Norfolk State men's  cross country teams won the 2010 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Cross Country Championship titles Saturday morning at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in Princess Anne, Md.

The Norfolk Spartans, who won their 10^th title in 11 years, had five athletes finish among the top 15 and earn All-MEAC honors. They scored a total of 34 points and as a team averaged 25:24.00 on the 8K course.

Florida A&M sophomore Shuaib Winters won the men's race to earn Outstanding Performer honors. Winters set a course record and ran a personal best time of 24:31.30. The previous mark 24:52.70 was held by St. Francis' Chris Mills at this year's UMES Cappy Anderson Invite.

"I am really happy with my performance. I ran a good race and I am very excited," explained Winters."My goals coming in were to run a personal best time and win the race and fortunately I was able to do both".

Norfolk State's Kenneth Giles earned Outstanding Coaching honors for the 10^th time in his career.

"We punched all the right buttons to have the team prepared for today," said Giles.  The team did an outstanding job and we are excited about continuing our season at the NCAA regionals".

In team results, Maryland Eastern Shore totaled 85 points for a second place finish. Howard (92), Hampton (112) and Florida A&M (12) rounded out the top five. 

 

Men's All-MEAC Team (Top 15 Finishes)

1. Shuaib Winters, Florida A&M                          24:31.30
2. Vincent Rono, Norfolk State                           24:40.90
3. Amos Kipkosgei, Norfolk State                      24:58.90
4. Josef Tessema, Norfolk State                        25:00.60
5. Basil Melek, Maryland Eastern Shore              25:04.80
6. David Kimani, Hampton                                 25:41.90
7. Peter Sang, Maryland Eastern Shore              25:44.60
8. Amon Kiprotich, Maryland Eastern Shore        25:54.30
9.  Aaron Harrison, Howard                                25:54.40
10. Michael Gallion, Howard                               26:03.90
11. Lamere Buchanan, Florida A&M                    26:04.40
12. Philemon, Kimutai, Norfolk State                  26:06.20
13. Kameron George, Norfolk State                    26:13.40
14. Andre McDonald, Delaware State                 26:28.30
15.  Shadrack Maritim, Maryland Eastern Shore   26:33.40

Men's Team Results
1.  Norfolk State                                          34
2.  Maryland Eastern Shore                          85
3.  Howard                                                  92
4.  Hampton                                                112
5.  Florida A&M                                           120
6.  Delaware State                                       125
7.  North Carolina A&T                                 199
8.  South Carolina State                               203
9.  Morgan State                                         219
10. Coppin State                                         226
11. Bethune-Cookman                                  255