Men’s Cross Country’s Dave Mock Selected To Compete at NACAC Championship

02/23/05 4:08PM

WILLIAMSBURG, VA - All-East freshman Dave Mock (Johnstown, PA) has been selected to compete at the inaugural North America, Central America, and Caribbean (NACAC) Athletic Association Cross Country Championship to be held in Orlando, FL on March 6. Mock was selected to the team by virtue of his strong eighth-place effort at the recent USA Junior Cross Country Championships, where his 8,000m time of 25:59.8 was just two spots shy of a qualification to the IAAF World Championships. Invitations to the NACAC Championship were extended to the top non-IAAF qualifiers and the top six athletes who accepted were selected to the U. S. junior team. As the eighth-place finisher at the USA Championships, Mock is the highest-seeded member of the U. S. national team. He and five fellow juniors will contest the 6,000m junior men’s race against three full international teams (Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico) and individuals from eight other countries.

All-American and fellow freshman Christo Landry (Falls Church, VA) also raced well at the USA Junior Nationals, clocking a 25:33.2 for 8,000m to claim fourth and a qualification to the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Saint Galmier, France March 19-20.