Cajuns Take First in Five Events

Lake Charles, La.- Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns track and field team performed well in their first indoor meet of the 2009 season. The Cajuns brought back five first place finishes at the Cowboy Indoor Invite. UL took home first in the men’s pole vault, men’s high jump, women’s distance medley, women’s 55 meter hurdles and men’s 55 meter hurdles.

 

Chris Roy took home first place in the men’s pole vault with a winning mark of 5.15 meters. Atwain Keyes took home first place in the men’s high jump by clearing the bar at 2 meters. Louis Stevens was the third man to take home first place when he won the 55 meter hurdles with a time of 7.79 seconds.

 

The women took home the distance medley title with a time of 13:16.01. Making up the team for the Cajuns were Ashley Faulk, Paula Parker, Lina Futi and Constance Robinson. Jasmine Anderson won first place in the 55 meter hurdles with a time of 8.46 seconds.

 

The men’s distance medley team took second place with a time of 11:02.40. Reese Lee, Cory Richard, Stuart Theriot and Jaron Ortego made up the relay team. Kelvan Turner took second place in the men’s 55 meter dash with a time of 6.63 seconds.

 

The Cajuns will be back in action Friday, January 23, when they travel to Baton Rouge to compete in the Purple Tiger Classic hosted by LSU.