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Dillard Women continue dominance with Fourth Straight Title

Dillard put up 277 points.
Dillard put up 277 points.
April 12, 2025

SHREVEPORT, La. - April 12, 2025 - The Dillard University women's track and field team had another banner day claiming the 2025 Historically Black Colleges and Universities Athletic Conference Track and Field Championship for its fourth straight conference title Friday and Saturday at Lee Hedges Stadium.

The Lady Bleu Devils posted 277 points, nearly doubled the runner-up Talladega College, which tallied 140 points. Kevell Byrd earned Most Valuable Track Athlete with 35 points. She won the 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter dashes and ran legs on the HBCUAC Champion 4 x 100-meter and 4 x 400-meter relay teams. Reign Snowden won the Most Valuable Field Athlete with 25 points. She won the hammer throw and finished third in the discus and shot put.

Dillard's assistant coach Brandon Scruggs garnered HBCUAC Women's Track and Field Assistant Coach of the Year and head coach Nile Legania was honored as the 2025 HBCUAC Women's Track and Field Coach of the Year.

The top three finishers in each event earned All-HBCUAC. Click the link for complete results.

 

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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.