The Tigers placed their top five scorers in the top 16 en route to a second place finish behind McNeese State in the eight-team field at the 2011 McNeese Stampede in Lake Charles on Saturday.
The Tigers’ tag team of seniors Cullen Doody and Richard Chautin switched finishes from last week. Doody led the Tigers, finishing sixth overall in 19:40, and Chautin finished second for the Tigers and eighth overall with a time of 19:48.41 in the four-mile race.
“We work well together,” Doody said. “I feel good about the way I felt today and I know a lot of the guys felt the same conference.”
Wiesler, a redshirt freshman, ran 20:36 and finished 14th. Junior Roger Cooke and sophomore Alden Heaphy ran 20:13 and 20:47, finishing 12th and 16th, respectively.
The Lady Tigers finished third behind Nicholls State and McNeese State.
Junior Leigh-Ann Naccari led the team, finishing fourth overall in 17:48 for the 5,000-meters.
“Coach [Mark Elliott] told me to start the race at a faster pace today because this course is flat. So I did what he said and tried to keep the pace,” Naccari said.
Naccari beat her personal record for the event by more than a minute.
“I was especially happy to see how Leigh-Ann did,” said senior Laura Carleton. “I thought she was capable of running like that, but it’s still always a bit surprising when someone is able to drop a minute off of their exciting.”
Juniors Brea Goodman, Laura Aleman and Dakota Goodman broke personal records in the 5,000-meters, finishing 11th, 14th and 19th overall. Freshman Andria Aguilar was the last scorer for the Lady Tigers, finishing 25th overall.
 
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