Results
SAN ANTONIO, Texas —
Seth Alexander and
Blake Harris became Xavier University of Louisiana men's track and field's
first 50-foot triple jumpers, and the Gold Rush won 5-of-8 events Friday to
build a 48-point lead at the Red River
Athletic Conference Championships.
XULA, the defending champion, scored 110
points. Our Lady of the Lake was second with 62. The meet's second and final day
will begin at 9:30 a.m. CDT Saturday at Antonian High School's Ferrara Stadium.
XULA got victories from
Alexander in the triple jump (15.31 meters/50 feet, 2 1/4 inches),
Thomas Donald in the
hammer (33.72 meters/110-7) and shot put (13.36 meters/43-10),
Lejaune George in the 3,000-meter run
(9:28.19) and George,
Dayton Jamierson,
Colin Rowe and
Damoy Boyd (8:09.09) in the 3,200 relay.
Harris broke the XULA triple jump record in each of his first two attempts
but still finished second to Alexander. The Harris-Alexander sequence:
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Preliminaries, jump 1: Harris went 15.17 meters/49-9 1/4 to break
Jeffery Frazier's
2019 XULA record of 15.16/49-9. Alexander fouled.
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Preliminaries, jump 2: Harris went 15.27 meters/50-1 1/4 to become
XULA's first to reach 50 feet. Alexander jumped 14.94/49-0 1/4.
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Preliminaries, jump 3: Harris went 15.06/49-5, then Alexander
followed with his winning and record mark — four-hundredths of a meter better than Harris.
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Finals, jump 1: Harris passed his turn, then Alexander jumped 14.90/48-10 3/4.
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Finals, jump 2: Harris fouled, then Alexander passed.
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Finals, jump 3: Harris jumped 14.90/48-10 3/4, then Alexander fouled.
"Seth and Blake have been pushing
each other all season," XULA head coach
Yhann Plummer said.
"Today they took it to another level — a sensational level.
It's great to see them get these results after all their hard work in practice
and weight training."
Alexander repeated
as RRAC champion and won the triple for the third straight year in a
conference meet. Donald repeated as shot put champion and won
twice in conference for the second straight year.
Despite their third place in
the 400 relay, Rowe, Bell, Green and Eans produced an A-qualifying time
of 41.40 seconds for NAIA nationals next month.
An early evening thunderstorm
moved the javelin and 10,000-meter run to Saturday.
Here are all XULA men's results from the first day of the
RRAC Championships:
400:
Colin Rowe, 2nd in 47.85;
Winston Young, 5th in 48.78;
Maurice Green, 10th in 51.30;
Caydon Carpenter, 16th in 54.69
3,000:
Lejaune George, 1st in 9:28.19;
Damoy Boyd, 3rd in 9:39.27
110 Hurdles:
Dayton Jamierson, 2nd in 15.38;
Mauricka McKenzie, 5th in 16.94
400 Relay:
Colin Rowe,
Tasrico Bell,
Maurice Green,
Coulaj Eans, 3rd in 41.40
3,200 Relay:
Lejaune George,
Dayton Jamierson,
Colin Rowe,
Damoy Boyd, 1st in 8:09.09
Hammer:
Thomas Donald, 1st in 33.72 meters/110 feet, 7 inches;
Tele Jegede, 2nd in 31.55 meters/103 feet, 6 inches
Shot Put:
Thomas Donald, 1st in 13.36 meters/43 feet, 10 inches;
Tele Jegede, 2nd in 13.15 meters/43 feet, 1 3/4 inches
Triple Jump:
Seth Alexander, 1st in 15.31 meters/50 feet, 2 3/4 inches;
Blake Harris, 2nd in 15.27 meters/50 feet, 1 1/4 inches
Team Scoring:
XULA 110, Our Lady of the Lake 62, Jarvis Christian 52, Huston-Tillotson 46, Paul Quinn 14
Blake Harris broke the XULA triple jump record in each of his first two attempts
but finished second to teammate Seth Alexander.
