CLINTON, Mississippi -- Catherine Fakler again broke the Xavier University of Louisiana women's record for 6,000 meters and led the Gold Nuggets to a team championship Friday in the Mississippi College/Watson Ford Invitational cross country meet.
Fakler placed third among non-NCAA Division I runners in 24 minutes, 7.38 seconds. She has broken the XU record three times in four races at this distance in two years, including 24:09.65 three weeks ago.
The Gold Nuggets, winning a second regular-season meet for the first time in four years, and Mississippi College each finished with 37 points. But Xavier earned the tiebreaker because of No. 6 runner Paige Rochelle's finish, which has nearly 90 seconds faster than her Mississippi College counterpart.
Xavier's men finished third out of seven non-DI schools. Matt Pieri (second place, 27:12.43) led the Gold Rush in the 8K race.
It was Xavier's final meet before the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Championships on Oct. 20 at this same course. Both XU teams are six-time defending GCAC champions.
More on this meet will be posted online athttp://www.xula.edu/athletics/news/2012/1005a.html
By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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