LAKE CHARLES – The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns track and field team officially opened its 2019 outdoor season on Saturday at the McNeese Cowboy Relays/Bob Hayes Louisiana Challenge with six first-place finishes and four top-5 marks in an 11-team field at the Lena and Bill Henning Track and Field Complex.
Louisiana, which claimed first-place finishes in four field events, along with Tyler Hughes (men's 110-meter hurdles) and the men's 4x800-meter relay team, finished in a third-place tie with a combined 205 points.
Damon Guidry (high jump), Kyle Baudoin (pole vault) and Shaquille Singuineau (shot put) each claimed individual men's titles in their respective events with Kimberly Rushford claiming the women's pole vault (12-3 ¼) with the fourth-best mark in school history.