NSU Invitational Records

Men’s Records

Event 100M:

200M: 400M: 800M: 1500M: 3000M:

Time/Mark Name School

Date

10.13 Justin Walker Northwestern State 5/1/10 10.13 Ronnie Powell Northwestern State 4/25/98 20.47 Justin Walker Northwestern State 4/27/14 46.34 Mike Green Northwestern State 5/1/10 1:48.65 Drake Murphy Stephen F. Austin 4/12/19 3:52.6 Mark Mosley Ouachita Baptist 3/18/80 8:53.63 Sam Stabler Lamar 4/6/12 5000M: 14:25.6 Doug Keller Mankato State 3/18/80 10,000M: 31:46.24 Jonathan Granger USL 4/28/92 110M Hurdles: 13.90 James McCrainey Southern 3/11/78 400M Hurdles: 51.56 Chad Leath Northwestern State 4/10/08 3000M SC: 8:57.1 John Kebirio Abilene Christian 3/11/78 4x100M Relay: 39.51 Northwestern State 4/12/19 (E. Clarke, M. Larkins, J. Arrington, T, Carr) 4x400M Relay: 3:09.61 Northwestern State 5/1/10 (M. Batts, K. Taylor, J. Emery, M. Green) 4x400M JV Relay: 3:16.0 Prairie View A&M 3/11/78 High Jump: 7-3 Neil Guidry Nike West 4/28/92 Pole Vault: 17-6 ½ Jeff Rodriguez UT-Tyler 4/6/12 Long Jump: 26-5 Vernon George Unattached 4/28/92 26-5 Kenta Bell Unattached 4/23/00 Triple Jump: 56-6 ¾ Kenta Bell Unattached/NSU 4/23/00 Shot Put: 62-11 John Campbell Northwestern State 4/15/82 Discus: 215-3 Jason Morgan Unattached 4/6/12 Hammer: 222-1 Adonson Shallow Southeastern La. 5/1/10 Javelin: 239-10 Cody Fillinich Northwestern State 4/25/09

Women’s Records

Event

100M: 200M: 400M: 800M: 1500M: 3000M:

Time/Mark Name School

Date

11.47 Marlene Garner Northwestern State 4/24/93 23.12 Quanisha Sales Louisiana Tech 5/1/10 53.69 Natashia Jackson Northwestern State 4/12/19 2:12.72 Esther Abuto Texas-Arlington 5/1/10 4:40.61 Christal Traylor Northwestern State 4/25/98 10:05.32 Tami Micham Northeast Louisiana 4/28/92 5000M: 10:48.38 Kendall Mears Southern Arkansas 4/10/08 10,000M: 41:14.46 Christine Blanchard McNeese State 4/27/91 100M Hurdles: 13.27 Antoinette Cobb Louisiana Tech 5/1/10 400M Hurdles: 59.97 Grace McKenzie McNeese 4/12/19 3000M SC: 11:28.03 Meredith Blocker Stephen F. Austin 4/10/08 4x100M Relay: 45.25 Northwestern State 5/1/10 (A. Kotun, S. VanBuren, C. Seibles, A. Forest) 4x400M Relay: 3:42.70 Stephen F. Austin 4/12/20 (C. Burch, D. Jackson, A. Teel, I. Nave) High Jump: 5-10 ½ Avanna Walker Louisiana Tech 4/23/00 5-10 ½ Jacqueline Canton Northwestern State 4/23/00 Pole Vault: 13-6 ½ Nastassja Campbell Stephen F. Austin 4/12/19 Long Jump: 21-8 ¼ Marita Hunt Unattached 4/25/98 Triple Jump: 41-10 ½ Natasha Barber McNeese State 4/24/93 Shot Put: 56-11 ½ Trecey Rew Unattached/NSU 4/6/12 Discus: 192-9 Trecey Rew Unattached/NSU 4/6/12 Hammer: 208-6 Cristal Kostiew NY Athletics Club 4/16/11 Javelin: 170-10 Samantha Ford Unattached/NSU 4/25/09

Walter P. Ledet Track Complex

The Northwestern State track team competed on a cinder oval in old Demon (Football) Stadium until the early 1970s, when the stadium underwent major renovations. A new facility exclusively for track and field was constructed adjacent to the football stadium and opened in 1977. The track was resurfaced in 1987 and 1995, but drainage problems near the third turn resulted in damage that prevented its use for home meets from 2002-06, although NSU was able to train at the track for all but one fall. The facility underwent a redesign, relocating some event venues and enhancing others, with installation of a world-class track, and reopened for competition for the 2007 season. In 2013, a new mondo surface was added to maintain the complex, which is named after legendary NSU athlete and coach Walter Ledet. Ledet was the first All-American athlete in the history of Northwestern State University, making the All-American football team in 1938. After his graduation, he became an assistant football and track coach, then was named the head track coach in 1952 and built a program which dominated the state for more than a decade. He guided the Demons to five straight Gulf States Conference chamionships from 1953-57. He retired as track coach in 1964. He was among the inaugural class of inductees for the Graduate ‘N’ Club Hall of Fame and was elected to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 1995. He was also selected as a member of the NSU Top 100 Football Players of the Century in 2006.

Marking the 25th anniversary of Northwestern State’s 1981 NCAA 4x100 meter relay victory, coach Jerry Dyes and the four All-American sprinters on the fabled team were enshrined on Oct. 28, 2006 in the Graduate N Club Hall of Fame, the highest honor Northwestern affords its former athletes and coaches. Pictured, left to right, are Dyes, Mark Duper, Victor Oatis, Carolyn Delaney, widow of Joe Delaney, and Mario Johnson. In the 1981 race, the Demons were an obvious crowd favorite, lining up against Georgia, Tennessee, Arizona State, San Jose State, Florida State, Arizona, Oklahoma and Baylor in the final.