THE HILL | The Alabama A&M University men's and women's cross country teams will compete for conference honors on Tuesday at the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Championships at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Fla.
 
The men's race begins at 7 a.m. CT, followed by the women's race at 8 a.m. CT. Both events will stream live on SWAC TV.
 
The Alabama A&M women enter the championships riding a streak of three consecutive team victories, capturing titles at the Legacy Series Invite, Southern Showcase Open and Louisville Classic Silver Division.
 
In their most recent outing on Oct. 3, the Bulldogs placed five runners among the top 10 and totaled 27 points to finish atop the 25-team scoring field in Louisville. Senior Laura Avila won the individual championship, completing the 5-kilometer course in 18 minutes, 20.2 seconds.
 
Sanyae Gibson followed in third at 18:32.2, while Minka Isom took fifth in 18:46.8. Freshman Iyndia Bey finished eighth in 19:02.5, and Mariana Betancourt-Dennard rounded out the scoring group in 10th at 19:15.2. Alabama A&M's five scorers finished within 55 seconds of one another as the Bulldogs defeated runner-up Bellarmine by 58 points.
 
The Louisville performance followed a Southern Showcase Open championship in which Alabama A&M scored 48 points and placed five runners among the top 20. Avila led that effort with a fourth-place finish in 18:56.1, followed by Isom in sixth and Gibson in ninth.
 
On the men's side, freshman William Moreno looks to build on his performance at the Louisville Classic, where he paced the Bulldogs with a time of 27:48.7 in the Silver Division 8K race. Moreno finished 69th among 278 finishers, while junior Micah Harris placed 128th in 28:54.4.
 
Senior Zachary Cooper also has led Alabama A&M this season, crossing first for the Bulldogs at the Southern Showcase Open in 29:23.5. Moreno followed in 29:38.6, with Harris finishing in 29:49.4.
 
Alabama State enters as the two-time defending women's conference champion, while Bethune-Cookman seeks its second consecutive men's title.
 
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