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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 four-time defending Gulf Coast Athletic Conference champion
Women's Cross Country
updated November 10, 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 conclude their season on Saturday, November 21 in the 2009 NAIA Men's and Women's Cross
Country National Championships at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in Vancouver, Wash.
The women's 5,000-meter race (3.1 miles) will begin at 11:45 a.m. PST (1:45 p.m. New Orleans time).
The 8,000-meter men's race will start at 10:30 a.m. PST (12:30 p.m. New Orleans time).
The meet will be Xavier's ninth of the season. Both Xavier teams qualified for nationals
for the second consecutive year. Vancouver is approximately 10 miles north of Portland, Ore., and 165 miles south of Seattle.
Most Recently:
The Gold Nuggets finished first out of seven teams at Clinton, Miss., to win their fourth consecutive
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference championship. XU's Ebony Harding ran 5,000 meters in 19 minutes, 41.33 seconds to
lead 44 runners and win her first GCAC individual championship after three runner-up finishes.
Harding, Sabrina Vargas, Anna D'Souza and Brianna Dekine were All-GCAC by virtue of their top-10 finishes.
Harding has four top-five finishes this season and 12 in her career. Seven times in her career she's been a runner-up.
story
results
2009 Rankings:
Xavier did not receive a vote in any of the national polls. The Gold Nuggets were No. 1 in
seven of nine GCAC ratings. (They were second on September 14 and October 26.) The November 8 final conference ratings:
1, Xavier. 2, Spring Hill. 3, Loyola. 4, Belhaven. 5, SUNO, 6, Mobile. 7, 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's victory at the 2009 GCAC Championships solidified her standing as the Nuggets' most celebrated runner.
She won the conference title after 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.
She's run the eight fastest 5K times in Gold Nuggets history.
2009 Individual Honors:
• GCAC Runner of the Week: Ebony Harding (three times: Sept. 7-13, Sept. 21-27 and Nov. 2-8).
• All-GCAC: Brianna Dekine, Anna D'Souza, Ebony Harding, Sabrina Vargas.
• GCAC Coach of the Year: Joseph Moses.
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, 2008 and 2009
Individuals in 2001 and 2003
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Xavier's Gulf Coast
Athletic Conference Champions
Team — 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
Individual — Katrina Davis in 2002 and 2003,
Ebony Harding in 2009
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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) |
15 |
12 |
| Anna D'Souza |
20:58.31 (Oct. 18, 2008) |
5 |
2 |
| Sabrina Vargas |
21:07.71 (Nov. 7, 2009) |
3 |
0 |
| Stacey Windon |
21:16.22 (Nov. 8, 2008) |
5 |
0 |
| Brianna Dekine |
21:29.21 (Nov. 7, 2009) |
1 |
0 |
| Ashley Taylor |
21:33.28 (Nov. 8, 2008) |
3 |
0 |
| Jennifer Garcia |
22:02.51 (Oct. 18, 2008) |
1 |
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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