Nashville, TN - (Cross Country) The Dillard women's country team was in action this weekend, competing at the 2010 Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Championships.  The women finished 4th scoring 78 points.  

Top Bleu Devil finishers included freshman Destinee Showell running the 5,000 meter race in 22:00 finishing sixth out of 26 runners. Freshman, Karley Picou ran it in 24:40, finishing 13h overall.  Sophomore, Wanda Burkes ran the race in a time of 25:21, for 17th place; Brittany Thompson captured 21st place in a time of 27:02.  Winning the GCAC cross country title for the fourth consecutive time was Xavier University. 

Destinee Showell was named to the All-conference women's Cross Country team along with Monicah Jepkemboi and Trydy-Ann Williams of SUNO and Anna D'Souza, Brianna Dekine, Deonye' Coleman, Ashley Taylor, Dominique Webb, Yazmin Ramirez and Rubeneisha Cooper of Xavier. 

 This event concludes the 2010 season for the women's country team.  Dillard track and field teams will open their season on February 5, 2010, at the McNeese State University Indoor Meet in Lake Charles, La.