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ALMA MATER
In the Mississippi Valley,
In the Crescent Bend
Stands our loved and noble Xavier,
Far her praises send.
Refrain:
Wave her colors bear them onward
Gold and white so true
Hail to thee, all hail, dear Xavier
Hail, all hail, X.U.!
Xavier, ever be our guide
And lead us on the way,
Through life's journey, onward, upward
To the eternal day. (Refrain)
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NAIA Men's Cross Country |
NAIA Eligibility Center
Xavier was one of 10 current members — one of two from the South —
to qualify its men's and women's teams three or more times apiece for NAIA
Cross Country National Championships from 2008-11. To the right is the list of 10.
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XAVIER
Aquinas
British Columbia
Cal State San Marcos
College of Idaho
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Concordia (Neb.)
Concordia (Ore.)
Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
Lewis-Clark State
Shawnee State |
Men's Cross Country
updated May 11, 2012
Head Coach: Joseph Moses (seventh season), (504) 520-5007 or jmoses@xula.edu
Publicity Contact: Ed Cassiere, (504) 520-5707 or ecassier@xula.edu
Next:
The Gold Rush await the start of the 2012 season in late August or
early September.
Most Recently:
The Gold Rush finished 31st out of 32 teams in the NAIA National
Championships at Vancouver, Wash. Freshman Kwame Jackson ran 8,000 meters in 27
minutes, 40 seconds to lead the XU men.
story
results
2011 Highlights:
click here
Rankings:
The Gold Rush received one point in the November 6 NAIA coaches poll. It
was the fourth straight week that the XU men received a vote.
story
Sustained Success:
Xavier's men won the last six Gulf Coast Athletic Conference team championships
— 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 — and produced GCAC individual champions
Ray Walston in 2009, Matt Pieri in 2010 and Kwame Jackson in 2011. Pieri and Jackson are scheduled
to return for the 2012 season.
Degrees Matter Too:
Of the 18 senior female and male student-athletes to run for Coach Joseph Moses,
16 received degrees from Xavier. The other two are completing the six-year program in the
College of Pharmacy.
Recruiting:
Kwame Jackson
of Kingwood, Texas, Lawrence
Stansberry
of New Orleans and Jamaal Williams
of Mesquite, Texas, signed for 2011. All three were all-conference for Xavier in 2011. Xavier has yet to sign anyone for 2012.
2010 Highlights:
• The Gold Rush won the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference team championship
for the fifth consecutive year.
• Matt Pieri was the GCAC individual champion and a five-time GCAC Runner of the Week.
• Xavier produced a program-record five All-GCAC runners: Matt Pieri, Ray Walston,
Javon Mead, Charles Shaw and Ryan Thompson.
• Ray Walston set an XU men's record of 21 minutes, 8 seconds for
6,000 meters in the Ragin' Cajuns Invitational at Lafayette, La., on September 17.
• Joseph Moses was GCAC Coach of the Year for the fifth consecutive season.
You Go, Joe!
Joe Drexler-Dreis, who graduated from Xavier in May 2009, earned a first for the university and the
GCAC when he earned College Division second-team honors on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® men's track and field/cross country team.
Drexler-Dreis, from Shorewood, Wis., and Shorewood High School, was the first Xavier student-athlete chosen to an
Academic All-America squad. Drexler-Dreis shared the distinction of first GCAC athlete chosen with
Spring Hill's Patrick Aucoin, who also made the second team.
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Xavier University of Louisiana's 2011 men's cross country team
From left: Charles Shaw, Jamaal Williams,
Ray Walston, Kwame Jackson, Javon Mead, Matt Pieri. Not pictured is Emmanuel Detiege.
Xavier appearances at the
NAIA National Championships
Team in 2002, 2008, 2009 and 2011
Individuals in 1997, 1998,
1999, 2000 and 2003
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Xavier's Gulf Coast
Athletic Conference Champions
Team — 2006, 2007, 2008,
2009, 2010 and 2011
Individual — Farris Gransberry in 2000,
Ray Walston in 2009, Matt Pieri in 2010,
Kwame Jackson in 2011
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