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A double event winning effort by McNeese standout David Rooney, two broken records and a tied record highlighted the McNeese Jeff Davis II indoor track and field meet on Saturday.
Rooney, the Cowboy junior who recently helped his Ireland national team to the European cross country championship, made his indoor debut by winning both the one mile run and the 800 meter run.
He didn't break the mile record he had set last year but he led a one-two-three Cowboy finish in the event with a 4:13 clocking while teammates Joshua Sawe (4:14.34) and Jarrett LeBlanc (4:15.69) finished second and third.
Rooney later won the 800 meter run in a 1:58.39 clocking.
"It was a good debut for him," said McNeese head coach Brendon Gilroy of Rooney. "I thought that as a team we performed well tonight. I want to also take this time to thank all of the officials who worked the meet. We certainly appreciate everything that they do for us. There is no way we can run a meet of this type without their help."
Rec-complex records were set in the women's division by Northwestern State's Tracey Rew with a 50-0 ½ effort in the shot put and by Kristal Kistieu-Yugh of the New York Athletic Club with a 66-2 ¼ effort in the weight throw.
Erica Bartolina, completing unattached, tied the women's pole vault record of 12-11.5, a mark that she holds with Sarah Broggese.
For McNeese, other first places in the men's division were captured by Torian Lindsey with a 50.31 clocking in the 400 meters and by the relay team of Charles Jackson, Michael Washington, Darren Keyes and Lindsey with a 3:26.17 effort in the 4x400 meter relay.
The only first place claimed by a Cowgirl came from Ashleigh Wells with a 26.39 clocking in the 200 meters.
Other results for the Cowboys were:
Pole Vault: 4-Lance Ardoin (14-1 ¼), 5-Jim Marcantel (13-7), 9-Rodney Prosper (10-0)
Long jump: Napoleon Robicheaux (20-8)
200 meters: 2-Charles Jackson (23.31), 3-Darren Keyes (23.55), 6-SirPatrick Patterson (24.38)
Shot put: 3-Thomas Canchola (52-6 ½), 12-Rodney Prosper (33-3), 13-Jim Marcangtel (32-1 ½)
High hurdles: 3-Napoleon Robicheaux (7.87)
55 meters: 2-Charles Jackson (6.42), 5-Ryan Thomason (6.58), 7-Darren Keyes (6.65)
55 hurdles: 7-Rodney Prosper (8.82)
Weight throw: 7-Thomas Canchola (49-10)
Triple Jump: 3-Xavier Stephens (47-9 3/4) 7-Napoleon Robicheaux (45-1)
Mile Run: 6-Brent Ewing (4:32.61), 8-Edwin Koenck (4:39.54), 12-Kevin Laughlin (4:49.65)
3000 meters: 13-Brock Moreaux (9:56.50)
Other results for the Cowgirls were:
55 meters: 2-Paige Lynch (7.28), 3-Ashleigh Wells (7.32)
Pole vault: 6-Alyssa Cotton (10-6)
Long jump: 2-Jasmine Cornelieus (17-11 ½), 13-Mariah Georgetown (15-9 ¾)
Weight throw: 5-Ashlee Smith (51-2 ¾), 10-DeAnn Washington (47-9 ¾)
Shot put: 2-Ashlee Smmith (46-0 ½), 3-DeAnn Washington (44-8 ¼), 12-Kayla Fontenot (37-2 ½)
Mile run: 4-Alvy Carragher (5:17.68), 5-Amy Guinn (5:19.38), 7-Aisling Casey (5:21.13), 10-Katarina Caraway (5:39.72)
800 meters: 12-Georgia Ball (2:36.51)
200 meters: 1-Ashleigh Wells (26.39), 4-Paige Lynch (26.74), 67-Desarae Couthren (27.08), 8-Jasmine Cornelius (27.30), 14-Cassie Cubbisoin (27.96)
4x400 relay: 2-Ashleigh Wells, Mariah Georgetown, Desarae Couthren, Jasmine Cornelius (4:02.78).
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