NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana freshman Francis Patterson ran 5,000 meters in 17 minutes, 24.10 seconds Saturday to finish 10th in the men's division of the Allstate Sugar Bowl Cross Country Festival.It was the 2018 opener for the Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets and the XULA debut of Yhann Plummer, hired this summer as head coach of men's and women's cross country and track and field.
Under a cloudless sky at City Park, nine colleges battled on a 5,000-meter course that was still soaked from late-summer rains. "It was muddy and slippery," Patterson said. "There was mud all over."
For Patterson, the weather was different than it was in his hometown of Arlington, Texas, a Dallas suburb. "It's a dryer heat back home," he said. "Here it's hot and humid. I was cramping up. I'd rather run in the dry heat."
Camren Sewell finished 20th for the Gold Rush in 18:18.81, Jordan Ashmore was 25th in 18:58.41, Kadeem Burton was 31st in 19:26.93, Oji Wells was 38th in 20:12.37, and Darrick Williams was 40th in 20:34.25.
Maliya Vaughan, the 2017 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference individual champion, led the XULA women in 21:21.63 and placed 11th. Taylor Price was 14th in 21:31.65, Brianna Pacewas 35th in 23:49.76, Mariah Cox was 46th in 26:07.55, and Toni Trail was 47th in 26:57.87.
XULA was fifth in men's and women's team scoring. NAIA rival William Carey won both team titles. Individual champions were Kemei Scolisticah of Mississippi Valley (18:40.96) in the women's race and Jacob Plocher of William Carey (16:17.25) in the men's.
XULA's next meet will be the McNeese Cowboys Stampede Sept. 29 at Lake Charles, La.
Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications
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