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In the Crescent Bend
Stands our loved and noble Xavier,
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Gold Nuggets receive most points ever in NAIA rankings
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October 24, 2012
NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana
reached new heights Wednesday in the NAIA Women's Cross Country
Coaches' Top 25 poll. The Gold Nuggets received a school-record 18 points
from the panel of 25 coaches and rank 34th.
The previous XU mark for poll points was 14
in the 2008 preseason. This is the 23rd time that the Gold
Nuggets received points — the first time was in 2002 — and the
fourth time they collected 10 or more points. Three of those double-figure
occasions occured this season.
This is the third time this season that the
Nuggets rank 34th. They were 37th a week ago with three points.
The XU women qualified automatically for the NAIA National
Championships after a resounding victory Saturday in the Gulf Coast Athletic
Conference Championships at Clinton, Miss. Xavier had the top six finishers
— Zahri Jackson, Catherine Fakler, Briana Simms,
Hali Yarmush, Hannah Finnegan and Donyé Coleman —
in the 5,000-meter race, and Jackson
and Fakler became the first Nuggets to run that distance in less than 19 minutes.
Jackson (18:54.69) won by about a half-second over Fakler to repeat as GCAC
individual champion. Xavier won the team championship for a GCAC-record-tying
seventh consecutive season, this time by 63 points over runner-up Edward Waters.
Xavier is 33-9 against all opponents this season.
Both XU teams qualified for the national meet, which will
be Nov. 17 in Vancouver, Wash. The Gold Nuggets and the Gold Rush will compete at nationals
for the second consecutive year and the fourth time in five years.
The final two polls of 2012 will be released Nov. 4 and 22.
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NAIA Women's Cross Country
Coaches' Top 25 Poll
(first-place votes in parentheses)
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
Last |
| 1 |
Cal State San Marcos (22) |
653 |
1 |
| 2 |
British Columbia |
628 |
2 |
| 3 |
College of Idaho (3) |
604 |
3 |
| 4 |
Olivet Nazarene |
599 |
4 |
| 5 |
Biola |
569 |
5 |
| 6 |
Carroll (Mont.) |
547 |
6 |
| 7 |
Northwest Christian |
522 |
7 |
| 8 |
Westmont |
501 |
8 |
| 9 |
Cornerstone |
484 |
9 |
| 10 |
Oklahoma Baptist |
472 |
11 |
| 11 |
Dordt |
440 |
10 |
| 12 |
Lewis-Clark State |
407 |
13 |
| 13 |
The Master's |
394 |
14 |
| 14 |
Rocky Mountain |
361 |
15 |
| 15 |
Huntington (Ind.) |
346 |
24 |
| 16 |
Concordia (Calif.) |
337 |
16 |
| 17 |
Embry-Riddle (Fla.) |
319 |
22 |
| 18 |
St. Francis (Ill.) |
296 |
17 |
| 19 |
Milligan |
279 |
19 |
| 20 |
Concordia (Neb.) |
275 |
23 |
| 21 |
Aquinas |
243 |
12 |
| 22 |
Eastern Oregon |
207 |
21 |
| 23 |
Taylor |
174 |
25 |
| 24-tie |
Northwest |
131 |
RV |
| 24-tie |
SCAD Savannah |
131 |
NR |
Others receiving votes: Saint Xavier 130, Indiana Wesleyan 107,
Southern Oregon 52, Central Methodist 41, Shawnee State 41, Doane 37,
Rogers State 23, Spring Arbor 19, Xavier 18, Park 15, Baker 10, Lee (Tenn) 6.
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The Xavier Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets compete in Division I of the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) as a member of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC).
Xavier fields men's teams in basketball, cross country, tennis and track and field and women's teams in basketball, cross country, tennis, track and field and volleyball.
Department of Intercollegiate Athletics
Xavier University of Louisiana
1 Drexel Drive
Campus Box 92
New Orleans, LA 70125
(504) 520-7329 phone
(504) 520-7934 fax
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