PRAIRIE VIEW – Prairie View A&M finished strong as the top three runners took the top three places winning the team title with 22 points during the Clifton Gilliard Cross Country Invite held Thursday morning on the campus of Prairie View A&M University.

In the 5k race, junior Naomi Davis paced PVAMU with the time of 21:03.3.  Her efforts, coupled with a second place showing by junior Shelby Devereaux with a personal best (21:24.0) and sophomore Jourdan Garnett, who also had a personal best day (21:35.9) lifting the Lady Panthers to the team title.

Texas Southern finished with 33 points, placing five runners in the top 10.  North American was a distant third, finishing with 78 points.

Freshman Laila Diaz placed sixth overall with a time of 24:06.1 for the Lady Panthers team, while freshman Titilope Akinwunmi (24:58.2) finished with a personal best and a 10^th place finish.  Sophomore Jalen Elrod had a personal best mark also (24:59.6) balancing out the PVAMU team in 11^th place respectively.

The Lady Panthers will return to the off roads when the take a visit to College Station, Texas for the Texas A&M Invite, October 15.

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