Talladega's Cross earns HBCUAC Women's Runner of the Week
NEW ORLEANS - October 14, 2024 - Talladega College women's cross country athlete Jewel Cross led the pack as the Week 7 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Athletic Conference (HBCUAC) Runner of the Week for her performance from October 7 to October 13.
Cross finished the five-kilometer course at the Calhoun Community College Warhawk Invitational in 23:17, which was 12th among National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) athletes and the second-best time from an athlete at an HBCU.
Next, Cross and Talladega will head to the 2024 HBCUAC Cross Country Championship hosted by Decatur Morgan County Tourism on Friday at Oakville Indian Mounds Cross Country Course.
Additional women's cross country weekly nominees: Jayda Lowe (Voorhees), Remi Pierre (Wiley)
2024 HBCUAC Women's Cross Country Runners of the Week
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Date |
Athlete |
School |
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August 26-September 1 |
Brooklyn Acosta |
Dillard University |
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September 2-8 |
Ja'Neisha Collins |
Philander Smith University |
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September 9-15 |
Ja'Neisha Collins |
Philander Smith University |
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September 16-22 |
Herlancia Miller |
Tougaloo College |
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September 23-29 |
Ja'Neisha Collins |
Philander Smith University |
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September 30-October 6 |
JaKatelyn Thomas |
Wiley University |
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October 7-13 |
Jewel Cross |
Talladega College |
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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). GCAC 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, 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.