NEW ORLEANS — For the fourth time this season, Xavier University of Louisiana swept the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Week awards in track and field. The winners for April 9-15 are:
• Men's field — Evan Simmons.
• Women's field — Ireyon Keith.
• Women's track — Justyce Riggs.
There were no nominees in men's track.
Simmons, a freshman from Houston and a graduate of Cypress Falls High School, posted top-eight finishes in the discus, hammer and shot put at the Southeastern Strawberry Relays. His shot put mark of 10.48 meters/34 feet, 4 3/4 inches is XULA's longest since it restarted men's track and field in 2010.
Keith, a senior from Tickfaw, La., and a graduate of Independence High School, produced the Gold Nuggets' and the GCAC's best mark of 2018 in the long jump — 5.49 meters/18 feet, one-quarter inch.
Riggs, a sophomore from Fort Walton Beach, Fla., and a graduate of Choctawhatchee High School, ran the Gold Nuggets' fastest 100-meter time in two years — 12.04 seconds. Her time of 25.26 in the 200 was a XULA PR.
The GCAC awards are the first for Simmons and Keith and the fifth for Riggs, who won four times this season as a member of the 400 relay squad.
The Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets will compete Friday and Saturday in the GCAC Championships at NOLA's Tad Gormley Stadium.
Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications
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