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| Xavier University of Louisiana's Catherine Fakler, left, and Kwame Jackson. |
Jackson, from Kingwood, Texas, and a graduate of Kingwood Park High School, was chosen to the men's team for the second consecutive year and the third time overall. Fakler, from Phoenix, Ariz., and a graduate of Xavier College Preparatory High School, made All-Louisiana on the women's side for the second straight year.
The Louisiana Sports Writers Association announced the teams late Friday evening. An LSWA panel of sports publicists selected the teams.
Jackson this year became the first runner, male or female, to win three Gulf Coast Athletic Conference individual titles. Jackson repeated as GCAC individual champion and helped Xavier win its ninth straight GCAC team title. He posted two first-place finishes and a second in seven races. Jackson set XU records of 15 minutes, 30.90 seconds for 5,000 meters and 21:21.7 for four miles.
Jackson had 17 top-10 finishes and 12 top-5s in his career. He set GCAC records with six Runner of the Week awards this season and 15 in his career.
Fakler, the 2013 Louisiana Runner of the Year, recorded four top-10 finishes, including firsts at the season's first two meets. Her best 5K time was 18:13.71. She broke an XU cross country distance record for the seventh time in her career by running two miles in 12:42.18 at the season opener.
Fakler had 18 career top-10 finishes and 14 top-5s. She set a GCAC women's record with 11 career Runner of the Week awards. She is a two-time Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete.
Both XU teams concluded the season last month at the NAIA National Championship. The Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets will compete in outdoor track and field beginning in early March.
2014 All-Louisiana Women's Cross Country Team
Lauren Bartels, freshman, Tulane
Gemma Bridge, junior, McNeese State
Anna Katherine Devitt, junior, Louisiana-Lafayette
Catherine Fakler, senior, Xavier
Emma Newton, freshman, Tulane
Morgan Schuetz, senior, LSU
Celia Zaeringer, freshman, Southeastern Louisiana
Runner of the Year: Anna Katherine Devitt, Louisiana-Lafayette
Newcomer of the Year: Gemma Bridge, McNeese State
Freshman of the Year: Celia Zaeringer, Southeastern Louisiana
Coach of the Year: (tie) Lon Badeaux, Louisiana-Lafayette; Khadevis Robinson, LSU
2014 All-Louisiana Men's Cross Country Team
Moses Aloiloi, freshman, Tulane
Ryan Holroyd, graduate, McNeese State
Kwame Jackson, senior, Xavier
Oliver James, sophomore, McNeese State
Philip Primeaux, senior, LSU
Matthew Rice, sophomore, Louisiana-Lafayette
Harry Wiggins, junior, Southeastern Louisiana
Runner of the Year: Moses Aloiloi, Tulane
Newcomer of the Year: Enock Bor, McNeese State
Freshman of the Year: Moses Aloiloi, Tulane
Coach of the Year: Brendon Gilroy, McNeese State
Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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