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8 Knights Athletics “I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.” - Voltaire St. Andrews Cross Country Finishes Strong Danielle Heider The St. Andrews Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams ended their season in December finishing strong within the Southeastern Division. “This was definitely the best season to date for the St. Andrews Cross Country team,” stated Coach Gary Aycock. While the men’s season began with an accident to one of their key runners, Adam Vicks and the loss of two fi^shmen recruits, team members overcame obstacles to win their first ever Southeast Regional Championship tide qualifying for the A A A 2006 Men's Cross Country learn at Nationals. Some of the Women .V Cross Country team cam to root them on. Pic ture courtesy of Gary AycocL On September 21, 2006 Adam Vick, the number five runner for ‘"‘the Men’s fcfoss country‘team and team co captain, was running the normal route when he was hit by a car that sent him 55 feet in the air. Vick’s accident had a heavy impact on the team. “We were trying to keep thoughts positive,” said Aycock. Si. Andrews 2006-2007 Cross Country Team. Back Row (Left to Right): Head Coach Gary Aycock, Ryan Janes, Brad McKee, Mitchell Cooper, James Lloyd, Patrick Hogan, Adam Vick, Tim Bourke, Perry Morris, Pedro Tapia Jr., Assistant Coach Jim Walters Bottom Row: Veronica Gobeyn, Aly- son Trovato, Tessa Frcmz, Heather WM)dard, India Hill, Jordan Copp, Leah Nicholson, Bonnie MacDonald Rachael Ambrosia, Lauren Crabb. Picture courtesy of Rooney Coffman. “Adam Vicks accident was a final poll. The team spent four huge psychological obstacle.” days in Florida where they Despite the hurdles, not only competed but helped the men’s team pulled through build a house for Habitat for and demonstrated what they Humanity. The team also wereczqjableof. Mitch Cooper received national recognition was named the 2006 Runner when CBS did a feature story on of the Year after winning the men’s cross country team, the CVAC Championship The St. Andrews and Pedro Tapia Jr. was Women’s Cross Country team aw^ded CVAC Freshmen of also had a break through season the Year. Additionally, the as they completed the season men’s team traveled to the with a seventh place finish out University of West Florida where they participated in the 2006 NCAA Division II National Championships where they placed 23”^ in the of 19 teams within the CVAC Southeast Regional. The seventh place finish is a large improvementfi-omthe ’ 05 season and is the best finish within the program history. Furthermore, Sophomore Alyson Trovato was recognized as the Runner of the Week within the CVAC conference. While Cross Country is not a mainstream sport, not very many people know the effort that is put forth in training for the events. 2005 Freshmen of the Year and 2006 Runner of Year, Mitch Cooper stated, “Not to many of the faculty, staff and students know about what comes into the training process.” Cross Country team members are dedicated to training year round. While members of the Men’s Cross Country team run 70 miles a week, members of the Women’s team run 50 miles a week. “In addition to the running that team members do, we cross train doing range of motion exercises in the pool and working out in the gym,” stated Aycock. “I’m really proud of how the Cross Country team stuck together and for their hard work,” stated Coach Gary Aycock. With a strong recruiting, Aycock feels that the upcoming ’07 season will have further accomplishments. Cross Country team members train on a year round basis to prepare for the following season. **********Forfurther information about the Cross Ctnmiry teams please contact Gary Aycock at AycOckgp@sapc. edu.********** March 2007 Sports Schedule Notes: 1 2 T VS- Queens (3:30) (TVAC Basketball Toumey 3 WCi % Lkn«5tone (AH D^) BBvs. Barton (13:00) ML % Mereyhurat (12:00) CVAC Basketball Towney 4 .5 6 1 8 9 10 W(i % LiiiMMone (All Di^) M (1 ;00> Mi % Florida Tech (All Day) W(i @ Limestone (All Day) MCi % Florida Tech ( All Day) BBvs. N- (ireenville (1:00) SB Francis Marion (1 rOO) BB @ Lander (3:00) SB vs West Va Tech (1:30) SB @ N. (ireenville (2:00) ML@N.Y I.T. (3:00) WL vs. Regi.s(3:00) B8 vs Bdfaont AWwy ( 11 12 1.-5 14 15 16 17 MfL vs, Kiixfacth (12.00) BBw BelfMmiAbbey(liOO) M vs (llenville Slate (1W) ML#Biy«il(l:00> T vs Lat^'ette (2:30) WL vs. New Hax-en (4:00) SB @ Limestone (2:00) ML vs. Belmont Abb^ (3 30) BB @ UNC-Pembroke (6:00) SB vs. Mount Olive (2:00) MTvs tlmwan (3:00) tv».lisfcuic(ll:00/l;0a) BB # Mount OUVB (12:00) WL vs. Belmont Abb^ (1:00) ML vs Wingate (3:00) T*F@UNCP(A11D(^) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 BB 9 Meant Olive (1 :U0) HB^CnkcrarOO) (lolf hosts SA Invite (All Day) (xolf hof(te SA imnte (Ait Oay) BB vst. Cata'wha (2:00) T@ Pfeiffer (3:00) ML vs. Queens (4:00) BB vs. Wingate 02:00) T&F ig) IJNC-W. (All Ds^) T @ NortlvSourh (TEA) BB @ AodctsuD (12.00) SB vs. Uclmont Abbey (1:00) WL vs. Lccs-McKac (3;(X)j T*F @ ONC-W. (All Day) T % North«oai}i|TBAV 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 M vs. AdelpM (12:00) HI Amfcnoa (1:00) SU « I'sycOcviUc St a 00) WLvs.Qugciu(3:00) rttNnnh'SaaliKTSA) Chowan (1:00) SB vs St. Aug's (2:00) ■% Si3 vs. Chowan (2:30) WL VS- NC Wesleyan (4:30) « -s V ^ M(i % Camp Lejeane (All D^) MG @ Camp Lcjcuoc (All Day) BB vs. Coker (12:00) T @ Limcstunc (1:00) ML @ Prest^rterian (2:00) MBB - Men’s Basketball Wr. - Wrestling BB — Baseball SB-Softball ML — Men's Lacrosse Schedule Key MG - Men’s Golf WG —Women's Golf MT — Men’s Tennis WT- Women i Tennis T— Both Men i 6 Women's Tennis T&F - Track & Field WL — Women i Lacrosse
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