Goldsby wins HBCUAC Runner of the Week

NEW ORLEANS - September 2, 2024 - After leading his team at its season-opening meet, Wiley University athlete Javoun Goldsby wins Historically Black Colleges and Universities Athletic Conference Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week for competition which occurred between August 26 and September 1.

Goldsby, the HBCUAC Preseason Men's Cross Country Runner of the Year, will be nominated for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Runner of the Week award, which will be announced on Wednesday. He ran 18:38.21 in the Texas Christian University's John McKenzie Invitational five-kilometer race on Saturday at AP Ranch. He ran at 6:12 mile-pace with most of the near-70 man field coming from National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I schools. 

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About HBCU Athletic Conference:
The HBCU Athletic Conference (HBCUAC) is the only HBCU conference in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The HBCUAC membership includes Dillard University (LA), Fisk University (TN), Oakwood University (AL), Philander Smith University (AR), Rust College (MS), Southern University at New Orleans (LA), Stillman College (AL), Talladega College (AL), Tougaloo College (MS), University of the Virgin Islands (St. Thomas), Voorhees University (SC), Wilberforce University (OH), and Wiley University (TX). HBCUAC sponsors championships in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's track and field, women's volleyball, and baseball. In 2022, the HBCUAC secured the largest media rights deal in conference and NAIA history, signing a multimillion-dollar deal with Urban Edge Network. On July 1, 2024, the conference rebranded from the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) to the HBCU Athletic Conference, marking a new era for the conference that embodies the makeup of its membership. For more information, visithbcuac.org