Xavier Nuggets' relay team sets XU mark at NAIA nationals

GULF SHORES, Alabama -- Xavier University of Louisiana set a school record of 47.10 seconds Thursday in the preliminaries of the women's 400-meter relay at the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships.

Chelsea James, Katelyn McMorris, Clarke Allen and Devinn Rolland were the members of the relay. They broke the previous mark of 47.22 set April 11 by James, Destini Thomas, Allen and Rolland at the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Championships in New Orleans.

The Gold Nuggets had the ninth-fastest time out of 26 teams. The missed the final by three-hundredths of a second.

Thunderstorms washed out some of Thursday's first-day events, including Rolland in the women's long jump.

Rolland will jump Friday in an event in which she has earned All-America honors twice. Also scheduled to compete Friday for Xavier in preliminaries will be James in the women's 100, Joseph Moses III in the men's 100 and Alex Xavier in the 110 hurdles.

The three-day meet will conclude Saturday.

Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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