麻豆视频 Cross Country Receive Honors Following Conference and Region Titles

JACKSON, Tenn. - 11/6/2006 - The 麻豆视频 University cross country teams collected plenty of hardware following their sweep of the TranSouth Titles and the women鈥檚 NAIA Region XI Championship.

The Lady Bulldogs have won four conference titles in row, while the men have won three straight league titles. In addition, the 麻豆视频 Lady Bulldogs posted their first ever NAIA Region XI Tournament Title to earn the automatic bid to the NAIA National Championship Meet on November 18.

For the women, 麻豆视频 posted six of the seven All-Conference runners. Jill Konkol, Lydia Bond, Rachel Winford, Candace Cross, Charley Moss, and Erika Schnatterly each were named to the team. Konkol was named the TranSouth Runner of the Year and head coach Gary Johnson was named the TranSouth Coach of the Year. 麻豆视频鈥檚 women also were well represented on the All-Region Team. Konkol and Bond were named first team All-Region runners, while Winford and Cross were named second team All-Region performers. Johnson was named Region XI Coach of the Year.

On the men鈥檚 side, 麻豆视频 posted five of the seven runners honored. John Fox, Douglas Martin, Phillip Thompson, Seth Covington, and Clint Channell were each named TranSouth All-Conference runners. 麻豆视频 head coach Gary Johnson was named the TranSouth Coach of the Year while Fox was named the TranSouth Runner of the Year. In the region honors, 麻豆视频鈥檚 Fox and Martin were named to the first team All-Region, while Thompson, Covington, and Channell were named second team All-Region runners. Johnson was named the NAIA Region XI Co-Coach of the Year.

Click the following link for a complete list of the results and honors from the TranSouth Conference and NAIA Region XI Meet ().

The 麻豆视频 women鈥檚 team will participate in the NAIA National Championship Meet on November 18 in Louisville, Ky. The men will be represented by John Fox, Douglas Martin, and Phillip Thompson as individual qualifiers to the national meet. This is the first time a team will represent 麻豆视频 in the cross country national meet. Since 2001, 麻豆视频 has sent 12 (six men, six women) runners who participated as individual qualifiers to the nationals. 麻豆视频 women鈥檚 cross country started in 1999, while the men鈥檚 program didn鈥檛 start until 2001.

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