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Alabama Cross Country Sweeps Individual Titles at SEC Championships Friday Morning

Mercy Chelangat won her second-consecutive SEC title, while Eliud Kipsang won the men’s championship, with both wins coming in course-record times



Alabama swept the individual titles at the 2021 Southeastern Conference Cross Country Championships Friday morning in Columbia, Mo., with Mercy Chelangat winning her second-consecutive title, while Eliud Kipsang won the men's championship.

Chelangat is the first member of the UA women's team to win back-to-back SEC titles and her win marks just the second time the Crimson Tide has won consecutive individual titles, with the first coming in 1987 and 1988. Chelangat's and Kipsang's wins also mark just the second time Alabama has won the men's and women's races in the same year, and the first time since 1988.

Both Chelangat and Kipsang won with course records. Chelangat became the first woman to cover the 6-kilometer Gans Creek Cross Country course in under 20 minutes, going 19:55.2, while Kipsang lowered the 8-kilometer course standard to 23:33.5.

Over a rain-soaked course, the women finished third in the team race after tallying 91 points, while the men took fourth after totaling 132 points. In addition to Chelangat's win, Flomena Asekol took seventh, Amaris Tyynismaa was 8th, Esther Gitahi took 11th and Leahrose Mami rounded out the Tide's scoring five after taking 69th place. For the men, Kipsang was followed by Victor Kiprop in fourth, Hillary Cheruiyot in 22nd, Gavin Saacke in 55th and Carson Burian in 56th.

Home town write up on one of the recent Track and Field signees

Ulanda Lewis signed by University of Alabama

Vincentian Ulanda Lewis has been added to the University of Alabama Track and Field roster for 2021/2022. This was revealed on the university’s website recently.

Lewis, who turns 17 in December, has been able to ink the deal based on her consistent times in the 100m and 200m.

A former student of the Buccament Government School and the Barrouallie Secondary School, Lewis has been making a name for herself, both locally and regionally.

Lewis has racked up several record-breaking performances. At the primary school level, she holds the 150m Under-15. At the secondary school level, she is the record holder for the Junior Girls 100m, as well as the Intermediate 100, 200 and 400m.

Nationally, Lewis has pouched the Inter-Secondary Schools’ intermediate records in the 100, 200 and 400m, along with the St Vincent and the Grenadines Under-20, 100 and 200m best times.

In Lewis’ second year at the Junior Carifta Games in the Cayman Islands, the 15-year-old then, took bronze in the Under-17 100 and 200m.

Thus, she became the youngest participant to have medalled at that edition of the Games.

Also, in 2019, Lewis took the 100 and 200m gold medals at the Windward Islands Secondary Schools’ Games in Dominica and had a record -breaking run in the Under-17 100m at the Whitsuntide Games in Grenada, leaving the best mark, which stood since 2001, to be history.

Her performances overall that year, earned Lewis the Junior Sportswoman title at the National Sports Awards, held in 2020.

Additionally, Lewis has picked up several sports, academics and leadership awards at the Barrouallie Secondary, where she graduated this year after completing five years at the institution.

Lewis is expected to travel to the USA to begin her new exposure in January, 2022.

SEARCHLIGHT congratulates Lewis on gaining her Athletics Scholarship.

Alabama resumes competition this spring with a rematch against Clemson, hitting the road to take on the Tigers on Feb. 26.

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Being named Assistant Coach for the USA 2021 Short Course World Championship Team is an incredible honor and opportunity. I am humbled to represent our country with the rest of the staff and our amazing team. Let’s GO! #RTR

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Georgia take's the set and the match.

We are back in action on Wednesday at Mississippi State at 7 p.m.

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Alabama Cross Country Earns a League-Best 10 All-SEC Honors Following 2021 SEC Championships

In addition to sweeping the individual SEC titles, Alabama was the only program to bring home double-digit All-SEC accolades

In addition to sweeping the individual titles at the 2021 Southeastern Conference Cross Country Championships, Alabama was the only program to earn double digit All-SEC honors this season, totaling a league-best 10 accolades.

This year's individual champions, Mercy Chelangat in a repeat win in the women's race, and Eliud Kipsang, both earned First Team All-SEC honors. Flomena Asekol earned first-team recognition for the women, while Victor Kiprop was first team for the men. Amaris Tyynismaa and Esther Gitahi both earned second-team accolades following the women's race.

The Crimson Tide also made up more than half of the men's Freshman All-SEC squad, with four, including Kiprop, Hillary Cheruiyot, Gavin Saacke and Carson Burian.

Prior to the SEC Championships, Chelangat was voted the women's SEC Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the league's coaches. She is the first member of the UA women's team to earn the academic honor and the only runner in SEC history to both win an SEC title and earn SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors in women's cross country.

After finishing third in the women's race and fourth in the men's, the Crimson Tide returns to action Friday, Nov. 15 at the NCAA South Regional Championships in Huntsville, Ala.

Alabama Soccer Opens SEC Tournament Against Ole Miss

The Crimson Tide will battle Ole Miss Tuesday in a 2:30 p.m. CT game

The Alabama soccer team (10-8-1, 5-4-1 SEC) opens play at the Southeastern Conference Tournament at the Orange Beach Sportsplex at Orange Beach, Ala., Tuesday as the sixth-seeded Crimson Tide faces third-seeded Ole Miss (11-4-3, 6-3-1 SEC) in a 2:30 p.m. CT game.

Tuesday's tournament match will air on the SEC Network and will be available through the ESPN app and WatchESPN.com for SEC Network subscribers. Links to live scoring and the stream are available at RollTide.com.