LaCour Lands 1st Place and Team Grabs 2nd Place at Cross Country District Meet

Posted November 1, 2019 / Last updated November 7, 2019

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Running through the crisp fall wind, senior Luke LaCour took home 1st at the District 9-5A championship on Thursday, Oct. 31, leading the Blue Jays to a strong 2nd-place overall finish. Holy Cross took third place, 15 points behind Jesuit, and Brother Martin claimed district champions undercutting Jesuit by just 14 points.

LaCour was not the only high-achieving Blue Jay, as junior Jack Wallace and sophomore Morgan Hebert both placed in the top 10 runners. Wallace and Hebert landed a 4th-place and 9th-place finish, respectively.

Through the Lens…

Freshmen Robert Buisson and Patrick Dowd cruise along the muddy track with junior Chris DeHart right on their heels.

View the Photo Gallery of the New Orleans District 9-5A Championship

By the Numbers…

Each team ran its top seven runners. The first five runners from each team to cross the finish line receive the points that correspond to their place. The first place runner receives one point, the second place runner two, and so on. The team receiving the lowest score wins. The sixth and seventh runners on a team, although they don’t receive a score, can also be important, in that they can “displace” scoring runners from the other team.

Individual Results

EVENT PLACE / PTS. EARNED BLUE JAY GRADE TIME
3Mile 1 Luke LaCour 12 16:30.43
3Mile 4 Jack Wallace
11 16:40.15
3Mile 9 Morgan Hebert 10 17:10.22
3Mile 17 Patrick Dowd
9 17:27.74
3Mile 18 Robert Buisson
9 17:29.05
3Mile 20 Stephen Peterman
11 17:38.57
3Mile 27 Chris DeHart
11 17:57.09

Team Results

PLACE TEAM TOTAL TIME AVG. TIME TOTAL PTS. TOTAL PTS. BREAKDOWN BY RUNNER
          R-1 R-2 R-3 R-4 R-5 R-6* R-7*
1 Brother Martin 1:24:34.18 16:54.84 35 3 5 6 8 12 19 23
2 Jesuit 1:25:17.59 17:03.52 49 1 4 9 17 18 20 27
3 Holy Cross 1:26:35.10 17:19.02 64 10 11 13 14 16 24  
4 John Curtis 1:27:44.92 17:32.98 84 2 6 15 29 32 38  
5 Archbishop Rummel 1:33:30.79 18:42.16 140 21 22 25 35 37 39 40
6 Archbishop Shaw 1:31:47.65 18:21.53 148 26 28 30 31 32 34 36

[* denotes not included in overall team score]

On the Horizon…

Next up for the Jays is the Regional Meet on Friday, Nov. 8. Race time is 4:45 p.m. at City Park.

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