University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Saturday, October 16
College Station, Texas
9 AM
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
at
Arturo Barrios Invitational
Ratcliff, Boudreaux pace Ragin’ Cajuns at Aturo Barrios Invitational
10/16/2021 12:21:00 PM | Cross Country
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas. – Freshmen Abbey Marie Ratcliff and Louden Boudreaux led Louisiana Cross Country across the finish line at the Arturo Barrios Invitational in Bryan-College Station, Texas on Saturday morning.
In the final meet of the 2021 regular-season campaign, the Ragin' Cajuns earned 29th place (817 points) in the men's 8k race and submitted a 31st place result (903 points) in the women's 6k.
Marie Ratcliff crossed the finish line in 172nd place with a time of 23:42.1, while Boudreaux took 142nd place in 25:52.6. The duo also paced the Ragin' Cajuns in the season-opening Rice Invitational.
Lipscomb raced to a first-place finish in the 8k team results, followed by UTEP, North Texas, LSU and host Texas A&M.
On the women's side, the Bisons topped the leaderboard, with Middle Tennessee, Abilene Christian, Texas A&M and Rice rounding out the top five.
Junior Samuel Avants (26:23.8) finished second for the Ragin' Cajuns in 177th place while fellow first-year Jacob Marcinkus (26:40.3) and sophomore Braden Scalisi (27:20.9) claimed 188th 218th, respectively.
Sophomore Haley Salsbury (24:05.9) followed her freshman counterpart across the line in 196th, with junior Meredith Hebert (24:47.4) and sophomore Pierra Charles (24:53.7) claiming 224th and 225th place, respectively.
Rice sophomore Grace Forbes set the Arturo Barrios women's 6k record in the meet with a time of 19:53.2.
Louisiana will turn its attention to the Sun Belt Championships on Oct. 29 in Mobile, Ala.
For the latest on Louisiana Cross Country, stay tuned to RaginCajuns.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (RaginCajunsTRK).
In the final meet of the 2021 regular-season campaign, the Ragin' Cajuns earned 29th place (817 points) in the men's 8k race and submitted a 31st place result (903 points) in the women's 6k.
Marie Ratcliff crossed the finish line in 172nd place with a time of 23:42.1, while Boudreaux took 142nd place in 25:52.6. The duo also paced the Ragin' Cajuns in the season-opening Rice Invitational.
Lipscomb raced to a first-place finish in the 8k team results, followed by UTEP, North Texas, LSU and host Texas A&M.
On the women's side, the Bisons topped the leaderboard, with Middle Tennessee, Abilene Christian, Texas A&M and Rice rounding out the top five.
Junior Samuel Avants (26:23.8) finished second for the Ragin' Cajuns in 177th place while fellow first-year Jacob Marcinkus (26:40.3) and sophomore Braden Scalisi (27:20.9) claimed 188th 218th, respectively.
Sophomore Haley Salsbury (24:05.9) followed her freshman counterpart across the line in 196th, with junior Meredith Hebert (24:47.4) and sophomore Pierra Charles (24:53.7) claiming 224th and 225th place, respectively.
Rice sophomore Grace Forbes set the Arturo Barrios women's 6k record in the meet with a time of 19:53.2.
Louisiana will turn its attention to the Sun Belt Championships on Oct. 29 in Mobile, Ala.
For the latest on Louisiana Cross Country, stay tuned to RaginCajuns.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (RaginCajunsTRK).
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