Cross Country shines at Notre Dame Invite
Oct 01, 2012
SOUTH BEND, Indiana – The McNeese men's cross country team had never run in a meet here before but it's a good bet they'll leave a good impression after the Cowboys placed ninth overall in the 21-team field at the 57th Annual Notre Dame Invitational and finishing ahead of nationally ranked teams such as No. 11 North Carolina State and No. 26 Michigan and just one point shy of 29th-ranked Washington State.
Cowboys remain 7th, Cowgirls in at 13 in this week's USTFCCCA regional polls
Sep 23, 2012
LAKE CHARLES – McNeese men's cross country team is holding steady at No. 7 in this week's USTFCCCA South Central Regional ranking while the Cowgirls have jumped into the top 15 with a ranking of 13 released by the organization this week.
Mcneese Men place 5th, women 8th at Rice Invitational
Sep 17, 2012
HOUSTON – Alex Bruce-Littlewood ran a 16:51 6K for a third place overall finish at the 37th annual Justin F. Cooper Rice Invitational cross country meet here Friday evening as the Cowboys, ranked 7th in the latest USTFCCCA South Central Region poll, finished fifth in the 13-team field.
David Rooney placed 17th in the 5,000 meter run at the NCAA championship
Jun 10, 2012
DES MOINES, IA – McNeese State's David Rooney didn't have one of his better days on the track as he finished 17th in the 5,000 meter run during Friday's session of the NCAA championship meet.
David Rooney qualifies for NCAA championship meet
May 26, 2012
JACKSONVILLE, FL – David Rooney became the third McNeese State athlete to qualify for the 2012 NCAA track and field championship when he finished third in his heat in the 5,000 meter run at the east regional's on Saturday.
Ben Chretien places sixth in javelin at NCAA east regionals
May 24, 2012
JACKSONVILLE, FL – McNeese State's Ben Chretien finished sixth in the javelin event at the east regional's on Thursday to qualify for the NCAA national track and field championship meet in June.
Canchola and Couthren pull in victories at SE Louisiana track meet
Apr 24, 2012
HAMMOND – Thomas Canchola doubled up with a victory in the men's shot put to lead McNeese State during the Southeastern Louisiana track and field invitational Friday.
David Rooney sets school record in the 5,000 meters Breaks his own mark in California meet
Apr 22, 2012
A school record run and victory in the 5000 meters by David Rooney highlighted McNeese State track and field efforts late Friday night and Saturday.
Mariah Georgetown wins the heptathlon at Tennessee
Apr 14, 2012
KNOXVILLE, TN – McNeese State's Mariah Georgetown won the heptathlon at the University of Tennessee hosted SeaRay Relays with a school record 5,099 points Thursday.
Cowboy distance medley relay places second at Florida Relays
Apr 07, 2012
GAINESVILLE, FL – A second place effort by the McNeese State distance medley relay team of Alex Bruce-Littlewood, Torian Lindsey, Joshua Sawe and David Rooney led the Cowboys and the Cowgirls during the final day of the Florida Relays on Saturday.
Ashlee Smith wins discus event at Texas Relays
Mar 31, 2012
AUSTIN, TX – McNeese State's Ashley Smith won the women's discus event and set a school record in doing so during the Texas Relays on Saturday.
Talbot and Canchola recorded personal records at Rice meet on Friday
Mar 23, 2012
HOUSTON – McNeese State's Thomas Canchola and Amy Talbot produced personal bests in their respective events during the opening night of the Rice University twilight relays on Friday.
Chretien and Cowgirl 4x100 relay team produce runnerup finishes
Mar 17, 2012
LAFAYETTE – McNeese State's Ben Chretien uncranked one of the best javelin throwers in school history here Saturday, getting off a toss of 234-11 as he placed second in the event at the Louisiana Classics track and field meet.
McNeese Host Over 700 High School Athletes From the Region
Feb 04, 2012
A day after hosting the Jeff Davis Bank/McNeese Indoor II at the McNeese recreation complex, the team hosted the high school version on Saturday.
Track Team Breaks Several Records at the Jeff Davis/Mcneese Indoor Meet
Feb 04, 2012
The McNeese State track team hosted the Jeff Davis/McNeese Indoor track meet Friday at the McNeese recreation complex, the second meet hosted by the team this season.
The team broke several records in the meet including a shot put record that was broken by two Cowgirl throwers.
McNeese hosts high school indoor meet
Jan 15, 2012
There were more than 75 schools and 500 athletes participating in the annual McNeese State High School Indoor I track and field meet on the school campus Saturday.
LeBlanc, Talbot, Bruce-Littlewood and Ross lead McNeese in season opener
Jan 15, 2012
Victories in four distance races by Jarrett LeBlanc, Alex Bruce-Littlewood, Amy Talbot and Fionnuala Ross highlighted McNeese State's performance in its season opening indoor track meet on campus Friday.
Four firsts, 16 top 3 finishes for NSU at Cowboy Indoor Invite
Jan 15, 2012
LAKE CHARLES – Four winning performances, including senior P.J. Bennett with a 7.73 time in the 55 meter hurdles, highlighted 16 medal stand finishes by Northwestern State competitors Friday in the season-opening 2012 Cowboy Indoor Invite track and field meet.
Badeaux Era Underway as Cajuns Take in Indoor Meet at McNeese
Jan 15, 2012
The Ragin’ Cajuns men’s and women’s track and field squads kicked off the Lon Badeaux era on Friday with a youthful flair at the McNeese Cowboy Indoor and came away with several good marks at the Ralph O. Ward Rec-Complex in Lake Charles.
Cowboys and Cowgirls run in NCAA south central regional race
Nov 12, 2011
WACO, TX – McNeese State's cross country team had two of its top three runners sidelined during Saturday's running of the NCAA south central regional race and neither team finished the way it thought it would.
Bruce-Littlewood and Ross place in top 10 in Alabama cross country meet.
Oct 17, 2011
TUSCALOOSA – McNeese State's Alex Bruce-Littlewood and Fionnuala Ross posted top 10 finishes during the Alabama Crimson Tide cross country meet Saturday. Bruce-Littlewood finished sixth in the 8,039 meter men's race and Ross placed eighth in the women's 5,002 meter women's race.
Cowboys take first; Cowgirls second at Cowboy Stampede
Oct 03, 2011
McNeese State's Cowboys took the men's title and Nicholls State the women's crown during the running of the annual Cowboy Stampede cross country race here Saturday morning.
McNeese's Ross runs second at SFA's pre-conference meet
Sep 27, 2011
NACOGDOCHES, TX – Fionnuala Ross was the lead runner for McNeese State at the Stephen F. Austin pre-conference cross country meet Monday. The Cowgirl junior finished second in the women's division with a 22:11.81 clocking over the 6K distance. Leading the Cowboys was Alex Bruce-Littlewood with a seventh place finish and a 26:23.20 effort in the 8K.