Claflin University in Orangeburg, S.C., becomes the historically black athletic conference’s 13th member this fall and will compete in the CIAA Southern Division.
The privately endowed school of some 2,000 students previously was affiliated with the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, or SIAC.
The CIAA addition from the Palmetto State will make for some lengthy bus rides. It is 382 miles from Richmond to Orangeburg. It is more than 600 miles from Orangeburg to the CIAA’s northern-most member school, Lincoln University in Lincoln., Pa.
Claflin is 136 miles from CIAA headquarters in Charlotte, N.C. Charlotte also is the site of the CIAA annual men’s and women’s basketball tournaments.
Nicknamed the Panthers, Claflin University does not compete in football. It joins the CIAA with five men’s and six women’s programs.
In men’s sports, Claflin will compete in CIAA basketball, cross country, indoor and outdoor track and baseball.
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