Most of the worst teams in the country are in the SWAC. As a conference, they would be worst, hands down. All of the schools are HBCUs. There's a couple Kenyans in the league and a few others that can run 26-28 min., but otherwise everyone are joggers that are sprinters or other track guys just out there to field a team. Here are the conference results. Judge for yourself. Yes, this is D-1
(look at Miss. Valley: all runners between 32 and 40 min.)
Men's 5.1 Mile Run
PLACE ATHLETE NAME SCHOOL TIME SCORE
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1 Korir, Frances ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY 25:58.23 1
2 Bonneau, Feedly GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSIT 26:30.41 2
3 Daugherty, Terrell JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY 26:45.63 3
4 Clay, Jr., Varick ALABAMA A&M. UNIVERSITY 27:31.30 4
5 Parker, Darnell SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY 27:43.72 5
6 Moon, Charles SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY 27:46.46 6
7 Edwards, Christopher JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY 27:49.08 7
8 Reed, Clary SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY 27:49.09 8
9 Bullock, John TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY 28:05.23 9
10 Alexander, Stewart GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSIT 28:10.64 10
11 Bailey, Steven ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY 28:17.91 11
12 Peters, Demetrius PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIV. 28:25.23 12
13 Perry, Earl ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY 28:31.15 13
14 Johnson, Jabari TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY 28:36.66 14
15 Slabler, Shedric GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSIT 29:13.44 15
16 Rop, Henry JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY 29:19.63 16
17 Wade, William GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSIT 29:20.29 17
18 Drake, Sholay ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY 29:30.18 18
19 Bender, Shawn TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY 29:31.47 19
20 Mearday, Kenyon ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY 29:33.15 20
21 Lee, Anthony SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY 29:40.70 21
22 Guillory, Murray SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY 29:42.24 22
23 Lindley, Surrender ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY 29:45.54 23
24 Estwick, Terry JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY 29:47.74 24
25 Moore, Leon GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSIT 29:50.63 25
26 Crumpe, Korey SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY 29:51.01 26
27 Cloyd, Cori JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY 29:53.94 27
28 Grafenreed, Myron UNIV. OF ARKANSAS P. B. 30:05.50 28
29 Pascal, Hezekiah PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIV. 30:07.71 29
30 Syse, Raphael JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY 30:10.21 30
31 Taylor, Kenneth UNIV. OF ARKANSAS P. B. 30:31.13 31
32 Evans, Marcus ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY 30:32.38 32
33 Moss, Davy ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY 30:38.83 33
34 Bowser, Benny GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSIT 30:43.34 34
35 Ingram, William PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIV. 30:44.02 35
36 Sewell, Marvin GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSIT 30:55.52 36
37 Lyles, Edwarad Pat TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY 31:02.20 37
38 Lightfoot, Damien ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY 31:11.41 38
39 Cave, Rashad SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY 31:14.41 39
40 Salsido, Robert PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIV. 31:19.91 40
41 Robinson, Patrick PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIV. 31:21.30 41
42 Hughes, Joshua TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY 31:30.03 42
43 Turner, Andre ALABAMA A&M. UNIVERSITY 31:44.49 43
44 Pittman, Brandon UNIV. OF ARKANSAS P. B. 31:49.23 44
45 Celestine, Sean PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIV. 31:55.75 45
46 Shanks, Shumari ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY 31:57.09 46
47 Stewart, John D. GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSIT 32:09.52
48 Price, Nicholas PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIV. 32:27.25 47
49 Brown, Micheal ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY 32:34.63
50 Stephens, George ALABAMA A&M. UNIVERSITY 32:36.73 48
51 Mann, Simon PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIV. 32:37.25
52 Jackson, Tramarci MS VALLEY STATE UNIVERSIT 32:52.52 49
53 Hampton, Bobby ALABAMA A&M. UNIVERSITY 32:58.61 50
54 McGraw, Anthony PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIV. 33:01.21
55 Preyer, DeMarcus TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY 33:01.51 51
56 Owens, Robert ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY 33:31.61 52
57 Morton, Tauren MS VALLEY STATE UNIVERSIT 33:35.25 53
58 Stork, Jared MS VALLEY STATE UNIVERSIT 33:49.52 54
59 Messengill, James UNIV. OF ARKANSAS P. B. 34:06.21 55
60 Wilkinson, Gabriel ALABAMA A&M. UNIVERSITY 34:13.25 56
61 Proctor, John UNIV. OF ARKANSAS P. B. 34:25.61 57
62 Weaver, Jeff UNIV. OF ARKANSAS P. B. 34:28.82 58
63 Jones, Kyle GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSIT 34:37.73
64 Thompson, Harold Dean MS VALLEY STATE UNIVERSIT 34:55.61 59
65 Lockhart, Patrick ALABAMA A&M. UNIVERSITY 34:59.09 60
66 Bailey, Brent ALABAMA A&M. UNIVERSITY 35:00.00 61
67 Smith, Jonathan ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY 35:11.21 62
68 Moore, Timothy ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY 35:20.67 63
69 Gates, Chazmon UNIV. OF ARKANSAS P. B. 35:50.84 64
70 Garner, Rick JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY 37:29.43 65
71 Johnson,, Kevin MS VALLEY STATE UNIVERSIT 40:55.10 66
72 McGee, Charles MS VALLEY STATE UNIVERSIT 40:56.11 67
- Williams, Curtis MS VALLEY STATE UNIVERSIT NT
- Brown, Lamar ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY NT
- Taylor, Charles ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY NT
- Ellis, Richard ALABAMA A&M. UNIVERSITY NT
- McKenzie, Ryan ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY NT
- Holmes, Tyler ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY NT
- Maldonado, Manuel TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY NT
- Jones, James MS VALLEY STATE UNIVERSIT NT
- Hollins, Michael SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY NT
- Lloyd, Chris TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY NT