The Book CC Track & Field 2007-08

[VObserver]

The Hogs on probation? In track? I'm not holding my breath. That will happen right after LSU gets the death penalty for academic improprieties in the Athletic Department.

[VObserver]

Cajunred, the potshot at Lance was uncalled for. Veazey is a good sprint/hurdles coach. He ran and coached at Blinn and was an assistant at Texas before coming to UL. While I won't argue over his merits as a head coach, I will say that it is unfair to judge him based on what our new coach accomplishes.

The new coach is a great coach, but he will also have at least 4 times the resources any prior track coach has had. His ASSISTANTS will be making significantly more than what UL paid Lance to be a head coach, and I'd be willing to bet he will have a little money made available to him for minor wants like equipment and travel expense, something which none of his predecessors enjoyed.

[NewsCopy]

Charlie Mahfouz won six state championships
during his 18-year high school coaching career

  LOUISIANA La. – Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns head track and field coach Steve Silvey announced the addition of local high school track and field coaching legend Charlie Mahfouz as a volunteer coach Tuesday.

During his 18-year high school coaching career, Mahfouz won six Louisiana state championships. He began his career as the head track coach at Eunice High School from 1984-92. He led the Bobcats to five St. Landry Parish and district championships, while capturing three regional and Class 3A state titles in 1990, 1991 and 1992.

After spending nine years in Eunice, Mahfouz headed east to Opelousas High where he guided the Tigers to a St. Landry Parish championship in each of his nine seasons. His squads also captured six district and five regional crowns.

In his inaugural season at OHS, his Tigers squad finished as the Class 4A runner-up in 1993. His program would later capture three straight state championships from 1998-2000.

Mahfouz coached Ubeta Anderson, a high school All-American in the 110-meter hurdles. She is the state composite record holder with a time of 13.75 in the 110-meter discipline. She later became the national indoor champion in the 55-meter hurdles.

In addition to Anderson, Mahfouz also coached Tommy Fay, Jacques Prudhomme and Devery Henderson. Fay, a four-year letterwinner at UL from 1993-96, won the 110-meter hurdle state championship during his prep career at Eunice High.

Like Fay, Prudhomme, the 800-meter state champion at Eunice, was a four-year letterwinner at UL from 1993-96.

Henderson, a former standout athlete at Opelousas High, was the Louisiana state championship in both the 100- and 200-meter events from 1998-2000. Henderson later lettered in track and football at Louisiana State and is currently a wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints.

RaginCajuns.com

[Zeebart21]

Ragin Cajun track is back!

Z

[BeauCajun]

Ubita Anderson is a he. Ran at Florida from what I can recollect.

Nice pick up for the program.

[DaddyCajun]

This is another great day for the Cajun Track and Field program with MANY more to come!!!!


DaddyCajun

[RaginFan2]

Former Cajun track great Tom Nolan passed away on Friday Oct. 19 after a lengthy illness. A memorial mass will be held on Monday at 3:00 pm at Martin & Castille in Lafayette. In addition to starring as a cross country and distance runner at USL in the mid-70's, Tom was a long-time high school coach at Lafayette High and Comeaux High. Tom was originally from New York City. His sister, Pat, and brother, Kevin, also attended USL. Both moved back to NYC. But Tom remained in Lafayette for most of his adult life. I first met Tom during his senior year. His sister was a roommate of my then-future wife. Tom was a great man and I enjoyed being around him. He always had a positive outlook. He also touched the lives of many young people. Tom always attended Cajun football games and I'd usually see him there when I came into town. He will be missed. I know I will miss him a great deal.

[CajunRed]

I saw Tom run both while at U(S)L and while both he and I were participating in many area road races. He was a heck of a talent.

The thing I admired the most, though, was that he was from New York, but loved the area and people so much, married someone from here. and never left Acadiana!

We'll miss you, Tom.

[NewsCopy]

BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns women’s cross county teams finished the regular portion of their schedule after competing in the Sun Belt Conference Cross Country Championships on Saturday. The UL women placed eighth after collecting 211 points in the 5k run, and the men placed 10th with 264 points in the 8k run. For the Cajuns women, Casey Brown placed 28th with her time of 19:40.35. Callie Picou was the next finisher for the Cajuns at 44th. Picou finished with a time of 20:16.11. Jasmine Collins, Paula Parker and Suzanne Boudreaux all finished in the top 50. Collins placed 46th with a time of 20:28.77. Parker’s time of 20:36.12 was good enough to place her 48th, and Boudreaux’s time of 20:40.75 placed her 49th. The Sun Belt Conference Championship women’s title went to Western Kentucky with 52 points. Team Results: 1 Western Kentucky 52 1 7 9 17 18 25 Total Time: 1:32:44.11 Average: 18:32.83 2 Arkansas-Little Rock 63 2 4 14 21 22 24 39 Total Time: 1:33:39.71 Average: 18:43.95 3 Mid. Tenn. State 69 3 6 13 16 31 35 46 Total Time: 1:34:06.86 Average: 18:49.38 4 Florida Int'l 80 5 10 12 15 38 63 65 Total Time: 1:34:43.39 Average: 18:56.68 5 Florida Atlantic 138 8 23 34 36 37 50 58 Total Time: 1:37:50.49 Average: 19:34.10 6 North Texas 178 20 29 32 41 56 59 60 Total Time: 1:40:26.81 Average: 20:05.37 7 Arkansas State 207 11 30 40 62 64 67 70 Total Time: 1:43:13.99 Average: 20:38.80 8 Ul-Lafayette 211 28 43 45 47 48 52 53 Total Time: 1:41:42.10 Average: 20:20.42 9 Ul-Monroe 217 19 44 49 51 54 73 Total Time: 1:42:17.84 Average: 20:27.57 10 Troy 230 26 33 42 61 68 71 72 Total Time: 1:44:45.79 Average: 20:57.16 11 South Alabama 274 27 55 57 66 69 74 Total Time: 1:47:40.08 Average: 21:32.02 Cajuns’ Results: 28, Brown, Casey, Ul-Lafayette, 19:40.35; 44, Picou, Callie, Ul-Lafayette, 20:16.11; 46, Collins, Jasmine, Ul-Lafayette, 20:28.77; 48, Parker, Paula, Ul-Lafayette, 20:36.12; 49, Boudreaux, Suzanne, Ul-Lafayette, 20:40.75; 53, Mertens, Lindsey, Ul-Lafayette, 20:48.45; 54, Faulk, Ashley, Ul-Lafayette, 20:53.02 RaginCajuns.com

[NewsCopy]

BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns cross county team finished the regular portion of their schedule after competing in the Sun Belt Conference Cross Country Championships on Saturday. Joby Gisclair placed 44th for the Cajuns with a time of 28:02.22. He was followed by Reese Lee who finished 45th with his time of 28:17.76. Peter Stelly placed 58th with a time of 28:58.92, and Cory Richard’s time of 29:26.17 placed him 61st. The Sun Belt Conference Championship men’s title went to Arkansas-Little Rock with 53 points. Results: Men’s Team Results: 1 Arkansas-Little Rock 53 2 6 12 16 17 19 27 Total Time: 2:10:07.95 Average: 26:01.59 2 North Texas 75 4 9 15 22 25 28 29 Total Time: 2:12:12.38 Average: 26:26.48 3 Mid. Tenn. State 76 8 10 11 14 33 60 61 Total Time: 2:12:15.80 Average: 26:27.16 4 Western Kentucky 81 5 7 20 23 26 45 47 Total Time: 2:12:55.37 Average: 26:35.08 5 Florida Int'l 154 18 24 35 36 41 50 Total Time: 2:16:58.87 Average: 27:23.78 6 Troy 159 13 32 34 38 42 49 Total Time: 2:17:04.55 Average: 27:24.91 7 Arkansas State 193 21 30 39 48 55 64 65 Total Time: 2:19:33.73 Average: 27:54.75 8 South Alabama 196 1 3 57 66 69 Total Time: 2:21:18.85 Average: 28:15.77 9 Florida Atlantic 224 31 37 51 52 53 54 67 Total Time: 2:21:45.62 Average: 28:21.13 10 Ul-Lafayette 264 43 44 56 58 63 68 70 Total Time: 2:25:03.09 Average: 29:00.62 11 Ul-Monroe 278 40 46 59 62 71 72 Total Time: 2:29:03.64 Average: 29:48.73 Cajuns’ Results: 44, Gisclair, Joby, Ul-Lafayette, 28:02.22; 45, Lee, Reese, Ul-Lafayette, 28:17.76; 58, Stelly, Peter, Ul-Lafayette, 28:58.92; 61, Richard, Cory, Ul-Lafayette, 29:26.17; 66, Rabalais, Micah, Ul-Lafayette, 30:18.02; 72, Goudeau, Geoffrey, Ul-Lafayette, 30:51.81; 75, Vice, Kaleb, Ul-Lafayette, 31:31. RaginCajuns.com

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You might see him walking. You might see him jogging. But you're most likely to notice him as opponents from soccer teams or cross country teams do, running away, a lot faster than they can. He's STM's Adam Saloom and this senior is enjoying a special fall, and now winter, as one of the Cougars' top athletes. He was named to the All-State cross country team and is now helping the STM soccer team as they compete for a Division I title. The Daily Advertiser sat down with Saloom for 10 questions to get to know how this running and kicking machine works. Q: Cross country, and now soccer, two sports that don't come with a lot of glory from the media or even classmates, so what is it about these sports that kept you in them through high school? A: Well, my freshman year I played basketball, but I wasn't seeing much playing time on the freshman team. In both soccer and cross country I was seeing a lot of playing time and even some varsity time. That's when I decided that I would stick with soccer, so I quit basketball. Q: Both of the sports you play require a lot of endurance. How have they helped you become better at both? A: They really work hand-in-hand. To go from cross country to soccer helps a lot. Especially at the position I play, I run up and down the field 100 times a game. That's exaggerating a little bit, but it feels that way sometimes. You need to have endurance to be able to do it. Also, cross country teaches you to keep pushing yourself even though you're tired. That's all you need sometimes in soccer, is that little extra effort that your opponent isn't willing to give. Q: You were named to the all-state cross country team with teammate Alden Heaphy. How important was it to be named to the team and share that award with him? The rest of the story Grant Alexander

[RaisingCajun08]

By any chance, is this Brad Saloom's brother?

[RedBug58]

It's Brad's cousin. He's Doug Saloom's son. Doug is City Court Judge. It's really one great family.

[qwik83]

Is the camp worth going to? I'm a senior at Glenmora High School and was considering going to this especially since it is the only track clinic that happens right before the season opens for lhsaa. We don't really have a track coach at my school just our basketball coaches saying run. Thanks

[Turbine]

Never been, so I am not qualified to answer.

Howver, I think this is the coach Steve Silvey's 1st camp at UL.

Here is a LINK to his credentials and what some have said about him.