April 19, 2008

McNeese State's Christi McRae finished third in the women's 400 meter dash at the Kansas Relays, posting the second fastest time in school history.

The Cowgirl freshman ran a 53.91 which is also the fastest by a Southland Conference performer this season.

Also during the Kansas Relays, Michael Dyer finished 5th in the 800 meter run with a 1:51.97 effort which is the fastest by a Cowboy this season. Men's javelin thrower Ben Chretien went 176-1 and finished 19th in that event while the 4x1 mile relay team of Stephen Scullion, Jordan Neil, Michael Dyer and Johnathan Koenck ran fourth with a clocking of 17:57.35.

Also, DeAnn Washington placed 19th in the women's discus at 129-2 and the men's 4x800 meter relay of Scullion, Michael Washington, Neil and Dyer ran an 8:00.37 for eighth place.

In the only result from the LSU meet, McNeese's Dwight Charles posted a 49.31 effort in the 400 meter dash.