Adams State College Wins Women's and Men's RMAC Cross Country Championships
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - October 25, 2008 - Adams State College won their seventh straight Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference women's cross country championship title and their fourth consecutive RMAC men's cross country championship title. The 2008 RMAC Cross Country Championships were held Oct. 25 in Grand Junction, Colo. at the 27 1/4 Road Motocross Area.
The Grizzlies women's team won the 6K race with 29 points, which was 18 points better than second place Western State. The title was ASC's 22nd overall conference championship title since 1981. Adams State also swept the individual awards with Lavenna Mullenbach earning the RMAC Runner of the Year and J.J. Lende earning the RMAC Freshman of the Year award. Head coach Damon Martin was voted the 2008 RMAC men's and women's cross country coach of the Year.
The ASC men's team finished 29 points ahead of Western State to earn their 31st conference cross country title. Aaron Braun won the men's 8K race to earn the 2008 RMAC Runner of the Year honor. Braun also won the award last year and was named the 2006 RMAC Freshman of Year. New Mexico Highlands Nicaise Kazingo was the first freshman to cross the line and was named the RMAC Freshman of the Year.
Twenty-one student-athletes were named to the All-RMAC women's and men's cross country teams. The first seven place finishers were named to the All-RMAC First Team, while the next seven runners (eighth-14th) were named to the All-RMAC Second Team, and the 15th-21st place finishers earned All-RMAC Third Team honors.
Women's Team
Scores
1 Adams
State, 29
2 Western State,
47
3 Mesa State,
108
4 Metro State,
115
5 UC-Colorado Springs,
140
6 Colorado Mines,
166
7 Nebraska-Kearney,
197
8 Fort Lewis,
223
9 Regis University,
224
10 N.M. Highlands,
272
11 Western N.M.,
317
12 Colorado Christian,
346
13 CSU-Pueblo, 368
RMAC Runner of the Year: Lavenna
Mullenbach, Adams State
RMAC Freshman of the Year: J.J. Lende, Adams
State
RMAC Coach of the Year: Damon Martin, Adams
State
First Team
All-RMAC
Lavenna Mullenbach, Adams
State
Shannon Payne, UC-Colorado
Springs
Heather Wood, Adams
State
J.J. Lende, Adams
State
Julianne Payton, Western
State
Alexis Skarda, Mesa
State
Lisa Thomas, Western State
Second Team
All-RMAC
Hilory Davis, Western
State
Esmeralda Martinez-Ramos, Mesa
State
Sofia Monroe, Adams
State
Janette Cary, Adams
State
Chelsea Rutter, Metro
State
Sarah Lyle, Western
State
Emily Schmidt, Western
State
Third Team
All-RMAC
Melanie Peddle, Colorado
Mines
Ashley Quintana, Adams
State
Danielle Kehoe, Metro
State
Sydney Laws, Colorado
Mines
Alexandra Tayrien, Western
State
Vanessa Roy, Adams
State
Natalia Guerrero, Western
State
Men's Team
Scores
1 Adams State, 20
2 Western State, 49
3 Colorado Mines, 81
4 Metro State, 135
5 N.M. Highlands, 143
6 UC-Colorado Springs, 162
7 Nebraska-Kearney, 184
8 Fort Lewis, 200
9 Western N.M, 303
10 Regis University, 309
11 Colorado Christian, 312
RMAC Runner of the Year: Aaron Braun,
Adams State
RMAC Freshman of the Year: Nicaise Kazingo,
N.M. Highlands
RMAC Coach of the Year: Damon Martin, Adams
State
First Team
All-RMAC
Aaron Braun, Adams
State
Brian Medigovich, Adams
State
Laurent Ngirakamaro, NM
Highlands
Ryan McNiff, Adams
State
Reuben Mwei, Adams
State
Tyler Pennel, Western
State
Iain Donnan, Western State
Second Team
All-RMAC
Babey Wagnew, Adams
State
Loren Ahonen, Western
State
Florian Theophile, Adams State
Ben Zywicki, Colorado
Mines
Nicaise Kazingo, NM
Highlands
Sean Brown, Western
State
Jason Graham, Western State
Third Team
All-RMAC
Sean Cusick, Colorado
Mines
Nate Hatleback, Colorado
Mines
Drew Graham, Adams
State
Drew Soucy, Adams
State
Jacques Annandale, Colorado
Mines
Tyler Rasmussen, Western
State
Tanner Fruit, Nebraska-Kearney
