It was a pair of freshmen that stood out for Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns men's and women's cross country teams at the McNeese Cowboy Stampede Saturday morning at the Ernos Derbonne Sports Complex in Lake Charles.
The men took in their second 4-mile run of the season and the women traversed their second 5K.
For freshmen Adam Kendrick and Jolee Bonneval improved times were the highlight of their performance.
Kendrick was the Cajuns top finisher on the men's side as he posted a time of 20:55.03 for 18th place. The mark was nearly one full minute faster than his 4-mile time in the Ragin' Cajuns Invitational on Sept. 17 (21:44.7).
Bonneval covered the 5K distance in 19:49.90 which represented an improvement of nearly 1-1/2 minutes faster than the Ragin' Cajuns Invitational 5K (21:14.9).
"I was pretty satisfied with the times, everyone is progressing and getting faster," head track and field/cross country coach Lon Badeaux said. "I was more excited to see freshmen Adam Kendrick and Jolee Bonneval step up and run faster. They will only get better."
Others scoring for the men were Zach France 28th at 21:18, Kail Kidd 34th at 21:46, Jacob Delahoussaye 38th at 22:09 and Patrick Spiller 39th at 22:18.
As a team the men finished fourth out of eight participating teams, tallying 122 points and a total time of 1:48:26.03.
Other Cajuns women dropping their 5K time below 20:00 were Petrona Layne at 19:21 which placed her a team-best 27th and April Colomb who came in 35th with a time of 19:56.
As a team the women finished sixth out of eight participating teams, tallying 170 points and a total time of 1:39:43.90.
Louisiana is off the next two weekends then wraps up the pre-Sun Belt meet slate on Friday, Oct. 21 in Natchitoches for the NSU Demon Invitational.
RAGIN' CAJUNS MEN'S 4 MILE RESULTS (61 total runners)
18) Adam Kendrick (20:55.03)
28) Zach France (21:18.00)
34) Kail Kidd (21:46.00)
38) Jacob Delahoussaye (22:09.00)
39) Patrick Spiller (22:18.00)
40) Cody Tilley (22:21.00)
42) Courtland Privat (22:36.00)
47) Justin Arsement (22:44.00)
53) Jordan McGee (24:22.00)
RAGIN' CAJUNS WOMEN'S 5K RESULTS (60 runners)
27) Petrona Layne (19:21.0)
34) Jolee Bonneval (19:49.90)
35) April Colomb (19:56.00)
41) Michon Meche (20:13.00)
42) Lauren Broussard (20:24.00)
44) Katie Kidd (20:41.00)
45) Genevieve Roy (20:52.00)
46) Hlfti Kahassy (21:05.00)
MEN'S 4 MILE TEAM RESULTS
1) McNeese State 27
2) LSU 33
3) Tulane 71
4) Louisiana 122
5) Nicholls State 145
6) SE Louisiana 149
7) Southern 203
8) Southern-N.O. 225
WOMEN'S 5K Team Results
1) Nicholls State 51
2) McNeese State 53
3) LSU 68
4) Tulane 69
5) SE Louisiana 104
6) Louisiana 170
7) Southern-N.O. 209
8) Southern 233