By: Doug Ireland/Sports Information Director
LAFAYETTE – Freshmen
Erin Wrozek and Josh Wilkins were the fastest Northwestern State finishers Friday evening at the Ragin' Cajuns Cross Country Invitational at Acadiana Park, as NSU competed for the last time until hosting the Southland Conference Championships on Nov. 3.
Wrozek was the top NSU woman finisher for the second time this season. Wilkins has led the Demons in each competition this fall.
Wrozek finished sixth overall, covering the 5,000 meters in 19:08.50. Fellow freshman
Jacqueline Rushford was the next Lady Demon across the line, 11
th in 19:36.80, while
Erin Sitarz ran 19
th for NSU in 20:19.90. The Lady Demons entered only three runners Friday and did not record a team score.
UL-Lafayette's Anna Devitt won the race in 17:32.40. The host team won the meet with a score of 20.
Wilkins ran the four-mile men's course in 20:46.59, 12
th overall. Next for NSU was
Grant Butts (21:55.85, scoring 18
th), followed closely by
Hunter Warmack (21:59.99, scoring 19
th). Completing the Demons' scorecard were
Jeremy Elliott (22:33.43, scoring 24
th) and
Skylor Reese (22:56.63, scoring 25
th).
Other Demons running were
Lucas Moncla (23:10.23, 26
th) and
Tyler Corwin (25:11.33, 31
st).
The NSU men tied for third with 98 points. McNeese won with 24, followed by UL-Lafayette (33), UNO (98, tied with NSU), Nicholls (135) and Southern (178).
UL-Lafayette's Matt Rice was the men's individual champ in 19:48.19.
Results:
http://www.adkinstrak.com/meets/2014/Ragin_Cajuns_Cross_Country_Invitational/