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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Alabama State Women's Cross Country team claimed back-to-back SWAC Women’s Cross Country Championship titles on Monday at Apalachee Regional Park.
 
Texas Southern’s Alyvia Brown won the individual women’s title finishing the race with a time of 18:17.8. Individually Alabama State's Aliyah Williams and Ann Badawi finished in second and third place respectively in the final individual rankings for the event.
 
Alabama State’s Aliyah Williams paced the Lady Hornets finishing first on the team with a time of 18:22.0.

Alabama A&M and Texas Southern finished in second and third place respectively in the final team standings for the event. 
  
ASU head women's cross country coach Ritchie Beene was named the 2025 SWAC Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year. A complete listing of the 2025 SWAC Women’s Cross Country individual awards is listed below. 

Coach of the Year
Ritchie Beene, Alabama State

Runner of the Year
Alyvia Brown, Texas Southern
 
All- SWAC First Team
Alyvia Brown, Texas Southern
Aliyah Williams, Alabama State
Ann Badawi, Alabama State
Laura Avila, Alabama A&M
Doreen Onchangu, Southern
 
All-SWAC Second Team
Sanyae Gibson, Alabama A&M
Tara Bert, Florida A&M
Brianna Samuels, Alabama A&M
Shone Walter, Alabama State
Stacy Guerrero, Texas Southern
 
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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