LAFAYETTE – Nicholas Kiprono and
Enock Bor finished 2-3 Friday evening at the Ragin Cajun Cross Country Invitational to help pace the McNeese Cowboys to its fourth team win of the season as the squad heads to the Southland Conference Championships on November 1.
Kiprono finished the four-mile race with a time of 19:51 and was edged out by three seconds for the gold by ULL's Matt Rice. Bor was a step behind Kiprono and clocked a 19:51.6 to finish third.
Nathan Jones placed fifth with a 19:54.3 followed by a sixth place finish from
Oliver James with a 19:56.7.
Ryan Holroyd was eighth with a 20:19.9 and
Brock Moreaux finished ninth at 20:23.5 as the Cowboys had six runners place in the top 10.
On the women's side, the Cowgirls placed second as a team with 46 points as ULL won the team title with 20 points.
Alison Smegal led the Cowgirls with an overall fifth place finish with a time of 19:00.8 in the 5-kilometer race.
Kaitlyn Jeter finished sixth at 19:16.4 and
Corissa Storms placed eighth with a time of 19:25.3. The Cowgirls had seven of their eight runners finish in the top 20 while all runners placed in the top 25.
The Cowboys finished the event with a team score of 24 points followed by ULL with 33, New Orleans with 119, Northwestern State in fourth with 120 points, Nicholls at 164, Southern 213, and Louisiana College who did not record a team score.
After Moreaux, William Hamilton finished 13
th with a time of 20:49.6;
Enrique Soto was 14
th with a time of 21:03.6; and
Bradley Traviss in 22
nd place with a time of 21:53.6.
On the women's side, following ULL and McNeese in the team standings were UNO with 122 points, Southern at 125, Louisiana Tech and Nicholls with 135 each, and Louisiana College and Northwestern State, both of which didn't enter enough runners to qualify for a team score.
McNeese's
Danielle Jones ran a 19:56.5 to finish 13
th overall and was followed by
Angelina Covington in 14
th place at 20:08.3. Sarah Booth finished 16
th with a time of 20:12.4,
Lauren Cooper in 19
th at 20:29.3, and
Emily Mouton in 23
rd place at 21:17.4.
