2015 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagle Men's Cross Country News
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – When the Ohio Valley Conference announced its Team Academic Achievement Awards, Tennessee Tech came away with one team honor as the Men's Track and Field team claimed the award for that sport.
Tennessee Tech University will recognize and honor its student-athletes with the first Golden Wings Awards Show, to be streamed LIVE on the OVC Digital Network on Tuesday, April 26. The event is NOT open to the public, but the webstream will show every minute of the event and is free.
Lessons learned as disciplined distance runners for the Tennessee Tech cross country and track & field teams are serving three Golden Eagles as their plans include careers in the U.S. military.
Tennessee Tech junior Geoffrey Sambu placed 34th individually at the NCAA South Regional cross country championships at Harry Pritchett Running Park, the lone Golden Eagle runner to cross the finish line.
Two members of the Tennessee Tech men’s cross country team and six from the women’s squad will compete Friday in the NCAA South Regional, hosted by the University of Alabama at Harry Pritchett Running Park in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Junior Geoffrey Sambu repeated his all-conference performance, placing 13th individually to capture second-team honors while leading the Tennessee Tech men’s cross country team to ninth place at the Ohio Valley Conference Championships Saturday in Murray, Ky.
The Tennessee Tech cross country teams will put the last three months of training into what should be their best effort Saturday morning at the Ohio Valley Conference championships in Murray, Ky.
Paced by former junior college All-American Purity Murray’s personal-best time, the Tennessee Tech women’s cross country team placed 16th in an outstanding field of 26 teams at the Alabama Crimson Classic Friday evening at the Harry Pritchett Park. The Golden Eagle men’s team, which started the race with only five runners, did not record a team score as one Golden Eagle runner was unable to finish the event due to cramps.
The Tennessee Tech cross country teams have one final tuneup race before competing at the end of the month in the Ohio Valley Conference Championships, and what a meet it will be. The Golden Eagles are set to run Friday afternoon in the Crimson Classic, hosted by the University of Alabama.
The Tennessee Tech women’s cross country team earned a sixth place finish among the 14 Division I teams in their event at the Greater Louisville Classic Saturday morning, and the Golden Eagle men finished 10th among 14 Division programs in their race.
The Tennessee Tech cross country teams will head to Louisville, Ky., this weekend to compete in their largest races of the season at the Greater Louisville Classic.
Geoffrey Sambu posted the 11th fastest 8K time in Tennessee Tech men's cross country history, and two other Golden Eagles recorded personal-best times as Tech placed 16th among 20 teams Saturday morning at the Commodore Classic, hosted by Vanderbilt University at Nashville's Percy Warner Park.
Another chellenging race is in store Saturday for the Tennessee Tech men's and women's cross country teams when they run in the Commodore Classic, hosted by Vanderbilt University. The races will take place at the Vaughn's Gap Cross Country Course at Percy Warner Park in Nashville.
Runners of every ability (including no ability to run whatsoever), especially kids, will have a rare opportunity Friday evening to "run" with members of the Tennessee Tech cross country teams, who hail from across the nation and around the world. It's a special jog around Dogwood Park with the Golden Eagles as part of the Centennial Community Kickoff event.
Tennessee Tech cross country and track & field coach Wayne Angel is looking for someone to serve as the team manager for the 2015-16 seasons.
Geoffrey Sambu and Daniel Williamson led the way as the Tennessee Tech men's cross country team posted three career-best times and placed eighth among 12 teams at the Furman Invitational Saturday morning.
