University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Saturday, March 12
Lake Charles, La.
All day
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
at
McNeese Invitational
Cajuns Open Outdoor Season At Cowboy Relays
3/12/2016 11:00:00 PM | Track and Field
Beyer, Harmon, Woodhouse pace Cajuns in outdoor opener
LAKE CHARLES – Franz Beyer earned a first-place finish in the men's high jump with Lindsey Harmon and Tisay Woodhouse each earning third-place performances to lead the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns track and field team at the annual McNeese State Cowboy Relays held Saturday at the McNeese Track and Field Complex.
Louisiana, which was making its 2016 outdoor season debut, scored a combined 95 points to finish fifth among 15 schools in the event. Host McNeese State claimed the Bob Hayes Louisiana Challenge Trophy with Northwestern State, ULM, Sam Houston State and Louisiana rounding out the top five.
"We rested most of the team for this meet and focused on a few outdoor specific events," head coach Lon Badeaux said. "I thought our javelin throwers got off to a solid start and Franz Beyer had a great day in the high jump, continuing from a great (conference) indoor meet with a jump that will get him to the NCAA regionals in May."
Beyer, who earned all-conference honors in the heptathlon at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships last month, posted a mark of 6 feet, 11 inches to claim the high jump title.
In the men's hammer throw, Richard Delphin (171-11) and Landon Carroll (170-11) finished second and third, respectively, for the Ragin' Cajuns with Kyle Baudoin (15-5) finishing fifth overall in the pole vault.
Louisiana received a sixth-place finish from Spencer Nezat in the shot put (50-6 ¼) and Bartul Basic in the javelin (197-0) while Bismarck Ebiweh finished fifth overall in the 100-meter dash (10.63), Sean Bezdek placed eighth in the 3,000-meter run (9:07.23) and Dylan Heck ninth (9:11.17).
Harmon finished third overall in the women's high jump after clearing the bar at 5-5. Woodhouse, competing in the hammer throw, finished third for the Ragin' Cajuns with a mark of 160-0 with Amie Leitko placing fifth (153-11).
Madison Meche (131-3) and Chelcie Sonnier (128-1) placed fourth and fifth respectively in the women's javelin for Louisiana with Alexa Johnson finishing sixth in the pole vault (10-6) and Leitko sixth in the discus (136-2).
In running event, freshman Hailey Hesterman earned a sixth-place finish in the 1,500-meter run (5:03.86) with Joya Tardieff finishing seventh in the 400-meter hurdles (1:08.37). The women's 4x800-meter relay team turned in a time of 9:49.12 to finish second overall with the 4x200-meter relay team finishing fifth (1:41.88) and the sprint medley relay team earning a sixth-place finish (4:24.52).
The Ragin' Cajuns will return to action on Friday (March 18) when they travel to Mobile, Ala., to compete in the South Alabama Quad.
Louisiana, which was making its 2016 outdoor season debut, scored a combined 95 points to finish fifth among 15 schools in the event. Host McNeese State claimed the Bob Hayes Louisiana Challenge Trophy with Northwestern State, ULM, Sam Houston State and Louisiana rounding out the top five.
"We rested most of the team for this meet and focused on a few outdoor specific events," head coach Lon Badeaux said. "I thought our javelin throwers got off to a solid start and Franz Beyer had a great day in the high jump, continuing from a great (conference) indoor meet with a jump that will get him to the NCAA regionals in May."
Beyer, who earned all-conference honors in the heptathlon at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships last month, posted a mark of 6 feet, 11 inches to claim the high jump title.
In the men's hammer throw, Richard Delphin (171-11) and Landon Carroll (170-11) finished second and third, respectively, for the Ragin' Cajuns with Kyle Baudoin (15-5) finishing fifth overall in the pole vault.
Louisiana received a sixth-place finish from Spencer Nezat in the shot put (50-6 ¼) and Bartul Basic in the javelin (197-0) while Bismarck Ebiweh finished fifth overall in the 100-meter dash (10.63), Sean Bezdek placed eighth in the 3,000-meter run (9:07.23) and Dylan Heck ninth (9:11.17).
Harmon finished third overall in the women's high jump after clearing the bar at 5-5. Woodhouse, competing in the hammer throw, finished third for the Ragin' Cajuns with a mark of 160-0 with Amie Leitko placing fifth (153-11).
Madison Meche (131-3) and Chelcie Sonnier (128-1) placed fourth and fifth respectively in the women's javelin for Louisiana with Alexa Johnson finishing sixth in the pole vault (10-6) and Leitko sixth in the discus (136-2).
In running event, freshman Hailey Hesterman earned a sixth-place finish in the 1,500-meter run (5:03.86) with Joya Tardieff finishing seventh in the 400-meter hurdles (1:08.37). The women's 4x800-meter relay team turned in a time of 9:49.12 to finish second overall with the 4x200-meter relay team finishing fifth (1:41.88) and the sprint medley relay team earning a sixth-place finish (4:24.52).
The Ragin' Cajuns will return to action on Friday (March 18) when they travel to Mobile, Ala., to compete in the South Alabama Quad.
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