University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Saturday, March 9
Lake Charles, La.
9 a.m.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
at
McNeese Cowboy Relays
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3/8/2019 6:59:00 PM | Track and Field
Louisiana looks to build off fourth-place finish at SBC Indoor meet
LAFAYETTE – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns track and field team officially opens its 2019 outdoor season on Saturday when it travels to Lake Charles to compete at the McNeese Cowboy Relays/Bob Hayes Louisiana Challenge at the Lena and Bill Henning Track and Field Complex.Â
Action begins at 9 a.m., with field events before running events start at noon. Live results will be available at RaginCajuns.com.
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Louisiana joins host McNeese State in the meet that will include Division I schools New Orleans, Northwestern State, Southeastern Louisiana and ULM. Also competing in the meet are Dillard, East Texas Baptist, LeTourneau, Louisiana College, RK Athletics, U.S. Express and Wiley College.
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The opening meet of the outdoor season will mark the debuts for over a dozen newcomers to the roster. Three members of the Ragin' Cajuns who earned All-Sun Belt Conference honors at last month's indoor championships – John Joseph (long jump, 4x200-meter relay), Graham Sokol (hammer throw) and Reagann Leleux (4x100-meter relay) – will each make their debuts for Louisiana.
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India Brown (4x400-meter relay), Kaprecia Cowans (long jump, sprint medley relay, 4x100-meter relay), Lea-Marie Diedicke (shot put, javelin), Sydnea Guidry (400-meter hurdles, 4x400-meter relay) and Payton Phares (women's high jump) will each make their debuts in women's events for the Ragin' Cajuns.
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Javelin throwers MacKenzie Marze and Claire Meyers are scheduled to make their 2019 debuts for Louisiana with senior Richard Delphin (hammer throw) set to compete in his final outdoor season.
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On the men's side, Key Alfred (4x400-meter relay, 4x800-meter relay), Chancelor Bangura (sprint medley relay, 4x400-meter relay), Solomon Brent (4x400-meter relay, sprint medley relay), Tyrell Hargrove (4x400-meter relay, 4x800-meter relay), Terroll Jolla (sprint medley relay, 4x100-meter relay), Rashid Reese (1,500-meters, 4x400-meter relay), Rylan Theyard (4x200-meter relay, long jump) and Obdarius Ware (long jump, 4x100-meter relay) are all scheduled to compete for the first time during the outdoor season.Â
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MD
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DIS
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TH
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