Results:
Men
Women
LAKE CHARLES, La. — Senior
Taylor Price and freshman
Ahmad Wilson
were Xavier University of Louisiana's first finishers Saturday in the Lake Charles Toyota Cowboy
Stampede cross country meet at Enos Derbonne Sports Complex.
Price, leading the Gold Nuggets for the third time in as many meets this season,
ran 5,000 meters in 20 minutes, 59.4 seconds to finish 53rd out of 100 women.
Wilson, leading the Gold Rush for the first time in his XULA career, ran four miles in 25:26.5
to place 88th out of 104 men.
Also finishing for the XULA women were
Maliya Vaughan (87th place, 25:02.8),
Alexis Williams (90th, 25:56.1),
Darryan Horton (91st, 25:58.2) and
Hajjia Mohammed (98th, 27:34.3).
Horton, a freshman, made her collegiate debut.
The other finishers for the XULA men were
Ghassan Alansi (91st, 26:11.2),
Adrian Thornton (93rd, 27:36.7) and
Devin Macklin-Jackson (94th, 27:48.5). It was the first
collegiate race for Thornton, a freshman.
In women's team scoring, the Gold Nuggets collected 359 points to finish 13th out of 14 schools.
A longtime NAIA member, XULA finished ahead of NCAA Division I Alcorn State. XULA did not qualify for men's team scoring.
Individual champions were Arina Kleshchukova (17:34.6) of New Orleans in the women's race
and Daniel Saina (19:51.7) of McNeese, the host school, in the men's. Houston won both team titles,
outscoring its city rival, Rice, 44-55 in the women's division and McNeese 46-50 in the men's.
Next competition for XULA will be the Watson Ford Invitational Oct. 12 at Choctaw Trails Course
in Clinton, Miss. The women's 6,000-meter race will start at 8:30 a.m., followed by the men's
8,000-meter race at 9:15 a.m.