FINAL RESULTS

(CARY, N.C.)  Bowie State University had its best ever showing at the 2009 CIAA Cross Country Championships on Thursday (Oct. 22) at WakeMed Soccer Park.  “Nothing can replace the joy that we are feeling,” said fourth-year Bowie State head coach Michelle Latimer. “It is an awesome feeling to make history.” 

The Bulldogs scored 42 points in the men's 8K race to finish ahead of Saint Augustine's College (67) and Virginia State University (83). Shaw placed fourth with 103 points followed by Virginia Union University (126), Johnson C. Smith University (147), Saint Paul's College (171), Livingstone College (177), Fayetteville State University (268) and Elizabeth City State University (272).

Johnny Shuping of Saint Augustine's College won the men's run for the second straight year after crossing the finish line in 24:59.3. Geoffrey Langat of Virginia State was second in 25:37.9, and George Smith of Saint Augustine's College was third in 26:23.2. 

Bowie State won the team title behind the running of Daryl Sanders (Upper Marlboro, MD, DeMatha) (4th place - 26:37.5), Joseph Philpot (Washington, DC, Wilson) (7th place), Damien Montgomery (Baltimore, MD, Woodlawn) (8th place), Jamin Gallman (Baltimore, MD, Baltimore Polytechnic) (11th place) and Bryon Lewis (Waldorf, MD, West Lake) (12th place). 

The men's All-CIAA squad consists of Timothy Davidson of Virginia State, Aaron Dudley of Saint Augustine's College, Jefferson Thondique of Virginia Union, and Lawrence Lewis of Shaw in addition to Shuping, Langat, Smith, Philpot, Sanders and Montgomery.