Darville Leads Wildcats Women’s Cross Country in SIAC Championship

10/25/2019 9:30:00 PM

By: Chris Myers

Full Women's Results
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Narrowly missing the top 20, Fort Valley State's Kashia Darville ran across the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's cross country championship finish line in 22^nd place to lead the team's contingent Friday morning.

With Darville pacing the effort, the Wildcats put together an 11th-place team effort with a score of 274. FVSU bested Central State in the 12-team field. Spring Hill repeated as the women's team champion with a score of 35 with its top runners taking 2^nd, 3^rd and 5^th places. Benedict College was second (52) with Stellah Kiptui taking the top spot in 18:25.6 of the 5k course.

Behind Darville in 22^nd (22:24.7), April Rogers and Jamie Burden were less than a second apart in 54^th (26:47.9) and 55^th (26:48.2). Taesha Cook-Pirtle and Tamia Clark rounded out the FVSU team in 70^th (33:06.5) and 73^rd (34:24.7).

2019 SIAC Women's Cross Country All-Conference Honors

Stellah Kiptui – Benedict, 18:25.6
Madeline Knightly – Spring Hill, 20:04.3
Meghan Sullivan – Spring Hill, 20:07.9
Dawnel Collymore – Benedict, 20:11.1
Grace McCann – Spring Hill, 20:38.0
Dazya Mitchell – Clark Atlanta, 20:48.5
Erin McCoy – Albany State, 20:49.2
Kayla Chance – Savannah State, 20:49.3
Lamontaziz Blair – LeMoyne-Owen, 20:56.3
Karen Perez – Savannah State, 21:05.0

Coach of the Year
Craig McVey, Spring Hill

Runner of the Year
Stellah Kiptui, Benedict

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