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NEW ORLEANS – The LSU New Orleans cross country teams will make the 205-mile journey west to Enos Derbonne Sports Complex in Lake Charles for the 2026 Southland Conference Cross Country Championships on Friday morning.
Emma Bourg,
Alexa Daverio, and
Petra Imre have experience at previous Southland Championships for the Privateer women. Bourg finished 10th at the 2023 Southland Championships with a time of 22:20.7 and was named the Southland Conference Freshman of the Year and second-team All-Southland that season. She finished 15th in 2024 with a time of 22:16.21 and did not run in last season's race.
Imre finished 30th in 2024 in 22:56.00 and finished 27th last season in 22:34.3. Daverio set a personal-best time of 23:35.6 at last year's meet as well and finished 50th.
Brandt Blanchard,
Landen Juneau,
Henry Livingston, and
Kenneth Cerrato all ran in last season's Southland Championships for the Privateer men. Juneau finished 59th in 25:21.7, Blanchard finished 61st in 25:25.5, Livingston finished 84th in 26:52.4, and Cerrato finished 88th in 27:31.5. Juneau, Blanchard, and Livingston were all part of the seven personal bests set by the Privateer men at last season's meet.
Both the men's and women's teams have seen success at the Southland Championships over the last six seasons. Since 2021, including the 2020 championship run held in 2021, the New Orleans men have finished fourth, fourth, third, fourth, eighth, and ninth. Kolyn Saltzman owns the best individual finish at the Southland Championships by a Privateer male, with back-to-back fourth-place finishes in 2021 and 2022.
The women have finished fourth, second, first, second, fourth, and sixth since 2021. The 2022 championship was the second in program history and just the third women's conference championship in any sport in school history. Arina Kleshchukova won the individual Southland Championship in 2019 with a time of 20:50.5.
The women's 6K is set to start at 8:30 a.m., with the men's 8K following at 9:30 a.m. Fans can follow along using the link above or check @PrivateersTFXC on X for updates Friday morning. Both races will also be streamed on ESPN+, with the broadcast set to begin at 8:15 a.m.
SCHEDULED TO RUN FOR NEW ORLEANS:
(women) Sophie Acevedo,
Emma Bourg,
Alexa Daverio,
Petra Imre,
Ella Narhi,
Madalynn Salsman,
Layla Warren
(men) Brandt Blanchard,
Kenneth Cerrato,
Joshua Guidry,
Landen Juneau,
Trevin LeBouef,
Henry Livingston,
Alex Williams,
Grant Young
SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE XCRI RANKINGS:
Men
61 Stephen F. Austin
123 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
127 McNeese
141 UIW
186 Lamar
266 HCU
295 UTRGV
309 LSU New Orleans
316 Southeastern
320 Northwestern State
321 Nicholls
Women
83 Stephen F. Austin
113 Texas A&-Corpus Christi
193 UIW
196 Lamar
198 HCU
222 UTRGV
248 McNeese
259 LSU New Orleans
284 East Texas A&M
313 Nicholls
344 Northwestern State
348 Southeastern
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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