David Rooney led McNeese State to the men's championship while UT Arlington claimed the women's title at the Asics McNeese Cowboy stampede cross country meet here Saturday.
The Cowboys claimed five of the top six individual places and scored 18 points to win the men's four mile race while UT Arlington had the women's individual champion in Emily Koenig and totaled 38 points. McNeese dominated the men's race as Rooney ran first, Joshua Sawe second and Jarrett LeBlanc, Jordan Neil and Johnathan Koenck placed fourth through sixth. "I thought that we ran a real strong race," said head coach Brendon Gilroy. "Any time you can have five runners in the top six and four of the five run under 20 minutes for four miles, you're really running good." Rooney, running his best race ever in the four mile, posted an 18:44.80 clocking, averaging 4.41.2 minutes per mile. "I felt real good," the Cowboy junior said of his race. "It was a good tuneup for the pre-nationals that we're run next week." Rooney trailed Sawe early but at the two mile mark he took the lead and never looked back. He won the race by 21 seconds. Rounding out the top five was LSU's Richard Chautin who placed third. Other team scoring for the men had Louisiana Tech and LSU with 74 points, UTA 104, Central Arkansas 149, Southeastern Louisiana 153, Northwestern State 195 and UL Lafayette 199. In the women's run, Koenig led her team to the championship by posting a 17:40.62 clocking for 5K. She beat out McNeese's Amy Guinn who ran 18:05.20 for second place. UTA scored 38 points while LSU had 63, Central Arkansas 66, Southeastern Louisiana 102, UL Lafayette 104 and Northwestern State 121. McNeese only had four runners finish, not enough for a team score. Tinette Burger did not start because of an injury and neither Fionnula Ross nor Carly Thurman finished the race because of injuries. "Other than that I thought that the girls ran a good race," said Gilroy. "The four that did finish were all in the top 11. Guinn posted an 18:05.20 clocking while Alvy Carragher was fourth at 18:09.20, Georgia Ball was ninth at 18:37.89 and Aisling Casey ran 11th at 18:41.42. Asics McNeese Cowboy Stampede – Oct. 9, 2010 MEN’S TOTALS – 4 miles McNeese State 18 Louisian Tech 74 LSU 74 UT Arlington 104 Central Arkansas 149 SE Louisiana 153 Northwestern State 195 UL Lafayette 199 (Individual) David Rooney, McN 18:44.80 Joshua Sawe, McN 19:05.11 Richard Chautin, LSU 19:27.00 Jarrett LeBlanc, McN 19:28.40 Jordan Neil, McN 19:56.72 Johnathan Koenck, McN 20:04.05 Matt Wolfe, La Tech 20:09.08 Jeremiah Fleeman, C. Ark 20:16.00 Cody Widener, UTA 20:21.21 Edwin Koenck, McN 20:23.80 Alwayne Green, La Tech 20:26.52 Joseph LaGrange, SE La. 20:26.83 Timothy Landry, LSU 20:27.32 David Monroe, La Tech 20:28.39 Jonus Rodriguez, unattached 20:29.03 Alden Heaphy, LSU 20:30.49 Eric Montou, UTA 20:31.04 Josh Slocum, La Tech 20:33.84 Mark Dotson, NW State 20:37.50 Heinz Schwarzkopf, UTA 20:39.61 Abdi Hassan, McN 20:40.29 Kyle Hecker, LSU 20:41.58 Cullen Doody, LSU 20:46.88 Tony Stewart, C. Ark 20:57.49 Juan Rodriguez, ULL 21:01.31 Jack Ramstad, La Tech 21:05.92 Brent Ewing, McN 21:09.72 Jeff Boudreaux, La Tech 21:11.56 Reese Lee, SE La. 21:16.44 Zach France, ULL 21:17.34 Sean Swanner, LSU 21:18.02 Holton Hemby, UTA 21:18.92 Ryan Barrow, unattached 21:20.30 Steven Cortez, La Tech 21:20.90 Johnny Camacho, UTA 21:23.45 Paras Shah, LSU 21:27.72 Logan Dockery, C. Ark 21:29.86 William Wiesler, LSU 21:31.02 Kevin Laughlin, McN 21:32.23 Ken Ehrhardt, LSU 21:37.09 Aaron Purser, UTA 21:44.77 Kevin Vasquez, UTA 21:47.08 Kenneth Schiffman, LSU 21:48.82 Alan Sticker, LSU 21:51.17 Bryan Mutell, LSU 21:54.79 Seth Cunningham, SE La. 21:58.75 Paul Arthur, SE La. 22:00.32 Jessie McDavitt, SE La. 22:01.95 Chris Kehoe, unattached 22:04.79 Luke Dessauer, LSU 22:17.25 Martin Resendiz, C. Ark 22:19.83 Travis Plumb, NW State 22:24.42 Patrick Spiller, ULL 22:26.86 Brad Kintner, C. Ark 22:31.37 Jermaine Morris, La Tech 22:35.15 Ryan Hepler, unattached 22:39.76 Brock Moreau, McN 22:42.77 Connor McAtee, unattached 22:55.47 Chris Lanier, NW State 22:56.60 Robert Carrier, NW State 22:59.79 Dillon Traux, SE La. 23:03.39 Kyle Lessig, NW State 23:08.33 David Rayo, UTA 23:20.23 Dusty Discchler, NW State 23:28.84 Ricky Trent, NW State 23:30.47 Scott Richardson, SE La. 23:43.86 Cameron Mehl, NW State 23:53.18 Tanner Hubbard, C. Ark 24:08.35 Cody Tilley, ULL 24:11.50 Mark Fallaize, unattached 24:20.44 Jordan McGee, ULL 26:00.68 Kail Kidd, unattached 26:18.89 Joey Taylor, ULL 26:26.49 Sherman Coleman, Dillard 26:32.59 Brock Berttucci, ULL 26:35.17 Leon Drabo, Dillard 30:40.94 WOMEN’S TEAM TOTALS UT Arlington 38 LSU 63 Central Arkansas 66 SE Louisiana 102 UL Lafayette 104 Northwestern State 121 (no team totals for McNeese) INDIVIDUAL – 5K Emily Koenig, UTA 17:40.62 Amy Guinn, McN 18:05.20 Laura Carleton, LSU 18:06.10 Alvy Carragher, McN 18:09.20 Charlene Lipsey, LSU 18:14.06 Amanda McMahon, UTA 18:14.63 Jennifer Carey, UTA 18:33.33 Naomi Jeruto, SE La. 18:37.32 Georgia Ball,McN 18:37.89 Laurie Byrd, unattached 18:39.02 Aisling Casey,McN 18:41.42 Courtney Efud, C. Ark 18:43.50 Lawana Perkins, NW St. 18:45.50 Erika Setzler, C. Ark 18:45.89 Kayla Nehus, C. Ark 18:52.27 Paula Parker, ULL 18:56.94 Petrona Layne, ULL 18:58.91 Perri Ford, UTA 19:00.66 Leigh-Ann Naccari, LSU 19:05.43 Esther Abuto, UTA 19:10.98 Whitney Curry, SE La. 19:11.95 Lauren Ybarzabal, LSU 19:15.16 Sabrina Peterman, C. Ark 19:16.41 Amanda Walters, unattached 19:27.25 Karensa Ellis, NW St. 19:29.33 Marissa Paz, UTA 19:29.78 Bethany Blurst, SE La. 19:31.67 Heather Estetter, C. Ark 19:36.60 Liz Craig,C. Ark 19:41.09 Michon Meche, ULL 19:51.60 April Colomb, ULL 19:56.82 Ali Fontenot, NW St. 19:57.73 Laura Aleman, LSU 20:08.19 Megan Snipes, C. Ark 20:16.08 Lindsey Toups, SE La. 20:22.30 Dacey Mitchell, C. Ark 20:29.69 Heather Fitzhenry, SE La. 20:33.34 Brittany Blackmon, SE La. 20:39.02 Emily Parker, C. Ark 20:42.49 Jenna Picou, ULL 20:44.65 Sarah Emory,NW St. 20:53.12 Katie Roland, ULL 20:56.59 Andrea Warren, NW St. 20:57.61 Kayleigh Lewellyn, C. Ark 21:08.01 Tiffany Patrick,ULL 21:10.82 Rebecca Meehan,NW St. 21:15.68 Colleen Rooney, C. Ark 21:40.11 Caroline Benton, C. Ark 21:41.84 Emily Noble, C. Ark 21:43.99 Katllin Suplee, SE La. 22:00.67 Torri Choate, ULL 22:25.75 Anna Daigle, LSU 22:56.46 Destinee Showell, Dillard 23:07.22 Dillard Audrey, C. Ark 23:12.56 Courtney Hershberger, NW St 23:27.71 Shana Lee, NW St 23:39.86 Allison Ridenhour, C. Ark 23:55.04 Shannon Donahue, C. Ark 24:34.11 Karley Picou, Dillard 27:00.51 Ebone Pierce, Dillard 27:27.01 Wanda Burkes, Dillard 27:45.69