Men's Cross Country
2011 Highlights

through Dec. 18, 2011

41-46 overall, 9-0 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference

•  Won the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference team championship for the sixth consecutive year
•  Qualified for the NAIA National Championships for the third time in four years
•  Recorded top-3 team finishes in 5-of-8 meets, including back-to-back victories in the University of Dallas Invitational and the GCAC Championships
•  Set a school record with 41 victories
•  13-8 against NCAA Division I opponents
•  Scored 19 points at conference meet, matching the fewest in 12 years by a GCAC team
•  Received a vote in four consecutive NAIA Coaches' Top 25 polls (Oct. 12-Nov. 6)
•  Freshman Kwame Jackson was the GCAC individual champion, giving Xavier its third consecutive first-place finisher at the conference meet
•  Produced a school-record six all-conference runners: Emmanuel Detiege, Kwame Jackson, Javon Mead, Matt Pieri, Ray Walston and Jamaal Williams
•  Ray Walston became the fourth Gold Rush runner to earn all-conference four times
•  Joseph Moses was chosen GCAC Coach of the Year for the sixth consecutive year
•  Matt Pieri and Kwame Jackson combined to win seven GCAC Runner of the Week awards — four by Pieri, three by Jackson
•  Matt Pieri set a GCAC record with 10 career Runner of the Week awards
•  Kwame Jackson was chosen All-Louisiana and Louisiana Freshman of the Year
•  Kwame Jackson recorded the No. 2 four-mile time in XU history, 21:46.1, at the Ragin' Cajuns Invitational on Sept. 16
•  Matt Pieri ran XU's fastest 8,000 meters since 1998 when he covered the course in 26:51.1 at the Gulf Coast Stampede on Oct. 1
•  Kwame Jackson and his sister Zahri were featured in Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd in the Nov. 7 issue