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 68^th in 30:55. New comer Lavernon “JD” Spivey was 75^th in 31:44. Chris Brown and Robert Blackwell finished out the scorers for Livingstone in 101^st and 105^th position. Livingstone averaged 31:09 per mile and finished 11^th out of the 15^th, with 278 points.

The Livingstone Lady Blue Bears finished 14^th out of 14 at the great American Festival. Jennifer Plymouth led the Lady Blue Bears crossing the line at 72^nd in 24:45. Rashel Boone and Che’la Madden finished together at 74^th and 75^th in 24:48 and 24:51. Jessica Howard ran the 5K in 28:48 for 89^th and Peguy Pierre finished in 95^th in 30:48. Lisa Donatien’s points did not count towards the teams total as she was 96^th in 31 minutes.

Livingstone will look to improve on its team finish this Saturday, October 1 at the Hagan Stone Park XC Classic in Greensboro, NC.

Sept. 24, 2005

Great American XC Festival

SAS Soccer Park, 

Cary, NC

8K Course

Results