VSU wins CIAA cross-country championship
Fred Jeter | 11/4/2021, 6 p.m.
For the third time in the last four years, Virginia State University is the CIAA men’s cross-country champion.
Under veteran Coach Wilbert Johnson, the Trojans prevailed Oct. 28 at the CIAA Championship at Green Hill Park in Salem.
VSU’s Jalen Brownlee, a freshman from Tallahassee, Fla., finished third individually in the 8K race over hill and dale.
Elijah Johnson, a freshman from Brooklyn, N.Y., was fourth and Darrell Dyson, a sophomore from Manchester High School, was 10th.
Bryce Jordan was 14th for VSU and Patrick Lewis, 16th.
Shaw University’s Matthew Kiptum of Kenya was first overall in 27:07.
In team standings, VSU was followed by, in order, Bowie State University, Shaw University, Livingstone College, Virginia Union University, Fayetteville State University, Elizabeth City State University, Lincoln University and Johnson C. Smith University.
