LAKE CHARLES, La. – The Nicholls State University men's and women's cross country teams opened the regular season on Tuesday participating in the McNeese Relays and the team of Tessni Carruthers and Jackie White pushed the women's team to their second-straight relays title while the men's group of Sebie O'Neill and Kane Daigle finished 11^th.
 
The Colonel women won the event last season, as Carruthers, who was on the winning relay group last season, and White finished the 6K event in 23:04 minutes, as the team of Sarah Pressley and Emily Charlesworth finished fourth overall with a time of 23:43 to give Nicholls two teams in the top five.
 
O'Neill and Daigle was the only group on the men's side for the Colonels and finished in 20:47, just .05 seconds away from a top-ten finish.
 
The tandem of Ashley Johnson and Victoria Williams finished 13^th overall with a time of 27:35, while Emily Carrere and newcomer Maria Mondello finished in 31:08 for a 17^th place finish.
 
Both squads will be back in action on Sept. 14, running in the Ragin Cajun Invitational hosted by the University of Louisiana-Lafayette.