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November 14, 2024
Men's Cross Country

RICHMOND, Va. – The Vincennes University Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams closed out their 2024 season Tuesday morning with a strong performance at the 2024 NJCAA Half Marathon Championships. Both the VU men’s and women’s teams earned seventh place finishes as a team in the 13.1 mile race hosted at Dorey Park in Richmond, Va. The day began with the women’s race, which saw the Trailblazers again paced by freshman Sarra Belgacem (Tunis, Tunisia) who’s time of 1:32:10.2 placed her 27th overall.

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Schedule Tabs

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EIU Walt Crawford Open at EIU Walt Crawford Open
3rd
Charleston, IL
John McNichols Invite at John McNichols Invite
18th
Terre Haute, IN
Nike XC Town Twilight at Nike XC Town Twilight
NS
Terre Haute, IN
Live in Lou Classic at Live in Lou Classic
4th
Louisville, KY
Angel Mounds Invitational at Angel Mounds Invitational
10th
Evansville, IN
NJCAA XC Regionals at NJCAA XC Regionals
1st
Normal, IL
NJCAA Division I XC Nationals at NJCAA Division I XC Nationals
14th
Richmond, VA
NJCAA Half Marathon Championships at NJCAA Half Marathon Championships
7th
Richmond, VA
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Standings

Standings
teams Conf Overall
Heartland Community College
16-4 26-13
Parkland College
15-5 24-11
John Wood Community College
17-7 21-19
Lincoln Land Community College
12-8 22-13
Lewis & Clark Community College
10-14 21-21
Danville Area Community College
9-15 10-24
Vincennes University
6-14 16-24
Illinois Central College
6-14 11-30
Spoon River College
5-15 14-23
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Recent news

Men's Cross Country
Aug. 21
Baseball

VINCENNES, Ind. - John Meeks, an experienced athletics administrator with an academic ethos, is the new Vincennes University Director of Athletics. VU President Dr. Chuck Johnson proudly announced the appointment of Meeks on Wednesday, August 21, during a VU Board of Trustees meeting.  Meeks is a former college basketball coach currently serving as the Director of Athletics at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, Washington. He will begin his role leading VU Athletics on Monday, Sept. 9.

Jul. 18
Baseball

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The 2023-24 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Academic awards were announced Thursday, with Vincennes University well represented. First came the announcement of the 2023-24 Academic Teams of the Year, with teams needing to hold a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better to be honored. Nearly 1,200 teams were named across the NJCAA members colleges and sports, with Vincennes University being named twice.

Nov. 15
Men's Cross Country

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The 2023 Vincennes University Cross Country season came to a close Tuesday with the running of the 2023 NJCAA Half Marathon National Championships at John Hunt Park. Members of the VU men’s and women’s Cross Country teams took part in the grueling 13.1 mile run and came away with an 18th place finish for the men’s team and an outstanding 10th place finish for the VU women’s team. The VU men’s team was led by freshman Cody Noel (Hebron, Ind.) who finished with a time of 1:16:45.9, finishing 56th overall out of 155 runners.

Nov. 12
Men's Cross Country

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Vincennes University Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams entered the NJCAA Division I National Championship meet Saturday morning ranked No. 24 and No. 21 respectively. Both teams were able to place ahead of these rankings Saturday morning at John Hunt Park in Alabama, with VU women’s team taking home 18th overall and the VU men’s team placing 23rd overall. The No. 24 VU men’s team got the day started with the Men’s 8K and were led by a very strong finish by freshman Cody Noel (Hebron, Ind.) who finished with a time of 26:22.5 to place 71st overall out of 208 runners.

Oct. 26
Men's Cross Country

CHARLESTON, Ill. – The No. 21-ranked Vincennes University Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams began their 2023 postseason Thursday afternoon with the 2023 NJCAA Region 24 Championships hosted at Eastern Illinois University. The Blazers were one of three teams competing Thursday but were again in a unique situation, being the only Division I team competing, with Heartland CC and Kaskaskia College both being Division II in Cross Country. The day began with the women’s 5k and the No. 21 VU women’s team more than held their own, with four of the Blazers’ six runners posting season best times.

Oct. 13
Men's Cross Country

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The No. 20-ranked Vincennes University Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams bounced back after a tough meet two weeks ago in Louisville with a solid performance Friday morning at the Angel Mounds Invitational hosted by the University of Evansville. The day began with the women’s race, which was one kilometer longer than the usual cross country races on VU’s schedule this season, running a 6k race Friday morning. The Trailblazers women’s team was led by freshman Adi Fuller (Evansville, Ind.) who put together a really good race in front of her hometown crowd.

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