HAMMOND – The Southeastern Louisiana men's and women's cross country teams return to action on Saturday, competing in the McNeese State Cowboy Stampede at the Enos Derbonne Sports Complex.
The meet will be Southeastern's last competition before the Southland Conference Championships in late October.
The Lady Lions are coming off a third place finish at last weekend's LSU Invitational. Senior
Naomi Jeruto (23:39.1, 10
th) and junior
Bethany Burst (23:45.6, 12
th) were the top performers in Baton Rouge. The Lady Lion duo will be joined in Lake Charles by teammates senior
Brittany Blackmon, sophomore
Heather Fitzhenry, sophomore
Emily McAfee, junior
Lindsey Toups and freshman
C'Arra Watts.
At LSU, sophomore
Joseph LeGrange was the top finisher for the Lions, finishing 27
th with a time of 29:10.4. LeGrange, who has been Southeastern's top performer in each of its last two meets, will be among of group of Lions competing that also includes senior MJ Ahmad, sophomore
Paul Arthur, sophomore
Shaquille Brown, junior
Jesse McDavitt, sophomore
Matt Mouton and freshman
Corey O'Dell.
Southeastern will be looking for a strong performance to prepare it for the Southland Conference Championships, scheduled for Oct. 31 in Nacogdoches, Texas.