The Gold Nuggets and Gold Rush will return to Clinton and Choctaw Trails Course for the GCAC meet Friday. The 5,000-meter women's race will start at 8:30 a.m., followed by the 8,000-meter men's race at 10:30 a.m. The awards ceremony will start at noon. The XULA women will seek their 12th consecutive GCAC team title.
Maliya Vaughan was the first Gold Nuggets finisher for the second time in 2018 and the first time since the season opener. She ran 5,000 meters in 21 minutes, 27.22 seconds and finished 52nd out of 143 women. Also finishing for the Gold Nuggets were Taylor Price(57th, 21:43.01), Brianna Pace (87th, 22:53.38), Mariah Cox (106th, 25:29.81) and Toni Trail (109th, 25:56.17).Freshman Jordan Ashmore was the first Gold Rush finisher for the third time in four meets. He ran 8,000 meters in 29 minutes, 53.07 seconds and finished 109th out of 163 men. Also finishing for the Gold Rush were Camren Sewell (115th, 30:17.71), Kadeem Burton (121st, 31:30.95), Darrick Williams (130th, 32:42.11) and Oji Wells (131st, 33:07.31).
"We showed some improvement," first-year XULA coach Yhann Plummer said.
XULA scored 353 points in the women's division and 524 in the men's.
Southeastern Louisiana, with four runners in the top 10, won the women's team title with 39 points. Louisiana Tech won the men's team title with 50 points, eight fewer than SLU. Individual champions were Mississippi Valley's Scolasticah Kemei (17:51.64) in the women's race and SLU's Grant O'Callaghan (25:02.45) in the men's. Kemei won on this course for the second consecutive week.
Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletic Director for Communications
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