NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana cross country standout Catherine Fakler set a Gulf Coast Athletic Conference women's record Tuesday when she was named GCAC Runner of the Week for the ninth time in her career.XU's Kwame Jackson won his 11th career GCAC Runner of the Week award and needs two more to tie the men's career record.
Fakler, a senior from Phoenix, Ariz., and a graduate of Xavier College Preparatory Roman Catholic High School, broke a tie with teammate Zahri Jackson and Spring Hill's Kate Imwalle for GCAC career weekly awards. Fakler matched the record a week ago. Saturday she won for the fourth time in her last five meets, and her 5,000-meter time of 18 minutes, 13.71 seconds at the Louisiana Army National Guard/ROTC Wolf Pack Invitational in Metairie, La., was the second fastest in Gold Nuggets history. Fakler set the record of 18:08.32 last year in a victory at the GCAC Championships.
Jackson, a senior from the Houston suburb of Kingwood, Texas, and a graduate of Kingwood Park High School, broke a 14-year-old XU men's record when he ran 5,000 meters in 15:30.90 in a second-place finish at the Wolf Pack meet. Farris Gransberry set the previous mark of 15:46.80 at the Tulane Invitational in 2000.
Like Fakler, Jackson has won a pair of GCAC weekly awards this season. Former teammate Matt Pieri holds the GCAC men's career record of 13 awards.
Xavier will compete Saturday at the Southern Miss Invitational at Pine Belt National Golf Course in Moselle, Miss. The men's race will begin at 8 a.m., followed by the women at 8:30. The length of both races will be 5K.
Ed Cassiere, Sports
Information DirectorXULAATHLETICS
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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