La Salle Women Selected As Preseason Favorites To Win 2011 Cross Country Title
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - In voting conducted among the league's head coaches, the La Salle women's Cross Country team has been chosen to earn the 2011 Atlantic 10 title and win its first title since claiming six within a seven year span during 2001 - 2007.
Returning are the Explorer's top two finishers from the 2010 Championship in senior Sephanie Bearish, fifth-place, and senior Caitlin Storbeck, 10th-place.
Finishing just behind La Salle in the poll, last-year's Champion Spiders were slotted second and will rely on 2010 Coach of the Year Lori Taylor to lead the Spiders to their third title in the last four years.
Dayton, who won the title as recently as 2009, was projected to finish third after graduating two Top 10 finishers. 2011 Tournament host Charlotte is tabbed for a fourth place finish, followed by Duquesne, Saint Louis, Saint Joseph's, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Xavier and Fordham in fifth through 11th, respectively.
Tied for 12th in the poll are George Washington and Temple, followed by St. Bonaventure.
The 2011 A-10 Men and Women's Cross Country Championship will be held Oct. 29 at Frank Liske Park in Charlotte, NC.
2011 Predicted Order Of Finish (2010 A-10 finish in parentheses) 14) St. Bonaventure (14)
About the A-10
The Atlantic 10 Conference, formed in 1976, is comprised of 14 member institutions and sponsors 21 championship sports. The mission and goal of the Atlantic 10 is to preserve, protect, and enhance the academic and athletic pursuits of the membership. The conference is committed to integrity, educational excellence and providing quality equitable championship experiences for more than 6,000 student-athletes, coaches, and support staff. The member institutions of the Atlantic 10 are the University of Dayton, Duquesne University, Fordham University, The George Washington University, La Salle University, University of Massachusetts, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University of Rhode Island, University of Richmond, St. Bonaventure University, Saint Joseph's University, Saint Louis University, Temple University, and Xavier University.
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Returning are the Explorer's top two finishers from the 2010 Championship in senior Sephanie Bearish, fifth-place, and senior Caitlin Storbeck, 10th-place. Finishing just behind La Salle in the poll, last-year's Champion Spiders were slotted second and
enters his eighth season as head coach at La Salle University in 2011-12. Giannini is La Salle's all-time winningest coach in Atlantic 10 play and has produced the program's only winning A-10 records since joining the league in
La Salle had won two of its last three games, including convincing defeats of Massachusetts on Hall of Athletes/Senior Day and Fordham. Three Explorer regulars, Ruben Guillandeaux , Jerrell Williams and Steve Weingarten , were staring at the final game
La Salle's defense is also well represented with all-confererence defender Jess Hopton returning to solidify the back line. The senior became the eighth Explorer ever to be selected to the First Team All-Atlantic 10 last season.
The annual auction is the marquee fundraising event run by the Explorer Club with proceeds benefitting student-athletes of the 22 varsity sports teams at La Salle University. The event is open to the public with free admission which includes top-shelf
Le Griffon « Little Bits of History
Sets off on her maiden voyage. The ship was built by René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. The French explorer came to the New World after he left the Jesuits, citing “moral weaknesses.” He was nearly destitute when he arrived in North America in 1666. La Salle learned the languages of the natives, mostly Mohawk, and they told him of a great river called the Ohio which flowed into the Mississippi. La Salle hoped to find a passage via these waterways to the land of China.
The Le Griffon , a seven-cannon, 45-ton barque, was launched near Cayuga Creek on the Niagara River. La Salle and Father Louis Hennepin set sail with a crew of 32. Prior to this date, no full sized ship had navigated the Great Lakes. Instead, most water travel was accomplished by canoe. These boats had no deck but could carry up to three or four tons of cargo. They might measure as much as 35 feet long. There is some debate over whether or not Count Frontenac had previously built large ships at Fort Frontenac, but there is no supporting evidence that he had.
The single mast ship set sail to a salute of cannon and musketry. The waters were uncharted as they headed toward Long Point, Ontario. They needed to continually sound for depth lest they flounder. They sailed across Lake Erie and reached Detroit River by August 10. They continued westward and made it to Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron by August 25. Later that day, a gale kicked up suddenly and forced a retreat to a safe haven. They survived intact and sailed on to Green Bay, Wisconsin on Lake Michigan.
La Salle anchored the ship and collected goods from traders he had sent ahead. The ship was laden with 12,000 pounds of furs and the Captain decided to send the ship back east. The short sailing season in the frigid waters necessitated an early return. However, La Salle himself stayed behind to explore the region. He instructed the ship to off-load the merchandise at Mackinac Island and held only a skeleton crew of pilot Luc and five crew. With approximately $10,000 worth of furs aboard, the ship went down during a violent storm and was never seen again. There are stories that some group, possibly Jesuits boarded, killed the crew, and burned the ship. La Salle himself suspected the crew had absconded with the pelts.
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