The Book Track & Field 2004-05

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If no one knows, does that mean that no one should attend.

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Track program relieved to finally hold meet at home

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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Bruce Brown
bbrown@theadvertiser.com

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CAJUNS SET TO HOST LOUISIANA CLASSICS AT NEWLY RENOVATED TRACK COMPLEX

Louisiana@La. will host the event for the first time since 2002

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@La., 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@La. Track Office at (337) 482-6313.

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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

LOUISIANA SI

[DaddyCajun]

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!!

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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.

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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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Dan McDonald
dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

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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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Bruce Brown
bbrown@theadvertiser.com

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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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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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By SHELDON MICKLES
smickles@theadvocate.com
Advocate sportswriter

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Coach Veazey will have these guys ready(Veazey's are always prepared)