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CSTV to televise NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The 2007 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Cross Country Championships
will be televised live on CSTV on Monday, November 19, marking the first
time the championships will be seen on live television.
The championships will be held at the Wabash Valley Family Sports
Center, hosted by Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana. The
men's race will start at Noon Eastern time, with the women's race to
follow. The 2007 NCAA Championships will be the fourth straight held by
Indiana State.
At last year's event in Terre Haute, the Colorado men and Stanford women
easily won the team titles.
Led by Brent Vaughn in eighth place, Colorado won the men's title with
94 points, with defending champion Wisconsin finishing well back in
second with 142 points. Iona was third with 172.
Josh Rohatinsky of Brigham Young won the men's individual race in
30:44.9, well ahead of Neftalem Araia of Stanford, second in 30:52.6.
Southern Utah's Jess Baumgartner (30:53.2), Lopez Lomong of Northern
Arizona (30:59.8) and Martin Fagan of Providence (30:01.0) rounded out
the top five.
The Stanford women kept Colorado from sweeping the team competition,
successfully defending their 2005 team title. Led by Arianna Lambie's
overall third-place finish in team scoring, Stanford scored 195 points
to finish ahead of Colorado with 223. Michigan was third with 233.
Underclassmen ruled the individual race as sophomores took the top two
spots. Sally Kipyego of Texas Tech dominated the field in 20:11.1, with
fellow sophomore Jenny Barringer of Colorado the runner-up in 20:37.9.
Lindsay Donaldson, a junior at Yale, was third in 20:42.7, with Lambie
of Stanford fourth (20:43.8) and Julia Lucas of North Carolina State
fifth in 20:47.1.
For more information on the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships,
visit www.ncaachampionships.com.
Olympic gold medalist Taylor dies
According to the Associated Press, two-time Olympic medalist Robert
Taylor died Tuesday at a hospital in Missouri City, Texas, after
becoming ill Monday at the school where he was a teacher. He was 59.
One of the finest sprinters of his era, Taylor won a gold medal in the
4x100m relay and a silver medal in the 100 meters at the 1972 Olympic
Games in Munich, Germany.
"Robert had one of the greatest personalities," friend Terry Henson of
Tyler, Texas, told the Tyler Morning Telegraph. "His ability as an
athlete was unmatched. He never really got his just due on how great an
athlete he really was."
Porter Robinson, who helped coach Taylor at Texas Southern, told The
Associated Press that Taylor had "great, great talent."
At one point during his athletic career Taylor tried out for the Kansas
City Chiefs of the NFL. Although he never made the team, his son Bobby
played for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Seattle Seahawks.
In addition to his wife, son and sister, Taylor is survived by another
son, Jonathan, and daughter Cecilee, both of Houston, and three
brothers, Peter, Elvin and Arthur Taylor, all of Tyler.
A wake was planned Sunday in Houston, with the funeral set for Monday.
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