LAFAYETTE, La. – The Nicholls State University men's and women's cross country teams wrapped up competition at the annual Ragin Cajuns Invitational on Friday night, as the women's team came away with the meet crown while the men's trio all finished within the top 15 individuals on the evening.

This is the second consecutive win for the Nicholls women's team scoring team 25 points to beat out host ULL for the title, as they also won the McNeese Relays last weekend.

Tessni Carruthers was the top performer on the women's side, finishing first 18:24.6 to lead a trio of Nicholls performers in the top five and quartet in the top six in the women's 5K.

Sarah Pressley finished third with a time of 19:50.5, followed by Emily Charlesworth in fourth with a time of 20:07.1 and Jackie White in sixth with a time of 20:21.9.

Sebie O'Neill paced the men's side in the 8K, finishing seventh overall with a time of 28:39.9, breaking the string of ULL runners who took the top six spots in the event. Kane Daigle finished tenth with his time of 29:20.3, while Reece Vitale finished 12th with a time of 30:14.6.

Ashley Johnson had the 13th best time overall finishing in 22:03.5, followed by Victoria Williams' time of 22:40.7 which was 15th fastest.

The Colonels were rounded out by Emily Carrere's 16th place finish, Maria Mondello's 18th place finish Terrian Gauff's 21st place finish and Alexandra Martin's 22nd place finish.

Both teams will be back in action next weekend, participating in the LSU Invitational in Baton Rouge.