August 20, 2006 – ATLANTA – Four Morehouse runners were named to the pre-season All-SIAC Cross-Country Team and Morehouse was predicted to win a thirteenth consecutive cross-country title, conference officials announced today.

Alex Brickler, a senior from Tallahassee, FL.; Kevin Chase, a senior from West Hartford, CT.; Julius Hanks, a junior from Bloomington, IN; and Avery Himes, a junior; were selected to the 10-member first team. The complete team is listed below.

The pre-season All Conference teams were selected based on the returning athletes and their individual finishes in the 2005 SIAC Cross Country Championship. The predicted order of finish (see below) was based on the overall team finish last season.

Morehouse won that championship to capture its twelfth consecutive Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title. For finishing first overall in the 2005 conference championship, Alex Brickler was named the competition’s MVP. Coach Willie H. Hill was named Coach of the Year for the twelfth consecutive year.

2006 SIAC Preseason All-Conference Men's Cross Country Teams
FIRST TEAM
ALEXANDER BRICKLER SR MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
KEVIN CHASE JR MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
MARCUS JACKSON SR ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY
LAWRENCE HANKS JR MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
AVERY HIMES SO MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
KEVIN SMITH SR BENEDICT COLLEGE
JUSTUS LANGAT JR FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
CHARLES BROWN SO FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSIT
JOMAR SIMMONS SO KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY
BRANDON MILLER SO CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
SECOND TEAM
DAVID OSBORNE SR KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY
LeVONN BROWN SO CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
SHOMARI JOHNSON SR ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY
PHAROAH KIRK JR STILLMAN COLLEGE
JERRY JOHNS SR TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY
RANDEL CRAIGHEAD SR KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY
OLADIPO ADESHINA SO ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY
RICHARD GRAHAM SO FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
JONATHAN SNELL SR KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY
DAVID WASHINGTON SR FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY

2006 SIAC MENS CROSS COUNTRY PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE
FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY
ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY
CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY
KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY
PAINE COLLEGE
BENEDICT COLLEGE
STILLMAN COLLEGE
TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY
MILES COLLEGE
LANE COLLEGE
LeMOYNE-OWEN COLLEGE