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Florida A&M University women's track team wins the 2024 SWAC title

WFSU | By Adrian Andrews
Published February 19, 2024 at 5:07 PM EST
Starting blocks are lined up on a running track, they fade into the distance the further they are
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Florida A&M’s women’s indoor track and field team will return from the 2024 SWAC Indoor Track & Field Championships with 15 medals and the women's championship title. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

The Rattlers successfully defeated their in-conference foes in what was a record breaking 2-day event

Florida A&M University is celebrating another athletic success. The women’s indoor track and field team won its first Southwestern Athletic Conference title Sunday.

The Lady Rattlers' walked out of Birmingham, Alabama, with 15 medals and the SWAC Championship. FAMU beat 11 other schools including the defending SWAC champs, Alabama State.

FAMU’s Nya Blocker and Breanna Brown-Marshall set SWAC championship records in both the 200-meter dash (23.24) and high jump (1.83 meters / 6'). Several of their teammates ran some of their best times all season. By the end of the 2-day meet, FAMU collected six gold, five silver, and four bronze medals.

Sunday’s win gave FAMU’s director of Track & Field, Garfield Ellenwood II, his second SWAC title after he recently led the women's cross-country team to the championship last October.

The Rattlers will take a few weeks to recover before the final qualifying list for the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships (March 8-9) is announced.

Watch the entire SWAC Indoor Championships below:

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Adrian Andrews
Adrian Andrews is a multimedia journalist with WFSU Public Media. He is a Gadsden County native and a first-generation college graduate from Florida A&M University. Adrian is also a military veteran, ending his career as a Florida Army National Guard Non-Comissioned Officer.

Adrian has experience in print writing, digital content creation, documentary, and film production. He has spent the last four years on the staff of several award-winning publications such as The Famuan, Gadsden County News Corp, and Cumulus Media before joining the WFSU news team.

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