BCSP Notes . . .
Virginia State, St. Aug's capture CIAA Cross Country titles
Virginia State won the men's championship and
tied Saint Augustine's for the women's title last week at the 2008
CIAA Cross Country Championships at WakeMed Soccer Park.
Johnny Shuping of Saint Augustine's captured the men's 8K individual title with a time of 24:23.4 and Jenna Arnold of Virginia State won the women's 5K individual championship with a time of 19:59.9.
In the women's race, Saint Augustine's and Virginia State both scored 39 points and Shaw finished third with 103 points. This is the second consecutive season that Saint Augustine's has either won or shared the women's title. Saint Augustine's has won 16 CIAA women's championships overall while Virginia State captured its first women's championship in school history.
In the men's race, Virginia State scored 42 points to top Bowie State, which placed second with 58 while Shaw finished third with 91 points. This is the second title in school history for Virginia State, which won the men's championship in 2007.
Albany State, Benedict run to SIAC Cross Country titles
Llonisha Lee of Albany State captured her third
SIAC Cross Country championship en route to leading her team to its sixth consecutive
conference crown. Teammate Asia
Hollingsworth finished behind Lee.
Clark Atlanta finished in second place while Fort Valley State finished fourth. The SIAC Championships were held at the Beach at Clayton County in Jonesboro, GA.
Benedict finally got over the hump and won its first SIAC men's Cross Country title defeating Morehouse for the championship. Toritich Dickson followed by Oneil Williams led the way as Benedict finished in four of the top five spots. Morehouse had won the championship each of the last 13 years.
Fort Valley State and Kentucky State tied for third place.
Benedict will prepare to travel to the NCAA Regionals Cross Country meet November 8, 2008 at a site to be determined. The NCAA finals will be held at the Cooperslake Camp Ground Cross Country course in Slippery Rock, Pa. on November 22, 2008.
Jacoby Jones does it, again
Former Lane star Jacoby Jones
was the black college star in NFL action this weekend. Jones brought back a
first quarter punt 73 yards to paydirt as the Houston
Texans humbled the Cincinnati Bengals 35-6 Sunday. Jones
zigzagged through the first wave of Bengals before
slipping through the fingers of a pair of diving defenders en route
to his second punt return TD of the season. He returned a
punt 70 yards for a touchdown in a game three weeks ago
against Miami. Jones has also been designated by Texans
coach Gary Kubiak as the team's kickoff return specialist as
well as back-up receiver. He returned three kickoffs Sunday
for a 19-yard average.
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