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Voorhees men capture HBCUAC Track and Field Championship in First Season

Voorhees University scored 217 points.
Voorhees University scored 217 points.
April 12, 2025

SHREVEPORT, La. - April 12, 2025 - The Voorhees University men's track and field team claimed the 2025 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Athletic Conference (HBCUAC) Track and Field Championship in convincing fashion after joining the conference in July.

Traveling over 800 miles, the Tigers made the long journey worth it. They scored 217 points with Talladega College finishing runner-up with 160. Dillard University, which won the previous four titles finished third with 116 points.

Markel Myles of Dillard University won 2025 HBCUAC Most Valuable Track Athlete. He won the 400-meter hurdles, 800-meter run and ran a leg on the winning 4 x 400-meter relay team. Christopher Johnson of Stillman College took home the 2025 HBCUAC Most Valuable Field Athlete. He won the shot put and discus and placed in the hammer throw. Talladega Assistant Coach Tre Adderley was named 2025 HBCUAC Assistant Coach of the Year. Voorhees University head coach Jeffrey Hughes won 2025 HBCUAC Coach of the Year.

The top three finishers earned All-HBCUAC. Complete results are available at this link

 

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About HBCU Athletic Conference
The HBCU Athletic Conference (HBCUAC) is the only HBCU conference in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The HBCUAC membership includes Dillard University (LA), Fisk University (TN), Oakwood University (AL), Philander Smith University (AR), Rust College (MS), Southern University at New Orleans (LA), Stillman College (AL), Talladega College (AL), Tougaloo College (MS), University of the Virgin Islands (St. Thomas), Voorhees University (SC), Wilberforce University (OH), and Wiley University (TX). HBCUAC sponsors championships in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's track and field, women's volleyball, softball, and baseball. In 2022, the HBCUAC secured the largest media rights deal in conference and NAIA history, signing a multimillion-dollar deal with Urban Edge Network. On July 1, 2024, the conference rebranded from the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) to the HBCU Athletic Conference, marking a new era for the conference that embodies the makeup of its membership. For more information, visit hbcuac.org.