CLINTON, Miss. — Xavier University of Louisiana produced 13 top-10 finishes
— 12 in individual events — and five team season-best marks Friday at the
Mississippi College Twilight Invitational track and field meet.
One of the bests was 47.65 seconds by XU's women's 400-meter relay team of
Chelsea James,
Destini Thomas,
Alexis Milton and
Clarke Allen — an A-qualifying mark for next month's NAIA National
Championships. It's the fourth consecutive year that the Gold Nuggets qualified for nationals in this event.
The other team season bests were
Dionysia Love's 19:47.07 in the women's 5,000 (fourth place),
Dorian Hill's 16 feet, 7 3/4 inches in the long jump (5.07 meters and 16th place),
Ammiel Williams' 2:04.61 in the men's 800 (22nd place) and
Christopher Kennie's 21-10 in the men's long jump (6.65 meters, 11th place).
Kennie matched his season best.
Other high finishes for Xavier included a fourth by Mailya Vaughan in the women's 1,500 (5:07.72)
and fifths by Thomas in the 100 (12.57) and
Christopher August in the men's 1,500 (4:16.80).
There was no team scoring. Next for Xavier will be the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational at Natchitoches, La., April 9.
Here are all of Xavier's results from the Mississippi College Twilight Invitational:
Women
100:
Destini Thomas, 5th in 12.57;
Chinyere Jones, 8th in 12.74;
Alexis Milton, 9th in 12.79; Martina Wright, 11th in 12.81;
Katelyn McMorris, 18th in 13.15
200:
Clarke Allen, 10th in 26.32;
Janelle Jones, 22nd in 27.06;
Martina Wright, 26th in 27.34;
Katelyn McMorris, 30th in 27.80
400:
Kailey Williams, 16th in 59.53;
Janelle Jones, 30th in 1:01.21
800:
Maliya Vaughan, 14th in 2:33.72
1,500:
Maliya Vaughan, 4th in 5:07.72;
Brianna Pace, 6th in 5:10.71;
Dionysia Love, 7th in 5:11.16
5,000:
Dionysia Love, 4th in 19:47.07;
Brianna Pace, 13th in 20:50.53;
Hannah Finnegan, 20th in 22:09.46
100 Hurdles:
Tylor Row, 9th in 16.67
400 Relay:
Chelsea James,
Destini Thomas,
Alexis Milton,
Clarke Allen, 7th in 47.65
Long Jump:
Dorian Hill, 16th in 5.07 meters (16 feet, 7 3/4 inches)
Triple Jump:
Clarke Allen, 10th in 10.15 meters (33 feet, 3 3/4 inches);
Dorian Hill, 13th in 9.66 meters (31 feet, 8 1/2 inches)
Men
100:
Ethan Gipson, 27th in 11.48
200:
Ethan Gipson, 22nd in 23.53
800:
Ammiel Williams, 22nd in 2:04.61
1,500:
Christopher August, 5th in 4:16.80;
Ammiel Williams, 18th in 4:36.95
5,000:
Christopher August, 14th in 16:44.02
Long Jump:
Christopher Kennie, 11th in 6.65 meters (21 feet, 10 inches);
Keairez Coleman, 13th in 6.49 meters (21 feet, 3 1/2 inches)
Triple Jump:
Keairez Coleman, 6th in 13.04 meters (42 feet, 9 1/2 inches)
