LAKE CHARLES – Thirteen first place finishes for the McNeese Cowboys and Cowgirls were the highlight at Saturday's annual Cowboy Relays/Bob Hayes Louisiana Challenge as those finishes helped propel McNeese to the team title and the winner of the annual Bob Hayes Challenge Trophy.
 
The challenge is named after the late Bob Hayes who was the long-time track and field head coach at McNeese and also athletic director and is a member of the McNeese Sports Hall of Fame and the Southland Conference Hall of Honor.
 
McNeese racked up a combined 330 points, more than 100 more than second place ULM who finished with 208. Northwestern State and ULL tied for third with 205 points, Southeastern Louisiana with 118, New Orleans 103, East Texas Baptist 52, LeTourneau 37, Dillard 22, Wiley 20, and Louisiana College with 15.
 
The Cowboys got first place showings from Tyler Smith in the 100 meter dash (10.33), Nemanja Koviljac in the triple jump (47-4.5), the 4x100 relay (40.98), and 1600m sprint medley relay (3:32.79).
 
The Cowgirls saw first place marks by Victoria Pierson in the 100 meters (12.17), Alex Eykelbosch in the 1500m (4:47.69), Gladys Jerotich in the 3000m (10:26.68), Brentney Carroll in the 100m hurdles (14.42), Heaven Terrell in the long jump (18-5.75), Alanna Arvie in the hammer throw (179-2), the 4x100m relay (47.15), 4x800m relay (9:50.93), and the 1600m sprint medley relay (4:09.89).
 
COWGIRL RESULTS
100m: 1, Victoria Pierson 12.17; 2, Taneisha Allen 12.23; 5, Malaiya Jedkins 12.41; 6, Carli McDonald 12.49; 18, Heaven Terrell 13.01; 20, Kionte Sampson 13.15; 22, Shaelyn Hines 13.22.
1500m: 1, Alex Eykelbosch 4:47.69; 2, Gladys Jerotich 4:57.86; 5, Alissa Lander 5:01.95; 10, Jessica Fox 5:13.15; 11, Sally Hughes 5:15.06; 12, Marta Lukijaniuk 5:19.42; 14, Sophie Grabner 5:31.19
3000m: 1, Gladys Jerotich 10:26.68; 4, Sally Hughes 10:58.26; 6, Marta Lukijaniuk 11:05.41; 9, Sophie Grabner 11:49.34.
100m Hurdles: 1, Brentney Carroll 14.42; 3, Shaelyn Hines 14.77; 5, Rachel Woods 15.15; 10, Jordyn Barrett 16.36; 11, Georgia Doyle-Lay 17.34
400m Hurdles: 2, Rachel Woods 1:05.45.8
High Jump: 3, Crystal Coulter 5-1; 5, Jordan Barrett 4-11; 8, Georgia Doyle-Lay 4-11; 10, Morgan Talley 4-11.
Long Jump: 1, Heaven Terrell 18-5.75; 9, Carli McDonald 17-4; 14, Jordyn Barrett 16-4.25; 15, Georgia Doyle-Lay 16-2.25; 17, Kionte Sampson 15-7.
Triple Jump: Morgan Talley 35-9.50
Pole Vault: 3, Camryn Istre 9-5.75; 4, McKenzie McCoy 9-5.75.
Hammer: 1, Alanna Arvie 179-2.
Shot Put: 3, Alanna Arvie 43-2.25.
Discus: 9, Alanna Arvie 120-0.
Javelin: 1, Morgan Woods 152-0 (throwing unattached).
4x100m Relay: 1, 47.15 (Malaiya Jedkins, Carli McDonald, Victoria Pierson, Taneisha Allen)
4x200m Relay: 4, 1:46.15 (Destiny Johnson, Brentney Carroll, Shania Anthony, Carli McDonald)
4x400m Relay: 6, 4:14.94 (Destiny Johnson, Bailey Fruge, Jordyn Barrett, Georgia Doyle-Lay)
4x800m Relay: 1, 9:50.93 (Alex Eykelbosch, Alissa Lander, Bailey Fruge, Jessica Fox)
1600m SMR: 1, 4:09.89 (Malaiya Jedkins, TAneisha Allen, Victoria Pierson, Shania Anthony)
 
COWBOY RESULTS
100m: 1, Tyler Smith 10.33; 8, Tyler Syrie 10.72; 11, Gared Brown 10.75; 16, Blake Comeaux 10.89; 19, Wilshawn Williams 10.95; 22, Morgan Smith 11.02; 34, Ethan Rapp 11.22; 41, Kevin Tripeaux 11.34; 42, Lucas-Arno Voigt 11.34; 45, Dimitri Thornton 11.40.
1500m: 2, Aaron Gilliam 1:03.48; 3, Joey Croft 4:06.76; 6, Markus Kopp 4:11.43; 7, Daniel Saina 4:11.49; 15, Brian Flanagan 4:24.39.
3000m: 2, Brian Flanagan 8:48.60; 3, Niall Holt 8:48.67; 4, Daniel Saina 8:57.21.
110m Hurdles: 2, Korey London 14.43; 6, Lucas-Arno Voigt 14.83; 8, Lentz Similien 15.47
400m Hurdles: 3, Morgan Frederick 56.48; 5, Lentz Similien 1:00.51.
High Jump: 2, Kevin Tripeaux 6-0.75
Triple Jump: 1, Namanja Koviljac 47-4.5
Pole Vault: 6, Adriano Theriot 14-6.25
Hammer: 9, Garrett Dietert 133-5
Discus: 2, Darko Radakovic 152-10; 6, Garrett Dietert 139-1
4x100m Relay: 1, 40.98 (Wilshawn Williams, Tyler Smith, Gared Brown, Tyler Syrie)
4x400m Relay: 5, 3:18.42 (Morgan Frederick, Kobe Nevills, Ethan Rapp, Jakalub Rhodes)
4x800m Relay: 2, 8:00.99 (Aaron Gilliam, Joey Croft, Markus Kopp, William Griffiths)
1600 SMR: 1, 3:32.79 (Tyler Smith, Blake Comeaux, Terrill Banks, Jakalub Rhodes)