Dillard's Byrd, Wiley's Tutt-Moutouo take home Week 5 HBCUAC Women's Track and Field Weekly Honors
NEW ORLEANS - April 7, 2025 - Dillard University women's track and field athlete Kevell Byrd claims Historically Black Colleges and Universities Athletic Conference Women's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week and Wiley University's Meeyesha Tutt-Moutouo wins Field Athlete of the Week. The women were honored for their performances between March 31 and April 6, the conference announced Tuesday.
Byrd posted two national championship qualifying finishes, earning her second weekly honor. She finished runner-up in the 200-meter dash, competing mostly against National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) athletes. Her time of 23.84 surpassed the 'A' qualifying standard. Byrd ran 11.76 in the 100-meter dash, passing the 'B' qualifying standard. She ranks in the top 10 of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics in three events.
Tutt-Moutouo was within a meter of the qualifying standard in the triple jump and had a podium finish in the long jump to garner her fourth weekly honor. She ranks in the top 50 out of HBCU athletes in both events. Tutt-Moutouo is the defending conference champion in the long jump and high jump.
Additional women's track and field weekly nominees: Jakayla Brown (Voorhees), Ariel Johnson (Wiley), Reign Snowden (Dillard)
2025 Women's Track and Field Athletes of the Week
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Date |
Track |
Field |
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March 3-9 |
Ariel Johnson, Wiley |
Meeyesha Tutt-Moutouo, Wiley |
|
March 10-16 |
Ariel Johnson, Wiley |
Meeyesha Tutt-Moutouo, Wiley |
|
March 17-23 |
Kevell Byrd, Dillard |
Meeyesha Tutt-Moutouo, Wiley |
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March 24-30 |
Jakayla Brown, Voorhees |
Jackie Bownes, Fisk |
|
March 31-April 6 |
Kevell Byrd, Dillard |
Meeyesha Tutt-Moutouo, Wiley |
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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.