BOWIE, Md. – The Bowie State University men's and women's cross country programs will head to Salem, Va. to compete in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Conference Championships on Thursday, Oct. 27 starting at 12 noon for the men's 8k race and the women's 5k race at 1:30 p.m. from Green Hill Park.
The Bulldogs women's squad is coming off two top-5 finishes at the Penn State Brandywine Inviational last weekend. The Bowie State women's team has been led by Destiny Lewis (Huntingtown, MD) the entire season – the freshman standout registered a second place finish at the PSU Brandywine Invitational with a finishing time of 23:39.8. She recorded personal-bests in both the 5k (21:35.8) and 6k races (25:10.9) at the Bowie XC Classic and Roanoke XC Invitational earlier this season. Additionally, freshman Catherine Enwereji (Sickersville, NJ) also tabbed personal bests this season and placed fourth overall at the PSU Brandywine Invite at 24:49.7.
As for the men's squad – junior Eric Thomas-Talley (Richmond, VA) has been at the forefront for BSU. The 2021 CIAA Male Athlete of the Year recorded a personal-best in the men's 8k race at 27:33.9 during the Roanoke XC Invitational. In addition to Thomas-Talley, the Bulldogs have a veteran men's squad who finished runners-ups in the CIAA Championships a year ago. Of the notable veterans are junior Shane Massey (Lewes, DE), junior Frederick Eiland, II (Columbia, MD) and sophomore Creedence Jackson (Lanham, MD). Thomas-Talley, Massey and Eiland, II were all All-CIAA runners last season.
The championship appearance will be the first for assistant coach Keema Swain.
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*Attendance for the 2022 CIAA Cross Country Champions is free to all. Masks are required for all non-participants and spectators.* Individual and Team Awards immediately following the Women's Championship race.
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