The LSU men’s and women’s cross country teams performed poorly compared to their opponents at the 2011 Southeastern Conference championship meet Monday in Maryville, Tenn.
The Tigers finished 10th out of 11 with 235 points counted against them and the Lady Tigers finished last with 337 points. The best possible score is 15, and a higher number of points means lower placement.
“The team didn’t do quite as well as we could have,” said senior Cullen Doody.
Arkansas won the men’s meet with 33 points counted against them and Vanderbilt won the women’s meet with 30 points.
Doody led the Tigers with a 19th place finish in a time of 24:53.43. He beat his personal record by nearly 30 seconds.
“It’s nice when your training comes together like that, and you have a good day at a big meet,” Doody said. “I’m pretty sure this is the first time I cracked the top 50 or even top 60. From an individual standpoint I was happy, but I wish the team had done a bit better