University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Monday, February 18
Birmingham, Ala.
9 a.m.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
at
SBC Championships
Williams, Burger Pace @RaginCajunsTRK To First Day Lead At SBC Indoor
2/18/2019 10:13:00 PM | Track and Field
Griffin ties school-record in women's high jump; Cajuns look for first indoor title since 1996
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Louisiana's Dominique Williams posted a personal-best as he led a 1-3 finish in the men's weight throw while freshman Hannes Burger claimed the men's 3,000-meter run as Ragin' Cajuns track and field team claimed the lead after the first day of the 2019 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships on Monday at the Birmingham Crossplex.
Kyle Baudoin and Graham Sokol each claimed all-conference honors in their respective events as Louisiana scored 41.5 points to take the first-day lead in men's events.
On the women's side, the Ragin' Cajuns received a fifth-place performance from Frankie Griffin in the high jump and a seventh-place finish from the women's distance medley relay team to earn six points after five events.
The final day on Tuesday will see the remaining three events of the men's heptathlon events at 9 a.m., followed by the women's pentathlon at 9:20 a.m. Field events begin at noon with the final running events starting at 12:30 p.m., and the awards presentation at approximately 4:30 p.m.
A live video stream will be available on ESPN+ beginning at 1:30 p.m. Live results of the two-day meet will be available at RaginCajuns.com. Louisiana, which finished sixth at last year's SBC meet, will look to claim its first indoor title since 1996.
Williams, who joined former Ragin' Cajuns Parker Alleman (1997), James Boyd (1998), Garrett Harkless (2011) and Justin Victor (2014) as SBC champions in the weight throw, traded the lead with Texas State's Brandon Busby through the first two attempts before posting a personal-best mark of 65 feet, 6 inches on his third attempt to take the lead for good.
Sokol gave Louisiana its first pair of all-conference performers in the event since Alleman and Anthony Clement in 1997 after his personal-best throw of 59-8 ¼ came on his fifth attempt.
Burger, a freshman, claimed the first conference indoor title by a Ragin' Cajun in a distance event since William Wilkinson and Pat McGrath in 1982, after posting a time of 8:24.25 to claim the title in the 3,000-meters. The men's distance medley relay team of Stanley Limoh, Key Alfred, Kemondrick Walter and Jonathan Kimutai earned a third-place finish for Louisiana after posting a school-record time of 10:14.09, breaking the previous (10:16.10) set in 2013.
Baudoin capped off a solid indoor career in the men's pole vault Louisiana, earning all-conference honors for the third consecutive season after clearing the bar at 15-10 to finish third overall. Freshman Obdarius Ware nearly earned all-conference honors in the men's long jump after finishing fourth at 23-8.
Griffin tied an indoor school-record in the women's high jump, clearing the bar at 5-9 ¼ and equaling the record set by Lindsey Harmon in 2013. The Ragin' Cajuns women's distance medley relay team of Hailey Hesterman, India Brown, Ally McCulley and Teresa Bruning clocked a time of 12:29.
A pair of Ragin' Cajuns – Chandler Mixon and Franz Beyer – finished fourth and seventh respectively after the first day of the men's heptathlon. Mixon finished the day with 2,807 points through four events with Beyer, the 2017 SBC Indoor champion, in seventh (2,731). The final three events – 60-meter hurdles, pole vault and 1,000-meter run – will be completed on Tuesday.
Freshman Terroll Jolla advanced to the finals in both the men's 60-meters (6.87) and 200-meters (21.98) while Tyrell Hargrove advanced to the finals in the 400-meters (49.24). On the women's side, Kalei Matthews qualified for the finals in both the 200-meters (24.48) and 400-meters (56.89).
Follow the Ragin' Cajuns on Twitter (@RaginCajunsTRK), Facebook (Ragin' Cajuns TRK) or Instagram (@RaginCajunsTRK) to stay up-to-date on all that is happening with Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Track and Field/Cross Country.
Kyle Baudoin and Graham Sokol each claimed all-conference honors in their respective events as Louisiana scored 41.5 points to take the first-day lead in men's events.
On the women's side, the Ragin' Cajuns received a fifth-place performance from Frankie Griffin in the high jump and a seventh-place finish from the women's distance medley relay team to earn six points after five events.
The final day on Tuesday will see the remaining three events of the men's heptathlon events at 9 a.m., followed by the women's pentathlon at 9:20 a.m. Field events begin at noon with the final running events starting at 12:30 p.m., and the awards presentation at approximately 4:30 p.m.
A live video stream will be available on ESPN+ beginning at 1:30 p.m. Live results of the two-day meet will be available at RaginCajuns.com. Louisiana, which finished sixth at last year's SBC meet, will look to claim its first indoor title since 1996.
Williams, who joined former Ragin' Cajuns Parker Alleman (1997), James Boyd (1998), Garrett Harkless (2011) and Justin Victor (2014) as SBC champions in the weight throw, traded the lead with Texas State's Brandon Busby through the first two attempts before posting a personal-best mark of 65 feet, 6 inches on his third attempt to take the lead for good.
Sokol gave Louisiana its first pair of all-conference performers in the event since Alleman and Anthony Clement in 1997 after his personal-best throw of 59-8 ¼ came on his fifth attempt.
Burger, a freshman, claimed the first conference indoor title by a Ragin' Cajun in a distance event since William Wilkinson and Pat McGrath in 1982, after posting a time of 8:24.25 to claim the title in the 3,000-meters. The men's distance medley relay team of Stanley Limoh, Key Alfred, Kemondrick Walter and Jonathan Kimutai earned a third-place finish for Louisiana after posting a school-record time of 10:14.09, breaking the previous (10:16.10) set in 2013.
Baudoin capped off a solid indoor career in the men's pole vault Louisiana, earning all-conference honors for the third consecutive season after clearing the bar at 15-10 to finish third overall. Freshman Obdarius Ware nearly earned all-conference honors in the men's long jump after finishing fourth at 23-8.
Griffin tied an indoor school-record in the women's high jump, clearing the bar at 5-9 ¼ and equaling the record set by Lindsey Harmon in 2013. The Ragin' Cajuns women's distance medley relay team of Hailey Hesterman, India Brown, Ally McCulley and Teresa Bruning clocked a time of 12:29.
A pair of Ragin' Cajuns – Chandler Mixon and Franz Beyer – finished fourth and seventh respectively after the first day of the men's heptathlon. Mixon finished the day with 2,807 points through four events with Beyer, the 2017 SBC Indoor champion, in seventh (2,731). The final three events – 60-meter hurdles, pole vault and 1,000-meter run – will be completed on Tuesday.
Freshman Terroll Jolla advanced to the finals in both the men's 60-meters (6.87) and 200-meters (21.98) while Tyrell Hargrove advanced to the finals in the 400-meters (49.24). On the women's side, Kalei Matthews qualified for the finals in both the 200-meters (24.48) and 400-meters (56.89).
Follow the Ragin' Cajuns on Twitter (@RaginCajunsTRK), Facebook (Ragin' Cajuns TRK) or Instagram (@RaginCajunsTRK) to stay up-to-date on all that is happening with Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Track and Field/Cross Country.
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