SMYRNA, Del. – The Norfolk State men's cross country team dominated the 2023 MEAC Cross Country Championships on Saturday, winning its fourth consecutive conference championship, 16^th all-time.
 
Junior Gidion Sigei won the individual title for the second consecutive year, finishing the 8k course in 24:39.1, 24.8 seconds ahead of the next finisher. The time was just three tenths of a second slower than his historic performance in last year's MEAC Championships.
 
The Spartans tallied just 18 points total for the meet, sweeping the top four places. It marked the fourth consecutive time that the Spartans earned the top three finishers.
 
Delaware State took second place at the meet with 71 points, a whopping 53 points behind the first-place Spartans.
 
Raphael Kitur took second with a time of 25:03.9, while Brian Rotich earned his first All-MEAC Cross Country honor by finishing third in 25:22.2.
 
Making his first appearance of the 2023 season, Victor Jumo wasted no time getting comfortable, finishing the race in 26:18.9 to round out the top four. Evans Pololet closed out the Spartan scorers, taking eighth in 26 minutes, 57.6 seconds.
 
All of Norfolk State's top finishers earned All-MEAC honors.