ULL Men Post Season-Best 8K Times

AUBURN, Ala. – Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns men’s cross country team competed in a field of 24 teams Saturday in the 8K Mel Rosen Orange Race here in the Auburn Tiger Invitational at Indian Pines Golf Course.

While the team didn’t finish near the top of the standings, every runner who finished the race posted his season-best time in the 8K.

A total of 213 runners took part in the race giving the Cajuns a lot to contend with.

Reese Lee topped the UL contingent with a time of 26:36.48, besting his previous season best by 50 seconds and recording the third-fastest 8K time by a Cajuns runner this season. Lee finished 157^th.

Joby Gisclair saw an improvement of over one minute on his season-best. Gisclair completed the race in 27:08.36 (season-high entering was 28:25.69).

Jacob Delahoussaye competed in his first race of the 2008 season. He logged a time of 28:08.49.

Also beating his season-best by a little over one minute was Geoffrey Godeau who clocked in at 28:11.79.

Two runners, freshman Alex Breaux and Jaron Ortego, did not complete the race.

As a team, Louisiana finished 24^th with 689 points.

RAGIN’ CAJUNS 8K RESULTS

157) Reese Lee 26:36.48

174) Joby Gisclair 27:08.36

187) Stuart Theriot 27:46.28

195) Jacob Delahoussaye 28:08.49

196) Geoffrey Godeau 28:11.79

208) Marshall Kemp 29:20.79