University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Saturday, January 15
College Station, Texas
2 p.m.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
at
Ted Nelson Invitational
Daigle Sets School Record in Louisiana Track and Field's 2022 Season Opener
1/16/2022 4:21:00 PM | Track and Field
LAFAYETTE – Sophomore Sophie Daigle's school record in the women's 5k headlined the season-opening performances by Louisiana Track and Field at the Ted Nelson Invitational in College Station, Texas.
Daigle's program-best time came on Friday night as the Donaldsonville, La. native ran away from the competition and crossed the finish line in 16:58.55. The sub 17 second time broke the previous fastest run of 17:40.08 by Ashley Irwin in 2015.
Freshmen Taylor Davis and Ariel Young continued the highlights on the women's side as the pair earned a one-two finish in the triple jump. Davis recorded an event-long jump of 11.74m while Young followed closely behind with a mark of 11.58m.
Davis also earned a top-five finish in the high jump as the Benton, La. native posted a fourth-best jump height of 1.68m.
The Ragin' Cajuns 4x400m relay team picked up right where they left off after a strong season a year ago and claimed third place in the meet with a time of 3:50.85. Louisiana came in behind meet host Texas A&M and Stephen F. Austin.
The final top-five performance from the women's team was delivered by freshaman Cammi Martinez who tied for fifth in the pole vault after clearing 11-81/2.
On the men's side, sophomore's Ryan Theyard and John Joseph highlighted a string of impressive performances as they placed second and fourth respectively in the triple jump with lengths of 15.07m and 14.67m.
Joseph also placed fifth in the long jump with a jump length of 6.99m.
Juniors Yves Cherubin and Chandler Mixon each snuck into the top five of the final 60m hurdles leaderboard. Yves claimed fourth with a time of 8.01 seconds while Mixon finished fifth in 8.17.
Junior Mathew Standbridge rounded out the Ragin' Cajuns' top performances taking fourth in the pole vault after clearing 16-71/2.
Louisiana will be back in action next weekend when the team travels to Houston, Texas to compete in the FasTrak Collegiate Challenge.
For the latest on Louisiana Track and Field, stay tuned to RaginCajuns.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (RaginCajunsTRK).
Daigle's program-best time came on Friday night as the Donaldsonville, La. native ran away from the competition and crossed the finish line in 16:58.55. The sub 17 second time broke the previous fastest run of 17:40.08 by Ashley Irwin in 2015.
Freshmen Taylor Davis and Ariel Young continued the highlights on the women's side as the pair earned a one-two finish in the triple jump. Davis recorded an event-long jump of 11.74m while Young followed closely behind with a mark of 11.58m.
Davis also earned a top-five finish in the high jump as the Benton, La. native posted a fourth-best jump height of 1.68m.
The Ragin' Cajuns 4x400m relay team picked up right where they left off after a strong season a year ago and claimed third place in the meet with a time of 3:50.85. Louisiana came in behind meet host Texas A&M and Stephen F. Austin.
The final top-five performance from the women's team was delivered by freshaman Cammi Martinez who tied for fifth in the pole vault after clearing 11-81/2.
On the men's side, sophomore's Ryan Theyard and John Joseph highlighted a string of impressive performances as they placed second and fourth respectively in the triple jump with lengths of 15.07m and 14.67m.
Joseph also placed fifth in the long jump with a jump length of 6.99m.
Juniors Yves Cherubin and Chandler Mixon each snuck into the top five of the final 60m hurdles leaderboard. Yves claimed fourth with a time of 8.01 seconds while Mixon finished fifth in 8.17.
Junior Mathew Standbridge rounded out the Ragin' Cajuns' top performances taking fourth in the pole vault after clearing 16-71/2.
Louisiana will be back in action next weekend when the team travels to Houston, Texas to compete in the FasTrak Collegiate Challenge.
For the latest on Louisiana Track and Field, stay tuned to RaginCajuns.com and follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook (RaginCajunsTRK).
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