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Thursday,
October 19, 2006
Lady Blue Bears Sixth, Blue Bears Eighth at CIAA Cross Country
Championships
Cary, NC -
The Livingstone cross country teams ran in the
CIAA Cross Country Championships, held Thursday in Raleigh, North
Carolina at the SAS Soccer Complex. The women's team finished sixth
and were led by Freshman Samantha Bramwell who was 26th in a 5K time
of 23:53.08. The North Carolina Central Lady Eagles were the repeat
champions while Saint Augustine's and Virginia State rounded out the
top three. There were 68 runners in the event.
The Livingstone men were eight, and Sophomore
Lavernon Spivey led
the men's contingent with a 22nd-place finish. He improved from his
freshman year by one minute. The men's team consisted of two half
milers, two sprinters, one hurdler, one basketball player, and one
shot-put thrower.
Women's Results
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Saturday, November 19, 2005
Livingstone’s Shade finishes 35th at the
NCAA DII XC Nationals
Pomona, CA – Darius Shade, a sophomore runner
from Livingstone College, competed in the NCAA Division II Men’s Cross
Country Nationals. The event was hosted by Cal Poly Pomona at the
Prado Park in Chino, Ca with 182 student-athletes participating. The
runners had to endure a 10K course in mid 80 degree California
weather. Shade, who won the CIAA and the Southeast Region, finished 35th
out of 172 finishers in 32:55. The top 30 American runners are
considered All American. After subtracting the international runners,
Darius Shade is now Livingstone's first Cross Country All-American. He improved from the 125th
finish from last year and dropped his time from 34:46.
"Today was the toughest race I ever ran. I have never felt
like this before; even when I ran in road races in the mountains. The heat
made me feel like stopping or falling out. I seriously though about it
until I remembered all the practices, the hills, the team, Livingstone, and
everybody routing for me. I couldn't let them down and make all of my
preparations for today go in vain. I hope I make All-American and make
everybody proud of me," states exhausted Shade.
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Saturday, November 5, 2005
Livingstone’s Darius Shade wins NCAA Southeast Region
Championship
Wingate, NC
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Today sophomore runner Darius Shade led the Blue Bears Cross-Country
team at the NCAA DII Southeast Region Championships hosted by Wingate
University. Shade, the 2005 CIAA XC Champion, finished the 10K race
with a personal best 32:14. Last season, Darius Shade finished as CIAA
and SE Region Runner-up. Today, with a time six seconds better than
last year, he improved as the region’s champion. He will now advance
to the NCAA Nationals; hosted by California State Polytechnic
University in Pomona, CA on November 19.
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Thursday, October 20, 2005
Darius Shade wins CIAA XC Championships
Blue Bears finish Third Overall
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Cary, NC –
Sophomore Darius
Shade led Livingstone men’s cross country team by winning the annual
CIAA Cross Country Championships at SAS Soccer Park in Cary, NC. The
Blue Bears, who finished third with 84 points behind Champion Saint
Augustine’s and Runner-up Shaw, had four student-athletes finish in
the top 20. This year, all 12 members of the CIAA participated in
the championships
In
the men’s 8K race, Darius Shade (Marion, NC) won in 24:54.20 and
was garnered All-CIAA. The teammates who finished within the top
20 were Joshua Smith (freshman, Charlotte, NC) who finished 14th in 30:11.90,
Lavernon Spivey (freshman, Newport News, VA) who finished 16th
in 30:25.30, and Chris Brown (junior, Charlotte, NC) who finished 20th
in 30:46.10
The Blue Bears will compete in the NCAA
DII XC Regional Championships on November 5 at Wingate, NC.
Last season, Shade was runner-up at the
conference and regional championships. He went on to compete at the
NCAA Nationals where he finished 125th. Livingstone
finished third last season.
The Lady Blue Bears finished 7th
overall out of 12 schools with 212 points. Rashel Boone led
Livingstone finishing 31st.
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Saturday,
September 24, 2005
Darius Shade wins Great American
Small College Race
Cary, NC – This past weekend,
Livingstone participated in the Annual Great American Cross Country
Festival in Cary, North Carolina at the SAS Soccer Park. The men’s Small
College 8K race had a composition of 15 schools and 111 competitors. The
Blue Bears’ Darius Shade crossed the finish line first in 25:25. The
second place finisher was at 25:51. Freshman Joshua Smith was the next
scorer for Livingstone as he finished 68th in 30:55. New comer
Lavernon “JD” Spivey was 75th in 31:44. Chris Brown and Robert
Blackwell finished out the scorers for Livingstone in 101st and
105th position. Livingstone averaged 31:09 per mile and
finished 11th out of the 15th, with 278 points.
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Saturday, November 6,
2004
Darius Shade advances Livingstone to the Cross
Country National Championship
Wingate, NC – The Livingstone men’s
cross country team participated in the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Championship at Wingate University (NC). In the men’s 10K race, LC
freshman Darius Shade finished second overall in 32:20 to qualify for the
NCAA Nationals, which will be hosted by the University of Southern Indiana
at the USI Cross Country Course on Nov. 20. The team finished 12th
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Livingstone Cross Country Team Takes Third at CIAA
XC Championships
The Livingstone Track & Field Program is now under new
management, but continues in its old ways. With new head coach Adrian
Ferguson, the Blue Bears Cross Country Team finished third at the annual
CIAA XC Championships. The event was held Thursday, October 21, 2004 at
the SAS Soccer Park in Cary, NC.
Last season, the Blue Bears finished fifth at the
championships. This season, freshman Darius Shade gave the individual
champion (Larry Marshall) a run for the money finishing 11 seconds behind
the winner. LC had two other individuals finish in the top twenty, Kareem
Nembhard and Abel Haile. Transfer triple jumper Christopher Brown was the
fourth to score while Marshon Winters was the last.
North Carolina Central won the meet by one point over
repeat champion Saint Augustine’s.
The Lady Blue Bears ran with all their heart and
finished fifth overall. The team comprised of two basketball players,
Jennifer Plymouth and Crystal Jones, two hurdlers, Neia Smith and Jessica
Howard, and two mid-distance runners Che’la Maddan and Ronnera Nash.
(Men's Results)
Livingstone
at the 2004 Wingate University XC Invitational Photo Gallery
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