ATLANTA — The
Albany State University Lady Golden Rams led the 2024 Cricket SIAC Women’s Track and Field Championship with 154 points, two first-place finishes and six top-three placements to secure the championship title Saturday.
The team finished 37 points ahead of No. 2 Benedict College and surpassed No. 3 Clark Atlanta University.
Zenay Rhaney contributed 20 points to Albany State's tally, with top finishes in the 1500m (5:04.80) and 800m (2:23.74).
Albany State’s relay teams took second place in the women’s 4x100m and 4x400m relays.
The 4x100m team of
Dasia Gilyard,
Cadence Cray,
Imani Jones, and
Jeniya Lawrence recorded a 46.47 finish, while
Nathalia Rowe, Gilyard, Cray, and
Kennedy Simmons clocked 3:51.42 in the 4x400m.
The championship saw Rowe,
Julianna Kern,
Kennedy Walker,
DeAna Albert, and
Mayah Thompson with individual achievements.
Rowe secured second place in the 400m dash (1:01.94), while Kern cleared 1.60 m to clinch third place in the high jump.
The 100m hurdles saw Walker edging past Clark Atlanta’s Jahkaya McBurney at 15.10 for fourth. Albert and Thompson finished at 15.21 and 15.54, respectively.
Cray and Gilyard turned heads in sprinting events, placing fifth and sixth in the 100m dash, respectively. Cray took seventh place in the 200m dash, securing a 25.59 finish.
Zamya Rhaney contributed significantly, securing fifth place in the 1500m (5:25.36) and the 5000m (21:42.11).
The Lady Rams' national qualifiers will compete in the 2024 NCAA Division II Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships, scheduled for May 23-25 in Emporia, KS.
About the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC)
The SIAC is a NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of historically black colleges and universities with headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SIAC includes 15 member institutions (Albany State University, Allen University, Benedict College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Savannah State University, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University), which are located within a contiguous seven-state footprint (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio). The SIAC sponsors seven men's and six women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit
www.thesiac.com.