DOVER, Del. – The Hampton University women's cross country team took third place on Saturday at the 2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Championships held at the Delaware State Outreach and Research Center Saturday morning.

The Lady Pirates scored 93 points to trail the five-time champions from Florida A&M with 53 and Maryland Eastern Shore with 60.

Sophomore Pollyanna Velasco took home All-MEAC honors with her seventh place finish.  She covered the 5k course in 18:44.96.

Rounding out the Hampton competitors were:
17^th: Amanda Delacruz – 19:23.20
18^th: Kayla Key – 19:32.41
23^rd: Alycia Higgins – 19:49.81
28^th:  Asia Johnson – 20:16.78
46^th: Ashley Modeste – 21:05.23
53^rd: Crystal Eley – 22:07.00

The women will finish their season on November 11 at the NCAA Southeast Regional held at the University of Virginia.

For more information on Hampton University cross country, please contact the Office of Sports Information at 757-727-5906 or visit of official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.

Full MEAC Results