Harding, Wallace earn all-region honors
For immediate release . . . November 4, 2006
Women's results • Men's results

CLINTON, Miss. — Xavier University of Louisiana cross country runners Ebony Harding and Darren Wallace earned second-team all-NAIA Region XIII honors by virtue of top-14 finishes at the regional meet Saturday.

Harding ran 5,000 meters in a season-best 20 minutes, 48.33 seconds to finish 13th out of 70 runners in the women's race. Wallace ran 8,000 meters in a season-best 28:02.33 to place 14th out of 63 men. Neither, however, qualified for the NAIA national meet Nov. 18 in Louisville, Ky.

Berry College swept the team championships. Xavier's women finished fourth, and the men placed fifth.

Individual winners were Berry's David Kawa (25:37.43) in the men's race and Reinhardt's Leah Derringer (18:48.27) in the women's.

Women (5,000 meters)
Team: 1, Berry 37. 2, Lee 64. 3, Reinhardt 88. 4, Xavier 99. 5, Shorter 144. 6, Southern Wesleyan 150. 7, Spring Hill 160. 8, Belhaven 207. 9, Loyola 210.
Individual: 1, Leah Derringer, Reinhardt, 18:48.27. 2, Haley Burke, Berry, 19:32.19. 3, Becky Ament, Berry, 19:34.38. 4, Anne Houghton, Lee, 19:36.75. 5, Katherine Barnes, Reinhardt, 19:50.34. 6, Mary Erin Imwalle, Loyola, 19:59.67.
Xavier: 13, Ebony Harding 20:48.33. 17, Lonique Moore 21:09.11. 19, Ashley Broden 21:19.08. 24, Mimi Mornay 21:39.35. 26, Stacey Young 21:56.47. 28, Amani Harlee 22:11.72.

Men (8,000 meters)
Team: 1, Berry 23. 2, Shorter 61. 3, Spring Hill 103. 4, Reinhardt 107. 5, Xavier 110. 6, Southern Wesleyan 144. 7, (tie) Lee 188, Belhaven 188.
Individual: 1, David Kawa, Berry, 25:37.43. 2, Matt Cagigal, Loyola, 26:46.11. 3, Jerad Godsave, Shorter, 26:51.13. 4, Richard Bouckaert, Loyola, 26:54.47. 5, Jordan Turner, Reinhardt, 26:57.65. 6, Ryan McClay, Berry, 26:58.51.
Xavier: 14, Darren Wallace 28:02.33. 19, Chris Butler 28:42.19. 25, Joshua Miles 29:37.42. 30, Bryan Khan 29:59.63. 39, Joe Drexler-Dreis 31:31.19.