NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana's record-setting women's 400-meter relay team of Martina Latting, Alexis Milton, Justyce Riggs and Ry-Anne Riley and men's horizontal jumper Brandon Matthews are Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Week recipients in track and field for March 12-18.Latting, Milton, Riggs and Riley combined for a school-record 46.66 seconds Saturday in a fourth-place finish at the Louisiana Classics meet at Lafayette. It was the third time in as many meets this season that the Gold Nuggets produced an A-qualifying mark for the NAIA National Championships in this event.
Latting and Milton are juniors from Opelousas, La., and graduates of Westminster Christian Academy. Riggs is a sophomore from Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and a graduate of Choctawhatchee High School. Riley is a sophomore from New Orleans and a graduate of Lusher Charter School.
Matthews, a freshman from Baton Rouge, La., and a graduate of The Church Academy, placed third in the triple jump with an NAIA B-qualifying mark of 14.31 meters/46 feet, 11 1/2 inches. He also long-jumped 6.26 meters (20-6 1/2).
The Gold Nuggets and Gold Rush will compete in Houston Friday and Saturday at the Rice Victor Lopez Classic.
Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications
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