The Book Track & Field 2004-05

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LOUISIANA La. - Lousiana freshman Jacob Simmons was named to the Louisiana Sports Writer’s Association Cross Country team after a stellar season with the Ragin' Cajuns.

He also garnered Sunbelt Freshman of the year honors.

Simmons, a native of Houma, LA, had two top 5 finishes and four top 10 finishesat ULL.

He won his first ever collegiate meet by winning the Ragin' Cajun Invitational with a time of 26:30.

He placed 6th at the Sun Belt Conference Championship Meet and was selected to the all-conference team.

Tim Lemaire is coach of the year honors after leading the Ragin' Cajuns to the programs first ever Sun Belt Conference Championship and its first conference championship since 1974 when it was a member of the Southland Conference.

Three Ragin’ Cajuns finished in the top 10, while six runners finished in the top 30 overall.

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2004 LSWA All-Louisiana Men's Cross Country Team

Athlete School Cl. Hometown
Jimmy Wiggins, LSU, Sr., Covington, LA.
Patrick Gavin, LSU, Jr., Folsom, LA.
Maya Aden, Louisiana-Monroe, Ottawa, Canada
Philip Aagaard, Tulane, Linkoping, Sweden
Stefan Malmqvist, Louisiana Tech, Stockholm, Sweden
Asbel Ngetich, Southeastern La., Kapsabet, Kenya
Jacob Simmons, Louisiana-Lafayette, Houma, LA.
Runner-of-the-Year: Jimmy Wiggins, LSU
Freshman-of-the-Year: Jacob Simmons, Louisiana
Newcomer-of-the-Year: no nomineese were submitted
Coach-of-the-Year: Tim Lemaire, Louisiana

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BATON ROUGE - The Ragin’ Cajuns and Lady Cajuns indoor track teams from the University of Louisiana will begin their 2005 season Saturday at the LSU Purple Tiger Invite in the Carl Maddox Fieldhouse.

Louisiana’s Ragin' Cajun track team looks to improve upon its second place conference finish from a year ago.

Senior Walter Whitfield, junior Justin Lemaire and freshman Jake Simmons will lead the Ragin' Cajun indoor squad this season. In the fall, the trio was named to the All-Sun Belt Cross Country team.

Whitfield and Simmons, a native of Houma, La. and a product of Vandebilt Catholic, will participate in the men’s 5000 meter run. Lemaire will participate in the men’s 3000 meter run.

“This will be the first indoor meet of the season,” Louisiana head coach Lance Veazey said. “Many athletes are still trying to settle in and shake some of the rust off.”

Veazey, the 2004 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track Coach of the Year, expects newcomers like Simmons to perform well.

“We will be traveling with a limited squad, however, I do expect to see some good performances out of our newcomers.”

The Lady Cajun indoor squad is led by freshmen Jasmine Collins and Rayne native Casey Brown. Collins and Jamie Blue will compete in the 4x400 relay, while Brown will run in the women’s 3000 meter race. Collins will also participate in the mile run and Blue will participate in the women’s 400 meter run.

Andree Bonvillain will participate in the pole vault. Leah Legere and Laura Credeur will run in the women’s 800 meters.

Morning session field events will start the meet beginning at 9:30 a.m. followed by morning session track events at 11 a.m. The weight throw will be the first field event with the men’s and women’s mile runs being the first track events.

The evening session will begin at 1 p.m. with the pole vault being the first event followed by the shot put. Track events will begin at 4 p.m. with the men’s and women’s 60 meter hurdles and 60 meter sprint preliminaries.

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BATON ROUGE - Seniors Walter Whitfield and Laura Credeur won the men's 5000-meter run and the women's 800-meter run respectively for Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun track team here Saturday in the LSU Purple Tiger Invite at the Carl Maddox Fieldhouse.

Freshman Jake Simmons finished second behind Whitfield in the 5000-meter, with Whitfield turning in a winning 14:58.01 effort. Credeur had a winning time of 2:26.50 in her victory.

"I'm pleased with our performance considering it was the first meet of the season," UL coach Lance Veazey said. "However, I'm not satisfied. We still have plenty of work to do over the next couple of weeks."

Scott Lowry finished fifth in the men's pole vault, while Kyle Ward finished fourth in the men's 60-meter hurdles.

The men's 4x400-meter relay team of Louis Roquemore, Jon-Erik Shanklin, Jarman St. Julien and Jarvis Murchison finished fourth overall.

Shanklin and Kade Slaughter finished fourth and seventh, respectively, in the men's 200-meter dash. Shanklin finished with a time of 22.40, while Slaughter finished at 22.74.

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BATON ROUGE - Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns & Lady Cajuns indoor track and field teams will compete in their second meet of the indoor season this weekend in the LSU Bayou Bengal Invitational at the Carl Maddox Field House.

Louisiana had some men and women perform well in the LSU Purple Tiger meet held two weeks ago with Walter Whitfield winning the men’s 5000 meter run and Laura Credeur winning the women’s 800 meter run.

Head Coach Lance Veazey said “The athletes have been working really hard over the last couple of weeks and we are still working out some of the wrinkles so the first of couple of meets is training for us.”

Athletes to keep an eye on for the men will be Walter Whitfield, Jake Simmons, Jarvis Murchison, Scott Lowry, and Derick Richardson.

For the women it will be Andree Bonvillian, Jasmine Collins, Laura Credeur, and Desi Chatman.

The LSU Bayou Bengal Invitational will begin at 3 p.m. on Friday in Baton Rouge and wrap up Saturday evening.

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[J-Town Cajun]

Is Jarvis Murchinson still a member of the football team. He was a member of Bustle's first recruiting class. He was offered by a few Big 12 schools out of high school and played some as a freshman. He has tremendous speed and could be used as a kick returner, conerback, or receiver.

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Originally posted by J-Town Cajun
Is Jarvis Murchinson still a member of the football team. He was a member of Bustle's first recruiting class. He was offered by a few Big 12 schools out of high school and played some as a freshman. He has tremendous speed and could be used as a kick returner, conerback, or receiver.

I agree with you.

Since I posted this LINK I found out he had decided to concentrate on track.

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BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns standout Walter Whitfield continued his impressive indoor campaign here Friday night by winning the men's 3,000-meter run at LSU's Bayou Bengal Invitational.

Whitfield's time of 8:36.22 was well ahead of unattached runner-up Phil Aagaard's 8:51.33, while UL teammate Ryan Dupree was sixth in 9:10.49.

Two weeks previous, Whitfield was the 5,000-meter victor at the Purple Tiger meet at LSU.

Whitfield's performance was the highlight of Ragin' Cajun efforts in Friday's meet.

Finishing in second place for the Cajun men were Kyle Ward in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.14, trailing only Northwestern State's J.D. Henry (7.98), and Scott Lowry with a 15-3 clearance in the pole vault.

Also, Jarvis Murchison was fifth in the 60-meter dash in 6.87 and Jon-Erik Shanklin placed fifth in the 400 in 50.25.

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[Oldman]

just talked to track coach lance veazey, the first track event will be march 19th, they should lay the lanes/stripes next week and he sounds excited about getting started again, hopefully we can spark some interest to help kick off track. GEAUX CAJUNS.

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JONESBORO, Ark. - University of Louisiana long jumper Derek Richardson finished second in the men's long jump and pole vaulter Andree Bonvillain took a fourth place in the women's vault event to highlight Ragin' Cajun finishers Sunday at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Richardson had a 23-7 1/4 effort, trailing UALR's James Lundberg (23-9 1/2), and Bonvillain had an 11-0 jump as the only Cajuns to place in Sunday's field event competition. Walter Whitfield grabbed an individual track place, with the Cajun distance ace finishing fifth in the men's 3000-meter run (8:42.28).

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Louisiana Classics @ Cajun Basin

SATURDAY March 19

Field Events begin at 10AM
Running set to begin at 1PM