2018-19 Women's Track and Field Roster

Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Jerek Wolcott
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics

Alexis Milton

  • Position Sprints
  • Height 5-2
  • Class Senior
  • High School Westminster Christian Academy
  • Hometown Opelousas, La.
  • Major Biology

Biography

Honors
•  NAIA All-America in outdoor track and field in 2019 (400-meter relay)
•  All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference in 2016, 2017 and 2018
•  GCAC Track Athlete of the Week four times in 2018
•  XULA Sister Grace Mary Flickinger Honor Roll in 2015, 2019
•  GCAC Commissioner's Honor Roll in 2019-20

Briefly
•  Fifth year at XULA
•  Four-year letterwinner in track and field
•  Member of teams that won a collective four GCAC team championships: three in outdoor track and field (2017, 2018, 2019) and one in cross country (2019)
•  Her best times at XULA were 12.26 seconds in the 100 and 25.15 in the 200 . . . Both were run in 2019
•  Received XULA bachelor's degree in May 2020

2019 Cross Country (Fifth Year)
•  This was her only season of college cross country after four seasons of outdoor track and field
•  Competed in the season's first two meets
•  Member of team that won GCAC team championship and qualified for NAIA nationals

2019 Track and Field (Senior)
•  Ran third segment on 400 relay team that placed sixth at NAIA nationals and earned All-America honors . . . Teammates were Justyce Riggs, Ariel Ford and Shalysa Wray
•  Helped the XULA women score their highest ever finish — 23rd place — at NAIA nationals
•  Ran leadoff segment on 400 relay that set school record of 46.23 and produced an NAIA A-qualifying mark at season-opening Southeastern Strawberry Relays (March 2, 2019)

2018 Track and Field (Junior)
•  Helped XULA finish second in 400 relay at GCAC Championships
•  Helped XULA win GCAC team title
•  Ran second segment on 400-meter relay team that set school record (later broken) and produced NAIA A-qualifying mark of 46.66 seconds at Louisiana Classics meet in Lafayette, La.
•  Opened season with victory in 400 relay at Tulane Twilight Early Bird on March 2

2017 Track and Field (Sophomore)
•  Helped Gold Nuggets win 400 relay at GCAC Championships for the first time in program history
•  Helped XULA win GCAC team title
•  XULA PRs of 12.27 in 100 (third place) and 25.18 in 200 (fourth place) at GCAC Championships
•  Competed in the preliminaries of the 400 relay at NAIA nationals
•  Earned first collegiate victory in 1,600 relay (leadoff segment) at University of Mobile Invitational on April 7

2016 Track and Field (Freshman)
•  Helped 400 relay finish second at GCAC Championships . . . seventh place in 200 and 11th in 100

Club
•  Competed in AAU track and basketball one season apiece

High School
•  State champion in 400 relay at 2015 and 2014 LHSAA Class 2A outdoor state meets . . . Also in 2015: second place in 800 relay, third in 100 (12.57) and fifth in 200 (26.77) to help Westminster finish third in team standings
•  Won in 100, 200, 800 relay and 1,600 relay to help Westminster win District 5-2A team championship in 2014
•  Named Class 1A outstanding performer at 2013 LHSAA outdoor state meet as a sophomore . . . Won 100 and 200 to help Crusaders win school's first championship in any sport
•  Named outstanding track performer at District 6-1A and Region II-A meets in 2013 . . . Won 100 and 200 and helped 800 relay finish first at district meet, then won regional title in 200
•  Played six years of varsity basketball, started for five seasons and reached 30 points in several games . . . Won team award as best offensive player her final three seasons
•  Made the honor roll multiple times
•  Secretary of National Honor Society
•  Worked 15 hours of community service as a senior

Personal
•  Career goal is to become a physical therapist
•  Born in Bethesda, Md., and moved to Louisiana in 2004

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    5'2"
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'2"
  • 2017-18Junior

    Sprints
    5'2"
  • 2018-19Senior

    Sprints
    5'2"