LAFAYETTE, La. — Xavier University of Louisiana sophomore Devinn Rolland
qualified for the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Friday in the
women's 200-meter dash, then won the long jump Saturday in the Louisiana
Classics meet.
Rolland finished second out of 52 runners, most of them
from NCAA Division I schools, in 24.52 seconds in the 200. She exceeded the
NAIA's A-qualifying standard in that event by nearly a half-second. McNeese
State's Jasmine Webb won in 24.24, and Kala Funderburk of Memphis was third in
24.53.
Rolland jumped 5.69 meters — 18 feet, 8 inches — on her final
attempt to win the long jump by 5½ inches over runner-up Tia Mitchell of
Louisiana-Lafayette. The victory was her first of the season and the Gold
Nuggets' third. Twenty-six competed.
Rolland has reached the NAIA's
A-standard in the long jump in all three meets of the outdoor season. She met
the B-standard in the 100 a week ago.
Rolland was one of just two female
athletes to record a pair of top-two finishes at this meet. The other was
McNeese State's La'Shantena Rounds, who placed second in the hammer and shot
put.
Also recording XU women's personal bests for the season were
Chelsea James in the 100 (12.34) and 200 (26.64), Tayler Louis in the 200
(27.61), Chartia Hurt in the 400 (58.61), Tramaine Shannon in the 400 (1:00.67)
and Catherine Fakler in the 1,500 (4:51.30) and 5,000 (18:57.79). For the Gold
Rush, Kwame Jackson ran the 5,000 in a season-best 16:46.67.
Fakler
placed third in the 5,000, and Christopher Kennie was fifth in the men's long
jump (6.48 meters/21-3¼).
There was no team scoring.
Xavier will
compete next Friday and Saturday in the LSU Relays at Baton Rouge, La.
Here are all the Xavier results from the Louisiana Classics:
Women
Long Jump: Devinn
Rolland, 1st in 5.69 meters (18 feet, 8 inches)
400-Meter Relay: Tayler
Louis, Chelsea James, Chartia Hurt, Devinn Rolland, 9th in 49.37
1,500:
Catherine Fakler, 6th in 4:51.30
400: Chartia Hurt, 12th in 58.60;
Tramaine Shannon, 26th in 1:00.67
200: Devinn Rolland, 2nd in 24.52;
Chelsea James, 36th in 26.64; Tayler Louis, 44th in 27.61
100: Chelsea
James, 14th in 12.34
5,000: Catherine Fakler, 3rd in 18:57.79
Men
Long Jump:
Christopher Kennie, 5th in 6.48 meters (21 feet, 3¼ inches)
5,000:
Kwame Jackson, 9th in 16:46.67
Results
(PDF file)
By Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
XULAATHLETICS
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