New Orleans, LA - The Dillard cross country teams competed this weekend at the Gulf Coast Cross Country Stampede, hosted by West Florida Tech High School in Pensacola, FL.  Freshman, Destinee Showell led the Lady Bleu Devils for the third week in a row with a time of 21:46, her personal best this season. Wanda Burkes improved tremendously with a four minute drop in time this week at 26:53. Other runners making significant improvements this week were Ebone' Pierce (27:11), Sandreeka Keller(31:17), Courtney Henry (31:49), and Aislyn Taylor (31:59). 

Next up is the UNCF Walk/Run-a-thon for Education this Saturday, October 2, 2010 in New Orleans at Audubon Park.  

The race is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m.