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        NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana men's track and field two-time national champion Seth Alexander on Tuesday was named Greater New Orleans Amateur Athlete of the Month for March 2024.
        Monthly award-winners are selected by the Greater New Orleans Sports Awards Committee, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
        Alexander — a senior from Arnaudville, La., a XULA pharmacy major and a graduate of Breaux Bridge High School — won his second consecutive NAIA national championship in the men's triple jump when he finished first indoors March 2 at Brookings, S.D. His winning jump was 15.42 meters/50 feet, 7 1/4 inches.
        Alexander was the NAIA outdoor national champion in this event in May 2023. He is the only XULA athlete to win an NAIA national championship in track and field.
        Six XULA athletes have produced a collective seven Sugar Bowl monthly awards all-time. The list:
        •  Seth Alexander, men's track and field, March 2024
        •  William Loyd, men's basketball, March 2020
        •  Angela Charles-Alfred, women's tennis, October 2019
        •  Mariia Borodii, women's tennis, March 2018
        •  Brittany Powell, women's basketball, January 2010
        •  Bruce Seals, men's basketball, March 1973
        •  Bruce Seals, men's basketball, February 1973

photo of Seth Alexander by Michael Wade