Alabama State TFXC set to compete in NCAA Regionals at FSU

MONTGOMERY, Alabama | After claiming the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) cross country championship back on October 22, Alabama State has had time to rest and train for this week's NCAA South Region meet in Tallahassee.

The meet will be hosted by Florida State at the Apalachee Regional Park, a course the Seminoles were to host a meet earlier this season that was washed out due to the Hurricane. It was also a meet the Hornets were prepared to run in near the end of the regular season.

The Lady Hornets qualified as a full team, and are led by Arion Span who finished second in the SWAC championships with a time of 18:33.05. The junior finished behind Scolasticah Kemei of Mississippi Valley State and ahead of Grambling State's Naomi Kiprop to help the Lady Hornets capture the team crown.

Mariyah Archibald, running her first conference championship race, finished ninth for the Lady Hornets with a time of 19:31.39; followed by fellow freshman Vinnelle Grant in 12th with a time of 19:52.92. Hannah Mezidor rounded out the top 20 for Alabama State, finishing 16th with a time of 20:04.83.

On the men's side, Matthew Kibet qualified to run this week at the regionals with his eighth-place finish at the SWAC championships – which earned him all-conference honors. He finished with a time of 26:45.47 in his first conference championship race.

The meet is scheduled to be run Friday morning, beginning at 8:30 am.

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