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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Bethune-Cookman men's cross country team made history on Monday as the team claimed the 2025 SWAC Men’s Cross Country Championship title at Apalachee Regional Park. It marked the programs’ first Men’s Cross Country title in school history since joining the league. 
 
Bethune-Cookman’s Andrew Kiplagat won the individual men’s title finishing the race with a time of 24:48.7. Individually Jackson State's Godfrey Kimutai and Bethune-Cookman's Victor Kibet finished in second and third place respectively in the final individual rankings for the event.

Texas Southern and Prairie View A&M finished in second and third place respectively in the final team standings for the event.
  
B-CU head men's cross country coach Garon Jackson was named the 2025 SWAC Men's Cross Country Coach of the Year. A complete listing of the 2025 SWAC Men’s Cross Country individual awards is listed below. 

Coach of the Year
Garon Jackson, Bethune-Cookman

Runner of the Year
Andrew Kiplagat, Bethune-Cookman
 
All- SWAC First Team
Andrew Kiplagat, Bethune-Cookman
Godfrey Kimutai, Jackson State
Victor Kibet, Bethune-Cookman
Duncan Koima, Mississippi Valley State
Thierry Garcon, Prairie View A&M
 
All-SWAC Second Team
Manuel Garza, Texas Southern
Keeton Johnson, Southern
Skylar Hundall, Grambling State
Majet Bethely, Bethune-Cookman
Noah Green, Prairie View 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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