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.

N Vanee Anchike (Cloud County) –  NJCAA Division 1 Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week

Leading the T-Birds and all other NJCAA runners in her first race of the season, Anchike ran a time of 18:28.61 to finish 19th at the Clapp Cross Country Course in Wichita. In a meet that featured numerous D1 teams, Anchike finished as the only NJCAA runner in the top 25 of the 112-runner field.

Sibonelo Khumalo (Colby) – NJCAA Division 1 Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Week

Khumalo was the men’s individual meet champion finishing the 6000-meter course with a time of 17:54, a course record at the Clapp Cross Country Course. As a team, Colby finished 5th and was the highest-finishing NJCAA team as the Trojans had two of the three NJCAA runners to finish in the top 25 of the 130-runner field.