Wiley's Johnson, Tutt-Moutouo claim First HBCUAC Women's Track and Field Weekly Honors

NEW ORLEANS - March 11, 2025 - Wiley University women's track and field athlete Ariel Johnson claims Historically Black Colleges and Universities Athletic Conference (HBCUAC) Women's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week. Meeyesha Tutt-Moutouo won Field Athlete of the Week. The athletes were honored for their performances between March 3-9, the conference announced Tuesday.

Johnson won the 100-meter hurdles in 15.20 over a field of 13 athletes at the Chick-Fil-A Harding Invitational, which included ones from NCAA schools. She ran a leg on the 4 x 100-meter relay team, which ranks seventh in the NAIA. Johnson is the defending conference champion in the 100-meter hurdles.

Tutt-Moutouo, the defending long jump conference champion) won the long jump beating 20 athletes, that included some from NCAA institutions, with a leap of 5.36 meters. She had another podium finish in the triple jump with a distance of 10.37 meters. Her long jump distance is fifth in the NAIA and her triple jump distance is seventh.

Additional women's track and field weekly nominees: Lamoy Duffus (Talladega)

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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, 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.