Olympic overview: Cross country teams sweep WCC championships, men’s volleyball makes history
The BYU cross country teams continued their sustained excellence with first-place finishes at the West Coast Conference championships and several other BYU teams were in action around the country.
Cross country
Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams took first place in the WCC championships on Feb. 24. The titles marked a six-year streak for the men’s team and a three-year streak for the women’s team.
The men’s team had a score of 25 in the first-place finish with six Cougars finishing in the top 10.
BYU Sweeps 2020 WCC Cross Country Championships
PROVO For the sixth consecutive season, the top-ranked BYU men s cross country team clinched a West Coast Conference title.
For the third-straight year, the women s team is joining them.
The Cougars dominated the conference s 2020 championship meet pushed to Wednesday due to the coronavirus pandemic, led by All-American Conner Mantz, who won his second league title with a winning time of 22 minutes, 54.4 seconds to top the men s race held at Craig Ranch Regional Park in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
The junior Sky View product led six Cougars in the top 10 with his sixth first-place finish of his college career.
Twelve teams that were ranked in the most recent
NCAA Division I Cross Country National Coaches’ Polls descended on the Craig Ranch Regional Park in North Las Vegas today for the Silver State Collegiate Cross Country Challenge.
BYU completed the sweep as the second-ranked men and third-ranked women took home team titles.
Keep reading below to find out what happened in the City of Lights.
Men’s Recap
Northern Arizona put on a racing clinic on Monday.
The top-2 teams in the most recent National Coaches’ Polls battled toe-to-toe over the 8K course at the Craig Ranch Regional Park in North Las Vegas. When the dust settled in the City of Lights, the two teams combined for seven of the top-10 finishers and the second-ranked Cougars pulled out a five-point win thanks to putting four of their runners in the aforementioned top-10.
Charges in Newport News gas station murder in 2019 certified to grand jury
Elijah Armstrong was charged with murder after he allegedly shot and killed a NSU college student at a gas station in Newport News in September 2019. Author: 13News Now Staff Updated: 3:09 PM EST January 22, 2021
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Murder and weapons charges against a man accused of fatally shooting a college student at a gas station in Newport News were certified to a grand jury Friday.
Elijah Dayron Armstrong was charged with first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony after a deadly shooting that happened on September 16, 2019.