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Sheila Reid leads Villanova to 9th NCAA Championship
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Villanova women celebrating with their National Championship trophy.
Photo courtesy of Chris Nickinson of Runnerspace.com
Sheila Reid played her cards perfectly in today's NCAA Cross Country Championships in Terre Haute, Indiana.
It was a very windy, though comfortably warm, day in Terre Haute, so it was no surprise that the race started slowly, with no one wanting to take the lead and the brunt of the wind for the rest of the runners.
Impatience is hard to fight in a race with so much at stake, and finally one woman after another jump out to a 5 or 10 meter lead before the pack would catch up to them again. It wasn't until the final homestretch of about 600 meters that the real leaders emerged - Jordan Hasay of Oregon, Emily Infield of Georgetown and Sheila Reid of Villanova.
The three women battled back and forth for most of the slightly downhill straightaway until Infield and Reid overtook Hasay and then Reid pulled away for a 3-second lead and the individual victory. Reid looked powerful and in control, checking over her shoulder to make sure she had it in the bag before letting up and raising her arms to cross the finish line.
Head coach Gina Procaccio, who has been an assistant or head coach for her alma mater for 14 years, was shown pacing around as they awaited official team results. She was "pretty sure" they had won but did not relax and allow herself to celebrate until the official announcement was made that her team had indeed won the title.
Villanova was a dominant distance squad in the early 90's, winning the NCAA Cross Country title every year from 1989-1994. Their win last year marked their return to dominance, and today they have shown they are here to stay as a force to be reckoned with on the course.
Links:
- Women's Individual Results
- Women's Team Results
- Men's Individual Results
- Men's Team Results
- Flotrack's NCAA Championships Coverage
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- NCAA DI Cross-Country Championships
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