Trips to Birmingham and Baton Rouge Await Privateer Track and Field

JOSH REIDINGER INVITATIONAL: MEET INFO | MEET SCHEDULE | LIVE RESULTS (Xpress Timing)
LSU ALUMNI GOLD: MEET INFO | MEET SCHEDULE | LIVE RESULTS (available Friday)

NEW ORLEANS - The University of New Orleans Track and Field program will split up once again this weekend, with the majority of the team headed to Birmingham, Ala., for the inaugural Josh Reidinger Invitational on Friday. On Saturday afternoon, a selection of Privateer runners will make the trip to Baton Rouge for LSU's Alumni Gold.

Antonio Creger (SP, DT), Christina Davis (HT, DT, SP), Tyler Mitchell (JT), and Keon Woolridge (HT) will represent the Privateer throws group at Samford. Ashley Robinson will make her collegiate debut in the triple jump and be the first female Privateer triple jumper since Alimot Alowonle in 2024. Robinson is also set to run in the 100M and 200M on Friday afternoon.

Other New Orleans runners at the Reidinger Invitational include: Chey Bridges (5000M), Katie Burnett (100M, 200M), Kenneth Cerrato (1500M), Alexa Daverio (5000M), Gennieve Davis (100M, 200M), Antonio Delgado (5000M), Serenity Harris (100M, 200M), Nyah Harrison (100M, 200M), Petra Imre (5000M), Landen Juneau (5000M), Henry Livingston (5000M), Tshilidzi Netshiombo (200M, 400M), London Parker (800M), Michela Papalia (5000M), Ben Stumm (1500M), Agathe Tronchon (400H), Candilynn Vega (800M), Alex Williams (1500M), and Grant Young (800M). The New Orleans women will also race a yet-to-be-determined 4x400-meter relay team.

Running for New Orleans on Saturday at Bernie Moore Track Stadium will be: Mason Appleton (1500M), Daryl Bachmann (100M), Brandt Blanchard (800M), Erin Grime (1500M), Yoran Kabengele-Kabala (100M, 200M), Olamipo Ladipo (100M, 200M), Jose Manuel Rodriguez (800M), Anais Sulpice (800M, 1500M), Keldrick Turner (200M, 400M), and LeeAira Williams (100M, 200M). Bachmann, Kabengele-Kabala, Ladipo, and Turner will also run in the 4x100-meter relay, and a yet-to-be-determined men's team will run in the 4x400-meter relay.

At the halfway point of the outdoor season, Yoran is No. 23 in the East in the 100M with a time of 10.20. Olamipo, Yoran, and Turner rank No. 36, 47, and 49 in the 200M with times of 20.76, 20.83, and 20.84, and the men's 4x100-meter relay team of Yoran, Olamipo, Turner, and Bachmann ranks No. 34 with a time of 39.80. The top 48 times in the East will qualify for the NCAA East Regional in Lexington, Ky., on May 27–30.

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