Wray qualified for her third final of the meet when she placed fifth in the 100-meter dash preliminaries in 11.77 seconds Friday. The top eight advanced to final at 3:50 p.m. Saturday.
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Ford qualified in her second event with a season-best time of 56.09 seconds in the 400. Ford ranked seventh among the nine who advanced to the final at 5:30 p.m.
Wray and Ford will compete for XULA's 400 relay team in a 2:40 p.m. final. Wray will run in the 200 final at 5:10 p.m.
In the final women's event of day two, XULA qualified for the 1,600 relay final with the fourth best time of the prelims and a school-record 3:48.75. Wray, Ky'Reon McBride, Alexis Williams and Ford are the relay members.
Edward Angel tied for 23rd in the men's high jump at 1.97 meters/6 feet, 5 1/2 inches. Angel, an All-American a year ago in this event, was eliminated after missing all three of his attempts at 2.02 meters/6-7 1/2.
Also competing Saturday will be Brandon Matthews in the men's triple jump at 1:30 p.m.
Here are all XULA results from the second day of NAIA nationals:
Women
100 preliminaries: Shalysa Wray, 5th in 11.77; Alexis Milton, 27th in 13.30
400 preliminaries: Ariel Ford, 7th in 56.09
Men
High Jump: Edward Angel, tied for 23rd in 1.97 meters (6 feet, 5 1/2 inches)
Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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