MEET INFO | WOMEN'S COURSE MAP (6K) | MEN'S COURSE MAP (8K) | LIVE RESULTS
NEW ORLEANS – For the third consecutive season and fourth time overall, the LSU New Orleans men's and women's cross country teams will compete at the prestigious Arturo Barrios Invitational on Friday morning.
The Privateer women finished ninth in 2022 and 28
th in both 2024 and 2025. The Privateer men finished 13
th in 2022, 34
th in 2024 and 29
th last season.
Senior
Emma Bourg is set to make her return to competition for the first time since last August. She holds the best mark ever by a Privateer woman on Dale Watts Cross Country Course at 20:51.3 set in two seasons ago as a sophomore. That time is the fourth-fastest 6K time in program history.
Petra Imre and
Alexa Daverio both ran in the Arturo Barrios Invitational for the New Orleans women last season - Petra finished in 22:30.01 and Alexa finished in 23:43.1. Imre also set her personal best at 6K - 21:45.6 - at the same meet as a freshman in 2024.
Sophie Acevedo,
Ella Narhi,
Madalynn Salsman and
Layla Warren have never run collegiately in College Station.
Brandt Blanchard (26:28.0),
Landen Juneau (26.55.4),
Henry Livingston (28.08.5), and
Grant Young (28:07.6) all ran at last season's Arturo Barrios Invitational.
Kenneth Cerrato also started the race but did not finish it.
Joshua Guidry,
Trevin LeBouef and
Alex Williams have yet to run in College Station in their collegiate careers.
Former Privateer Josh Johnston has the best mark by a Privateer male on Dale Watts Cross Country Course - a 24:05.7 - set in 2024. That mark remains the fourth-fastest 8K time in program history.
The Privateers have also competed at the South Central Regional in College Station in 2001, 2015, 2018 and 2022. Both the men's and women's teams finished sixth in 2022 — the highest finish at an NCAA regional for either program.
Friday morning's races in College Station begin at 8:15 a.m., with the men running the 8K, followed by the women's 6K around 9:15 a.m. Live results are available at the link above, courtesy of Flash Timing.
ABOUT LSU NEW ORLEANS
In July of 2026 the University of New Orleans rejoined the LSU system and rebranded to "LSU New Orleans" bringing together two powerful brands - the purple and gold of LSU with the unbreakable spirit of New Orleans. The transition marks a return to the LSU family for the University - a place it called home from 1958-2011. Athletic teams will remain the Privateers and continue to compete in the Southland Conference.
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