University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Cajuns Compete at Bayou Bengal Invitational
1/30/2004 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
Cajuns Compete at Bayou Bengal Invitational
Friday, Jan. 30, 2004
BATON ROUGE- Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns track and field team competed for the second consecutive week at the Carl Maddox Fieldhouse Friday night in the 2004 LSU Bayou Bengal Invitational.
Louisiana-Lafayette placed nine competitors in the top five, while winning two event titles against the ten-team field made up of in-state rivals LSU, Louisiana Tech, McNeese State, Nicholls State, Northwestern State, Southeastern Louisiana, and UL Monroe. Out of state schools Texas A&M, Southern Miss, and Stephen F. Austin rounded out the competition.
Ragin' Cajuns junior Jon Erik Shanklin won the men's 400-meter dash title with a winning time of 48.87.
“Jon-Erik ran really well in his first open 400-meter indoor race for us,” stated UL Lafayette head coach Lance Veazey. “Even more impressive was that he did it at a really good place like LSU.”
Sprinters Jarvis Murchison and Kade Slaughter both qualified for the 60-meter dash finals and matched each other with a finals time of 6.93 to finish tied for fourth overall. Slaughter also placed second in the men's 200-meter dash with a time of 22.35 seconds.
Port Barre, La., native and senior Lawrence Leben led the team in the 60-meter hurdles by qualifying for the finals and finishing tied for fourth overall with a personal best mark of 8.07.
On the women's side senior sprinter Stacey Young won her second straight 800-meter race in a time of 2:19.65, breaking her previous best mark by over three seconds.
Distance standout Natalie Gillis finished just one second shy of a new Cajun record in the 3,000-meter run to finish 2nd overall with a time of 10:18.88.
“We have two weeks now to heal up and work towards the final few meets of the season,” stated Veazey. “This was a good indicator of where we stand after three meets and now we can work towards improving for the Conference Championships.”
The Ragin' Cajuns will have a two-week break before returning to action at the LSU Twilight on Friday Feb. 20.
UL Lafayette Women's Results
1/30- Bayou Bengal Invitational, Baton Rouge, La. – 60: Levi 8.42 prelims. 200: 18th Stonum 27.18, 23rd Octave 27.62, 27th Levi 28.46. 400: 18th Wilson 1:02.56. 800: 1st Young 2:19.65, 9th Credeur 2:27.89, 10th Legere 2:28.06, 13th L. Zaunbrecher 2:30.38. Mile: 11th A. Zaunbrecher 5:30.69, 13th Gautreaux 5:34.71, 20th Beshear 6:19.18. 3,000: 2nd Gillis 10:18.88, 18th Block 11:31.19, 23rd Clement 11:56.82. 60H: Stonum 9.76 prelims, Octave 11.05 prelims. Distance Medley: 2nd 12:52.48. Pole Vault: 6th Caffey 10-02.00. Shot Put: 17th Chapman 36-11.00.
UL Lafayette Men's Results
1/30- Bayou Bengal Invitational, Baton Rouge, La.- 60: T4th Slaughter 6.93/ 6.95 prelims, T4th Murchison 6.93/ 6.94 prelims, Smothers 7.19 prelims, Judice 7.20 prelims. 200: 2nd Slaughter 22.35, T9th Murchison 22.65, T21st Bell 23.78, 400: 1st Shanklin 48.87, 16th Hubbard 57.08. 800: 13th Bernard 2:00.52. Mile: 9th J. Gillis 4:48.27. 3,000: 6th Whitfield 8:52.46, 11th Dupree 9:05.22, 17th Lemaire 9:21.26, 21st DJ Hebert 9:43.40. 60H: T4th Leben 8.07/ 8.10 prelims, Roquemore 8.54 prelims. Distance Medley: 4th 10:54.64. Long Jump: 20th Minton 20-10.50. Triple Jump: 9th Minton 46-02.75. High Jump: 7th J. Hebert 6-04.25. Pole Vault: Lowry NH. Shot Put: 14th Hensgens 46-02.50.
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