Xavier teams will run four times in Louisiana this season
August 12, 2010
NEW ORLEANS — For the second consecutive year, four Louisiana meets are part of
the Xavier University of Louisiana men's and women's cross country schedules.
Sixth-year Coach Joseph Moses announced the 2010 schedules Thursday.
The Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets, both four-time defending champions of the
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference, will open the season September 3 in the Southern Miss Invitational
at Hattiesburg, Miss. Then four of XU's next five meets will be in Louisiana, including the
Radisson Hotel Wolfpack Classic at Lafreniere Park in suburban Metairie on Sept. 11 —
Xavier's only local meet of the year — and the LSU Invitational at Baton Rouge on Sept. 25.
The other Louisiana meets will be the ASICS McNeese Cowboy Stampede
at Lake Charles on Oct. 9 and the Demon Invitational at Natchitoches on Oct. 22.
The GCAC Championships and the qualifying meet for the NAIA National Championships
will be run concurrently Nov. 5 at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tenn. Xavier will get an early look at that
course when it competes Sept. 18 in Vanderbilt's Commodore Classic.
This year the GCAC does not field the requisite six men's or six women's cross
country programs to automatically qualify its team champions for the NAIA National Championships,
but eligible GCAC teams will run in a qualifying meet for nationals against TranSouth Athletic Conference members
Bethel (Tenn.), Blue Mountain, Freed-Hardeman, Trevecca Nazarene and Union (Tenn.) and
Association of Independent Institutions members Allen, Morris, Voorhees and Warren Wilson.
The NAIA National Championships will be Nov. 20 and will be run in Vancouver, Wash.,
for the second straight year. Both Xavier teams qualified for nationals in 2008 and 2009.
Ray Walston, the defending GCAC men's champion, is among seven
returning XU letterwinners. Also back are All-GCAC Matt Pieri on the men's team and
All-GCAC women Brianna Dekine, Anna D'Souza and Ashley Taylor.
NOTES: Xavier erroneously reported Wednesday that Charles Shaw
of Birmingham, Ala., would join the men's cross country team for the 2010-11 academic year.
XU regrets the error.
2010 Xavier University of Louisiana Men's Cross Country Schedule
visit www.xula.edu/athletics/mcc/schedule for schedule updates throughout the season
|
| Date |
Meet |
Site |
Time |
Distance |
| September |
| 3 Friday |
Southern Miss Invitational |
Tatum Park, Hattiesburg, Miss. |
3:45 p.m. |
4 miles |
| 11 Saturday |
Radisson Hotel Wolfpack Classic |
Lafreniere Park, Metairie, La. |
8:35 a.m. |
5,000 meters |
| 18 Saturday |
Commodore Classic |
Percy Warner Park, Nashville, Tenn. |
9 a.m. |
8,000 meters |
| 25 Saturday |
LSU Invitational |
Highland Road Park, Baton Rouge, La. |
9:30 a.m. |
8,000 meters |
| October |
| 9 Saturday |
ASICS McNeese Cowboy Stampede |
Lake Street Ward 3 Recreation Complex, Lake Charles, La. |
9:15 a.m. |
4 miles |
| 22 Friday |
Demon Invitational |
Walter P. Ledet Track Complex, Natchitoches, La. |
4:30 p.m. |
8,000 meters |
| November |
| 5 Friday |
NAIA National Championships qualifying meet /
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Championships |
Percy Warner Park, Nashville, Tenn. |
3 p.m. |
8,000 meters |
| 20 Saturday |
NAIA National Championships |
Fort Vancouver Historical Site, Vancouver, Wash. |
1:45 p.m. |
8,000 meters |
|
All times Central. TBA — To be announced.
|
2010 Xavier University of Louisiana Women's Cross Country Schedule
visit www.xula.edu/athletics/wcc/schedule for schedule updates throughout the season
|
| Date |
Meet |
Site |
Time |
Distance |
| September |
| 3 Friday |
Southern Miss Invitational |
Tatum Park, Hattiesburg, Miss. |
3:15 p.m. |
5,000 meters |
| 11 Saturday |
Radisson Hotel Wolfpack Classic |
Lafreniere Park, Metairie, La. |
8 a.m. |
5,000 meters |
| 18 Saturday |
Commodore Classic |
Percy Warner Park, Nashville, Tenn. |
10 a.m. |
5,000 meters |
| 25 Saturday |
LSU Invitational |
Highland Road Park, Baton Rouge, La. |
10 a.m. |
6,000 meters |
| October |
| 9 Saturday |
ASICS McNeese Cowboy Stampede |
Lake Street Ward 3 Recreation Complex, Lake Charles, La. |
8:45 a.m. |
5,000 meters |
| 22 Friday |
Demon Invitational |
Walter P. Ledet Track Complex, Natchitoches, La. |
4 p.m. |
6,000 meters |
| November |
| 5 Friday |
NAIA National Championships qualifying meet /
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Championships |
Percy Warner Park, Nashville, Tenn. |
2 p.m. |
5,000 meters |
| 20 Saturday |
NAIA National Championships |
Fort Vancouver Historical Site, Vancouver, Wash. |
12:30 p.m. |
5,000 meters |
|
All times Central. TBA — To be announced.
|
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