NEW ORLEANS Key Alfred and Stanley Limoh each posted top-20 finishes on the men's side while four runners earned top-20 finishes on the women's side to lead the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns cross country team at the New Orleans Cross Country Opener on Friday at Lake Oaks Park.

Louisiana placed fourth overall in the women's 4,000-meter race with 75 points and followed Tulane (42), Nicholls State (47) and host UNO (56) in the eight-team event. The Ragin' Cajuns placed fifth overall in the men's 5,000-meter event with 114 points and following UNO (34), Tulane (40), Loyola (87) and Nicholls (97).

Alfred posted a time of 16 minutes, 18.2 seconds to finish 14^th overall for Louisiana with Limoh earning a 20^th-place finish after crossing the finish line in 16:30.4. Freshman Samuel Avants clocked a time of 17:01.5 in his collegiate debut for Louisiana with Conner Meche finishing 36^th (17:10.9), Jonathan Kimutai 39^th (17:17.6), Rashid Reese 40^th (17:24.5), Solomon Brent 46^th (17:54.3), Riley Plunkett 50^th (18:16.2) and Chandler Burns 51^st (18:21.7).

Three newcomers paced Louisiana on the women's side with freshman Rosalie Michot earning a seventh-place finish in her collegiate debut. The Lafayette High product clocked a time of 15:57.9 to lead Louisiana with freshman Emoni Coleman posting a 10^th-place performance in her debut (16:19.7).

Lauren Cantrelle placed 14^th overall for Louisiana after finishing in 16:33.6, with Ally McCulley finishing 19^th (16:50.7), Kate Ferguson 31^st (18:14.4) and Meredith Hebert 35^th (18:35.9).

Louisiana will return to action on Sept. 14 when it travels to Arlington, Texas to compete at the Gerald Richey Invitational.

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