LSU women seventh at SEC meet

Men finish 13th in cross country

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — LSU senior Laura Carleton finished 12th at the Southeastern Conference, leading the Lady Tigers to a seventh-place finish on Friday at Vanderbilt University.

Carleton finished the six-kilometer race in a time of 21 minutes, 2.22 seconds. She was followed by LSU junior Natoya Coule (24th, 21:24.46) and senior Charlene Lipsey (40th, 21:39.25).

“We are a little disappointed with the team finish for the girls,” LSU coach Mark Elliott said. “Although the team finish was not what we wanted, I am not disappointed in the individual performances and effort.”

Carleton was also named to the All-SEC second team after the meet.

On the men’s side, the Tigers finished 13th with 378 points.

Senior runner Roger Cooke ran a personal best to lead the Tigers, placing 69th out of 117 runners.

“On the men’s side, we have some young guys,” Elliott said. “We just didn’t have a strong enough team to challenge the middle of the pack. Again, I was pleased with the effort overall.”

LSU will next compete in the NCAA South Central Regional meet on Nov. 9 in Fayetteville, Ark.

Team Results

Men’s 8K

1. Arkansas 35, 2. Georgia 73, t3. Missouri 80, Texas A&M 80, 5. Florida 121, 6. Kentucky 161, 7. Tennessee 217, t8. Mississippi State 237, Auburn 237, 10. Ole Miss 305, 11. Alabama 309, 12. Vanderbilt 358, 13. LSU 378.

Women’s 6K

1. Florida 61, 2. Arkansas 70, 3. Vanderbilt 119, 4. Ole Miss 122, 5. Kentucky 130, 6. Georgia 132, 7. LSU 199, 8. Texas A&M 224, 9. South Carolina 256, 10. Mississippi State 264, 11. Alabama 268, 12. Tennessee 285, 13. Missouri 296, 14. Auburn 378.

Individual Results

Men (winner and LSU only)

1. Henry Lelei (Texas A&M) 23:29.95; 69. Roger Cooke 25:41.68; 87. Phillip Primeaux 26:14.72; 93. William Wiesler 26:26.41; 102. Bryan Mutell 26:52.35; 105. Barrett Miller 27:01.32; 110. Travis Pope 27:48.80; 112. Daniel Nally 28:22.01; 113. Aaron Koenck 28:36.42; 114. Jake Wilkinson 28:47.89; 117. Zach Farque 30:40.73

Women (winner and LSU only)

1. Cally Macumber (Kentucky) 20:23.29; 12. Laura Carleton 21:02.22; 24. Natoya Goule 21:24.46; 40. Charlene Lipsey 21:39.25; 52. Dakota Goodman 21:51.38; 77. Leigh-Ann Naccari 22:19.60; 87. Brea Goodman 22:32.51; 108. Andria Aguilar 23:11.59; 115. Laura Aleman 23:34.31; 123. Morgan Schuetz 25:07.30; 124. Michelle Mobley 26:24.32

Southland Conference

cowboys, lady jacks win titles: In Beaumont, Texas, the McNeese State men and Stephen F. Austin women won team titles at the Southland Conference championships Friday at Tyrrell Park.

McNeese senior David Rooney set a Southland Championship 8,000-meter record by 21 seconds en route to his individual title, while Stephen F. Austin senior Lauren Smith notched consecutive individual titles with a 7.5-second victory.

The McNeese men scored 25 points, the lowest since 1982. Lamar finished second with 66 points, while Stephen F. Austin finished third with 80 points. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi placed fourth (90) and Central Arkansas (130) fifth.

Rooney finished the 8-kilometer race in a record-setting time of 23:33 seconds to break the Southland record of 23:54 set in 2009 by Lamar’s Francis Kasagule.

“First of all, this was a great team effort,” said Rooney. “Everyone worked so hard for this and we all ran very well. Personally, I’m excited to have won the individual championship and break the record. But this doesn’t end our season. We have to go to work and get ready for the regionals and then the nationals.”

Men

Team results

1. McNeese State 25, 2. Lamar 66, 3. Stephen F. Austin 80, 4. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 90, 5. Central Arkansas 130, 6. Sam Houston State 165, 7. Oral Roberts 231, 8. Northwestern State 240, 9. Southeastern Louisiana 243.

Individual top 10

1. David Rooney, McNeese, 23:33; 2. Alex Bruce-Littlewood, . McNeese, 24:01; 3. Jarrett LeBlanc, McNeese, 24:04; 4. Patrick Kimeli, TAMCC, 24:10; 5. Matt Johnsen, Lamar, 24:11; 6. Xavier Rodriguez, S.F. Austin, 24:13; 7. Benjamin Gerber, Central Arkansas, 24:14; 8. Edward Limo, Central Arkansas, 24:24; 9. Alex Kiptoo, McNeese, 24:32; 10. Daniel Cliffe, McNeese, 24:32.

Women

Team results

1. Stephen F. Austin 56, 2. Sam Houston State 58, 3. Lamar 80, 4. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 82, 5. Central Arkansas 120, 6. McNeese State 148, 7. Nicholls State 173, 8. Oral Roberts 204, 9. Northwestern State 206, 10. Southeastern Louisiana 265.

Individual top 10

1. Lauren Smith, S.F. Austin, 20:59; 2. Alyssa Dooley, Sam Houston, 21:07; 3. Randi Plentl, S.F. Austin, 21:28; 4. BreAnna Briggs, TAMCC, 21:29; 5. Tessni Carruthers, Nicholls, 21:41; 6. Claire Miles, Lamar, 21:56; 7. Solenn Riou, Sam Houston, 21:57; 8. Ana Moreno, Sam Houston, 21:58; 9. Samantha Watson, Oral Robert, 21:59; 10. Cecilia Gonzalez, TAMCC, 22:06.