COMBINED RESULTS (Xpress Timing) | COMBINED RESULTS (TFFRS) | MEN'S RESULTS | WOMEN'S RESULTS | PHOTO GALLERY
NEW ORLEANS – Both of the University of New Orleans's Cross Country teams ran well on Friday morning on their way to 10
th place finishes at the Southern Showcase. Seven of New Orleans' women placed inside the top-100, alongside five UNO men on a pleasant morning in Huntsville, Ala.
For the second straight meet freshman
Matthew Hansen led the way for the Privateer men. Hansen finished his first career 8K in 24:36.6 – good for a top-30 finish in the field of 303 runners. The Brisbane native just missed a top-10 mark in school history with his time on Friday morning sitting 12
th on New Orleans' all-time list.
Evan Pardo finished inside the top-50 as well with a new personal best of 24.50.6 – good for 46
th overall.
Antonio Delgado also finished with a new personal best after finishing with a time of 26:48.7.
Four Privateer men made massive improvements on their time and placement at John Hunt Park last season. Delgado's run on Friday morning was over a minute faster than his time last season, and he moved up 108 places on the leaderboard between 2022 and 2023.
Mason Appleton and
Alex Soileau improved their times by 30 seconds with Soileau moving up 78 places, and Appleton moving up 87 places.
Rebecca DeKay paced the Privateer women finishing 44
th out of 332 runners with at time of 17:49.8.
Alexandra Weir finished 52
nd with a time of 17:56.8. Freshman
Emma Bourg finished her first 5K in 18:10.1, while
Tshwanelo Maruping,
Oxana Bonjorn-Giros,
Irene Bonanomi and
Agnes Danner finished inside the top-100 as well.
Bonjorn-Giros made a massive improvement on her personal best – 57 seconds – after finishing in 18:12.0.
Holly Hedrick's time of 19:26.1 was a new personal best as well by 11 seconds, and Maruping set a new personal best as well by eight seconds.
Both teams moved up from their placement at last year's event – the men finished four spots better this season after a 14
th place finish in 2022, while the women moved up from 11
th to 10
th.
UP NEXT
The Privateers return to the course on Saturday Oct. 14 when they travel to Tuscalossa, Ala. for the Crimson Classic hosted by the University of Alabama. The men will run an 8K at 8:30 a.m., with the women's 6K set for 9:20 a.m. at Pritchett Park. Information about live scoring and a potential live stream will be made available in the future.
MEN'S RESULTS
30
Matthew Hansen 24:36.6
46
Evan Pardo 24.50.2
*
55
Cade Litolff 24:58.50
81
Kelvin Chiku 25:23.0
104
Alex Soileau 25:54.6
127
Mason Appleton 26:19.0
146
Baptiste Depril-Dupre 26:37.4
157
Antonio Delgado 26:48.7*
164
Gary Sandrock 26:57.3
249
Christian Francisco 29:08.2
* personal bests
WOMEN'S RESULTS
44
Rebecca DeKay 17:49.8
52
Alexandra Weir 17:56.8
64
Emma Bourg 18:10.1
66
Tshwanelo Maruping 18:12.0*
76
Oxana Bonjorn-Giros 18:24.2*
79
Irene Bonanomi 18:26.8
95
Agnes Danner 18:40.3
108
Ida Danner 18:51.2
127
Michelle Folk 19:05.0
143
Anna Martin 19:21.5
150
Holly Hedrick 19:26.1*
* personal bests
ASSOCIATE CROSS COUNTRY HEAD COACH CLAYTON O'CALLAGHAN
"I thought both teams really competed well today. We finished 10th on both sides – an improvement on last season. We are in a great place aerobically as a team. I expect both teams to go into this next block of training with a lot of confidence as we prepare for the Southland Conference Championships."
"The men looked strong – especially for the first 8K of the season. Matt, Evan and Cade did a great job of moving up throughout the race. I was really pleased with our 1-5 splits."
"Rebecca had a great performance, and Alex has been very consistent for us too. Oxana stepped up huge today, something we stress as a group is picking each other up. Oxana was fantastic at that today."
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