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<i>Track program relieved to finally hold meet at home
</i><blockquote><p align=justify>Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns are like kids in a candy store this week, anticipating the long-awaited return of action at Cajun Track with Saturday's Louisiana Classics Meet.
Coach Lance Veazey's men's and women's squads have managed to stay competitive despite being unable to host a meet in recent years because the Cajun Track surface was unsuitable for competition.
And more recently, they couldn't even use their home facility for practice because it was being rebuilt with an up-to-date new running surface and a soccer field in the infield.
The long wait is almost over, though.
"It's a big deal," said Veazey, whose team picked up three individual wins at last weekend's UNO Invitational to start the outdoor season.
"It's not totally finished yet, but it's a nice facility and the track is functional. The kids are happy to be out there practicing. We've been on the new track for a week."
It's hard to tell who is enjoying the new track more - Veazey or his athletes. The coaches have been scrambling just to arrange practices while waiting to get back to their home base.
"Now, I can walk out of my office and go to practice," Veazey said. "Before, we had to load up the cars with equipment and starting blocks, we had to make sure everybody had a ride and then when we got there we might be trying to work with 100 other people around.
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"It was difficult and confusing, very hard to get done what you wanted to get done. It was more of a time factor than anything else."
Despite the problems, the Cajun men and women found ways around the headache.
"It put us at a certain disadvantage," Veazey said. "But the athletes we have are pretty disciplined. They have a lot of self-discipline and self-motivation. They did a lot of extra things on their own, put in extra time.
"You'd have kids going home for the weekend and asking me if they could bring the blocks home with them."
While they continued to work and compete, the Cajuns had no way to enjoy a home crowd, something that will be remedied this Saturday when UL hosts Drake, UL Monroe, Louisiana Tech, Southeastern Louisiana, New Orleans, Nicholls State, Hines Community College, Northwestern State and Northwest Missouri State.
Classics field events begin at 10 a.m., with running under way at 1 p.m.
"It's been three or four years since we've hosted a college meet," Veazey said. "They'll have an opportunity now for their friends to see them compete. You can talk about how well you're doing, but it's different when you can be home and showcase your ability."
Clarissa Johnson turned in a sterling perfornance for the Cajuns in the UNO Invitational, winning both the long jump (19-1.25) and triple jump (41-0.25), while Scott Lowry's personal-best 16-foot clearance won the men's pole vault.
"We've had just one meet outdoors, and we had some good performances," Veazey said. "It was nice to see some improvement in some of the events. Scott Lowry went 16 in the vault, Clarissa had two wins and Laura Credeur ran the 400 hurdles for the first time in her life and ran 65 seconds.
"We came away with some good performances."
The lack of a facility has prompted the Cajuns to use the indoor campaign for training in recent years, but that's been UL's mentality for years with solid results.
"We almost had to train through our indoor meets," Veazey said. "That's been customary for our team the last few years. We've used indoors to get in shape, compete in several different events and get ready for outdoors."
It's hard to imagine a track team more ready to compete outdoors, and finally at home, than the Cajuns.
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<i>CAJUNS SET TO HOST LOUISIANA CLASSICS AT NEWLY RENOVATED TRACK COMPLEX </i>
<b> Louisiana<font size="1"><Font Color=#A9A9A9>@La.</font size="1"></Font Color=#A9A9A9> will host the event for the first time since 2002</b><blockquote><p align=justify>LOUISIANA La. - Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns men's and women's track team hosts the 19th Louisiana Classics here Friday and Saturday at the newly renovated Ragin' Cajuns Track & Women's Soccer Complex. It will be the first Louisiana Classics since 2002.
Teams participating include host Louisiana<font size="1"><Font Color=#A9A9A9>@La.</font size="1"></Font Color=#A9A9A9>, Drake University, Hinds Community College, Louisiana-Monroe, Louisiana Tech, New Orleans, Nicholls State, Northwestern State, Southeastern Louisiana and the LSU Tiger Olympians.
The women's 10,000-meter run will be held at 7 p.m. Friday and the men's 10,000-meter run will follow at 8 p.m. Field events will begin at 10 a.m., followed by the running events at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
Fans are reminded that they must enter through Gate 1 of the Athletics Complex on the corner of Bertrand Dr. and Reinhardt Dr.
Results will be posted on www.RaginCajuns.com immediately following the completion of the Louisiana Classics on Saturday. For ticket information, please contact the Louisiana<font size="1"><Font Color=#A9A9A9>@La.</font size="1"></Font Color=#A9A9A9> Track Office at (337) 482-6313.<hr>
Louisiana Classics Schedule of Events
Friday, March 18
Women's 10,000-meter run - 7 p.m.
Men's 10,000-meter run - 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 19 - Field Events
Men's Javelin - 10 a.m.
Women's Long Jump - 11 a.m.
Women's Javelin - 11:30 a.m.
Women's Pole Vault - 12:30 p.m.
Men's Long Jump - 12:30 p.m.
Men's Discus - 2 p.m.
Women's Shot Put - 2 p.m.
Men's High Jump - 2 p.m.
Women's Triple Jump - 2 p.m.
Men's Pole Vault - 2:30 p.m.
Men's Triple Jump - 3:30 p.m.
Men's Shot Put - 3:30 p.m.
Women's Discus - 4 p.m.
Women's High Jump - 4 p.m.
Saturday, March 19 - Running Events
All Events will begin at 1 p.m.
Women's/Men's 3000-meter steeplechase
Women's/Men's 4x100-meter relay
Women's/Men's 1500-meter run
Women's 100-meter hurdles
Men's 110-meter hurdles
Women's/Men's 400-meter dash
Women's/Men's 100-meter dash
Women's/Men's 800-meter run
Women's/Men's 400-meter hurdles
Women's/Men's 200-meter dash
Women's/Men's 5000-meter run
Women's/Men's 4x400-meter relay
<center><b><i>LOUISIANA SI
Really wanted to get out there prior to the meet and pressure wash their grounds but just too many things to catch up on!!
When I am able I will ask again for some help, hopefully 5-6+ can help, would make things easier and go much quicker. ANY TRACKSTERS OUT THERE??
DaddyCajun!!
Other things happening at the UL Track/Soccer Facility
Thursday, April 28, 2005 Regional Track Meet of 4-A will be held.
This gives interested people time to plan to attend.
<blockquote><p align=justify>After a wait of three seasons, Justin Lemaire and Chad Campbell were apparently anxious to begin competition in the Louisiana Classics.
Lemaire and Campbell finished one-two Friday night for the host University of Louisiana team in the men's 10,000-meter race, which officially opened the Louisiana Classics meet at the newly-refurbished Cajun Track.
Lemaire had a 32:40.24 clocking and Campbell finished at 32:52.47 to lead the field and give UL an early boost in its first home track meet since 2002. Friday's men's and women's 10K events were the first competitive events held on the new facility.
In addition to Lemaire and Campbell, redshirt Jobie Gisclair finished fourth in the men's event in 33:46.94.
Mandy Wallace of Southeastern La. won the women's 10,000 with a 37:12.52 time. UL's Suzanne Boudreaux ran a personal-best 42:52.25 in finishing fourth.
Louisiana Classics competition continues today with field event competition beginning at 10 a.m. with the men's javelin and 11 a.m. with the women's long jump. Running events begin at 1 p.m. with the women's and men's 3000-meter steeplechase.
The team field will include Drake, UL Monroe, Louisiana Tech, New Orleans, Nicholls State, Northwestern State, Southeastern Louisiana and Hinds Community College, but there will also be a large number of athletes competing unattached - some of them world-class performers.
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At least two Olympic gold medalists, Kelly Willie and Bennie Brazell, are scheduled to take part in either individual events or relays.
The Olympic group also includes Leonville product and former Beau Chene and LSU standout Walter Davis, who competed in the 2004 Olympics in the long and triple jumps.
Louisiana Classics
Friday's Results
Women
10,000-Meter Run - 1. Mandy Wallace, SLU, 37:12.52; 2. Wongani Phiri, Nicholls St., 41:31.86; 3. Anastasia Jones, Nicholls, 41:54.85; 4. Suzanne Boudreaux, UL, 42:52.25.
Men
10,000-Meter Run - 1. Justin Lemaire, UL, 32:40.24; 2. Chad Campbell, UL, 32:52.47; 3. Sean Allerton, SLU, 33:22.37; 4. Jobie Gisclair, unattached, 33:46.94; 5. Resendo Vallejos, SLU, 35:40.03.
Cajun performers to watch
Below are members of the Ragin' Cajun squad that finished in the top 10 at last weekend's outdoor opener in the UNO Invitational. They will be among the UL performers to watch in today's Louisiana Classics meet:
WOMEN
400 - Ashley Brooks, 5th, 59.35.
800 - Jasmine Collins, 2nd, 219.82; Rose Wilson, 5th, 2:23.76.
1500 - Laura Zaunbrecher, 5th, 4:58.69.
100 Hurdles - Kim Octave, 2nd, 14.50; Quantisha Rambo, 6th, 15.51.
400 Hurdles - Laura Credeur, 3rd, 1:05.49.
4x100 Relay - Cajuns, 5th, 49.63.
4x400 Relay - Cajuns, 4th, 3:55.46; Cajuns 'B', 8th, 4:16.15.
Long Jump - Clarissa Johnson, 1st, 19-1.25.
Triple Jump - Clarissa Johnson, 1st, 41-0.25; Latoya Celestine, 6th, 36-2.75.
Pole Vault - Andree Bonvillain, 3rd, 10-6; Lauryn Allgood, 5th, 10-0.
MEN
100 - Jarvis Murchison, 4th, 10.69.
1500 - Walter Whitfield, 7th, 4:05.58; Ryan Dupree, 9th, 4:07.47.
110 Hurdles - Kyle Ward, 2nd, 14.69; Luke Moody, 3rd, 14.80.
400 Hurdles - Luke Moody, 4th, 57.05; Louis Roquemore, 7th, 57.95.
4x100 Relay - Cajuns, 2nd, 41.36.
4x400 Relay - Cajuns, 3rd, 3:20.34.
Pole Vault - Scott Lowry, 1st, 16-0.
Triple Jump - Kenny Minton, 2nd, 47-7.25; Joseph Dickens, 4th, 44-8.
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<! Cajuns host relays to honor former track coach ><blockquote><p align=justify>The Sun Belt Conference Championships are roughly a month away, so it's time for Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns to start tuning up in track and field.
UL hosts the Lancon Relays on Saturday to honor the memory of longtime coach Charles Lancon, who died of a heart attack on April 13, 2002.
It's the second meet at the newly resurfaced Ragin' Cajun Track and Soccer Stadium, with field events set for an 11 a.m. start and running events beginning at 1 p.m.
"Usually, we have this weekend off," coach Lance Veazey said. "But the Texas Relays moved back a week this year and we decided to go ahead and have a meet.
"It will be a small event. At the time we announced the schedule, the track wasn't ready and some teams couldn't commit to it. There will be partial teams and quite a few unattached entrants. But it will give some of our kids a chance to compete who haven't run in two or three weeks."
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Veazey had a partial contingent of athletes at last week's Texas Relays, and it was a typically sobering experience.
"We ran pretty much our average," Veazey said. "But at the Texas Relays, that's not very good."
The Cajuns remain competitive in several areas in the Sun Belt, but must start switching gears to be successful in that May 13-15 meet at Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans.
"We'll use this meet to transition from competing and conditioning to competing, going from strength to speed," Veazey said. "We've got four weeks left until the conference meet, so it's time to start sharpening. We'll get into a little more of the technical stuff.
"Our conference has become real competitive. We're starting to see where the other schools are strongest, and schools are competing against other schools' strengths and weaknesses.
"Only 10-15 points separated the top five teams at the indoors meet, and it could be that way outdoors, too. There's not that much difference between first place and fifth place."
Entries for the Lancon Relays close this morning, and Veazey will establish heat sheets later today.
The meet is one of several for Sun Belt members this weekend, joined by the Sea Ray Relays (with Middle Tennessee, Western Kentucky), the San Angelo Relays Heptathlon (New Mexico State), the Mt. Sac Invitational (Arkansas State), Boston Moon Classic (Middle Tennessee), the John Jacobs Invitational (North Texas) and the Mississippi State Invitational (ASU).
UL has Sun Belt leaders in two events this season - Walter Whitfield's 8:54.75 steeplechase and Clarissa Johnson's 41-0 triple jump.
Top Cajun performers this outdoor season:
MEN - Jarvis Murchison (10.69 100), Derek Richardson (10.69 100, 23-7 long jump), Walter Whitfield (4:00.47 1500, a Sun Belt-leading 8:54.75 steeplechase), Justin Lemaire (15:43.73 5,000, 32:40.24 10,000), Chad Campbell (15:49.79 5,000, 32:52.47 10,000), Kyle Ward (14.28 110 hurdles), Luke Moody (14.57 110 hurdles), Louis Roquemore (53.62 400 hurdles), Ryan Dupree (9:45.24 steeplechase), 4x100 relay (40.91), 4x400 relay (3:13.91), Don Hargroder (6-4.75 high jump), Scott Lowry (16-0 pole vault), Kenny Minton (47-7.25 triple jump), Joseph Dickens (46-4.5 triple jump) and Ben Leonards (43-6 shot put).
WOMEN - Ashley Brooks (58.18 400), Jasmine Collins (2:17.24 800), Laura Zaunbrecher (2:18.80 800, 4:54.0 1500), Rose Wilson (2:21.64 800), Suzanne Boudreaux (42:52.25 10,000), Kim Octave (14.16 100 hurdles), Laura Credeur (1:05.49 400 hurdles), 4x100 relay (48.76), 4x400 relay (3:55.0), Andree Bonvillain (11-0 pole vault), Lauryn Allgood (10-0 pole vault), Clarissa Johnson (19-1 long jump, Sun Belt-best 41-0 triple jump) and Amy Doucet (108-7 javelin).
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<! Ryan Dupree placed third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:32.62 ><blockquote><p align=justify>BATON ROUGE - UL's Walter Whitfield was fourth in the 5,000-meter run at Saturday's Alumni Gold track meet at LSU.
Whitfield clocked a 14:50.91 time in the event, trailing winner Marcel Hewamudilage of Rice (14:25.95), LSU's Sam Mwape (14:39.13) and the Tigers' Patrick Gavin (14:46.36).
UL's Ryan Dupree placed third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:32.62 (won by Texas A&M's Jonathan Lewis, 9:07.12), while Stacey Enright (13:00.90) was fifth in the women's steeple.
Also, UL's Dusty Miller was 11th in the women's 5,000 in 20:14.17 and Laura Credeur placed 12th in the 400 hurdles.
Cecilia High product Reginald Dardar of LSU placed 9th in the 400-meter dash in 47.91 (UL's Jon-Erik Shanklin was 14th in 48.65), and Dardar ran on a winning 3:05.35 4x400 relay.
In field events, UL's Clarissa Johnson was 9th in the long jump (19-4.25) and Derek Richardson was 9th in men's long jump action at 24-0.75.
UL's Don Hargroder was 8th in the high jump (6-5.5), Andree Bonvillain (10-11.75) and Lauryn Allgood (10-0) were 8th and 14th in the women's pole vault, and Scott Lowry was 12th in men's pole vault (15-5).
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<blockquote><p align=justify>The University of Louisiana at Lafayette track and field teams have had their ups and downs this spring, but coach Lance Veazey knows what's most important is what happens this weekend.
The Ragin' Cajuns and Lady Cajuns will make the trip to New Orleans for the Sun Belt Conference Championships, which begin today and run through Sunday at Tad Gormley Stadium in City Park.
The meet gets under way at 9:30 a.m. today with the first five events in the men's decathlon and first four events in the women's heptathlon. Finals in men's and women's discus and men's and women's 10,000 meters are on today's schedule.
The multievents conclude Saturday starting at 9 a.m., while the regular field events begin at 3 p.m. with track events set for a 6 p.m. start.
On Sunday, field events begin at 10 a.m., while track events get under way at 6 p.m.
Among the team favorites are the South Alabama, Arkansas State and Middle Tennessee men and the North Texas and Western Kentucky women. But ULL would certainly like to spoil the party.
"We've kind of had our ups and downs this season," said Veazey, UL's third-year coach, "but for the most part, we're well rested and I'm looking forward to this weekend."
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ULL will be looking to finish in the top half of the conference in both the men's and women's divisions after the Cajuns placed fifth and the Lady Cajuns were 10th at the conference indoor meet in late February.
"This conference has gotten more competitive lately," Veazey said. "If you're solid in one or two events, you can score pretty high. But we've got things spread out and we have decent athletes in all events.
"So we're hoping to have a good meet down there," he said of his men's team. "Hopefully, we can win it. If not, we're going to do our best."
The Ragin' Cajuns are looking to move up in the outdoor meet with more distance events on the schedule.
ULL won the Sun Belt cross country title last fall and several of those competitors will be doubling in an attempt to pile up points this weekend.
Walter Whitfield leads the way for the Cajuns' distance corps. Already qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regional in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, Whitfield leads the Sun Belt with a time of 8 minutes, 54.75 seconds.
Whitfield will also line up in the 5,000, where he ranks second in the league with a time of 14:50.91.
Ryan Dupree is also hoping to score some quality points in the steeplechase, where he ranks third (9:32.62), as well as the 1,500.
Jarvis Murchison and Kyle Ward also have attained regional qualifying marks. Murchison has a best of 10.50 seconds in the 100 and Ward has recorded a time of 14.26 in the 110 hurdles, ranking third in the Sun Belt in that event.
The Cajuns also have posted the third-fastest time in the league this spring in the 400 relay (40.91) and Kenny Minton ranks second in the triple jump (47 feet, 7 1/4 inches).
On the women's side, Kimberly Octave broke school records in the indoor and outdoor hurdles this year.
Octave has a best of 14.06 in the 100 hurdles, which ranks her fourth in the conference.
Clarissa Johnson also ranks among the league's top horizontal jumpers.
Johnson is third in the triple jump with a best of 41-0 and sixth in the long jump at 19-1.
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Coach Veazey will have these guys ready(Veazey's are always prepared)