HOUSTON – Fresh of record-setting performance at ULL last weekend, McNeese's track and field teams will be back in action at the 42
nd annual Victor Lopez Classic hosted by Rice on Friday and Saturday.
Events will get underway at 9:30 Friday morning with the men's hammer throw while running events for colleges will start at 7 p.m. with the men's 1500m followed by the women.
McNeese will be joined in the field by Arkansas, Columbia, Dallas Baptist, Houston, Houston Christian, Lamar, Louisiana, Loyola-New Orleans, North Texas, Rice (host), Stephen F. Austin, Texas Southern, Texas Wesleyan and UT Arlington.
On Saturday, the men's shot put and women's discus will kick things off at noon. Running events will begin at 1 with the men's 110m hurdles followed by the women's 100m hurdles at 1:10.
The Cowboys' 4x100m relay team will be in action one week after breaking a 25-year-old school record at the Louisiana Classics. The team is made up of twin brothers Koen and
Kalen Beavers,
Jaden Powell and
Amari Godette.
Both Beavers and Godette are currently ranked 2, 4 and 5 in the Southland Conference in the 100m dash while the relay team is first in the league with its record-setting time of 40.05.
Also in action and coming off a couple of wins and a personal record at ULL is senior thrower
Marcus Francis.
Francis won both the shot put and discus events last weekend and finished fifth in the hammer throw with a personal record toss. He's currently ranked No. 1 in the league in the shot put, second in the discus and third in the hammer.
Teammate
Tyler Challis is first in the conference in the hammer. High jumper
Chris Calloura is ranked third in the league and jumper
Amire Ledet is No. 2 in the triple jump and third in the long jump.
Darren Taylor is ranked third in the javelin.
For the Cowgirls,
Ashari Jones tops the league rankings in the shot put followed by
Jaslyn Russell who is ranked fourth.
Faith Cauthron is fifth in the javelin event while the 4x400m relay team is fourth.
McNeese Entries:
Women 100m –
Pauliqua Landry,
Chelsi Tatum.
Men 110m Hurdles –
Logan Broussard,
Kye Lehr,
Daniel Miller.
Men 200m –
Kalen Beavers,
Koen Beavers,
Amari Godette,
Kye Lehr,
Daniel Miller,
Cash Williams.
Women 200m – Gabriele Andrews,
Pauliqua Landry,
Chelsi Tatum.
Men 400m –
Cash Williams.
Women 400m – Gabriele Andrews,
Jashyra Thomas,
Ivey Washington.
Men 400m Hurdles –
Tino Bovender,
Jaden Powell.
Women 400m Hurdles –
Jasmine Perez.
Men 800m – Abdullah Elkhair,
Tray'Quan Francis,
Sullivan Hanna, Obied Mohamed,
Filippo Squassina,
Colby Trahan.
Women 800m –
Keelei Dorsey,
Kaylie Goad.
Men 1500m –
Sullivan Hanna,
Alex Martin.
Women 1500m –
Jeny Barcenas, Irene Barreiro-Lopez,
Uxue Castro-Martin,
Jasmine Perez,
Danielle Salinas,
Grace Sullivan.
Men 3000m SC –
Kevin Kimaiyo,
Owen Kirkland.
Women 3000m SC –
Jeny Barcenas,
Danielle Salinas,
Grace Sullivan.
Men 5000m –
Ryan McCarthy.
Women 5000m –
Grace French.
Men Discus –
Tyler Challis,
Marcus Francis.
Women Discus –
Macie Campbell,
Leah Guy,
Ashari Jones,
Jaslyn Russell,
Brianna Underwood.
Men Hammer –
Tyler Challis,
Marcus Francis.
Women Hammer –
Macie Campbell,
Leah Guy,
Ta'Khara Johnson,
Jaslyn Russell.
Men High Jump –
Michael Berry,
Logan Broussard.
Women High Jump –
Baylie Benton.
Men Javelin –
Tanny Beard,
Tyler Challis,
Charlie Lawden,
Trey Marsh,
Darren Taylor.
Women Javelin –
Faith Cauthron,
Sydnie Cooley,
Brianna Underwood.
Men Long Jump –
Michael Berry,
Logan Broussard.
Women Long Jump –
Rheagan Butler.
Men Pole Vault –
Logan Broussard.
Men Shot Put – Reginald Burks,
Tyler Challis,
Marcus Francis.
Women Shot Put –
Leah Guy,
Ta'Khara Johnson,
Ashari Jones,
Jaslyn Russell.
Relays – Men 4x100, Men 4x400, Women 4x400.
