CARY, N.C. - The Bowie State University women's cross country team competed in the Historically Black College and Universities Challenge as part of the Great American Cross Country Festival on Saturday afternoon. The Lady Bulldogs finished in seventh place out of eleven teams in the Non-Division I scoring portion of the event. FULL RESULTS

St. Augustine's finished first among Non-Division I scorers as four of their top five runners finished in the top ten. Winston-Salem and Virginia State finished in second and third place as a team respectively, with Lincoln (PA) finishing in fourth and Chowan fifth.

Bowie State senior Brittany Williams (Baltimore, Md.) finished first for the Lady Bulldogs, crossing the finish line in 13th place in the 78 runner field with a time of 20:48.7. Sophomore Faith Sykes (Richmond, Va.) earned a 38th place finish after completing the course in 23:45.5. Freshman Leia Conrad (Washington, D.C.) was the third Lady Bulldogs runner to cross the line at the 24:45.9 mark, good for a 50th place finish. BSU junior Kayla Watson (Bel Air, Md.) placed 58th overall with a time of 26:51.7 and sophomore Carissa Smith rounded out the scoring for the Lady Bulldogs in 68th place with a time of 28:38.2.

Lady Bulldogs juniors Rayshawn Penn (Richmond, Va.) and Kendall Reynolds (Lompoc, Calif.) also competed in the meet for Bowie State. Penn ran in the course in 28:47.0, followed by Reynolds who crossed the line with a time of 28:54.3. Fellow junior Crishonda Coffey (Richmond, Va.) completed the Bowie State contingency, running the course in 29:32.2.

The Lady Bulldogs will host the Bowie State Pre-Homecoming Challenge on Wednesday (October 9th) at 2 pm (Time Subject to Change) at Jericho Park.