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NCAA Cross Country Championships
Alabama’s Alfred Chelanga to Run at NCAA Cross Country Championships Saturday
11/16/2018 11:20:00 AM | Track & Field, Cross Country
Crimson Tide senior running with the nation’s best in Wisconsin this weekend
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama senior Alfred Chelanga will cap off the 2018 cross country season when he competes at the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Saturday, Nov. 17 at the Zimmer Championship Course in Madison, Wis. The men's 10,000-meter race will get underway at 11:45 a.m. CT. Chelanga is making his second-consecutive appearance at the NCAA Championships this season. He finished 37th in 2017 to earn All-America honors and help lead the Tide men to a 14th-place finish in Louisville, Ky.
Alabama at the NCAA Championships
Alabama has recorded 14 top-25 team finishes at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, including three consecutive top-10 finishes in 2007 (sixth), 2008 (10th) and 2009 (third). Thirteen Crimson Tide runners have earned All-America honors, including German Beltran (1989), Faizal Emamaullee (1995), Tim Broe (1996, 1999), Chris Mutai (1999), David Kimani (2000, 2002), Augustus Maiyo (2007), Emmanuel Bor (2009), Tyson David (2009), Moses, Kiptoo (2009), Julius Bor (2010), Alfred Chelanga (2017), Gilbert Kigen (2017) and Vincent Kiprop (2017).
Chelanga Named South Region Runner of the Year
Senior Alfred Chelanga was named the NCAA South Region Men's Runner of the Year after capturing the NCAA South Region individual championship on Nov. 9 at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Fla. Chelanga circled the 10k course in 30:59.2 to secure the victory. He is the sixth men's South Region individual champion and regional runner of the year in Alabama history and joins Antibahs Kosgei (2015) and Gilbert Kigen (2017) as the third Tide runner to win the regional meet and runner of the year in the last four seasons. David Kimani won three regional races and awards from 2000-02.
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