2018-19 SWAC Flashback: Alabama State wins SWAC Women's XC Title
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RESULTS
CLINTON, Miss. – Alabama State University won the Southwestern Athletic Conference women’s cross country title at Choctaw Trails, besting Grambling 73-82 to regain the crown.
Led by Arion Span, who finished second overall, the Lady Hornets had three runners place in the top 15, and four in the top-16. Maryiah Archibald finished ninth overall, and Vinnelle Grant finished 13
th overall as the Lady Hornets claimed their seventh title in the last eight years.
Prairie View A&M finished third (91), while Jackson State (98) was fourth. Defending champion Mississippi Valley State rounded out the top five with 109 points.
Southern (115), UAPB (166), Alcorn State (172) and Texas Southern (192) completed the field.
Scholasticah Kemei of Mississippi Valley State easily outdistanced the field to claim her second-straight Women’s Runner of the Year award. The junior won with a time of 17:18.8, more than a minute ahead of Span (18:33.05).
Alabama State’s Ritchie Beene was named SWAC Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year.
The full All-SWAC list of athletes is below:
First-Team All-SWAC Women’s Cross Country
Scolasticah Kemei (MVSU; SWAC Women’s XC Runner of the Year)
Arion Span (Alabama State)
Naomi Kiprop (Grambling)
Mariah Stewart (Texas Southern)
Danae Colston (Southern)
Second-Team All-SWAC Women’s Cross Country
Mercy Chebet (Jackson State)
Alice Kimutai (MVSU)
Halima Chepkwony (Grambling)
Maryiah Archibald (Alabama State)
JoAnna Benavidez (PVAMU)