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NEW ORLEANS – Fresh off being ranked top-10 in the South Central region by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association the University of New Orleans Cross Country teams will host eight Pelican State rivals tomorrow evening.
The 2022 edition of the New Orleans XC Opener will take place at Lake Oaks Park – just minutes away from campus and will be the first meet for Head Coach
Brock Moreaux since being promoted in August. The women's 4K will get underway at 6:00 p.m. with the men running a 5k starting about 45 minutes later.
Friday's races will mark the first home meet for the Privateers since 2019. The past two New Orleans XC Openers were canceled due to COVID-19, and Hurricane Ida. The men's team won the last New Orleans XC Opener with 34 points and the women finished third with 54 points.
Current Privateers
Cade Litolff,
Kolyn Saltzman, and
Alex Soileau ran in the 2019 meet for the Privateer men - Kolyn finished in seventh-place with a time of 15:52.239.
Michelle Folk and
Anna Martin have prior UNO XC Opener experience for the Privateer women.
SCHEDULED TO RUN FOR UNO:
(men) Mason Appleton,
Antonio Delgado,
Jaden Forester,
Cade Litolff,
Kolyn Saltzman,
Antonio Sanchez,
Gary Sandrock,
Alex Soileau
(women) Oxana Bonjorn-Giros,
Rebecca DeKay,
Michelle Folk,
Holly Hedrick,
Mathilde Helms-Kjaer,
Ariana Jimenez,
Anna Martin,
Tshwanelo Maruping,
Alexandra Weir.
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: UNO (host), Dillard, Louisiana, Loyola (La.), LSU, Nicholls, Southeastern, Tulane, Xavier (La.)
HEAD COACH BROCK MOREAUX
"We are thrilled to host and compete against the best Louisiana has to offer right here on the Lakefront tomorrow. It's always really exciting when we finally get to that first meet of the season, but even more so when you get to do it at home."
"We will mostly just be using this race as a baseline for where we are as a team and as a momentum builder moving into our next race at North Alabama. We have an exciting mix of newcomers and returners – I'm eager to watch them get this new wave of Privateer Cross Country going!"
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