NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's Christopher August and Zahri Jackson are the winners of the final Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Runner of the Week awards of the 2015 cross country season.
August and Jackson were Xavier's top finishers Friday in the Red River Athletic Conference Championships at Windcrest, Texas. (The GCAC, which lost its automatic bids this year to the NAIA National Championships, did not conduct a championship meet.)
August, a junior from Spring, Texas, and a graduate of Klein Collins High School, earned All-Red River honors by finishing 10th out of 46 runners in the men's 8,000-meter race. His time was 28 minutes, 30 seconds.
Jackson, a senior from Kingwood, Texas, and a graduate of Kingwood Park High School, concluded her cross country career by finishing 14th out of 53 women. Her 5K time was a season-best 20:56. Jackson led the Gold Nuggets to a third-place team finish.
The Runner of the Week awards are the fifth this season for August and the second for Jackson. With 10 career awards, Jackson ranks second in GCAC women's cross country history, one behind former teammate Catherine Fakler.
Next for the XU distance runners will be the outdoor track and field season, which will begin in early March.
Ed Cassiere, Sports Information Director
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