NEW ORLEANS — For the first time ever, Xavier University of Louisiana track and field has been named an Accusplit Top Relay Team after posting a No. 1 time in the NAIA during the 2017 outdoor season.The XULA women's 800-meter relay team of Janelle Jones, Tramaine Shannon, Clarke Allen and Ry-Anne Riley earned that distinction with the NAIA's fastest 2017 time in that event — 1 minute, 42.01 seconds — at the McNeese Cowboy Relays in Lake Charles, La., March 11.
Shannon and Jones are from Baton Rouge, La. Shannon, who completed her XULA eligibility this past season, is a McKinley High School graduate; Jones graduated from Episcopal. Allen is from Mendehall, Miss., and Mendenhall High School, and Riley is from New Orleans and Lusher Charter School. Allen is a senior on the 2018 XULA roster, Jones a junior and Riley a sophomore.
XULA's Joseph Moses and other head coaches at the NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA levels will receive Accusplit awards Dec. 13 during an afternoon general session of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Convention in Phoenix, Ariz.
Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications
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