BATON ROUGE – The trio of Jacob Meek, Rosalie Michot and Jeremy Nelson each posted first-place finishes while the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Track and Field team recorded 13 personal-bests in the season-opening LSU Purple Tiger on Friday at the Carl Maddox Field House.

 The women’s 4×400-meter relay team of Ta’La Spates, Moseisha Bridgen, Kayla McCray and Alexandra Johnson produced one of 15 top-3 finishes for Louisiana, which was making its 2023 debut in the 13-team event.

 Nelson picked up Louisiana’s first individual win of the day when he led a 1-2 finish in the men’s triple jump with a mark of 52-4¾. Teammate Rylan Theyard finished second in the event for the Ragin’ Cajuns with a personal-best mark of 50-8.

 Meek and Rashid Reese led a 1-2 finish for Louisiana in the 800-meters with Meek claiming first-place honors with a PR of 1:59.07 with Reese finishing at 2:00.56. Michot claimed the women’s 3,000-meter run for Louisiana with a PR time of 11:14.48.  

 Javed Jones (men’s 600-meters, 1:20.02), Johnson (women’s 600-meters, 1:38.25), Nathan Fontan (men’s 3,000-meters, 8:53.89) all claimed second-place finishes in running events for Louisiana with Taylor Davis (women’s high jump, 5-4), Jacqueline Pokuaah (women’s long jump, 19-8¼) and Brooklynne Wilson (women’s weight throw, 52-11½) each earning second-place finishes in field events.

 Kennedy London earned a third-place finish in the women’s 60-meter hurdles for Louisiana, posting a time of 8.81 seconds. Skylar Delgado was third in the women’s 800-meters (2:23.64) and Ariel Young was third in the women’s triple jump (37-8¾).

 Louisiana will return to action on Jan. 20-21 when it travels to Nashville, Tenn., for the Vanderbilt Invitational at the David Williams II Recreation and Wellness Center.

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