HBCU powerhouse Winston-Salem State College (WSSU) is celebrating a historic postseason after capturing the 2025 CIAA Outside Observe and Subject Championship. The Rams’ momentum continued on the nationwide stage, with a number of honors for each athletes and coaches, additional cementing WSSU’s rise in HBCU monitor and area.
On the NCAA Division II Outside Championships in Pueblo, Colorado, WSSU athletes Charnessa Reid and Brianna Benloss delivered standout performances. Benloss ran a personal-best 11.39 within the 100m prelims to qualify for the finals, ending ninth total and incomes Second Workforce All-American honors. Reid, in the meantime, positioned fourth nationally within the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.35, securing First Workforce All-American standing.
Reid’s dominance this season—undefeated in collegiate hurdles competitors and victorious on the CIAA Championships—additionally earned her the title of USTFCCCA Division II Atlantic Area Athlete of the 12 months. WSSU assistant coach Paula Salmon, in her first season, was named Atlantic Area Assistant Coach of the 12 months after main WSSU’s sprinters and hurdlers to 5 CIAA titles, ten faculty information, and 23 NCAA provisional marks.
Including to the momentum, HBCU standout Candace Morris is transferring to WSSU from West Virginia State. Morris, a First Workforce All-American within the 60m sprint in the course of the indoor season, additionally swept the 100m and 200m titles on the Mountain East Convention Outside Championships. Her arrival provides WSSU much more firepower heading into 2025.
WSSU continues to showcase the energy and depth of HBCU athletics on the nationwide stage, with its girls’s monitor program incomes accolades and attracting elite expertise. With All-Individuals, championship {hardware}, and elite transfers, WSSU is setting the usual for HBCU excellence in monitor and area.
