LADY EAGLES PLACE 23RD AT NCAA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP NCCU
First HBCU to Compete at NCAA Division II Women's Cross Country Championship
November 18, 2006
PENSACOLA, FLA. -- North Carolina Central University finished 23rd out of 24 teams at the 2006 NCAA Division II Women's Cross Country National Championship on Saturday (Nov. 18) in Pensacola, Fla., yet made history by becoming the first historically black institution to compete at the national championship event.
CIAA Runner of the Year freshman Ashley Cooke (Hampton, Va.) led
the Lady Eagles by placing 103rd (22:56.4).
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23. 644 N.C. Central (23:31.9 117:39.2)
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1 103 Ashley Cooke 22:56.4
2 121 Yolanda Barber 23:15.4
3 132 Erinn Brooks 23:30.1
4 141 Latanya Lesine 23:50.1
5 147 Aisha Brown 24:07.4
6 (158) Desinia Johnson 25:16.5
7 (161) Lakisha Gantt 26:11.2