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ACU’s Sherrod Park site of NCAA Division II South Central Region Cross Country Championships

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By Steve Holt, Sports Writer ACU will play host to the NCAA Division II South Central Region Cross Country Championships on Saturday at Sherrod Park, and the men's team is highly favored to pick up its sixth straight championship. Sophomore Nicodemus Naimadu is expected to run away with the men's 10-kilometer race, which will begin a noon ... [Read More…]

Column Like I See ‘Em: Fall brings thoughts of new roommates

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By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor I love Fall (whatever that means in West Texas). Fall is typically characterized by football, sweatshirts, looking forward to Thanksgiving break, and in many university residence halls, that slow-burning, passive-aggressive tension that exists between non-compatible freshman roommates. Some of you freshmen know what ... [Read More…]

Cross country teams win individual, team championships

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By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Not even a poorly marked course and an injured runner could stop the ACU men from picking up their 15th straight Lone Star Conference Cross Country Championship, which took place Saturday at the Prairie West Golf Course in Weatherford, Okla. Senior Lucky Hadebe, who has run as ACU's fourth runner all season, dropped ... [Read More…]

Track champion Nicodemus Naimadu began his training long before coming to America

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By Steve Holt, Sports Writer While American teenagers haggled with stubborn parents to get a driver's license or attend the school dance, a 16-year-old named Nicodemus Naimadu trekked into the Kenyan bush to become a man. Before Naimadu and his peers would ever be able to marry, they would have to go through three months of training in tribal ... [Read More…]

Cross Country teams will compete in the Chile Pepper Festival this weekend against some of the best Division I competition in the nation.

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By Steve Holt, Sports Writer For the second time in three weekends, the men's cross country team will have a shot at upsetting the Arkansas Razorbacks at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival in Fayetteville, Ark., on Saturday. One factor that may serve as an obstacle to a Razorback upset is the race distance, the race will be the first ... [Read More…]

Column Like I See ‘Em: The world-every nation under God

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By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor As images of bombs falling on Afghanistan and Iraq were emblazoned across two large screens, some church-goers clapped and cheered. That's right-scenes of war ignited celebration from some members of a Christian church in Abilene. I heard the above story from a friend, who heard it from a friend. It may not be ... [Read More…]

Wildcats successful at Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree

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By Steve Holt, Sports Writer A soggy course and the nation's best competition didn't deter the Wildcat cross country teams Saturday at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Okla. Despite having to run through mud, the men's and women's teams finished second and fifth, respectively, against Division I powerhouses like Arkansas, Oklahoma ... [Read More…]

Cowboy Jamboree next for cross country teams

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By Steve Holt, Sports Writer If the ACU men's cross country team competes with opposing runners like they have been competing with each other, Saturday's Oklahoma State Cowboy Cross Country Jamboree could go very well for the Wildcats. The top men's runners fought it out Monday during a tough, hot practice, completing five repeat miles in or ... [Read More…]

Runners travel to North Carolina for Oct. 1 meet

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By Steve Holt, Sports Writer On Oct. 1, Nicodemus Naimadu will be turned loose. The sophomore cross country runner from Kenya will have his first opportunity of many to obliterate the competition, a habit he formed last cross country season and in the spring during track and field season. Head cross country coach Derek Hood will take six men, ... [Read More…]

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