Sunday, November 21, 2010

2010 NCAA Cross Country Championships (Day 1-Saturday)

Course Preview and the Team Banquet....

The NCAA National Championship Races will be held Monday, November 22 in Terre Haute, Indiana...

You can WATCH the 2010 NCAA Cross Country Championships on Monday at 12PM (EST) HERE

The Richmond Spiders Cross Country Team at the 2010 NCAA national Cross Country Championships in Terre Haute, Indiana.

NOTE: Double click on each photo to enlarge...

(R-L)-Front Row--Conor Phelan, Adam Owens...2nd Row--Coach Steve Taylor, Coach Lori Taylor, Amy Van Alstine, Assistant Men's Coach, Jon Molz...3rd Row--Matt Llano, Levi Grandt, Jon Wilson...4th Row--Andrew Benford, Chris York, Jason Skipper, Tim Quinn

Amy Van Alstine will run the women's NCAA National Championship race on Monday. Here she previews the course with men's assistant coach, Jon Molz.
...Our men at 3K of the course preview. (R-L) Jon Wilson, Conor Phelan, Matt Llano, Jason Skipper, Andrew Benford, Tim Quinn, Adam Owens, Chris York and Levi Grandt...
Amy Van Alstine and assistant men's coach Jon Molz...
...just past 8K...

Amy Van Alstine running with assistant men's coach, Jon Molz...
...at 8.5K...
...at 9K...
DFD's...
Matt Llano and Chris York doing a few drills post run...
Post run drills... (R-L)...Front Row--Conor Phelan, Amy Van Alstine, Adam Owens...Middle Row--Matt Llano, Levi Grandt, Jon Wilson...Back Row--Andrew Benford, Chris York, Jason Skipper, Tim Quinn
Coach Lori Taylor with Amy Van Alstine after the course preview...
The dinner program...
Jason Skipper with Joan Benoit Samuelson. Jason's mom was a teammate with her in college at NC State.
Our team...
...and from the other direction...
The banquet room...
The video board...We watched highlights from Joan Benoit's 1984 Olympic Marathon win and last years NCAA Cross Country Championships...

Levi Grandt...
Larry Rawson was the MC for the banquet...
Luke hanging with the "racers"...

Here's what happens when you try to take a photo with Luke near...

...and here's what happens when you let him hold the camera...

Spiders Set For The National Scene

Richmond cross country ready to take on the top 30 teams in the nation

By KC Krismiller
UR SID

Nov. 20, 2010

UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND - The Richmond Spiders are in Terre Haute, Ind. this weekend, preparing for the 2010 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships on Monday, Nov. 22. Redshirt-senior Amy Van Alstine will compete in the women's 6K race at 12:08 p.m. and the men's team will participate in the men's 10K at 12:48 p.m.

The Championships are hosted by Indiana State University and will take place at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course at the Wabash Valley Family Sports Center in Terre Haute. Both races will be streaming live through the NCAA website. To watch them live, follow the link.

The Spider men's team consists of seven runners and one alternate, including redshirt-senior Andrew Benford, junior Levi Grandt, redshirt-senior Matt Llano, sophomore Conor Phelan (Alternate), senior Tim Quinn, Jason Skipper, redshirt-senior Jon Wilson, and sophomore Chris York. The men's 10K will consist of 256 men, including the seven Spiders. To view the map of the men's course, click here.

This will not be the first National Championship for redshirt-senior Matt Llano. In 2008, he represented the University of Richmond as in individual in the men's 10K race, and finished.... READ MORE HERE

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