JEFFERSON, La. — Loyola University dominated its home cross country meet, the New Orleans Dirt Classic, with first-place team and individual performances Friday morning in the men's and women's divisions.
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Senior Jace Luckoski led the Wolf Pack men with a winning time of 20 minutes, 46.9 seconds for four miles. It's a career best for Luckoski, No. 2 at that distance in Loyola history. Wolf Pack freshman Genevieve Blanc, in her second collegiate meet, won the 5,000-meter women's race in 19:57.0.
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Both Loyola teams produced a perfect 15 points in team scoring.
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Also competing for the Loyola men were Jacob Kennedy, second in 21:08.8; Dylan Brown, third in 21:31.2; Cole Savoy, fourth in 21:39.6; Aubrey Gibson, sixth in 22:03.6; Adam Merkle, seventh in 22:08.1; and Alastair Casler, eighth in 22:52.6. The times of Brown and Savoy were the fastest of their Loyola careers.
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Also competing for the Loyola women were Ashlynn Yonge, third in 20:24.4; Noah Watson, fourth in 20:48.0; Sela Myers, fifth in 20:59.0; Sophia Freeze, sixth in 21:50.2; Caitlyn Summers, seventh in 22:10.7; and Vivian Bravo, eighth on 22:52.7. It was the collegiate debut of Yonge and Watson.
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Jefferson Playground was the venue. Weather: partly cloudy, temperature 76 degrees, humidity 86 percent and wind from the east-northeast at 10 mph.
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Next for Loyola will be the Belhaven Invitational Oct. 3 at Choctaw Trails in Clinton, Miss. The men's race will start at 8 a.m., and the women's race will start at 8:45 a.m.
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