SMYRNA, Del. – Led by an historic performance from Martha Bissah, the Norfolk State women's cross country team won its first MEAC championship since 2009 on Saturday morning at the Delaware State Outreach and Research Center.

Bissah became the first woman to ever win three consecutive MEAC cross country individual titles with another first-place finish on Saturday. She was one of four Spartans who finished in the top 15, earning All-MEAC honors. As a team, NSU tallied 47 points, 28 ahead of runner-up Maryland Eastern Shore.

Bissah finished the 5,000-meter course in 17 minutes, 44.38 seconds. She crossed the finish line nearly 15 seconds ahead of runner-up Aurelia Jepkorir of Maryland-Eastern Shore. With the win, Bissah became just the second runner in conference history to win three MEAC women's cross country titles. Michelle Robinson of Delaware State accomplished the feat in 1987, '89 and '90.

Sophomore Fridah Koech picked up her second straight All-MEAC honor by finishing fourth in a 5K personal record of 18:34.47. Senior Caroline Samoei also earned her second career all-conference honor with a ninth-place finish in 19:11.6, just shy of her PR as well.

Freshman Kara Grant was the fourth All-MEAC Spartan, crossing the line 13th in a season-best 19:37.75. Senior Nelly Jerop also ran well, finishing 24th overall in a season-best 20:33.75.

Head coach Kenneth Giles was named MEAC Women's Most Outstanding Coach.