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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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Matt Pieri, shown competing in 2010 at Lafreniere Park in Metairie, La., is one of seven returning All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference runners for
Xavier's men and women. Pieri is the defending GCAC men's individual champion.
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XU runners to begin 2011 season Sept. 1 in Mississippi
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August 17, 2011
NEW ORLEANS — The Xavier University of Louisiana
men's and women's cross country teams will run on familiar territory throughout the 2011 season.
Joseph Moses, back for his seventh season as coach of the
Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets, announced the schedule Wednesday.
Xavier will begin the season Sept. 1 in the Mississippi College Opener
at Clinton, Miss., and return there Oct. 22 for the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Championships.
Those will be XU's ninth and 10th appearances in seven seasons at Choctaw Trails Cross Country Course.
Both Xavier teams are five-time defending GCAC champions. The Rush and Nuggets
won GCAC team titles at Choctaw Trails in 2006, 2008 and 2009.
Xavier's second, third and fourth events will have the same
Louisiana destinations as last year. The Rush and Nuggets will compete Sept. 10 in the Four Points by
Sheraton Loyola Wolfpack Invitational at Lafreniere Park in suburban Metairie for the third consecutive
year, followed by the Ragin' Cajuns Invitational in Lafayette on Sept. 16 and the LSU Invitational in Baton
Rouge on Sept. 24.
It will be the third straight year and the fourth time in six seasons that
XU competes in the Ragin' Cajuns meet. The Rush and Nuggets will appear at LSU for the third straight year and
the seventh time in nine seasons. The fifth meet, Oct. 1 at the Gulf Coast Stampede in Pensacola, Fla.,
will be XU's third time there in four years.
The final regular-season meet will be Oct. 8 in the University of
Dallas Invitational, where XU also competed in 2008.
The GCAC has reclaimed its automatic
bid to the NAIA National Championships after a one-year hiatus, so several from the conference
— the top men's and women's team, plus the fastest five males and females not on
those winning teams — will qualify for the NAIA meet Nov. 19 at Vancouver, Wash. Xavier's
men and women qualified for nationals in 2008 and 2009.
Xavier has seven returning All-GCAC runners: Matt Pieri, Ray Walston,
Javon Mead and Charles Shaw on the men's team and Anna D'Souza, Ashley Taylor and Donyé Coleman on
the women's. Pieri was the 2010 GCAC men's champion. Both teams conducted their first preseason
workouts Friday.
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2011 Xavier University of Louisiana Cross Country Schedule
all times Central unless noted
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Sept. 1 (Thu.): Mississippi College Opener, Clinton, Miss. — women 5 p.m., men 5:30 p.m.
Sept. 10 (Sat.): Four Points by Sheraton Loyola Wolfpack Invitational, Metairie, La. — women 8 a.m., men 8:35 a.m.
Sept. 16 (Fri.): Ragin' Cajuns Invitational, Lafayette, La. — women 6 p.m., men 6:30 p.m.
Sept. 24 (Sat.): LSU Invitational, Baton Rouge, La. — women 8:05 a.m., men 9:15 a.m.
Oct. 1 (Sat): Gulf Coast Stampede, Pensacola, Fla. — women 7:30 a.m., men 8 a.m.
Oct. 8 (Sat.): University of Dallas Invitational, Irving, Texas — women 9 a.m., men 10 a.m.
Oct. 22 (Sat.): Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Championships, Clinton, Miss. — women 8 a.m., men 8:30 a.m.
Nov. 19 (Sat): NAIA National Championships, Vancouver, Wash. — men 10:30 a.m. PST, women 11:45 a.m. PST |
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