Wiley captures 2025 HBCUAC Men's Cross Country Championship, Voorhees' Bor wins Individual Title
DANVILLE, Ala. - October 17, 2025 - After finishing runner-up three consecutive seasons, the Wiley University men's cross country team took a step up on the podium as it had four runners finish in the top 15 to win the 2025 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Athletic Conference Men's Cross Country Championship Friday at Oakville Indian Mounds Education Center.
Javoun Goldsby, who won last season's individual title led the Wildcats with a runner-up finish. He ran a personal best. Freshman Earl Hurd Jr. earned All-HBCUAC with a ninth place finish (30:00.34). Ameariun Harper (31:07.64), Jaylon Donson (31:22.01) and freshman Dwight Bennett Jr. (31:57.54) rounded out Wiley's team score of 55 points. The title is the first for the Wildcats since they joined the conference in 2022 and second overall conference title. They won the 2014 Red River Athletic Conference championship.
Wiley University head coach Christopher McConnell won 2025 HBCUAC Coach of the Year. Tougaloo College's Paul Scott won 2025 HBCUAC Assistant Coach of the Year.
Voorhees University's Bravin Bor took the individual title with a time of 28:06.03. His teammates Camron Gillard and Kevin Koech finished in third and fourth, respectively. All three athletes will qualify for the 2025 NAIA National Championship on November 21 at Apalachee National Park in Tallahassee, Florida, with the champion Wildcats and Wilberforce University's Skyaqui Howard.
Full results are available here.
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.