Both Corey Duquette and Elkana Chepsiror used their finishing speed to take the top spots in the mile and the 1,000-meters, respectively, at the Virginia Tech Challenge on the weekend.
Fernando Cabada led Virginia Intermont College to the school\'s first national championship team title in November and will this weekend attempt to put himself on the US national team at the US World Cross Country Trials in Vancouver, Washington. Cabada was the first American at the NAIA National Championships finishing third behind Kenyans Soimo Kiplagat and Josephat Keino.
Mountain High Running Camp, a dynamic learn-by-doing running camp for high school harriers in southwest Virginia, has teamed up with Mizuno to provide every camper with a pair of professionally fitted running shoes.
Virginia Intermont College\'s Fernando Cabada led a contingent of high performing Cobras at East Tennessee State University\'s Niswonger Invitational this past weekend. Cabada came from behind to out kick a stellar field in the invitational 3,000-meters. His time of 8:08, a nation leading mark, bested runner-up teammate David Cheromei by three seconds. The duo combined to outdistance Liberty\'s Josh McDougal, who in cross-country had beaten both when taking the individual title at the Great American Nike Race of Champions. McDougal had only suffered one loss this entire year, that being at the NCAA Division I XC Championships.
Fresh off leading Virginia Intermont College to the 2004 NAIA National Cross Country Champiopnship title two weeks earlier, Cobra senior All-Americans Fernando Cabada and Corey Duquette took their running to a higher level. Both competed in last weekend
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After sitting atop the NAIA national rankings for most of the season, Virginia Intermont College
After taking the college title at the Winthrop Invitational, Virginia Intermont