Rebecca Quevedeaux (Photo by Darrell James)
Provided by LA Tech Athletic Communications
Louisiana Tech University will host its annual Mook4 Invitational this morning at the Tech Farm. The women’s 5k will kick off at 8am, followed by the men’s 7k starting at 8:40am.
Admission to the race is free.
The field of competitors includes runners from Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Bossier Parish Community College (W), Grambling State, Northwestern State, Southern, TCU and ULM.
Louisiana Tech finished fifth and sixth at the McNeese Cowboy Stampede.
Among the Bulldogs, Landon Byrd took first place for the second consecutive race. This time, the first-year students finished the four miles in 20 minutes, 40.40 seconds. Allie Linton and Dillon Morey were the only Tech athletes to break 22 minutes. Linton finished in 21:15.90 and Morley finished in 21:42.20.
For the women, Rebecca Quebedeaux came first in the 5km with a personal best time of 18:52.56. Delaney Lopez had another strong freshman campaign, clocking a time of 19:31.64. Lexa Thompson finished in 19:55.83, becoming the only Bulldog to break under 20 minutes.
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