It has been a revival season for Augustana College cross country runners. For the first time since 2015, the Vikings men qualified as a team for the NCAA Division III National Championships. The senior-laden team competes in the season’s final meet on Saturday at the Lavern Gibson Championship Course in Terre Haute, Indiana. The 8K race is set for 11 a.m. CST. Fifth-year senior Emma Odle will carry the Augie banner into the 6K women’s championship at 10 a.m. looking to improve on her 70th-place finish in last year’s championship. With a Top 40 All-America finish, she could be the first female runner from Augie to earn such honors since 1998. It’s safe to say that things are turning around for the men’s program. “It’s a testament to what our seniors, in particular, and upperclassmen have done in terms of their leadership, their investments, their commitments and connections with each other,” said Chad Gunnelson, Augustana director of track & field/cross country. “What they’ve done is really helped elevate everyone’s ability to compete. People are also reading... “They all chose to buy into Coach (Kyle) Flores’s training and to really put the team first.” That showed last Saturday when the Vikings finished fifth in the always-tough Midwest Regional they hosted at Saukie Golf Course in Rock Island. Led by seniors Joe Langridge, Grant Ackard, Finbar Martin, Alex Gazarek, Rock Island’s Donovan Garro, and Joe Gibbons, the Vikings earned a coveted at-large berth into this week’s championship run. They will be joined in Indiana this week by sophomores Jose Gomez and Adam Miller along with freshman Ethan Storie. The Vikings, led by captains Langridge and Garro, are ranked No. 28 in the latest national coaches poll, giving the Vikings a target to shoot for this weekend. Gunnelson noted the Vikings have run shoulder-to-shoulder with teams ranked just ahead of them and said a finish in the Top 20 would be significant. To get to that point, Gunnelson said that Flores will have the Vikings shoot for a fast start and be ahead of the pack and heavy traffic back in the field. Ahead of schedule could also describe the resurrection of the program Paul Olsen built into a national treasure. “I’m proud of the men to come in to change the culture and gravitating toward team performance and year-around training,” Gunnelson said. “The senior class is a very significant part of how this has happened. They have made the biggest difference and it’s been their leadership and investment in the program that has helped accelerate that timeline. “Without such an incredible group of young men, we aren’t able to make this jump so quickly.” Also making huge jumps in her efforts, Odle has become a threat to become just Augie’s third female cross country All-American and first since Christina Gamzer (30th) in 1998. Odle, already a track & field All-American, has made her fifth season one to remember. She set a school record with a personal best this season of 21:30.41 in winning the CCIW Championships individual title. She qualified for her second national meet with a time of 21:48.6, which was 26 seconds faster than her 70th-place time at last year’s NCAA Division III National Championships. That has her set up for this weekend as she ventures into her final 6K race as an individual advancing after spending the fall leading a young and inexperienced team. “She is an aggressive runner and she is fearless,” Gunnelson said. “The nice thing is she now has experience running at last year’s national meet and knows what to expect this year. “She has been in some extremely competitive races where she has finished high. The opportunities that she has had and what she has done with those opportunities puts her in a strong position to finish very high. Top 20 or 25 is going to be a great place, but realistically, the goal is to be an All-American.” Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! sports writer/golf editor {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items.
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Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login The chief executive of Dovetail, one of Australia’s biggest software start-ups, is being sued by a senior company lawyer over a personal relationship between the two that ended years ago. The company, which sealed its status as a unicorn when it hit a $1 billion valuation in late 2021, is backed by several large venture capital firms including Palo Alto-headquartered Accel and local giant Blackbird. Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Introducing your Newsfeed Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you. Latest In Technology Fetching latest articles Most Viewed In TechnologyCats donors accused of $14.5m fraud against NDIS provider have assets frozenOn the other side of the conflict, Russia has also disputed casualty figures provided by Ukraine, accusing the Ukrainian government of inflating the number of military casualties for propaganda purposes. This back-and-forth of contradictory claims only adds to the confusion and misinformation surrounding the conflict, making it even more difficult for the international community to discern the truth of what is happening on the ground.
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Indian billionaire Gautam Adani on Saturday said “attacks” on his company made it “stronger”, days after US prosecutors accused him and other officials of fraud. The November 20 bombshell indictment in New York accused the industrialist and multiple subordinates of deliberately misleading international investors as part of a multi-million-dollar bribery scheme. Addressing the allegations for the first time, the 62-year-old tycoon said his conglomerate was committed to “world-class regulatory compliance”. “What I can tell you is that every attack makes us stronger and every obstacle becomes a stepping stone for a more resilient Adani Group,” he said at an awards ceremony in the northern Indian city of Jaipur. Adani is suspected of having participated in a $250 million scheme to bribe Indian officials for lucrative solar energy supply contracts. The billionaire, however, said nobody from his company had been charged with any violation of corruption laws or “any conspiracy to obstruct justice”. The US Justice Department said Adani, his nephew Sagar Adani, and one other official were charged “with conspiracies to commit securities and wire fraud and substantive securities fraud”. Five others were charged “with conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,” the department said. On Thursday, Adani’s company said it had suffered a loss of nearly $55 billion in market capitalisation across its 11 listed companies since the US indictment was filed. With a business empire spanning coal, airports, cement and media, Adani Group has weathered previous corporate fraud allegations, suffering a similar stock rout last year. The conglomerate saw $150 billion wiped from its market value in 2023 after a report by short-seller Hindenburg Research accused it of “brazen” corporate fraud. Adani is a close ally of Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi and was at one point the world’s second-richest man, and critics have long accused him of improperly benefitting from their relationship. With 2,400 staff representing 100 different nationalities, AFP covers the world as a leading global news agency. AFP provides fast, comprehensive and verified coverage of the issues affecting our daily lives.One of the key principles that Huang Xiaoming lives by is the belief that those who are in a position to help others have a responsibility to do so. He once said, "As a public figure, I have the ability to influence and inspire others. It is my duty to use my platform for the greater good." This sense of duty and compassion has driven him to actively participate in numerous philanthropic activities, both in China and abroad.
The performance Northwestern Lehigh senior Eli Zimmerman put together on Friday night would be remembered for a long time no matter when the game was played. But what made the incredible showing of 346 yards and a touchdown on 35 rushes and a game-changing 80-yard interception return for a score by Zimmerman even more impressive was that it happened in a state semifinal. The Tigers clinched a return trip to the PIAA Class 3A championship game with a 31-14 victory over previously undefeated Danville on Friday night at Berwick’s Crispin Field. “Up front, I have to wait a little bit for the holes to be created sometimes,” Zimmerman said of being patient on his rushes. “Even if they’re the littlest things when they’re open, it’s easy for me to burst and go through them. I think that’s been the recipe of success this season. Finding little gaps, getting in between them and getting 8, 9 yards a clip and breaking some eventually.” “Honestly, tonight it was just a little bit one, two. It was a little bit of our line taking over, it was a lot of Eli’s determination and grit. Finding seams, breaking tackles, bursting out it into the open and busting the game open multiple times,” Tigers coach Josh Snyder said. Northwestern, which improved to 15-0 on the season, will play District 7 champion Avonworth in the state championship game at 1 p.m. next Saturday at Cumberland Valley High School. Avonworth (12-3) beat District 6 champion Penn Cambria 16-6 on Friday night in the other semifinal. The Tigers will be hoping for a much different result in the state final next week as they fell to Belle Vernon 38-7 in the 3A championship game last season. Zimmerman broke his own school record for single-game rushing yards (271 yards vs. North Schuylkill on Sept. 27). The senior also established a new single-season rushing mark for Northwestern with 2,557 yards, eclipsing the 2,376 yards by legendary Brett Snyder in 1995. With his 95-yard rushing touchdown and his 80-yard interception return for a score, Zimmerman also tied the program’s single-season touchdown record (Dalton Clymer, 35, 2023). “He’s just a dawg. He’s a straight dawg. He just goes out there with the same mentality each and every game,” Northwestern sophomore linebacker Brady Zimmerman said of his older brother Eli. “He’s obviously our star player. He’s a great leader, too. Just a great guy out there on the field.” The Tigers drove down the field on the game’s opening drive to take a 7-0 lead. After Zimmerman ran for 36 yards on six carries on the first drive, junior quarterback Shane Leh went around the right side of the line and then broke a tackle for a 17-yard touchdown rush with 9:23 remaining in the first quarter. Then, with Northwestern backed up in the shadows of its own end zone, Zimmerman showed off his special running ability. The senior started a run to the right side of the field and was able to work his way all the way across the field to the left pylon on a 95-yard touchdown run with 6:46 remaining in the first quarter. The dazzling sprint made it 14-0 Tigers early in the game. “I want to shout all the boys up front who blocked for me,” Zimmerman said. “Going untouched 95 yards doesn’t happen often. That all goes to the guys who blocked for me. You just have to find the seams. The rest is just running ball.” As Danville marched down the field on the opening drive of the third quarter in an attempt to cut Northwestern’s lead to one possession, Zimmerman stepped in front of a receiver to intercept a pass and ran it back for an 80-yard score to change the momentum of the game and give the Tigers a 24-7 lead with 9:50 remaining in the third quarter. “All week in practice, that was a play we saw on film,” Zimmerman said. “They actually ran it on that one. So, I saw it coming. I kind of waited a bit to see if the quarterback would throw it. I just saw the ball go in the air. Then, all the boys made that wall down the sideline let me go untouched. It was awesome.” Northwestern then made a pair of stops deep in its own territory to preserve the 17-point lead. Danville went for a fake field goal, but the rush by Ironmen senior quarterback Madden Patrick was stopped at the Tigers' 1-yard line by senior linebacker Josh Wambold with 5:39 remaining in the third quarter. Brady Zimmerman recovered a Danville fumble at the Northwestern 3-yard line with 11:25 left in the fourth quarter to keep the score 24-7. “Those are two huge turning points for our defense,” said Snyder, who injured his leg when he was celebrating Zimmerman’s pick-six. “You need big plays to happen. Your team needs to make more plays than the other team. I think that’s what happened tonight, especially those two particular ones on defense.” “Our defense has been the key of our team this year,” Brady Zimmerman said. “Posting a shutout last week (31-14 win over Scranton Prep). Holding them to 14 points this week. It was just a great outing for us.” The Tigers went on a final drive to punch another ticket to the state championship game. Northwestern picked up a first down on a fourth-and-2 when junior Mason Bollinger rushed for five yards at the Tigers' 35-yard line with 8:16 remaining in the fourth quarter. Zimmerman then had a 45-yard run to get Northwestern to the 2-yard line. Senior Seth Kern rushed for a 2-yard score that stretched the Tigers' lead to 31-7 with 4:35 on the clock in the fourth quarter. Bollinger rushed for 27 yards and Leh gained 26 yards on the ground for the Tigers. “It all starts up front,” Bollinger said. “Shane Hulmes at tight end. Jerry (Jeremiah Gornicz), Colton (Popp), Jackson Bailey, Bryer (Reichard), Jared (Meck). They’re big guys and they can make holes for Eli and anyone who is at the quarterback position or running back position. They just open everything up and allow our guys to run through the hole.” Senior wide receiver Cole Duffy caught six passes for 112 yards and a pair of scores for Danville, which finished the season with a 13-1 record. The Tigers are back in the state final for the second consecutive year and are hoping to leave Cumberland Valley with gold on this trip. “It’s not easy to get there the first time,” Snyder said. “Even tougher the second time when you have high expectations. But I’d be lying if I told you that I didn’t sincerely think it was a mission and our destiny to get back there again this year.” “We didn’t talk a lot about getting back there,” the Northwestern coach continued. “But we talked a lot about playing one game at a time. If we do that enough times, the possibility is there. We were injury free again this year. Different guys step up in multiple different games and different spots. You need that to happen. You need to practice hard. You need great leaders, which we have.” Thank you for relying on us to provide the journalism you can trust. Please consider supporting lehighvalleylive.com with a subscription. Josh Folck may be reached at jfolck@lehighvalleylive.com . ©2024 Advance Local Media LLC. Visit lehighvalleylive.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Aziaha James had 21 points, eight rebounds and five assists, Devyn Quigley scored a career-high 20 points and made four 3-pointers and NC State beat Coastal Carolina 89-68 on Thursday. NC State had its lead trimmed to 54-46 midway through the third quarter before James scored five straight points to begin a 13-2 run that ended in a 19-point lead. Quigley took over in the fourth, making three 3-pointers and scoring 15 points. Coastal Carolina missed 11 of 13 shots spanning the third-quarter break as NC State pulled away. Madison Hayes added 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting for NC State (3-2). James has scored 20-plus in three straight games. The Wolfpack shot 50% from the field, including 11 of 29 from 3-point range. Hayes made her third 3-pointer with 1:12 left in the first half to give NC State a 47-32 lead. Coastal Carolina's Savannah Brooks just beat the halftime buzzer with a basket to give her 17 points and pull within 47-36. Brooks scored 14 of Coastal Carolina’s opening 26 points and she finished the game with 25. Alancia Ramsey added 13 points for Coastal Carolina (4-1), which was picked to finish ninth in the Sun Belt Conference. The Wolfpack travel to the Bahamas to play in the Pink Flamingo Championship against Southern on Monday. Coastal Carolina battles Division II Coker on Wednesday. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP women’s college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketball
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