XULA men's track and field
Jake Paige
Coulaj Eans

Men's Track and Field

Eans earns NAIA All-America after school record in long jump, 6th-place national finish

Results

        MARION, Ind. — Xavier University of Louisiana freshman Coulaj Eans finished sixth in the long jump Thursday to score the Gold Rush's first points of the 2023 NAIA Men's Outdoor Track and Field National Championship.
        Eans broke an 81-year-old XULA record when he jumped 7.38 meters/24 feet, 2 1/2 inches on his third of sixth attempts. XULA Athletic Hall of Fame member Herb Douglas held the previous mark, 7.35 meters/24 feet, 1 1/2 inches in a second-place finish at the Penn Relays on April 25, 1942.
        Eans earned All-America by being one of the top eight finishers. He did not qualify for nationals until two weeks ago; he won with an A-qualifying mark of 7.25 meters/23 feet, 9 1/2 inches at the DU/XU Meet, a last-chance event.
        Freshman Goodness Iredia of Cumberland won in 7.63 meters/25 feet, one-half inch.
        Qualifying for the finals Friday was Colin Rowe, whose time of 48.30 seconds in the 400-meter dash ranked seventh. Life's Jacob Ulrich was the fastest qualifier with 47.36.
        Also competing for XULA were Damien Trahan, 12th place out of 20 in the high jump with 2.00 meters/6 feet, 6 3/4 inches, and Damoy Boyd, who was 29th out of 32 in the 800 preliminaries in 1:58.88. Midland's Shandon Reitzell won the high jump in 2.11 meters/6 feet 11 inches, and Westmont's Senzo Sokhela led 800 qualifiers with 1:51.04.
        The three-day meet will conclude Friday with three Gold Rush athletes competing in two events — times Eastern Daylight:
        •  1:30 p.m. — Seth Alexander and Blake Harris in triple jump
        •  3:40 p.m. — Colin Rowe in 400 final
 
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Players Mentioned

Blake Harris

Blake Harris

6' 1"
Junior
1L
Colin Rowe

Colin Rowe

6' 1"
Senior
TR
Coulaj Eans

Coulaj Eans

6' 0"
Freshman
HS
Damien Trahan

Damien Trahan

6' 1"
Junior
1L
Damoy Boyd

Damoy Boyd

6' 0"
Junior
2L
Seth Alexander

Seth Alexander

5' 8"
Junior
2L

Players Mentioned

Blake Harris

Blake Harris

6' 1"
Junior
1L
Colin Rowe

Colin Rowe

6' 1"
Senior
TR
Coulaj Eans

Coulaj Eans

6' 0"
Freshman
HS
Damien Trahan

Damien Trahan

6' 1"
Junior
1L
Damoy Boyd

Damoy Boyd

6' 0"
Junior
2L
Seth Alexander

Seth Alexander

5' 8"
Junior
2L