Jonesboro, Ark. – Sophomore Chris Roy continued his great indoor season Sunday at the Sun Belt Conference Championships, winning the pole vault with a height of 5.20m and provisionally qualifying for the NCAA Indoor Meet.
The Cajuns had numerous underclassmen lead the way for the team. Out of the individuals who finished in the top ten 14 were freshmen or sophomores.
The men finished seventh with 55 points and the women finished eleventh with 20 points.
Notable Finishers:
WOMEN
Sophomore Taryn Simmons finished eighth in the women’s 400 meter dash.
Sophomore Paula Parker finished eighth in the 800m, Senior Lina Futi finished ninth.
Jasmine Anderson a sophomore finished fourth in the 55m hurdles.
The 4x400m relay team finished third with a time of 3:58.56. The team was made up of Taryn Simmons, junior Constance Robinson, Lina Futi and Jasmine Anderson.
Senior Kioloni Readeaux finished ninth in long jump with a distance of 5.58m, freshman Jasmine Manuel finished tenth in the same event with the same distance.
Manuel finished third in the triple jump with a distance of 11.95m. Readeaux finished ninth with a jump of 11.38m.
Freshman Jesseka Jones finished tenth in pentathlon.
MEN
UL took home three top ten finishes in the 55m hurdles. Sophomore Louis Stevens finished second with a time of 7.59, freshman Bresshaud Woodard finished sixth with a time of 7.77 and junior Kevin Powell finished seventh with 8.03.
Freshman Antwain Keyes finished second in the high jump with a height of 2.09m.
Sophomore Brent Adams finished fourth with a height of 2.01m, teammate Marcus Rosendoll, a freshman, finished fifth with the same height.
Junior Jeffrey Vidacovich was seventh with a height of 1.91m.
Kenneth Bellard, a sophomore, finished fifth in the triple jump with a jump of 14.50m.
In the Men’s shot put freshman Tyler Guidry finished sixth with a throw of 14.82m.
Donnie Broussard, a freshman, finished tenth with a throw of 14.11m.
Vidacovich finished seventh in the heptathlon with 4311 points.