- October 18th, 2008, 11:28 pm
#203354
I don't think many on this board recognize just how good Sammy is right now ...
Terre Haute Tribune-Star wrote:Liberty’s Chelanga pushes self to record time in men’s NCAA cross-country raceAnd for those of us who really like the chances of the National Championship staying at LU, check this out ...
By Craig Pearson
The Tribune-Star
TERRE HAUTE — The NCAA championships are more than a month away at LaVern Gibson Championship Course and a favorite for the men’s individual title emerged Saturday in Terre Haute in the 8,000-meter white race.
Kenyan Sam Chelanga of Liberty University one-upped training partner and former teammate Josh McDougal’s 8K record by five seconds with a time of 22 minutes, 51.3 seconds. McDougal went on to win the 2007 NCAA title after his Pre-Nationals showing one year ago.
Chelanga was on another level compared to his competition Saturday.
ISU coach John McNichols was equally amazed by Chelanga’s performance.Click Here for Full Story
“That was unbelievable. To see somebody go out in a field like this and make it look like a high school senior running against a junior high team, that’s just unbelievable. That’s the national champion we were looking at. No guarantees obviously, but we sure haven’t seen anyone else in the country that looks like that.”