XU Nuggets' sprint medley quartet places third at LSU Relays

Coach Joseph Moses — on the left side of the back row — and some of his
 Xavier track and field athletes posed for a team photo February 14 outside
the  new Convocation Center. Front row, from left: Chelsea James,
Chartia Hurt, Tayler Louis, Devinn Rolland, Tramaine Shannon, Zahri
Jackson  and Hannah Flanagan. Back row, from left: Moses, Kwame Jackson, 
Briana Simms, Chris Kenner, Catherine Fakler and David Holobowicz.
(Click photo to enlarge)

BATON ROUGE, La. — Xavier University of Louisiana's Chelsea James, Devinn Rolland, Chartia Hurt and Zahri Jackson placed third Friday out of 12 teams in the women's 1,600-meter sprint medley relay at the LSU Relays.

The Gold Nuggets, the only non-NCAA Division I team in the relay, finished in 4 minutes, 3.36 seconds — less than 4½ seconds behind LSU, which won in 3:59.11. Louisiana-Monroe was second in 4:01.12, and Jackson State was fourth in 4:08.44. Tulane, Arkansas State and Nicholls State were among the other relay squads that Xavier beat.

The Nuggets' Catherine Fakler ran 1,500 meters in a career-best 4:50.52 to place seventh out of 31 runners. She finished ahead of 17 NCAA D-I runners. Freshman David Holobowicz, competing for the first time as a collegian at 5,000 meters, placed 15th in 16:44.82, the fastest by a Gold Rush runner this season.

There is no team scoring in the two-day meet, which will conclude Saturday. Field events will start at 10 a.m., track events at 1 p.m.

Results (PDF file)

Here are all of Xavier's Friday results from the LSU Relays:

Women
1,600 Sprint Medley Relay: Chelsea James, Devinn Rolland, Chartia Hurt, Zahri Jackson, 3rd in 4:03:36
1,500: Catherine Fakler, 5th in 4:50.52
5,000: Hannah Finnegan, did not finish

Men
5,000: David Holobowicz, 15th in 16:44.82

By Ed Cassiere, SID
XULAATHLETICS
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA