Six Ragin’ Cajuns track and field athletes will take part in the 2013 NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships East Preliminary on May 23-25 in Greensboro, N.C., head coach Lon Badeaux announced.

The Ragin’ Cajuns track and field team saw the women’s squad finish in sixth place with 67 points, while the men ended the day in eighth with 44 points at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championship on Sunday at the Ansin Spors Complex.

Senior Myles Melancon highlighted action for the Ragin’ Cajuns track and field team on day two of the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship, claiming the men’s shot put championship Saturday at the Ansin Sports Complex.

The Ragin’ Cajuns track and field team saw a pair of athletes position themselves to take medalist honors on the first day of the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships on the campus of FIU.

Senior Kacey Elphage picked up her second Sun Belt Conference female track athlete of the week honor for the Ragin’ Cajuns track and field program earlier this week.

The Ragin’ Cajuns men’s and women’s track and field squad closed out the regular season portion of the 2013 outdoor schedule here Saturday participating in the Bobcat Classic hosted by Texas State University.

In what marked the first domestic non-shooting terrorist attack since 9/11, two explosions erupted near the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday, killing three people, wounding more than 140 and critically injuring at least 17, Boston police reported.

Several first place finishes on the track and in field events for the Ragin’ Cajuns men’s and women’s track and field squad were recorded here Saturday as the first half of the 2013 outdoor season wrapped up at the Jaguar Invitational.

The Ragin’ Cajuns men’s and women’s track and field squad closes out a three-week stretch of meets here Saturday when they compete in the Jaguar Invitational at Jaguar Track on the University of South Alabama campus.

Junior Ta’Shania Bean was named this week’s Sun Belt Conference female field athlete of the week by the league office on Wednesday.

The Ragin’ Cajuns men’s and women’s track and field team found continued success in the jumps here Saturday as the squad concluded the LSU Relays at Bernie Moore Track Stadium on the LSU campus.

The Ragin’ Cajuns men’s and women’s track and field team found continued success in the jumps here Saturday as the squad concluded the LSU Relays at Bernie Moore Track Stadium on the LSU campus.

Myles Melancon posted a win in the shot put a second straight week and Scott Brewster and Anna Katherine Devitt claimed second place in distance races as the Ragin’ Cajuns men’s and women’s track and field team opened competition in the LSU Relays at Bernie Moore Track Stadium on Friday.

The Ragin’ Cajuns men’s and women’s track and field squad is set to continue its 2013 outdoor season here Friday-Saturday, March 22-23 competing in the LSU Relays at Bernie Moore Track Stadium on the LSU campus.

Senior Kacey Elphage was named this week’s Sun Belt Conference female track athlete of the week, the first league honor of the 2013 outdoor season for the Ragin’ Cajuns track and field program.