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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Texas Southern men's cross country team won its eighth title in school history claiming the 2024 SWAC Men’s Cross Country Championship title at Apalachee Regional Park on Monday morning.
 
With the win TSU also claimed its third SWAC Men’s Cross Country Championship in the past five seasons (2019, 2023, and 2024).
 
Bethune-Cookman’s Victor Kibet won the individual men’s title finishing the race with a time of 25:58.4.
 
Manuel Garza paced the Tigers finishing the 8k event in seventh place with a time of 26:43.9. Texas Southern’s Brandon Adolphus finished in eighth place with a time of 26:47.9 rounding out the list of TSU top ten finishers.
 
Texas Southern head men's cross country coach Clyde Duncan, Sr. was named the 2024 SWAC Coach of the Year.

A complete listing of the 2024 SWAC Men’s Cross Country individual awards is listed below. 

Coach of the Year
Clyde Duncan, Sr., Texas Southern

Runner of the Year
Victor Kibet, Bethune-Cookman
 
All- SWAC First Team
Victor Kibet, Bethune-Cookman
Thierry Garcon, Prairie View A&M
Andrew Kiplagat, Jackson State
Noah Green, Prairie View A&M
Inertia Mugethi, Arkansas-Pine Bluff
 
All-SWAC Second Team
Jon Coulter, Alabama State
Manuel Garza, Texas Southern
Brandon Adolphus, Texas Southern
Kelvin Kipkemboi, Southern
Alocius Kipngetich, Alcorn State
 
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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