ASU Cross Country Teams Finish Third at SWAC Championships

CLINTON, Miss.—The Alabama State University men's and women's cross country teams both finished third at the Southwestern Athletic Conference Championships. The championship was held at the Choctaw Trails course.

Jephtah Kenei led the Hornets with a second place finish. He ran the 8k course in 24:24.43, averaging 5:06.7 per mile.

Charles Flewellen finished ninth with a 27:00.05 time and Christopher Duncan was 13^th with a time of 27:27.60. Cody Pace finished 20^th (28:41.30), Albert Florvil was 33^rd (30:38.12) and Jerrell Mumford finished 36^th (30:44.08).

The Hornets finished the championship with 77 total points. Mississippi Valley State won the championship with 24 points and Grambling State was second with 59.

Kenei received 1^st Team All-SWAC honors and Charles Flewellen was named 2^nd Team All-SWAC.

Lutrisha Altidor and Courtney Gooch led a balanced women's team on the way to their third place finish. All six of the ASU runners finished among the top 24 runners in the 5k championship.

Altidor finished seventh in the race with a time of 19:31.46. Gooch finished ninth with a time of 19:38.24.

Kesi Derilus (19:45.73) finished 12^th and teammate Soyong Smith (19:49.63) was just behind her in 13^th. Simone Buford (20:14.75) finished 19^th, while Breana Kelly (20:30.00) finished 22^nd and Raheema Hodges (20:39.86) finished 24^th.

The women finished with 60 total points while Grambling State won the championship with 51 points. The University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff finished second with 54 points.

Altodor and Gooch received 2^nd Team All-SWAC honors.

-Hornets-

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