Results
Meet information
NEW ORLEANS —
Seth Alexander,
Lejaune George,
Tele Jegede,
Daunté Kelly and
Skyler Madison
won individual titles Friday to help Xavier University
of Louisiana men's track and field grab a 124-point lead
in the Red River Athletic Conference Championships at Tad Gormley Stadium.
The XULA men scored
178 points, 68 more than they did on day one of the 2023 RRAC meet.
Huston-Tillotson is second with 54 points, followed by Jarvis Christian with 39, Our Lady of the Lake with 16 and Texas College with 10.
The Gold Rush seek a second RRAC team championship in three years.
The second and final day of the meet will be Saturday —
field events at 10 a.m., track events at noon. Venue address is 5400 Stadium Drive, zip 70124, and admission is free.
Alexander won the triple jump (15.00 meters/49 feet, 2 1/2 inches)
and javelin (42.78 meters/140 feet, 4 inches). Alexander in the triple jump became the first XULA male in the modern era
to win four conference championships in the same event. Alexander also is a two-time NAIA national champion in the triple jump.
George won 10,000-meter run (38 minutes, 36.70 seconds),
Jegede won the discus (PR of 41.32 meters/135 feet, 6 inches), Kelly won the 400 (48.42),
and Madison won the 3,000 (10:28.40).
Here are all XULA men's results from the first day of the 2024
RRAC Championships:
400:
Daunté Kelly, 1st in 48.42;
Jaheene Bell, 3rd in 48.82;
Winston Young, 4th in 49.65;
Juston Tweh, 5th in 50.44
3,000:
Skyler Madison, 1st in 10:28.40;
Damoy Boyd, 2nd in 11:17.10;
Landan Gillespie, 3rd in 11:37.70;
Lejaune George, 4th in 12:11.60
10,000:
Lejaune George, 1st in 38:36.70;
Landan Gillespie, 2nd in 39:27.80;
Skyler Madison, 3rd in 41:41.60
110 Hurdles:
Dayton Jamierson, 3rd in 15.77;
Mauricka McKenzie, 4th in 16.54;
Maurice Green, 6th in 19.18
400 Relay:
Jaheene Bell, Shevaughn Fearon,
Bryson Osborne,
Daunté Kelly, disqualified
3,200 Relay:
Damoy Boyd,
Lejaune George,
Caydon Carpenter,
Lejaune George,
Landan Gillespie, 2nd in 7:53.13
Discus:
Tele Jegede, 1st in 41.32 meters/135 feet, 7 inches;
Kristoffe Clifford, 4th in 26.75 meters/87 feet, 9 inches;
Maurice Green, 5th in 24.43 meters/80 feet, 2 inches;
TJ Jones, 6th in 24.03 meters/78 feet, 10 inches
Javelin:
Seth Alexander, 1st in 42.78 meters/140 feet, 4 inches;
TJ Jones, 2nd in 41.47 meters/136 feet, 1 inch;
Leonard Theophile, 3rd in 38.40 meters/126 feet, 0 inches;
Blake Harris, 4th in 32.73 meters/107 feet, 4 inches
Triple Jump:
Seth Alexander, 1st in 15.00 meters/49 feet, 2 1/2 inches;
Blake Harris, 2nd in 14.00 meters/45 feet, 11 1/4 inches;
Ovane Williams, 4th in 13.41 meters/44 feet, 0 inches;
Dayton Jamierson, 5th in 11.96 meters/39 feet, 3 inches
Team Scoring:
XULA 178, Huston-Tillotson 54, Jarvis Christian 39, Our Lady of the Lake 16, Texas College 10
