Cajuns Set Personal-Bests In Final Tuneup At Jace Lacoste Invitational

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Bartul Basic finished second overall in the men's javelin and the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns track and field team set numerous personal-best marks at the Jace Lacoste Invitational on Saturday at the Mike Sanders Track and Field Complex.

Kayla Thompson recorded personal-bests in both the women's 100-meter dash and 200-meters with Claire Hodges (1,500-meter run), Tisay Woodhouse (women's shot put) and Alexa Johnson (pole vault) posting personal-bests in Louisiana's final meet before hosting the Sun Belt Conference Track and Field Championships on May 13-15 at the Ragin' Cajuns Soccer/Track Complex.

Basic posted a throw of 218 feet, 9 inches to finish second overall with Cody Nickel (194-1) finishing sixth and Hunter Stelly (193-7) seventh. Kyle Baudoin earned a second-place finish in the pole vault (16-8) with Josh McDaniel finishing seventh (15-7) and Caleb Wisecarver 10^th (14-11).

Richard Delphin posted a personal-best mark in the hammer throw (173-3), finishing sixth overall, with Ricky Theyard earning an eighth-place finish in the triple jump (46-4 ¾). Spencer Nezat finished fifth overall in the men's shot put (48-4 ¾) for the Ragin' Cajuns with Delphin (43-9 ¼) finishing seventh and Angus Sinclair (41-3) ninth.

The men's 4x100-meter relay team finished second overall, posting a time of 40.72 and tying the third-best mark in the Sun Belt Conference. Tyler Hughes earned a third-place finish in the 110-meter hurdles (14.31) with Hanoj Carter finishing sixth overall in the 200-meter dash (21.28).

Thompson clocked a time of 11.99 in the 100-meters to finish seventh and 24.68 in the 200-meters finishing ninth. Hodges clocked a time of 4:41.72 to set a personal-best in the 1,500-meters with Courtney Musgrove finishing 10^th (4:45.98). In the women's 4x100-meter relay, Louisiana finished fifth overall (46.77) while Alena Hrusoci finished ninth in the 100-meter hurdles (14.24).

Jasmin Fusilier recorded a fifth-place performance in the long jump (18-9 ¾) with Tamela Young finishing sixth in the shot put (45-2 ½) with Woodhouse finishing sixth with a personal-best mark of 44-3 ½.

Johnson earned an eighth-place finish in the pole vault clearing the bar in a personal-best 11-6 ¼. In the women's javelin, Madison Meche (118-8) and Chelcie Sonnier (118-1) finished sixth and seventh, respectively, with Amie Leitko finishing 11^th in the hammer throw (150-11).

Cajuns Set Personal-Bests In Final Tuneup At Jace Lacoste Invitational

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Players Mentioned

Bartul Basic

Kyle Baudoin

Hanoj Carter

Richard Delphin

Jasmin Fusilier

Claire Hodges

Alena Hrusoci

Tyler Hughes

Alexa Johnson

Amie Leitko

Josh McDaniel

Madison Meche

Courtney Musgrove

Spencer Nezat

Cody Nickel

Angus Sinclair

Chelcie Sonnier

Hunter Stelly

Ricky Theyard

Kayla Thompson

Caleb Wisecarver

Tisay Woodhouse

Tamela Young

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