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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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NAIA Women's Cross Country
Xavier is the three-time defending Gulf Coast Athletic Conference champion
Women's Cross Country
updated November 5, 2009
Head Coach: Joseph Moses (fifth season), (504) 520-5007 or jmoses@xula.edu
Media Contact: Ed Cassiere, (504) 520-5707 or ecassier@xula.edu
Next:
The Gold Nuggets will compete in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Championships
at Choctaw Trails Cross Country Course in Clinton, Miss., on Saturday, November 7.
The women's 5,000-meter race (3.1 miles)
will begin at 8 a.m., and the 8,000-meter men's race will follow at 8:30.
The meet will be Xavier's eighth of the season. Xavier is the three-time defending
team champion in the women's and men's divisions.
Most Recently:
The Gold Nuggets finished second out of four teams in the Demon Invitational at Natchitoches, La.
XU's Ebony Harding ran three miles in 19 minutes, 52.87 seconds to finish
second out of 27 female runners. Her time was the fastest by an XU female in the past eight seasons at this distance by nearly 50 seconds.
Harding has three top-five finishes this season and 11 in her career. Seven times in her career she's been a runner-up.
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Champion Again:
Xavier won the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Championship in 2008 for the third consecutive year.
The Nuggets finished first out of five women's teams in Clinton, Miss.
Ebony Harding was the GCAC runner-up for the third consecutive year and ran 5,000 meters in
19:48.84 to break her school record for the third time this season. Also earning All-GCAC by virtue
of their top-10 finishes were Anna D'Souza, Stacey Windon and Ashley Taylor.
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2009 Rankings:
Xavier has yet to receive a vote in any of the national polls. The Gold Nuggets have been No. 1 in
six of eight GCAC ratings. (They were second on September 14 and October 26.) The November 2 conference ratings:
1, Xavier. 2, Spring Hill. 3, Belhaven. 4, Loyola. 5, Dillard. 6, Mobile.
2008 Rankings:
Xavier received a school-record 14 points in the preseason NAIA top 25 poll announced August 19
and was 32nd among the 44 schools which received votes. But thereafter the Nuggets received
one point, and it came in the September 16 poll. The Nuggets were No. 1 in the GCAC rankings
six times during the season, including the final four.
They dropped to No. 2 in the rankings of September 29 and October 6.
Harding Has It:
Ebony Harding ranks with Katrina Davis among the Nuggets' most celebrated harriers.
In addition to three consecutive GCAC runner-up finishes — 2006, 2007 and 2008 —
Harding is the only Xavier runner, male or female, to make the All-Louisiana team more than once.
She's done it three times (2006, 2007, 2008).
Harding was on the All-NAIA Region XIII second team in 2006 and 2007. She holds XU women's
records for 5,000 and 6,000 meters, and six times she has broken the 5K mark.
2009 Individual Honors:
• GCAC Runner of the Week: Ebony Harding (twice: Sept. 7-13 and Sept. 21-27).
2008 Individual Honors:
• Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars: Ashley Broden (honorable mention).
• Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Honor Roll: Ashley Broden.
• All-GCAC: Anna D'Souza, Ebony Harding, Ashley Taylor, Stacey Windon.
• GCAC Runner of the Week: Ebony Harding (twice — Sept. 22-28 and Oct. 6-12).
• All-Louisiana: Ebony Harding.
• Louisiana Freshman of the Year: Anna D'Souza (tie).
• Louisiana Coach of the Year: Joseph Moses.
Recruiting:
Four signed for 2009:
• Rubeneisha Cooper
of Pearland, Texas, and Pearland High School.
• Brianna Dekine
of Culver City, Calif., and Culver City High School.
• Sabrina Vargas
of Brookshire, Texas, and Royal High School.
• Dominique Webb
of Carson, Calif., and St. Mary's Academy.
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The 2009 Xavier University of Louisiana women's cross country team.
Xavier appearances at the
NAIA National Championships
Team in 2002 and 2008
Individuals in 2001 and 2003
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Xavier's Gulf Coast
Athletic Conference Champions
Team — 2002, 2006, 2007 and 2008
Individual — Katrina Davis in 2002 and 2003
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Career Statistics of 2009 Gold Nuggets
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Best 5K Time (Date) |
Top-10s |
Top-5s |
| Ebony Harding |
19:26 (Oct. 3, 2009) |
14 |
11 |
| Anna D'Souza |
20:58.31 (Oct. 18, 2008) |
4 |
2 |
| Stacey Windon |
21:16.22 (Nov. 8, 2008) |
5 |
0 |
| Sabrina Vargas |
21:18.91 (Sept. 4, 2009) |
2 |
0 |
| Ashley Taylor |
21:33.28 (Nov. 8, 2008) |
3 |
0 |
| Jennifer Garcia |
22:02.51 (Oct. 18, 2008) |
1 |
0 |
| Brianna Dekine |
22:46.4 (Sept. 18, 2009) |
0 |
0 |
| Brittany Everett |
23:51.62 (Oct. 6, 2007) |
0 |
0 |
| Rubeneisha Cooper |
has not competed |
0 |
0 |
| Dominique Webb |
has not competed |
0 |
0 |
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