lady Hornets, Sumter, SC won the Eastern
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (EIAC) men’s and
Women’s Cross Country Championships held at Orangeburg-Wilkerson
High School, Orangeburg, SC. It was the Tigers 7th consecutive
title and 7 out of 8 since Frank Hyland took control as Head
Coach in 1996. The Tigers were led by Fredrick Smith, a freshman
from Sumter, SC who finished with the winning time of 27:50.
Smith, a standout from Sumter High School and one of the top
ten Cross Country Runners in South Carolina for the past two
years, pulled away from the pack finished 2:29 ahead of the
next runner. Smith was named the EIAC Men’s Outstanding
Runner-of-the-Year.
Morris Lady Hornets repeated as the Women’s Champions.
The Lady Hornets were lead by their Fab Five Sophomores, Malinda
Amilca from Brooklyn, NY; Ralaska Hoover from Jacksonville,
FL, Samantha Keeby from Claxton, GA; Andrea Perkins from Kingston,
GA; and Gracie Ward from Blackville, SC. All five young ladies
were top ten runners and were named to the All-Conference Team.
Amilca, who finished second, was edged out of first-place for
the second consecutive year by Sophomore Allicia Golden from
Sumter, SC. The two young ladies lead the race from begin to
end running side-by-side until the last 200 meters when Golden
out sprint Amilca to the finish line. Golden was named the
Women’s Outstanding Runner-of-the-Year for the second
consecutive year.
Frank Hyland of Voorhees College and Rodney Johnson from Morris
College were named the Men’s and Women’s Coach-of-the-Year,
respectively.
