Dillard's Washington, Wilberforce's Howard capture Week 4 HBCUAC Men's Cross Country Weekly Awards

September 23, 2025

NEW ORLEANS - September 23, 2025 - Dillard University's K'Mon Washington wins Historically Black Colleges and Universities Athletic Conference (HBCUAC) Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week. Wilberforce University's Skyaqui Howard takes home Freshman of the Week. The athletes were honored for their performance between September 15-21.

Washington broke the program record with a time of 28:42.2 at the Loyola Invitational's eight-kilometer race. He finished 12th out of 48 runners from New Orleans National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Schools.

Howard broke Wilberforce's record finishing the All-Ohio Intercollegiate Challenge eight-kilometer course in 29:44.4. He ran at a 5:58 mile-pace. This is Howard's third weekly honor.

Additional men's cross country weekly nominees: Kydell Miner (Dillard)

2025 HBCUAC Men's Cross Country Runners of the Week

Date	Runner	Freshman	Newcomer
Aug. 25-31	Skyaqui Howard, Wilberforce	Skyaqui Howard, Wilberforce	John Russell Jr., Wiley
Sept. 1-7	Maurice Rue-Whitfield, Philander Smith	Earl Hurd Jr., Wiley	N/A
Sept. 8-14	Dwight Bennett Jr., Wiley	Dwight Bennett Jr., Wiley	N/A
Sept. 15-21	K'Mon Washington, Dillard	Skyaqui Howard, Wilberforce	N/A

About the 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), Huston-Tillotson University (TX), Oakwood University (AL), Paul Quinn College (TX), 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 soccer, men's and women's track and field, women's volleyball, softball, 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, visit hbcuac.org.