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Courtesy: RaginCajuns.com http://www.ragincajuns.com Senior Jasmine Anderson is 12th in the East Region and 22nd nationally in the women’s 100-meter hurdles. Anderson along with five other Cajuns student-athletes will particpate in the NCAA East Preliminary Round next weekend in Bloomington, Ind.

 

Six members of the Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns men and women’s track & field teams will participate in the NCAA East Preliminary Round next weekend on Thursday, May 26 through Saturday, May 28 at the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind.

The meet will be held at the Robert C. Haugh Track & Field Complex in Bloomington. A total of 48 competitors will participate in each event before being narrowed down to 12.  The 12 finalists from the East and West preliminary rounds will advance to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa in June.

Leading the way for the Cajuns is senior Jasmine Anderson who ranks 12^th in the East region and 22^nd nationally in the 110-meter hurdles. The All-Sun Belt honoree ran a time of 13.19 at the LSU Alumni Gold event on April 23 to qualify for the preliminary round.

Jasmine Manuel, the women’s Sun Belt triple jump champion, is 17^th in the region with her jump of 41-10 ¾ (12.77m) at the Texas Relays.

In the men’s triple jump, O’Daylon Thibeaux earned an invitation after placing 19^th in the regular season with a leap of 51-2 ¼ (15.60m).

UL has three men in the field competition events. Sophomore Albert Fournette holds the school record in the shot put, tossing 57-7 ¾ (17.57m) at the NSU Invitational on April 16. The New Orleans native is 25^th in the NCAA East Region.

Jacob Domingue, the Sun Belt shot put champion, is tied for 28^th in the region after his toss of 57-5 (17.50m) at the Sun Belt Conference Championships last weekend. Domingue is the only UL athlete to participate in multiple events, the Erath native is 32^nd in the discus throw with a toss of 173-6 (52.89m).

Myles Melancon will also participate in the shot put, ranking 30^th in the East with a toss of 57-2 ¾ (17.44m).

"We are down to the wire and excited about heading to Bloomington," said interim head coach Paula Ogunbanjo. "These athletes have worked hard this year and we are looking forward to them possibly qualifying for the national meet in Des Moines."

The qualifying round of the men’s shot put will be Thursday, May 26 at 1 p.m. The men and women’s triple jump and women’s 110-meter hurdles start on Friday. The men’s discus throw is scheduled for Saturday, May 28 at 5 p.m.

Live results and video of the meet will be available online at NCAA.com.

MEN’S NCAA PARTICIPANTS

Triple Jump
O’Daylon Thibeaux

Shot Put
Albert Forunette
Jacob Domingue
Myles Melancon

Discus Throw
Jacob Domingue

WOMEN’S NCAA PARTICIPANTS

110m Hurdles
Jasmine Anderson

Triple Jump
Jasmine Manuel

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