Results
SAN ANTONIO, Texas —
Our Lady of the Lake rallied Saturday to deny Xavier University of Louisiana men's track and field
a second consecutive team title at the Red River
Athletic Conference Championships.
The Saints, who trailed the Gold Rush
by 48 points after Friday's events, outscored the Gold Rush 204-135 on the final day
to win the title for the second time in three years. OLLU's overall total was 266 points,
and XULA placed second with 245.
OLLU tied Wiley's 2017 men's record for most points in
an RRAC meet. XULA's points are the most by an RRAC runner-up and No. 3 overall.
Five events — 100, 200, 5,000
and 10,000 meters, plus the javelin — carried OLLU. The Saints got 1-2 finishes in each
of those events and outscored XULA 119-33.
XULA won two events and finished the meet with seven titles.
Seth Alexander earned his
second victory of the meet with a long jump of 7.06 meters/23 feet, 2 inches, and
Damien Trahan notched his first title with 2.00 meters/6-6 3/4 in the high jump.
Alexander scored a team-high 18 points Saturday,
and he and
Thomas Donald led XULA in two-day scoring with 28 points apiece.
Third for the Gold Rush with 26 points was
Colin Rowe. The senior transfer from the University of Maryland
scored in seven track events, including second place Friday in the 400
and a fourth Saturday in the 200. He helped the Gold Rush place second in the meet finale,
the 1,600 relay.
Rowe's 400 time of 47.85 is XULA's fastest
since the program was revived in 2010.
Three other XULA athletes —
Tele Jegede (23),
Lejaune George (21 1/2) and
Damoy Boyd (20 1/2) — also
reached 20 points.
The runner-up team finish was XULA's fourth in its
last five conference meets. The XULA men finished second in their previous home, the Gulf Coast Athletic,
in 2018, 2019 and 2021. There was no GCAC meet in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Here are all XULA men's results from the second and final day of the
RRAC Championships:
100:
Tasrico Bell, 3rd in 10.70;
Colin Rowe, 5th in 10.87;
Coulaj Eans, 8th in 10.95
200:
Colin Rowe, 4th in 22.16;
Winston Young, 8th in 22.66;
Jeffon Dudley, 9th in 22.71
800:
Damoy Boyd, 3rd in 1:58.20;
Lejaune George, 5th in 2:00.84;
Colin Rowe, 6th in 2:03.61;
Ahmad Wilson, 11th in 2:29.29
1,500:
Lejaune George, 4th in 4:22.01;
Damoy Boyd, 5th in 4:29.75;
Ahmad Wilson, 7th in 5:25.16
5,000:
Ahmad Wilson, 4th in 18:31.19
400 Hurdles:
Coulaj Eans, 3rd in 57.33;
Dayton Jamierson, 8th in 58.12;
Mauricka McKenzie, 10th in 1:03.13;
Damien Trahan, 11th in 1:07.64
1,600 Relay:
Maurice Green,
Colin Rowe,
Damoy Boyd,
Winston Young, 2nd in 3:20.54
Discus:
Thomas Donald, 2nd in 36.41 meters/119 feet, 5 inches;
Tele Jegede, 4th in 31.82 meters/104 feet, 5 inches
High Jump:
Damien Trahan, 1st in 2.00 meters/6 feet, 6 3/4 inches;
Dayton Jamierson, 2nd in 1.95 meters/6 feet, 4 3/4 inches;
Jackson Lubuta, 3rd in 1.90 meters/6 feet, 2 3/4 inches;
Seth Alexander, 5th in 1.80 meters/5 feet, 10 3/4 inches
Javelin:
Blake Harris, 4th in 35.26 meters/115 feet, 8 inches;
Seth Alexander, 5th in 35.26 meters/115 feet, 8 inches;
Tele Jegede, 7th in 33.47 meters/109 feet, 10 inches;
Kristoffe Clifford, 11th in 25.68 meters/84 feet, 3 inches
Long Jump:
Seth Alexander, 1st in 7.06 meters/23 feet, 2 inches;
Coulaj Eans, 2nd in 6.84 meters/22 feet, 5 1/4 inches;
Kristoffe Clifford, 5th in 6.52 meters/21 feet, 4 3/4 inches;
Blake Harris, tied for 13th, no mark
Team Scoring:
Our Lady of the Lake 266, XULA 245, Huston-Tillotson 97, Jarvis Christian 75, Paul Quinn 26
