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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.- The Bethune-Cookman Wildcats claimed the 2022 Southwestern Athletic Conference Women’s Cross Country Championship title on Monday morning.

Bethune-Cookman placed five runners in the top twenty five of the event paced by Taisha Benjamin who finished the meet in eleventh place with a time of 20:37.6.

This marked the Wildcats first Southwestern Athletic Conference Women’s Cross Country championship title.

Alcorn State’s Stellah Kiptui finished the meet in first place with a time of 18:03.4. Runelda Jackson (ALCN), Aneisha Ingram (AAMU), Ruth Kibet (GSU), and Sharon Labich (GSU) finished the meet in 2-5 place respectively.

Bethune-Cookman (1^st), Alcorn State (2^nd), Grambling State (3^rd), Alabama State (4^th), and Jackson State (5^th) round out the list of top five team finishes at the event.  

For her efforts Alcorn State’s Stellah Kiptui was tabbed the 2022 SWAC Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Year while Bethune-Cookman head coach Mike Hamer was named Coach of the Year.

A complete listing of individual awards winners and All-SWAC selections can be found below.

Runner of the Year
Stellah Kiptui, Alcorn State
 
Coach of the Year
Mike Hamer, Bethune-Cookman
 
All-SWAC First Team
Stellah Kiptui, Alcorn State
Runelda Jackson, Alcorn State
Aneisha Ingram, Alabama A&M
Ruth Kibet, Grambling State
Sharon Labich, Grambling State
 
All-SWAC Second Team
Shamia Jones, Alabama State
Camille Lewis, Southern
Kris-Ann Plummer, Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Joan Kiplagat, Jackson State
Taylor Wingo, Alabama A&M
 
About the SWAC
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is considered one of the premier HBCU conferences in the country and currently ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of HBCU alumni playing with professional sports teams.
 
Current championship competition offered by the league includes competition for men in Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field and Tennis.

Women’s competition is offered in the sports of Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Soccer, Softball, Tennis and Volleyball.
 
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