NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Chestnut Hill College Women's and  Men's Cross Country teams were named the  2024 winners of the  Anne Jackson Memorial Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women's Cross Country Team Sportsmanship Award and Rob Roman Memorial  CACC  Men's Cross Country Team Sportsmanship Award  respectively, as announced by Commissioner Dan Mara. The voting for the award was done by the league's head coaches in the sport.

The voting illustrated the coaches' belief that Head Coach Ashley Johnson's squads demonstrated outstanding class, character and sportsmanship throughout the 2024 season.  The women win the award for the second year in a row while the men earn the honor for the second time, having shared the award with Goldey-Beacom College in 2018

The women's award is named for Jackson, a former Nyack College women's cross-country standout who passed away suddenly and prematurely on November 17, 2010. The men's award is named for Roman, a former Post University men's cross-country standout who passed away suddenly and prematurely on October 5, 2012.  The awards have since carried their names to memorialize their courage, strength and sportsmanship.

The Griffins' women's cross country team will be competing at the upcoming NCAA East Regional Cross Country Championship in Rochester, new York on November 9.