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NEW ORLEANS – The University of New Orleans cross country teams will make the 250-mile trek to Walter P. Ledet Track Complex on the campus of Northwestern State for the 2025 Southland Conference Cross Country Championships on Friday morning.
Mason Appleton,
Antonio Delgado,
Petra Imre and
Michela Papalia are the only Privateers with Southland Championship experience who are scheduled to race this weekend. Appleton's best time at a Southland Championship is 25:23.0 in 2022, Delgado's is 27:27.0 in 2022, and Imre and Papalia finished in 22:56.0 and 23:12.3 last season.
Both the men's and women's teams have seen success at the Southland Championships over the last five seasons. Since 2021, including the 2020 championship run held in 2021, the UNO men have finished fourth, fourth, third, fourth and eighth. Kolyn Saltzman owns the best individual finish at the Southland Championships by a Privateer male, with a pair of fourth-place finishes in 2021 and 2022.
The women have finished fourth, second, first, second and fourth since 2021. The 2022 championship was the second in program history and just the third women's conference championship in any sport in school history. Arina Kleshchukova won the individual Southland Championship in 2019 with a time of 20:50.5.
The women's 6K is set to start at 8:30 a.m., with the men's 8K following at 9:30 a.m. Fans can follow along using the link above or check @PrivateersTFXC on X for updates Friday morning. Both races will also be streamed on ESPN+.
SCHEDULED TO RUN FOR NEW ORLEANS:
(women) Alexa Daverio,
Petra Imre,
Michela Papalia,
Dairia Rojas Vasquez,
Anais Sulpice,
Candilynn Vega
(men) Mason Appleton,
Brandt Blanchard,
Chey Bridges,
Kenneth Cerrato,
Antonio Delgado,
Landen Juneau,
Henry Livingston,
Ben Stumm
SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE XCRI RANKINGS:
Men
43 Stephen F. Austin.
90 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
116 UIW
201 Lamar
238 McNeese State
243 East Texas A&M
262 HCU
278 New Orleans
299 Nicholls
317 Northwestern State
320 Southeastern
Not Ranked - UTRGV
Women
63 Stephen F. Austin
98 Texas A&M-Corpus Christ
209 UTRGV
235 McNeese State
249 UIW
275 New Orleans
297 HCU
303 Lamar
311 Nicholls
334 East Texas A&M
351 Southeastern
356 Northwestern State
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