XULA sweeps GCAC weekly awards in track and field

NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana swept the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Week awards in track and field for March 19-25. The winners are:

     •  Women's field — Tamia Scott.
     •  Women's track — The 400-meter relay team of Martina Latting, Alexis Milton, Justyce Riggs and Ry-Anne Riley.
     •  Men's field — Edward Angel.
     
There were no nominees in men's track.
     
Scott, a sophomore from Lafayette, La., and a graduate of Carencro High School, finished seventh in the javelin at the Rice Victor Lopez Classic in Houston with a season-best 34.28 meters/112 feet, 5 inches. She finished ahead of seven NCAA Division I athletes.
     
The relay team produced the program's second-fastest time ever, 46.86 seconds, and placed fifth. It was the fourth time in as many meets this season that the team produced an A-qualifying mark for the NAIA National Championships. 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, and Riley is a sophomore from New Orleans and a graduate of Lusher Charter School.
     
Angel, a freshman from the Houston suburb of Fulshear, Texas, and a graduate of Seven Lakes High School, high-jumped a season-best 2.07 meters/6 feet, 9 1/2 inches to place third and beat seven NCAA DI athletes. Angel already had met the NAIA A-qualifying standard.
     
XULA will travel to Alabama Friday for the University of Mobile Invitational. Field events will start at 9:30 a.m., and track events will start at 11 a.m.
     
NOTES:  XULA has the NAIA's fastest women's 400 relay time this season, according to the Track & Field Results Reporting System. Latting, Milton, Riggs and Riley ran a school-record 46.66 at the Louisiana Classics meet in Lafayette March 17 . . . Angel is No. 2 on the 2018 NAIA high jump list.

XULA's 2018 GCAC Track and Field Players of the Week
Feb. 26-March 4
Men's Field — Edward Angel
Women's Field — Calah Williams
Women's Track — 400 Relay Team of Raven Davis, Alexis Milton, Justyce Riggs, Ry-Anne Riley

March 5-11
Men's Field — Edward Angel
Women's Field — Alysia Terry
Women's Track — 400 Relay Team of Martina Latting, Alexis Milton, Justyce Riggs, Ry-Anne Riley

March 12-18
Men's Field — Brandon Matthews
Women's Track — 400 Relay Team of Martina Latting, Alexis Milton, Justyce Riggs, Ry-Anne Riley

March 19-25
Men's Field — Edward Angel
Women's Field — Tamia Scott
Women's Track — 400 Relay Team of Martina Latting, Alexis Milton, Justyce Riggs, Ry-Anne Riley

Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications
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