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Cross country: Tigers, Lady Tigers compete in SEC championship today

By Andrew Chapple
Sports Contributor
October 29, 2011

The LSU cross country team has its most important run of the year today at the 2011 Southeastern Conference Championship meet. "I'm excited about the SEC meet because we've been training for this meet...

Tradition of nicknames established on team

By Andrew Chapple
Sports Contributor
October 17, 2011

The Honey Badger isn't the only LSU athlete with a nickname. On the cross country team, they're an unspoken requirement. "I guess we just like to make fun of people, especially our teammates," said redshirt...

Cross Country: Tigers finish 17th, Lady Tigers finish 20th in Chile Pepper meet

By Andrew Chapple
Sports Contributor
October 15, 2011

The LSU cross country teams finished in the middle of the pack Saturday in their largest meet of the season thus far. The Tigers placed 17th and the Lady Tigers placed 20th at the Chile Pepper Cross Country...

Primeaux returns to compete after taking a year off

By Andrew Chapple
Sports Contributor
October 9, 2011

Former high school standout Philip Primeaux hadn't run competitively in over a year and a half, but picked up right where he left off. Primeaux finished 8,000 meters in 28:43.6 at the LSU Invitational...

Cross Country: Teams finish 2nd, 3rd at Stampede

By Andrew Chapple
Sports Contributor
October 2, 2011

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'...

Cross country teams head to Lake Charles

By Andrew Chapple
Sports Contributor
September 29, 2011

The LSU cross country team will run shorter races this weekend at the 2011 McNeese Cowboy Stampede. The Lady Tigers are slated to run the 5000-meter race and the Tigers will run four miles, differing from...

Cross country team trains on high Tunica hills

By Andrew Chapple
Sports Contributor
September 27, 2011

Staring up a hill with a slope somewhere between 45 and 90 degrees, junior Brea Goodman ascends into Tunica Hills for the first of many uphill battles. "Nothing is worse than Tunica," Goodman said. This...

Cross Country: Women win meet, men place second

By Andrew Chapple
Sports Contributor
September 24, 2011

The LSU cross country teams made their first and last home meets of the season count. The Lady Tigers placed first out of 10 teams, with five runners in the top 10, and the Tigers placed second out of...

Cross country: LSU hosts only home meet Saturday

By Andrew Chapple
Sports Contributor
September 21, 2011

The LSU cross country team hosts its first and only home meet of the season Saturday at Highland Road Park. The Lady Tigers run 6,000-meters at 8:05 a.m. and the Tigers run 8,000-meters at 9:15 a.m. in...

Cross Country: Tigers, Lady Tigers start season in Mississippi

By Andrew Chapple
Sports Contributor
September 15, 2011

The football team isn't the only Tiger squad at Mississippi State this week. The LSU men's and women's cross country teams begin their season Saturday at the Mississippi State Invitational in Starkville,...

Top cross country runner to redshirt this year, return for her final season

By Andrew Chapple
Sports Contributor
September 12, 2011

The Lady Tigers' fastest runner, Laura Carleton, requested to use her redshirt at an abnormal time. Carleton, who already used her redshirt season in track, chose to use her redshirt season in cross country...

Summer heat prompts cross country team to practice at night

By Andrew Chapple
Sports Contributor
August 29, 2011

On a Monday with a high of 99 degrees, the LSU cross country team arrived at Highland Road Park for a typical 6 p.m. practice. "Normally we would be at 1:30 in the afternoon when it was 80 degrees," said...