2017 Men's Cross Country Statistics

2017 Statistics
INDIVIDUAL   Aug. 25 Sept. 1 Sept. 9 Sept. 16 Oct. 20 Nov. 18
    Big Easy MC Opener Sugar Bowl LSU GCAC NAIA
    5,000 meters 5,000 meters 5,000 meters 6,000 meters 8,000 meters 8,000 meters
Name Yr. 20 runners 92 runners 54 runners 77 runners 41 runners 328 runners
Ayinde Abanu So. 19th-25:31.30 86th-25:07.50 52nd-25:16.2 74th-25:24.8 26th-35:34.93 did not run
Aaron Grundy So. 20th-26:09.65 91st-33:19.00 54th-33:30.7 did not run did not run did not run
Camren Sewell Fr. 3rd-17:36.27 41st-18:33.92 21st-18:13.5 45th-20:08.1 2nd-29:27.13 306th-29:19
Oji Wells So. 10th-19:36.14 66th-20:38.03 46th-22:24.2 63rd-21:58.6 11th-31:20.59 did not run
Ammiel Williams Sr. 16th-23:09.19 83rd-22:54.66 42nd-21:28.1 73rd-25:10.2 24th-34:57.79 did not run
Darrick Williams Jr. 12th-20:25.29 72nd-21:14.26 33rd-19:58.8 67th-22:52.5 10th-31:15.79 did not run
Ray Williams Fr. did not run did not run did not run 69th-23:13.1 17th-32:39.20 did not run

TEAM  (9 wins, 21 losses)
Aug. 25 — Xavier Big Easy Opener at City Park, New Orleans, La., 6 p.m. (5,000 meters)
Team:  1, Loyola (N.O.) 18. 2, Dillard 58. 3, XULA 59.
Individual Champion:  Walter Ramsey, Loyola (N.O.), 16:51.79 (20 runners).
XULA:  3, Camren Sewell 17:36.27. 10, Oji Wells 19:36.14. 12, Darrick Williams 20:25.29. 16, Ammiel Williams 23:09.19. 19, Ayinde Abanu 25:31.30. 20, Aaron Grundy 26:09.65.

Sept. 1 — Mississippi College Season Opener at Choctaw Trails Course, Clinton, Miss., 5:30 p.m. (5,000 meters)
Team:  1, Mississippi College 33. 2, Louisiana Tech 76. 3, Blue Mountain 102. 4, Jackson State 110. 5, Meridian CC 117. 6, Spring Hill 161. 7, Mobile 169. 8, Millsaps 178. 9, Belhaven 245. 10, XULA 291. 11, Alcorn State 296. 12, Tougaloo 335.
Individual Champion:  Henry Kiplagat, Jackson State, 16:15.92 (92 runners)
XULA:  41, Camren Sewell 18:33.92. 66, Oji Wells 20:38.03. 72, Darrick Williams 21:14.26. 83, Ammiel Williams 22:54.66. 86, Ayinde Abanu 25:07.50. 91, Aaron Grundy 33:19.00.

Sept. 9 — Allstate Sugar Bowl Festival at Lafreniere Park, Metairie, La., 7:50 a.m. (5,000 meters)
Team (non-NCAA Division I):  1, Loyola (N.O.) 30. 2, Spring Hill 34. 3, XULA 77. 4, Tougaloo 100.
Individual Champion:  Moses Aloiloi, Tulane, 16:05.1.
XULA:  21, Camren Sewell 18:13.5. 33, Darrick Williams 19:58.8. 42, Ammiel Williams 21:28.1. 46, Oji Wells 22:24.2. 52, Ayinde Abanu 25:16.2. 54, Aaron Grundy 33:30.7.

Sept. 16 — LSU Invitational at Highland Road Park, Baton Rouge, La., 8:10 a.m. (6,000 meters)
Team:  1, Southeastern Louisiana 41. 2, McNeese State 43. 3, LSU 62. 4, Tulane 75. 5, New Orleans 156. 6, Southern 167. 7, Loyola (N.O.) 177. 8, Nicholls State 247. 9, XULA 248. 10, Alcorn State 258.
Individual Champion:  Brian Flanagan, McNeese State, 17:09.9.
XULA:  45, Camren Sewell 20:08.1. 63, Oji Wells 21:58.6. 67, Darrick Williams 22:52.5. 69, Ray Williams 23:13.1. 73, Ammiel Williams 25:10.2. 74, Ayinde Abanu 25:24.8

Oct. 14 — UNCF Walk/Run For Education at Audubon Park, New Orleans, La., 8:30 a.m. (5,000 meters)
(exhibition — XULA's Camren Sewell was first overall finisher)

Oct. 20 — Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Championships at Choctaw Trails Course, Clinton, Miss., 8:45 a.m. (8,000 meters)
Team:  1, Edward Waters 45. 2, XULA 64. 3, Dillard 72. 4, Philander Smith 88. 5, SUNO 97. 6, Tougaloo 137. 7, Talladega 177.
Individual Champion:  Solomon Stevens, Edward Waters, 29:22.01 (41 runners).
XULA:  2, Camren Sewell 29:27.13. 10, Darrick Williams 31:15.79. 11, Oji Wells 31:20.59. 17, Ray Williams 32:39.20. 24, Ammiel Williams 34:57.79. 26, Ayinde Abanu 35:34.93.

Nov. 18 — NAIA National Championships at Fort Vancouver National Historical Site, Vancouver, Wash, 10:30 a.m. PST (8,000 meters)
Team:  1, British Columbia 41. 2, Columbia (Mo.) 168. 3, Oklahoma City 179. 4, Southern Oregon 193. 5, Lewis-Clark State 200. 6, Saint Mary (Kan.) 273. 7, Eastern Oregon 275. 8, Missouri Valley 296. 9, St. Francis (Ill.) 326. 10, College of Idaho 351. 11, Oregon Tech 351. 12, Indiana Tech 353. 13, Olivet Nazarene 372. 14, Indiana Wesleyan 375. 15, Aquinas 431. 16, Bacone 438. 17, Taylor 442. 18, Northwest Christian 469. 19, The Master's 492. 20, Cornerstone 493. 21, Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) 505. 22, Westmont 534. 23, Reinhardt 561. 24, Wayland Baptist 580. 25, Northwestern (Iowa) 604. 26, William Carey 645. 27, Shawnee State 677. 28, Mount Mercy 680. 29, Ohio Christian 762. 30. York (Neb.) 780. 31, Dickinson State 812. 32, Point Park 822. 33. Northwest 883. 34, SCAD Savannah 996. 35, Our Lady of the Lake 1,036. 36, Edward Waters 1,206.
Individual Champion:  Mark Shaw, Oklahoma City, 24:09 (328 runners).
XULA:  306, Camren Sewell 29:19.

VS. ALL OPPONENTS
(9-21 overall, 7-2 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference)
Opponent W-L-T Affiliation
Alcorn State 2-0 NCAA I
Belhaven 0-1 NCAA III
Blue Mountain 0-1 NAIA
• Dillard 1-1 NAIA
• Edward Waters 0-1 NAIA
Jackson State 0-1 NCAA I
Louisiana Tech 0-1 NCAA I
Loyola (N.O.) 0-3 NAIA
LSU 0-1 NCAA I
McNeese State 0-1 NCAA I
Meridian CC 0-1 NJCAA
Millsaps 0-1 NCAA III
Mississippi College 0-1 NCAA II
Mobile 0-1 NAIA
New Orleans 0-1 NCAA I
Nicholls State 0-1 NCAA I
• Philander Smith 1-0 NAIA
Southeastern Louisiana 0-1 NCAA I
Southern 0-1 NCAA I
Spring Hill 0-2 NCAA II
• SUNO 1-0 NAIA
• Talladega 1-0 NAIA
• Tougaloo 3-0 NAIA
Tulane 0-1 NCAA I
• Gulf Coast Athletic Conference opponent
7-7 vs. NAIA      2-9 vs. NCAA I      0-3 vs. NCAA II      0-2 vs. NCAA III      0-0 vs. USCAA
0-1 vs. NJCAA (not counted in team records)      0-0 vs. non-collegiate (not counted in team records)

Career Statistics of 2017 Gold Rush

  Best 5K Time (Date) Best 8K Time (Date) Top-10s Top-5s
Ayinde Abanu 25:07.50 (Sept. 1, 2017) 35:34.93 (Oct. 20, 2017) 0 0
Aaron Grundy 26:09.65 (Aug. 25, 2017) has not competed at this distance 0 0
Camren Sewell 17:36.27 (Aug. 25, 2017) 29:19 (Nov. 18, 2017) 2 2
Oji Wells 17:16.6 (Sept. 10, 2016) 29:41.26 (Oct. 22, 2016) 2 0
Ammiel Williams 18:49.5 (Sept. 10, 2016) 33:05.03 (Oct. 22, 2016) 0 0
Darrick Williams 17:25.3 (Sept. 10, 2016) 30:55.19 (Oct. 22, 2015) 2 0
Ray Williams has not competed at this distance 32:39.20 (Oct. 20, 2017) 0 0

Career statistics are for collegiate competition only