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Mckendree Distance Medley NAIA National Champions

March 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Results from the NAIA Indoor Nationals at East Tennessee State in Johnson City, TN

Men’s team 8th with 18 points

 Distance Medley Relay, 1st in 9:59.94…..National Champions…..only eight teams in the NAIA have broken 10:00…..school record

                Senior Mike Mendez ran the  1200m in 3:03.26

                Sophomore Nick Thompson ran the 400m in 49.83

                Senior Devin Williams ran the 800m in 1:51.45

                Sophomore Carison Kemei ran the 1600m in 4:15.13

Carison Kemei, 2nd in the 3000m in 8:08.63…..missed the win by a tenth of a second…..personal record

Blake DeLong, 7th in the 3000m in 8:35.73…..smart race for the freshman from Hillsboro, coming from last at 2000 meters…..big personal record 

Women’s team was 19th with 8 points

 Nadia Moore, 5th in the Triple Jump in 39-4…..all five of her jumps were over 38 feet….personal record

Alex Lo, 3rd in the 3000m Race Walk in 14:38.81…..personal record

LEBANON, Ill., March 6)—The McKendree University men’s distance relay team raced to a national title on the final day of the NAIA Indoor Track and Field National Championship in Johnson City, Tenn.

 
The Bearcats’ quartet of senior Mike Mendez (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield Central), sophomore Nick Thompson (Herrin, Ill./Herrin), senior Devin Williams (East St. Louis, Ill./East St. Louis) and sophomore Carison Kemei (Eldoret, Kenya) won by nearly two seconds over Dakota State University. McKendree posted a final time of 9:59,94 to become one of just a handful of schools to cover the distance in less than 10 minutes at an NAIA championship meet.
 
McKendree’s distance relay championship sparked the men’s team to an eighth-place finish in the final standings. The Bearcats scored 18 points at the meet. Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) won the men’s indoor title with 71 points.
 
In addition to McKendree’s championship in the distance medley relay, the Bearcats received points from Kemei in the 3,000-meter run finals. Kemei finished second in the event in a time of 8:08.63. Freshman Blake DeLong (Hillsboro, Ill./Hillsboro) just missed earning All-America honors, placing seventh in the same race in a time of 8:35.73.
 
In women’s action, McKendree placed 19th overall with eight points. Freshman Nadia Moore (Cahokia, Ill./Cahokia) accounted for the only points for the Bearcat women on Saturday with a fifth-place showing in the triple jump. Moore registered a mark of 11.99 meters, or 39 feet, four inches. The Bearcat women also received points on Friday from junior Alex Po-Man Lo (Hong Kong), who was third in the 3,000-meter race walk.

The women’s title was decided by a single point, as Oklahoma Baptist University edged Wayland Baptist University, 68-67, for the NAIA championship. Simon Fraser University (B.C.) was right behind in third place with 66 points.

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