Prairie View A&M University sophomore Brittany Hamilton recorded a second place finish and two other PVAMU runners recorded top 10 finishes as the Lady Panther cross country team posted a third place mark in the 2005 SWAC Cross Country Championships held on the campus of Prairie View.Hamilton, a sophomore from Dallas, led the way with a second place finish. Freshman Viktoria Manuel followed with a sixth-place finish while sophomore teammate Tyesha Hill finished 10th.
“Brittany is the type of runner who gets stronger as the race goes on,” said head coach Essie Washington. “She did what she had to do to put us in position to be able win the meet.”
As a team, the Lady Panthers completed the race with 65 points, finishing behind runner-up Grambling State (59 points) and champion Alabama State (52 points). For their performance, Hamilton and Manuel were selected to the all-SWAC first team while Hill earned second team honors.
Overall, Washington was pleased with her team’s performance and looks forward to the future.
“Our goal going into the meet was to place five girls among the top 16 runners and we missed our goal by one runner. However, I was pleased with how the meet turned out.
“We have a pretty good nucleus of distance runners returning next season,” added Washington. “I look forward to watching them compete in the future.