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Crown them Champions! FAMU women’s cross country team are the 2023 SWAC champs!
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TALLAHASSEE— Crown them champions! The Florida A&M women's cross-country program boasts a new title Monday (Oct. 23) — 2023 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) champions. The women are the first Florida A&M team to garner that accomplishment this season and did so behind 63 total points.
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Alabama State (72 points) and Alabama A&M (99) rounded out the top three.
Junior
placed sixth in the 75-person field and was the first Rattler to cross the finish line. Not only did she claim a new personal record, but the time (19:19:58.2) also captured her first sub-20 minute 5K. Freshmen
(20:25.9) and
(20:45.7) also finished "Top 10" for Florida A&M, coming in at ninth and 10th place, respectively.
Florida A&M earns its first women's cross-country title, as part of the SWAC, in just its second year of membership.
2023 SWAC Cross Country Championships (Athlete | Place | Time)
| 6th | 19:58.2
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| 9th | 20:25.9
| 10th | 20:45.7
| 14th | 20:54.9
| 24th | 21:10.2
| 27th | 21:22.8
| 41st | 22:21.3
| 47th | 22:46.7
| 61st | 24:39.6 BOLD = Personal Record
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: FAMU Cross Country: Rattlers run their way to SWAC Championship
