Last updated 5/14/12

4/7/2012 8:03:00 PM

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.

The foursome posted a 9:51.80 clocking, trailing champion Indiana by only eight-tenths of a second. Georgia Tech was third, East Carolina fourth and Georgia fifth.

Splits for the Cowboys in the event had Bruce-Littlewood leading off with a 2:59, Lindsey running a 48.5 in the 400 meters, Sawe a 1:55 in the 800 meters and Rooney a 4:07 on the final leg.

The time was also a school record.

“I thought that we had a good day overall,” said head coach Brendon Gilroy. “The ladies also performed well in their relay races.”

There weren't many individual events on Saturday as relay races took over. Parminder Singh did participate in the high jump for the Cowboys and La'Shantena Rounds tossed the hammer and Ashlee Smith the shot put for the Cowgirls...

Cowboy football wide receiver Ernest Celestie joined the team and ran on the 4x100 relay team along with Morgan Wells, Lindsey and Tevon Remo that posted a 42.44 effort for 31st place.

Lindsey, Remo, Cody Skarupa and Sawe ran 3:46.21 for 22nd place in the 1600 meter relay.

Next up for the Cowboys and the Cowgirls will be the Mt. SAC distsance carnival in California and the Southeastern Louisiana Invitational in two weeks.

2/11/2012 9:08:00 PM

BIRMINGHAM, ALA – A school record setting performance by Mariah Georgetown in the women's 60 meter high hurdles highlighted McNeese State's performance in the Vulcan indoor track and field meet here Saturday.

The Cowgirl sophomore placed second in the event with a school record effort of 8.59. That broke her own record of 8.61 which she had set at the Southland Conference championship meet a year ago.

Also taking a top five finish on Saturday were La'Shantena Rounds in the women's weight throw, Jarrett LeBlanc in the men's 3000 meters and Parminder Singh in the men's high jump.

Rounds finished gthird in the women's weight throw with a toss of 57-7.75, LeBlanc ran 8:20.91 in the 3000 for fourth place and Singh jumped 6-9.75 for third in the high jump.

Alex Bruce-Littlewood ran eighth in the 3000 meters at 8:28.19 and the men's 4x400 meter relay of Torian Lindsey, Morgan Wells, Tevon Remo and Cody Skarupa placed sixth with a 3:21.12 clocking.

The Cowgirl 4x400 relay team of Marissa Sanders, Paige Lynch, Ashleigh Wells and Desarea Couthren ran sixth at 3:55.39.

Also for the Cowgirls, Ashlee Smith finished eighth in the weight throw at 52-8.675, Amy Talbot was eighth in the 800 meters at 2:16.1 and Wells ran ninth in the 200 meters at 25.27.

For the Cowboys, Jared Crafton placed 10th in the weight throw at 49-11, Lindsey was ninth in the 400 meters at 49.32 and Xavier Stevens was eighth in the triple jump at 46-4.75.

The meet was the final tuneup for the Cowboys and Cowgirls prior to the Southland Conference championship which is scheduled for Feb. 24-25 in Oklahoma City.

2/3/2012 11:02:00 PM

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.

The Cowboys swept the one mile run and Alex Bruce-Littlewood broke the school record in the mile with a time of 4:06.19 in just his first season with McNeese,. Second place went to Jarrett LeBlanc with a 4:08.21 time and Jonathon Koenck finished the sweep running a time of 4:18.26.

“It felt really good to get that record,” said Littlewood. “We have been training with David Rooney (previous record holder) and the results of the race shows that we are all been getting better.”

In the 3000 meter run Allison Crawford ran a 10:48.68 which gave her fifth place. On the men's side Brock Moreaux finished in fourth place with his time of 8:46.67 and Lewi Manirumva finished in sixth with his 8:52.05 time while Andrew Kogut was a close seventh with a time of 8:52.66.

McNeese finished well in the 4X400 meter relay. The women won the race with their time of 3:26.41 while the men place fifth with their time of 3:29.83.

Cody Skarupa won the 600 meter run with a 1:22.12 time. Also, the McNeese women's team won the distance medley wth a time of 12:41.15.

McNeese head track coach Brendon Gilroy was very pleased with his team's performance saying, “We did well in several events today, especially the men's mile run. Our athlete's are training very hard and getting better every day. I'm very proud of them.”

1/28/2012 2:29:00 PM

JONESBORO, AR – A first place effort along with a personal best by high jumper Parminder Singh led McNeese State during the second and final day of the Arkansas State invitational track and field meet here Saturday.

The Cowboy junior went 6-11 to win the high jump, posting his career best.

Also during Saturday's meet, McNeese got a third place from Amy Talbot in the 800 meters and a second place from its men's 4x400 meter relay team.

Head coach Brendon Gilroy said that he felt his team had some very good performances during the day, noting Singh's high jump, Talbot's 880, the efforts of the team's 4x400 meter relays, the pole vault by Alyssa Cotton and shot put efforts by Ashlee Smith and Thomas Canchola.

Talbot finished third in the 800 with a 2:16.7 clocking while the men's 4x400 relay team of Torian Lindsey, Robert Graham, Cody Skarupa and Tevon Remo ran 3:21.09 for second place.

Cotton went 11-5.75 for a fifth place in the pole vault, Smith had a 44-2 for fourth place in the women's shot put and Canchola went 52-7.5 for fourth in the men's shot put.

The women put two teams into the 4x400 meters and they finished fourth and fifth. Ashleigh Wells, Desarae Couthren, Jasmine George and Paige Lynch ran 3:59.31 for fourth place and Racheal Easton, Mariah Georgetown, Simone Johnson and Marissa Sanders posted a 4:02.24 for fifth place.

Other top five efforts by the Cowboys had Xavier Stevens go 47-5 for fifth place in the triple jump, Lewi Manirumva was fifth in the one mile at 4:25.6 and the Cowgirls had Allison Crawford run 5:24.71 for fifth place in the mile.

Also for the Cowboys, Andrew Kogut ran 4:26.12 for eighth place in the mile followed by Brock Moreaux with 4:30.83 for 11th place and Alex Kiptoo 4:31.94 for 12th place; Skarupa posted a 50.78 for seventh place in the 400 meters followed by Graham with 52.84 for 18th place; Moreaux also ran 2:02.67 for 10th in the 800, Kogut was 11th at 2:02.94 and Manirumva 2:04.3 for 12th place; Lindsey ran 22.75 for 11th place in the 200 meters and Tristan Joynes ran 8.30 for eighth place in the 55 hurdles.

1/25/2012 10:06:00 PM

McNeese State competes in the two day Arkansas State indoor track and field meet Friday and Saturday and Cowgirls' Mariah Georgetown and Kayla Fontenot will make their season debuts in the pentathlon.

Both Georgetown and Fontenot are expected to be among the Southland Conference leaders in the five event (55 hurdles, long jump, high jump, shot put, 800 meters) exercise this season.

In 2011, Georgetown finished fourth in the pentathlon during the SLC indoor championship meet, winning the 60 hurdles. Fontenot placed seventh and won the long jump and shot put events.

During last spring's outdoor SLC championship meet, Georgetown placed third in the heptathlon, going on to be named to the all-conference and the all-Lousiana teams as well as being named McNeese's women's track athlete of the year.

Georgetown's career best point total in the pentathlon is 3,380 points while Fontenot has a 3,312 best.

It's going to be a busy weekend for Georgetown as she will also run in the women's 55 meter dash, the 200 meter dash and will run a leg on a 4x400 meter relay team.

Among the other Cowgirls entered in this week's meet are Jacqueline Berry who won the 55 meter dash at the McNeese I indoor meet two weeks ago and finished second in the 200 meters, Ashlee Smith who won the weight throw at 54-0 and finished third in the shot put at 42-11, Fionnuala Ross who won the 3000 meters and Amy Talbot who won the mile run.

Both Ross and Talbot will only run the 3000 meters at Arkansas State.

Top performers entered for the Cowboys are expected to be Cody Skarupa in the 400 meters, Xavier Stevens in the triple jump and Jared Crafton in the weight throw.

In their last performance – the McNeese Indoor I meet – Skarupa won the 400 meter dash with a 51.17 clocking, Stevens claimed the triple jump with a leap of 49-1 and Crafton won the weight thow at 48-1.25.

1/18/2012 2:29:00 PM

A total of 149 student-athletes, including 24 with straight A averages, were named to the McNeese State fall semester honor roll.

That's 40 percent of the 367 university's student-athletes with 3.00 grade point averages or better.

“Congratulations to all of the student athletes that made the President's Honor Llist and Honor Roll this past fall,” said Deb Kingrey, the academic counselor for the athletic department. “Academic success is as important as success on the field or and court and I'm mproud of the hard work and dedication of these student athletes in the classroom.”

Forty-six of the McNeese student athletes were named to the President's List which singles out only those with 3.50 averages or better. Some of the athletes with straight A averages did not take the required 12 hours needed to make the President's list as they were completing their degree requirements.

The breakdown of athletes with honor roll averages by sports is: baseball (17), men's basketball (5), women's basketball (6), football (29), men's golf (3), women's golf (8), soccer (22), softball (17), tennis (6), men's track (11), women's track (20) and volleyball (5).

By percentage of total athletes to honor roll students, soccer had the best ratio with 26 members on the team and 22 making the honor llist (.846), tennis eight on the team and six making the honor roll (.750), women's golf with 12 and eight (.667) amd women's track with 37 and 20 (.540).

McNeese student athletes posting perfect grade point averages (4.00) for the fall semester were (baseball) Taylor Drake, Connor Lloyd, Tyler McDonald, Daniel Zaunbrecher; (men's basketball) Stephen Martin; (women's basketball) Ashlyn Baggett, Caitlyn Baggett; (football) Ben Bourgeois; (women's golf) McKayla Anderson, Helene Bergman, Alaina Cleland, Audrey Koncaba; (soccer) Cheyenne Ganley, Sarah LaLanne, Kathryn Seeber, Alanna Divittorio, Courtney Hebert; (softball) Lauren Langner, Lindsey Langner, Katie Roux, Katie Shumaker; and (track and field) Alex Bruce-Littlewood, Lauren Cooper and Allison Crawford.

HONOR ROLL (3.00 grade point average or better):

MEN'S TRACK: Samuel Bowers, Alex Evans, Johnathan Koenck, Torian Lindssey, Cody Skarupa, Sam Viddrine, Morgan Wells

WOMEN'S TRACK: Jillian Biagini, Jasmine Cornelius, Alyssa Cotton, Angelina Covington, Taylor De La Rosa, Mariah Georgetown, Jada Jackson, Simone Johnson, Amanda LeJeune, Fionnuala Ross, Ashlee Smith, Corissa Storms, Sarah Van Horn, Ashleigh Wells, Meraiah Young

1/13/2012 10:06:00 PM

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.

The Cowboys and Cowgirls totaled 10 first places in the McNeese Indoor I meet at the Ralph O. Ward Rec-Complex that is a two day event with high schools taking over on Saturday.

LeBlanc won the men's mile run with a clocking of 4:10 while Bruce-Littlewood took the 800 meters in 1:56.49, Talbot won the women's mile in 5:09.19 and Ross won the women's 3000 meters in 10:25.28.

Also for the Cowboys, champions were Jared Crafton with a 48-1.25 toss in the weight throw, Xavier Stevens with a 49-1 in the triple jump and Cody Skarupa with a 51.17 clocking in the 400 meters.

For the Cowgirls, Ashlee Smith won the weight throw at 54-0, Jacqueline Berry had a 7.44 effort in the 55 meter dash and Mariah Georgetown won the 55 hurdles in 8.25.

“I thought that we had a good start,” said head coach Brendon Gilroy. “Up top (the indoor oval track upstairs at the rec-complex) we really had some good first meet performances.”

12/2/2011 5:37:00 PM

The Gold held onto its lead and won McNeese State's Jon Fagan benefit Blue/Gold track and field meet Friday.

The Gold, which had entered the day with a two point lead, produced seven individual first place finishes and also claimed the 4x400 meter coed relay race to score 278 points. The Blue finished with 257 points.

Sprinters led the way during Friday's finale which was all running events. Torian Lindsey and Ashleigh Wells were triple event winners, Lindsey for the Gold team and Wells for the Blue squad.

Lindsey took the men's 60 meter dash in 7.17, the 150 meter dash in 16.90 and the 300 meter dash in 35.20.

Also taking first places for the Gold team were Jarrett LeBlanc in the 600 meters, Lauren Cooper in the women's 2000 meters and Mariah Georgetown in the 60 meter hurdles.

LeBlanc, a double event winner at last year's Southland Conference track and field championship meet, ran a 1:23.50 clocking in winning the 600 meters while Cooper posted a 6:54.80 in the 2000 meters and Georgetown went 8.71 in winning the hurdle race.

Other champions for the Blues were Jillian Biagini with a 1:43.70 time in the women's 600 meters, Johnathan Koenck with a 5:21.50 in the men's 2000 meters and Morgan Wells with an 8.55 in the men's 60 meter hurdles.

The Gold relay team of Robert Graham, Courtney Carter, Cody Skarupa and Rachel Easton won the 4x400 meter coed relay in 3:51.57.

FRIDAY RESULTS: McNeese State Jon Fagan Benefit Blue/Gold track and field meet

Men's 300 Meters: 1-Torian Lindsey (Gold) 35.20, 2-Cody Skarupa (Gold) 36.23, 3-Robert Graham (Gold) 36.84, 4-Morgan Wells (Blue) 38.16, 5-Sunny Singh (Blue) 38.85, 6-Dylan Armentor (Blue) 39.12

Men's 60 Hurdles: 1-Morgan Wells (Blue) 8.55, 2-Cody Skarupa (Gold) 8.62, 3-Lance Ardoin (Gold) 10.44, 4-Johnathan Koenck (Blue) 10.60, 5-Sulnny Singh (Blue) 10.65, 6-Robert Graham (Gold) 10.77

COED 4X400 RELAY: 1-GOLD (Robert Graham, Courtney Carter, Cody Sharupa, Rachel Easton) 3:51.57

6/29/2011 4:56:13 PM

McNeese State had 147 student-athletes named to either the President's honor list or to the honor roll for the spring semester.

That is almost half of the total number of student-athletes at the university.

Deb Kingrey, academic counselor for the athletic department, announced the honor lists and said, “I'm so proud of our student-athletes for their efforts and dedication in achieving a high level of academic success.”

A total of 54 student-athletes were named to the President's honor list, those making that list having to produce a grade point average of 3.50 (out of a possible 4.00) or better with 15 hours taken.

Ninety-three other student-athletes were named to the honor roll list with 3.00 gpa's and 15 hours pursued.

Football had a total of 37 players on the two lists while soccer and women's track 16, baseball 15, softball 14, men's track 11, women's basketball eight, men's golf and women's golf seven each, tennis six, volleyball five and men's basketball three.

A total of 24 student-athletes produced a perfect 4.00 gpa with softball leading with six, football having five and soccer four.

The women's tennis squad had the top team overall grade average, a 3.49 mark. The soccer team produced a 3.35 gpa, women's golf had 3.31, softball 3.29 and volleyball 3.14.

MCNEESE STUDENT-ATHLETE SPRING 2011 PRESIDENT'S HONOR LIST

BASEBALL: Josh Lebert, Connor Lloyd, Tyler McDonald, Jace Peterson, Ross Rowland, Daniel Zaunbrecher
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Preston David, Tyson Queen
FOOTBALL: Ben Bourgeois, Zach O'Quinn, Matt Polansky, Trent Whitley
MEN'S GOLF: James Anderson
WOMEN'S GOLF: McKayla Anderson, Helene Bergman, Alaina Cleland, Kelsey Haynie, Audrey Koncaba
SOCCER: Alana Clark, Alexandra Gallier, Jordan Leinweaver, Jordan Picou, Megan Rogers, Kathryn Seeber, Megan Snelling, Lindsey Zwahr
SOFTBALL: Alanna Divittorio, Brianna Granger, Courtney Hebert, Kourtney Kober, Marissa Koetting, Lindsey Langner, Kelsey McClain, Dani Price, Katie Roux, Kayla Shepherd, Mykeisha Young
TENNIS: Maria del Rocio Frausto Cornish, Marcella Quintas-Castaldi, Ilona Serchenko, Tea Tvrtkovic
MEN'S TRACK: Brent Ewing, James Marcantel, Brock Moreaux, Cody Skarupa
WOMEN'S TRACK: Alvy Carragher, Allison Crawford, Paige Lynch, Fionnuala Ross, Carly Thurman
VOLLEYBALL: Rebecca Bekelja, Whitney Ellisor, Erin Huckabay, Katrina Mica

6/23/2011 5:31:01 PM

McNeese State had 92 student-athletes named to the Southland Conference commissioner's spring academic honor roll the league office announced on Thursday.

More than 950 student-athletes from all members of the conference were named to the list.

McNeese's total of 92 was second high, Texas State leading with 102 honorees.

The total of 953 student-athletes named to the spring honor roll surpassed the record of 932 set last spring. This year's list boasts 12 student-athletes of the year, four players of the year and a total of 143 student-athletes with perfect 4.0 grade-point averages during the spring semester. The honor roll includes student-athletes who took part in baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's golf, softball, men's and women's tennis and men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field.

McNeese State's 92 selections to the commissioner's list included 15 student-athletes with a 4.0 GPA. A total of 14 men's and women's basketball players earned a spot on the honor roll after leading the school to a sweep of the men's and women's regular-season titles, a first in the history of the Southland. Eight women's players, including Ashlyn Baggett, the most valuable player of the women's tournament, and six men's players, including all-conference selections Diego Kapelan and P.J. Alawoya, earned mention. Baggett, who was the women's basketball student-athlete of the year, earned a 3.66 GPA in nursing and also was the McNeese State Female Scholar Athlete of the Year. Baseball junior Jace Peterson was the McNeese State Male Scholar Athlete of the Year after posting a 3.81 GPA in general studies. He was also the Southland's top pick in the MLB Draft earlier this month, going 58th overall to the San Diego Padres.

The Southland Conference Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll acknowledges participants in all sports sponsored by the league and its member institutions. The honor roll is released within 30 days at the conclusion of the fall and spring semesters, recognizing student-athletes who maintained a minimum 3.00 GPA. Student-athletes, nominated by their respective academic advisors, must have been eligible to compete in a conference sport during the academic year in which the nomination occurs.

The McNeese track and field team led the school with 28 selections, 16 women and 12 men, while baseball had 15, softball 14, women's basketball and women's golf eight each, tennis seven and men's basketball and men's golf six each.

McNeese State's 2011 SLC Commissioner's spring honor list

Name Cl. GPA Sport Major Hometown

Sam Bowers Jr. 3.29 M Track & Field Management Lake Charles, La.
Thomas Canchola So. 3.29 M Track & Field Mechanical Engineering Reffigo, Texas
Ben Chretien Sr. 3.57 M Track & Field Management Elton, La.
Brent Ewing Jr. 3.68 M Track & Field HHP-Exercise Science Cincinnati, Ohio
Charles Jackson Sr. 3.50 M Track & Field HHP-Health Promotion Tallulah, La.
Alex Kiptoo Fr. 3.00 M Track & Field Nursing Eldoret, Kenya
Edwin Koenck Sr. 3.28 M Track & Field Liberal Studies Anacoco, La.
Kevin Laughlin Jr. 3.75 M Track & Field Art Metairie, La.
Jarrett LeBlanc Jr. 3.00 M Track & Field HHP-Exercise Science Jennings, La.
James Marcantel Jr. 3.61 M Track & Field HHP-Exercise Science Leesville, La.
Justin Moreaux So. 3.83 M Track & Field Management Delcambre, La.
Cody Skarupa Fr. 3.70 M Track & Field HHP-Exercise Science Destin, Fla.
Alvy Carragher Sr. 4.00 W Track & Field Biology Tipperary, Ireland
Haley Carrier Fr. 3.11 W Track & Field Nursing Lake Charles, La.
Aisling Casey Jr. 3.53 W Track & Field HHP-Exercise Science Sligo, Ireland
Jasmine Cornelius Fr. 3.25 W Track & Field Biology Elgin, Texas
Alyssa Cotten So. 3.53 W Track & Field HHP-Exercise Science Baytown, Texas
Allison Crawford Fr. 3.53 W Track & Field Nursing Tucson, Ariz.
Mariah Georgetown Fr. 3.05 W Track & Field HHP-Education Baker, La.
Paige Lynch So. 3.77 W Track & Field HHP-Exercise Science Rosenburg, Texas
Fionnuala Ross So. 3.66 W Track & Field HHP-Exercise Science Craigavon, N. Ireland
Marissa Sanders So. 3.43 W Track & Field HHP-Exercise Science Willimantic, Conn.
Emily Spence Fr. 3.06 W Track & Field HHP-Exercise Science Monroe, La.
Amy Talbot Fr. 3.14 W Track & Field HHP-Exercise Science Liverpool, England
Rachel Taylor Fr. 3.25 W Track & Field HHP-Education Round Rock, Texas
DeAnn Washington Gr. 4.00 W Track & Field HHPM-Health Promotion Milano, Texas
Ashleigh Wells So. 3.25 W Track & Field Mass Communication Corona, Calif.
Meraiah Young Sr. 3.00 W Track & Field Math Education Abbeville, La.

1/15/2011 3:33:00 PM

Double event winners Charles Jackson and Mariah Georgetown led McNeese State in its home indoor track and field meet debut of the season here Friday.

No team totals were kept in the meet but the Cowboys and Cowgirls totaled 15 first place efforts, six by the Cowboys and nine by the Cowgirls. Joining McNeese for the meet were teams from Tiffen (Ohio) University, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Incarnate Word.

Jackson, a senior, won the 55 meter dash and the 200 meter dash and also ran the lead leg on the winning men's 4x400 meter relay team. He posted a 6.44 clocking in the 55 meters and a 22.79 mark in the 200 meters.

He was joined by Cody Skarupa, Jim Marcantel and Torian Lindsey on the winning relay team which produced a 3:30.84 clocking.

Georgetown, a rookie, won the women's 55 meter high hurdles in 8.23 and the long jump at 18-4.5 and she also ran the anchor leg on the winning 4x400 relay which ran a 4:06.86. ON that team she was joined by Jasmine Cornelius and Desarae Couthren.

Other first place efforts for the Cowboys were posted by Parminder Singh with a 6-8 high jump, by Skarupa with a 1:58.84 effort in the 800 meters and by Thomas Canchola with a 53-5.75 effort in the shot put.

"It was a good meet for us," said McNeese coach Brendon Gilroy. "This was a tune up to get the rust off after the Christmas holidays. I thought that a lot of kids put forth a very good effort.

"We had some good individual performances. That high jump by Sunny (Singh) was one of the better ones in this arena (complex record is 7-2). This is definitely something to build on."

1/13/2011 8:55:00 PM

McNeese State will host on Friday the first of two indoor track and field meets it will hold at the Ralph O.Ward rec-complex on campus this year. Friday's meet will begin with field events at 3 p.m. and running events at 5 p.m.

Scheduled for Saturday is a high school meet with more than 60 teams and 600 athletes competing. The event will begin at 9 a.m. and run throughout the day.

The Cowboys finished second in last year's meet while the Cowgirls were champions. On Feb. 4 the Cowboys and Cowgirls will host the Jeff Davis McNeese Indoor II meet in the same location.

McNeese will have four champions from last year's meet in the field. A year ago Torian Lindsey won the men's 400 meter run while in the women's division, Kayla Fontenot won the 55 hurdles, Paige Lynch the 55 meter dash, and Aisling Casey the mile run.

A featured event of Friday's meet is expected to be the men's 3,000 meter run which will highlight McNeese's Joshua Sawe and AM-Corpus Christi's Patrick Kineli. Kineli won last year's Southland cross country meet while Sawe placed fifth.

In the Cowboys season opening indoor meet - last month at Arkansas State - Sawe posted an 8:34.99 effort in the 3000 meters for a second place finish.

Also in that meet Cowgirl freshman Mariah Georgetown set a school record in the 55 meter hurdles. She finished second in the event.

Other runnerup finishes for McNeese in that meet were by Jacqueline Berry and the men's 4x400 meter relay team. Berry went 37-9 1/2 for second place in the women's triple jump and the Cowboy relay team of Charles Jackson, Michael Washington, Cody Skarupa and Lindsey ran 3:22.85 for its second place.

Coming up with third place efforts in the meet were Parminder Singh in the men's high jump (6-6 ¾) and Amy Guinn in the women's 3000 meter run (10:17.72).

January 12, 2011 - Track & Field

A total of 157 student athletes at McNeese State were named to either the President's Honor List or to the University's Honor Roll for the fall semester of the 2010-2011 school year.

That's a 45 percentage of the student athletes enrolled at McNeese State with a 3.00 or better grade point average for the semster.

"I am so proud of these young men and women," said athletic director Tommy McClelland. "They have responded to the challenge of being champions in the class room. To be able to say that nearly half of all of our student athletes are on the honor roll is one of the greatest things an athletics administrator can say. I encourage these student athletes to continue on the path of academic greatness for themselves and also because of the influence that it has on others around them."

A total of 68 student athletes were named to the President's Honor List (15 hours with a GPA of 3.5 or higher) and 89 to the Honor Roll (12 hours with a GPA of 3.0 or better)...

STUDENT ATHLETES ON PRESIDENT'S HONOR LIST

Men's Track: Brent Ewing, Edwin Koenck, Brock Moreaux, Jordan Neil, Cody Skarupa

Women's Track: Georgia Ball, Katarina Caraway, Alvy Carragher, Haley Carrier, Courtnei Carter, Jasmine Cornelius, Allison Crawford, Fionnuala Ross, Carly Thurman

12/5/2010 1:43:00 AM

Jonesboro, AR - Second place efforts by Joshua Sawe, Jacqueline Berry and Mariah Georgetown and the men's 4x400 meter relay team as well as a school record by Georgetown highlighted McNeese State's performance during the Arkansas State Christmas indoor track and field meet here Saturday.

The meet opened the indoor season for the Cowboys and the Cowgirls and will be the only one until after the first of the new year for them.

Sawe posted an 8:34.99 effort for his runnerup finish in the men's 3000 meter run and he was only defeated by Aaron Batey who was running unattached and produced an 8:33.67 finish.

Berry placed second in the women's triple jump with a leap of 37-9 ½ while Georgetown was second in the 55 meter hurdles with a school record effort of 8.17, that mark breaking the old standard of 8.45 that had been run by Antwanette Reece in 2001.

The Cowboy relay team of Charles Jackson, Michael Washington, Cody Skarupa and Torian Lindsey ran 3:22.85 for its second place finish.

Coming up with third place efforts in the meet were Parminder Singh in the men's high jump (6-6 ¾) and Amy Guinn in the women's 3000 meter run (10:17.72) while fourth places were won by Skarupa in the 800 meters (1:5839), Ronald Stine in the men's 200 meters (22.29), Jarrett LeBlanc in the men's 3000 meters (8:43.75), Jasmine Cornelius in the women's high jump (5-3) and the women's 4x400 meter relay team of Ashleigh Wells, Desarae Couthren, Jasmine Cornelius and Georgetown (4:03.64)

Georgetown, who is one of the standout freshmen on the team this year, also placed fifth in the women's pentathlon with 3,115 points.

McNeese coach Brendon Gilroy said that he thought his team's performance was a good one in its first meet of the year.

"As you can see we scored points in almost all of the events leading to what should be well rounded performances for us in all of our meets this year."

(MEN)
800 meters: 4-Cody Skarupa (1:58.39), 9-Michael Washington (2:00.49)
4x400 relay: 2-Charles Jackson, Michael Washington, Cody Skarupa, Torian Lindsey (3:22.85)

JUNE 22, 2010 - Track & Field

McNeese State recently kicked off its track and field recruiting season with the signing of two for the Cowboy team and seven for the Cowgirls.

Head coach Brendon Gilroy made the announcement of the signees, adding "This class of women should help add depth to our young sprint and jumping corps for the coming season. We identified an area we needed to get more competitive in and we feel that this group will come in ready to go. They all had success at their last stop.

"I expect the two men we signed to also make a significant contribution to our Cowboy team this year."

New Cowboys on the squad will be hurdler/middle distance runner Cody Skarupa from Collegiate High School in Destin, FL and jumper Xavier Stevens from Acadiana High.

Joining the Cowgirls will be sprinter/jumper Mariah Georgetown of Bethany Christian of Baton Rouge, jumper/sprinter Jasmine Cornelius of Elgin (TX) HS, hurdler/jumper/sprinter Desarae Couthren of Elgin HS, hurdler/sprinter Emily Spence of Sterlington (LA) HS, jumper/sprinter Courtnei Carter of St. Louis HS, jumper/sprinter Cassie Cubbison of Lorena (TX) HS and distance runner Georgia Ball of William Farr HS in the United Kingdom.

Skarupa was a champion in the 800 meters during McNeese's own Cowboy Relays last indoor season and he went on to post a best of 1:55 in the event. However, his best event could be the long hurdles as he is presently the 11th ranked high school hurdler in the nation with a top effort of 53.6 in the 400 hurdles.

He won district and regional titles in the 300 hurdles during the year and finished fifth in the state meet.

Stevens was the state Class AAAAA runnerup in the triple jump event this past season with a best of 47-8.