NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans men's and women's track and field teams closed the 2025 Southland Conference Outdoor Championships in style, backed by 10 top-10 finishes, including two podium finishes Saturday at the Wendel D. Ley Track & Holloway Field in Houston.
The Privateer women finished 11th, capturing 23 points over the three days, while the men earned 13 of their 19 total points on Saturday alone.
New Orleans'
Helen Baumgarten earned the highest finish of any individual athlete, earning silver in the women's 100m hurdles in a personal-best 13.80 seconds, while the men's 4x100m relay team of Chris Murphy,
Madonna Favour,
Daryl Bachmann and
Darryl George Jr. earned bronze in the first running event of the finals with a time of 39.77 seconds.
Freshman
Annika Metzger claimed eight points thanks to a 4th-place finish in the women's 800m and a 6th-place finish in the 1500m event. Favour hauled in three points with a 7th-place finish in the men's 200m and 8th-place finish in the men's 100m.
Emma Bourg and Metzger combined to score seven team points in the women's 1500m, as Bourg finished 5th in 4:31.54 and Metzger in 6th in 4:33.48. Metzger then took part in the 800m competition and crossed the line in 2:13.41 to add another five points in 4th.
Favour completed the men's 100m event in 10.87 seconds to claim 8th, flipping then to the 200m where he captured 7th place in 21.22 seconds.
Taj Morris earned a pair of points finishing 7th in the men's 110m hurdles with a time of 14.33 seconds.
In the 4x400m relay, the Privateer men ran the 7th-fastest time in school history with a mark of 3:12.55 to place 7th, while the women finished 2nd in their heat and 9th overall with a time of 3:53.92.
Christina Davis finished 16th in the women's discus, landing a throw of 39.63m.
Bourg set a new personal record in the women's 5000m event with a time of 18:10.79 in 17th, followed by
Michela Papalia in 25th in 18:54.62,
Petra Imre 30th in 19:26.90 and
Michelle Folk in 36th in 20:00.12.
Josh Johnston finished 19th in the men's 5000m 15:17.33, while
Mason Appleton finished in 15:45.03 in 31st.
Antonio Delgado set a new personal record by nearly 16 seconds in 33rd in 16:11.60 and
Gary Sandrock was 35th with a time of 16:27.84.
NEXT UP
The Privateers head to the NCAA East Regionals May 28-31 at Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida.
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