CVAC Announces All-Time Cross Country Teams
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Saturday, October 21, 2006
CVAC Announces All Time Cross Country Team
Beginning in 2007-08, the Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference will become Conference Carolinas, and to help commemorate the new era for the conference, All-Time Teams will be selected for each of the conference's 14 championship sports. In conjunction with the 2006 CVAC Cross Country Championships, ten member men's and women's teams were announced with the 2006 All CVAC teams.
"Conference Members are excited to honor the best athletes of an era when competition was intense," stated Commissioner Alan Patterson. Certainly the level of competition will only increase in the Conference Carolinas. The singe change is that the name better reflects the location of members based in a geographical area that is highly regarded throughout the country."
Student-athletes were nominated by and voted on by CVAC institutions. Only those student athletes who competed or have competed in the CVAC for a minimum of two seasons are eligible for inclusion. Active student-athletes who meet the criteria were also eligible.
The All Time All CVAC Cross Country team was comprised from nominees from current member schools Anderson University, Barton College, Belmont Abbey College, Coker College, Converse College, Lees-McRae College, Limestone College, Mount Olive College, Pfeiffer University, Queens University of Charlotte, St. Andrews Presbyterian College and former High Point University and Longwood University.
Men's Cross Country All Time All CVAC Team:
Brian Knapp Lees-McRae, 2001-04
Earned 1st Team All Region three times, 1st Team All CVAC once, and 3rd Team All CVAC twice; was also Lees-McRae's 1st Track and Field All American, was also a two time Academic All American
Derick Williamson Lees-McRae, 1999-00
Earned 1st Team All CVAC twice, All Region once, Academic All American
Justin McKenzie Lees-McRae, 1996-99
Earned 1st and 3rd Team All CVAC once, 2nd Team All CVAC twice
Lewis Martin Lees-McRae, 2003-05
Earned 1st Team All CVAC three times, 1st Team All Region twice, holds the school record from 3k to 10k both indoor and outdoor, earned CVAC Freshman of the Year in 2003, as well as CVAC Runner of the Year in 2005.
Andrew Walton Lees-McRae, 2003-04
Earned 2nd Team All CVAC twice, 1st Team All Region once.
Larry Adamson Belmont Abbey, 1997-00
Earned 1st Team All CVAC four times and 1st Team All Region once, holds school record with a time of 27:04, won Belmont Abbey Student Athlete of the Year Award as a senior.
Josh Godfrey Barton, 1999-02
Earned 1st Team All CVAC three times, Honorable Mention once; top runner in history of Barton's cross country program.
David Duggan High Point, 1995-96
Earned Runner of the Year in 1995 and '96, finished
5th in the 1995 NCAA Regional, finished 8th
at the 1996 NCAA Regional, seven top ten finished in his two year
career, including three first place finishes.
Aaron Brantly Queens, 2000-03
Earned 1st Team All CVAC, All Region twice.
Chris Miller St. Andrews, 2004-05
Earned 1st Team All CVAC, All Region twice.
Women's Cross Country All Time All CVAC Team:
Jessi Blackwood Lees-McRae, 1996-99
Earned 1st Team All CVAC four times, was also an Academic All American all four years.
Amanda Cook Lees-McRae, 1998-01
Earned 1st Team All CVAC four times, 1999 and 2001 Runner of the Year, won the NCAA Regional in 2001, finished 22nd at Nationals, was also an Academic All American in her junior and senior years.
Mickey Francis Belmont Abbey, 1997-99
Earned 1st Team All CVAC twice, Honorable Mention once.
Carin Burkett Barton, 2000-03
Earned 2nd Team All CVAC three times.
Beth (Schultz) Martin Mount Olive, 2002-03
Earned 1st Team All CVAC twice, Runner of the Year in 2002 and 2003, finished 2nd at the NCAA Regional's, set school record in 5K, one of only two student athletes in CVAC history to win Women's Runner of the Year in back to back years.
Sarah Terry Queens, 2002-05
Earned 2nd Team All CVAC twice, Honorable Mention once, was also a two time Academic All American.
Kelly Chaplin St. Andrews, 2003-05
Earned 16 top ten finishes in 22 career races, three time All CVAC and two time All Region, was also an Academic All American.
Jennifer Hitt Anderson, 2004-05
Earned 1st Team All CVAC twice, Freshman of the Year 2004, Runner of the Year 2005.
Ashley Smoak Anderson, 2001-04
Earned 1st Team All CVAC twice, Honorable Mention twice, first Anderson runner to qualify for the NCAA Championships.
Jessica Merrill Anderson, 1999-02
Earned 1st Team All CVAC once, 2nd Team All CVAC once, led Anderson to its first CVAC Championship in 2002.
