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Campus Review
October 8, 2014
Campus Review
October 8, 2014
Editor:
John Shiffert
Writers:
Siera Blasco
Sarah Boyd
Erin Fender
Ciji Fox
Lauren Graves
Samantha Watson
Layout:
Lauren Graves
Photography: Erin Fender
Ciji Fox
Graphic Design: Lauren Graves
Kemboi Wins GRU-Augusta XC Invitational
Lead by junior Job Kemboi, the Clayton
State men's cross country team finished
sixth on Saturday to open the program's
20th season at the Georgia Regents-
Augusta
Jaguar
Cross
Country
Invitational. The meet was held at Fort
Gordon and is the site for this season's
Peach Belt Conference championship
meet in November.
Kemboi not only led the Lakers, but also
the field as he won his second consecutive
season-opening meet, touring the 8K
course in 25:39 and outdistancing his
closest collegiate competition by more
than 35 seconds.
"Job ran a smart, tactical race," says Laker
head coach Mike Mead. "He didn't bust it
out. He let the race work in his favor and
he was in control after the two-mile
mark."
Columbus State came away with the
men's team title, scoring 31 points to dis-
tance themselves from runner-up GRU-
Augusta by 50 points. Third place went to
Georgia College with 91 points, fourth
was Montevallo (117) and Young Harris
rounded out the Top 5 teams with 134
points. The Lakers trailed Young Harris
by just three points -- giving promise to
the season for the Lakers. Running short-
handed without injured Maia Kuhnen, the
Clayton State women finished seventh in
the GRU meet.
"Many of the teams we ran up against
today have been on the clock at least two
times compared to this being our first
competition of the season," says Mead.
"This bunch has a lot of heart and they
will continue to get better as the season
progresses."
Behind Kemboi, the Lakers got a Top 20
finish from junior transfer Cale Pirtle who
ran 27:08 for 19th place. Sophomore
Troy Hickom followed Pirtle with a 33rd
place finish and a personal-best time of
27:57 for the 8K distance. Fellow sopho-
more Marcus Lafleur placed 46th in a
time of 28:39 while senior Tanner
Thomason rounded out the team's Top 5
by placing 58th in 29:46.
Also scoring for the Lakers was sopho-
more Rafael Salis who placed 61st and
was 10 seconds off his 8K best in 30:20.
Newcomer Norman Cervantes finished in
73rd place in 32:49.
Clayton State returns to action on Oct. 4
when the squad travels to Louisville, Ky.,
to compete in the Greater Louisville Cross
Country Classic. The course will also be
the site of the 2014 NCAA Division II
Cross Country Championships in
December.
Ferrum Hires Zubal as New Head Trainer
Long-time Clayton State University Head
Athletic Trainer John Zubal has been
hired as the new head athletic trainer at
Ferrum College.
Zubal, who spent the past 24 years as
director of sports medicine/head athletic
trainer at Clayton State, will lead a staff of
three assistant athletic trainers and one
part-time insurance coordinator.
The highlight of Zubal’s Clayton State
career was when the Lakers won the
national championship in women's bas-
ketball in 2011. He earned the National
Athletic Trainers' (NATA) 25-year award
that year.
Zubal's Clayton State staff received the
Peach Belt Conference's Training Staff of
the Year award in 2007 and he was named
Clayton State's Staff Person of the Year in
2002. In 2005, Zubal was presented the
NATAAthletic Trainer Service award.
Zubal is a certified member of NATA,
licensed as a BOC certified athletic train-
er in Georgia and is certified by the
American Red Cross in CPR and AED.
He was awarded his bachelor's degree in
athletic training from the University of
Pittsburgh (Pa.) in 1987 and his master's
degree in athletic administration from the
University of Utah in 1990.
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