Huston-Tillotson, Talladega take Week 2 HBCUAC Women's Track and Field Honors

Chaleica Booker qualified for the NAIA National Championship. Jordyn Lacey leads the HBCUAC in the triple jump.

March 24, 2026

NEW ORLEANS - Huston-Tillotson University sprinter Chaleica Booker wins Historically Black Colleges and Universities Track Athlete of the Week. Talladega College jumper Jordyn Lacey claims Field Athlete and Freshman of the Week. They were honored for their performance between March 16-22, the conference announced Tuesday.

Booker qualified for the 2026 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Women's Outdoor Track and Field National Championship in the 200-meter dash. Her time of 24.29 surpassed the 'B' qualifying standard. She also ran 11.86 in the 100-meter dash. Booker finished in the top 20 of both events at the Texas Christian University Alumni Invitational.

Lacey leaped 10.38 meters in the triple jump, which leads the HBCU Athletic Conference. Her distance beat 10 athletes which were mostly from National Collegiate Athletic Association schools.

Additional women's track and field weekly nominees: Tori Burton (Dillard), Tatiana Clay (Dillard), Lamoy Duffus (Talladega), Shaloni Walker (Dillard), Samarea Womack (Wiley)

2026 HBCUAC Women's Track & Field Athletes of the Week

Date	Track	Field	Freshman	Newcomer
March 9-15	Lamoy Duffus, Talladega	Meeyesha Tutt-Moutouo, Wiley	Mackenzie Cannon, Dillard	Aaliyah Evans, Wiley
March 16-22	Chaleica Booker, Huston-Tillotson	Jordyn Lacey, Talladega	Jordyn Lacey, Talladega	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.