2024 KJCCC Women's Cross Country News
RICHMOND, Va. – Eight runners from the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference have earned NJCAA Cross Country All-American honors as the conference was led by a National Runner-Up finish from Hutchinson’s Faith Jepchirchir and third-place finish from Butler’s Emmanuel Otim at the 2024 NJCAA Cross Country Championships in Richmond, Virginia.
CHARLOTTE, NC – After becoming the third Hutchinson women’s cross country runner in program history to win the NJCAA Region 6 Championship individual title, Blue Dragon Faith Jepchirchir has earned her third NJCAA Division 1 Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week award during the 2024 season by bringing home week 10 honors.
COLBY, Kan. – Led by three runners finishing in the top 10, Butler Community College edged out rival Hutchinson Community College to win the 2024 NJCAA Region 6 Division 1 Women’s Cross Country Championship team title at the Kansas Veterans home in Winfield, Kansas on Friday, October 25th.
COLBY, Kan. – The first Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference postseason event of the 2024-25 athletics season will take place on Friday, October 25th as Cowley Community College will host the 2024 KJCCC/NJCAA Region 6 Cross Country Championships at the Kansas Veterans Home in Winfield, Kansas.
NEW ORLEANS, La. – Ahead of next week’s NJCAA Region 6 Cross Country Championships, the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference has seven men’s teams and six women’s teams ranked in the latest United States Cross Country Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Association NJCAA Division 1 and 2 Cross Country polls released on Wednesday, October 16th.
COLBY, Kan. – Earning event wins and leading the Cloud County Community College cross country teams to their first team titles of the year, Thunderbird runners N Vanee Anchike and Felix Surtan have been named Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Cross Country Runners of the Week.
COLBY, Kan. – Getting a chance to preview the course for the upcoming NJCAA Region 6 Cross Country Championships, Hutchinson’s Faith Jepchirchir and Butler’s Emmanuel Otim have each earned Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Cross Country Runner of the Week honors for the third and fourth times this season.
NEW ORLEANS, La. – Despite movement and changes within the latest United States Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) top 25 polls, the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference continues to have six men’s teams and eight women’s teams from either ranked or receiving votes in the October 2, 2024 poll.
CHARLOTTE, NC – Setting a school-record for Hutchinson Community College and running a time not seen by a Blue Dragon runner in 40 years, Faith Jepchirchir has earned her second NJCAA Division 1 Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week award during the 2024 season by bringing home week 6 honors.
COLBY, Kan. – Top times at the 2024 Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, AR from Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference runners Faith Jepchirchir (Hutchinson) and Emmanuel Otim (Butler) have led to KJCCC Cross Country Runners of the Week awards for week five of the 2024 season.
CHARLOTTE, NC – For the third straight week, the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Cross Country Runners of the Week have also earned NJCAA Division 1 Cross Country Runner of the Week accolades with Butler’s Elizabeth Hernandez and Emmanuel Otim each taking home this week’s national honors.
COLBY, Kan. – The top runners from the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference at the 2024 Missouri Southern Stampede have earned KJCCC Cross Country Runners of the Week with Butler’s Elizabeth Hernandez and Emmanuel Otim each taking home week four honors.
NEW ORLEANS, La. – The United States Track and Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) has released the week one NJCAA cross country top 25 polls with seven men’s teams and seven women’s teams from the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference either ranked or receiving votes in the second poll of the year.
CHARLOTTE, NC – For the second straight week, the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Cross Country Runners of the Week have been named NJCAA Division 1 Cross Country Runners of the Week with Meryeme Mai of Garden City and Kabelo Maja of Fort Hays Tech Northwest both earning Week 4 honors.
COLBY, Kan. – A win and course record setting performance from Fort Hays Tech Northwest along with a fourth-place finish and the top-NJCAA female athlete in the Fort Hays State Tiger open for Garden City’s Meryeme Mai have led to Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Cross Country Runner of the Week honors for week three.
CHARLOTTE, NC – Finishing as the top NJCAA runner in their respective races at the 2024 Wichita State University JK Gold Classic, Cloud County Community College’s N Vanee Anchike and Colby Community College’s Sibonelo Khumalo have added NJCAA Division 1 Cross Country Runners of the Week to their awards list for week three of the NJCAA season.
