Track & Field: Louisiana Finishes Third, Fifth at Sun Belt Outdoor Championships

Ragin’ Cajuns with best finish, most points on women’s side since 1997

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MOBILE, Ala. – Brock Appiah and Nathan Fergusson each claimed individual events while the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Track and Field team posted its best finish on the women’s side since 1997 as the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships concluded on Saturday at Jaguar Track.
 
Kiana Foster earned second-place finishes in both the women’s 100- and 200-meter dash and ran the anchor leg on the Ragin’ Cajuns second-place 4×100-meter relay team as Louisiana finished third overall with 100 points – its best finish on the women’s side since claiming the 1997 SBC title (149.5 points).
 
John Joseph and Yves Cherubin each earned silver medals in their respective events while Terroll Jolla and Cole Courtois each recorded third-place performances as Louisiana placed fifth overall on the men’s side with 84 points.
 
Appiah, who also finished fourth overall in the 200-meter dash (20.94), led a 1-3 finish in the men’s 100-meter dash for Louisiana as he crossed the finish line in 10.39 seconds with teammate Jolla posting a time of 10.50. Appiah ran the anchor leg of the 4×100-meter relay team which recorded a time of 40.24 seconds – Louisiana’s first SBC win in the relay since 1997 – and edging second-place Troy by .01 seconds.
 
Fergusson ran away with the title for the Ragin’ Cajuns in the men’s 400-meter hurdles, posting a time of 51.60 seconds and becoming Louisiana’s first SBC champion in the event since Stacey Fuller in 2008.  
 
Cherubin led a pair of Ragin’ Cajuns in the men’s 110-meter hurdles, producing a second-place time of 13.83 seconds with teammate Tahj Whitfield finishing eighth at 14.35.
 
Joseph and Rylan Theyard finished in the top four for Louisiana in the triple jump with Joseph finishing second (49-10 ½) and Theyard fourth (48-8). Courtois cleared 16-5 ¼ in the men’s pole vault for the Ragin’ Cajuns to finish third with Theyard (6-10 ¾) and Damon Guidry (6-5 ½) finishing fifth and seventh overall in the men’s high jump.
 
Foster earned silver medals in three events – women’s 100-meters, 200-meters and 4×100-meter relay – for Louisiana after clocking a time of 11.55 seconds in the 100, a personal-best 23.62 in the 200 and running the anchor leg in the 4×1 (44.85).
 
A pair of Ragin’ Cajuns – Kennedy London and Serenity Rogers – scored points in the women’s 100-meter hurdles with London (13.58) finishing fourth and Rogers (14.15) seventh. Ta’La Spates posted a time of 54.43 in the 400-meters to finish fourth overall for Louisiana with Emoni Coleman finishing seventh overall in the 800-meters (2:19.09) and the women’s 4×400-meter relay team finishing seventh (3:47.31).
 
Louisiana added points in a pair of women’s field events with Brooklynne Wilson placing fourth overall in the discus (163-4) with Taylor Davis finishing eighth in the triple jump (39-10 ½).
 
The Ragin’ Cajuns will return to action May 27-29 when they travel to Jacksonville, Fla., for the NCAA East Preliminary.
 
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