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Campus Life Why LSU? LSU Track & Field: An Era of Excellence All-Time Results Dominance on the Track The Winning Streak History of the 4x100-Meter Relay The X-Man The Bowerman Award Games of the XXX Olympiad Games of the XXIX Olympiad LSU Olympic Medalists Wall of Champions LSU Athletics Hall of Fame Track Stars on the Gridiron 2015 LSU Track & Field Banquet History of the LSU Track & Field Banquet LSU Track & Field Office LSU Track & Field Officials Association Community Outreach Academic Success Champions Day at the White House Strength & Conditioning Bernie Moore Track Stadium Team Meeting Room Team Locker Rooms Academic Center for Student-Athletes Athletic Training
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Preview 54 56 58 59
2016 Men’s Season Preview 2016 Women’s Season Preview 2016 Men’s Track & Field Roster 2016 Women’s Track & Field Roster
Coaches 60 63 64 65 66 67 68
Dennis Shaver, Head Coach Debbie Parris-Thymes, Assistant Coach Todd Lane, Assistant Coach Derek Yush, Assistant Coach Bennie Brazell, Assistant Coach Khadevis Robinson, Assistant Coach Support Staff
Athletes 69 Tiger All-Americans 73 Tigers 84 Lady Tiger All-Americans 93 Lady Tigers
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2015 Men’s Indoor Performance List 2015 Women’s Indoor Performance List 2015 Men’s Outdoor Performance List 2015 Women’s Outdoor Performance List 2015 Cross Country Rosters 2015 Cross Country Results 2015 Accolades
History 117 118 120 125 134 135 139 143 144 145
LSU Olympians World-Class Tigers NCAA Champions SEC Champions SEC Commissioner’s Trophy Men’s All-Americans Women’s All-Americans Career All-America Honors LSU at the Texas Relays LSU at the Penn Relays
Records 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 160
Men’s All-Time Indoor Records Women’s All-Time Indoor Records Men’s All-Time Outdoor Records Women’s All-Time Outdoor Records Men’s All-Time Relay Records Women’s All-Time Relay Records Men’s Indoor Record Book Women’s Indoor Record Book Men’s Outdoor Record Book Women’s Outdoor Record Book Multi-Event Record Book Cross Country Record Book Tiger Letterwinners Lady Tiger Letterwinners
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SPORTS INFORMATION
Location: Baton Rouge, La. Founded: 1860 Enrollment: 30,451 Nickname: Tigers or Fighting Tigers Colors: Purple (PMS 268) and Gold (PMS 123) Mascot: Mike VI (Live Bengal Tiger) Facilities (Capacity): Indoor – Carl Maddox Field House (3,000); Outdoor – Bernie Moore Track Stadium (5,680) Conference: Southeastern President: Dr. F. King Alexander Faculty Representative: Dr. Bill DeMastes
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TRACK & FIELD STAFF Head Coach:
Dennis Shaver (UT-Arlington, 1979) 21st season at LSU 12th season as Head Coach Assistant Coaches: Bennie Brazell (LSU, 2011), 5th season Todd Lane (Luther College, 1995), 9th season Debbie Parris-Thymes (LSU, 1995), 11th season Khadevis Robinson (TCU, 1998), 3rd season Derek Yush (Connecticut, 1997), 9th season Managers: Buck Baker, Ashlie Dubuy, Sami Falgoust, Tyler LeBouef, Wayne Scalisi, Trey Talley, Jeremiah Turner Athletic Trainers: Derek Calvert (Associate AT) Tesa Johns (Grad. Asst. AT) Jordan Pierce (Grad. Asst. AT)
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SEC Quick Facts
ALABAMA
Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama Enrollment: 36,155 Nickname: Crimson Tide Colors: Crimson & White Athletics Director: Bill Battle Track Information Head Coach: Dan Waters (5th season) Facility: Sam Bailey Track Stadium Sports Information Track Contact: Nick Snow SID Phone: (205) 348-6084 SID E-mail: nsnow@ia.ua.edu Website: www.rolltide.com Team Information 2015 SEC Indoor Finish (M/W): 6th/8th 2015 NCAA Indoor Finish (M/W): T-38th/17th 2015 SEC Outdoor Finish (M/W): 9th/7th 2015 NCAA Outdoor Finish (M/W): T-31st/T-20th
ARKANSAS
Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas Enrollment: 23,199 Nickname: Razorbacks Colors: Cardinal & White Athletics Director: Jeff Long Track Information Men’s Head Coach: Chris Bucknam (8th season) Women’s Head Coach: Lance Harter (26th season) Indoor Facility: Randal Tyson Track Center Outdoor Facility: John McDonnell Field Sports Information Track Contact: Joy Ekema-Agbaw SID Phone: (479) 575-7404 SID E-mail: jeekemaa@uark.edu Website: www.ArkansasRazorbacks.com Team Information 2015 SEC Indoor Finish (M/W): 2nd/1st 2015 NCAA Indoor Finish (M/W): 3rd/1st 2015 SEC Outdoor Finish (M/W): T-2nd/1st 2015 NCAA Outdoor Finish (M/W): 3rd/4th
AUBURN
Location: Auburn, Alabama Enrollment: 25,469 Nickname: Tigers Colors: Burnt Orange and Navy Blue Athletics Director: Jay Jacobs Track Information Head Coach: Ralph Spry (18th season) Facility: Hutsell-Rosen Track Sports Information Track Contact: Kirk Sampson SID Phone: (334) 844-9800 SID E-mail: sampska@auburn.edu Website: www.auburntigers.com Team Information 2015 SEC Indoor Finish (M/W): 9th/11th 2015 NCAA Indoor Finish (M/W): T-46th/T-41st 2015 SEC Outdoor Finish (M/W): 10th/10th 2015 NCAA Outdoor Finish (M/W): 67th/T-28th
FLORIDA
Location: Gainesville, Florida Enrollment: 49,785 Nickname: Gators Colors: Orange and Blue Athletics Director: Jeremy Foley Track Information Head Coach: Mike Holloway (14th season) Indoor Facility: Stephen C. O’Connell Center Outdoor Facility: James G. Pressly Stadium Sports Information Track Contact: Zach Dirlam SID Phone: (352) 375-4683 ext. 6175 SID E-mail: zachd@gators.ufl.edu Website: www.gatorzone.com Team Information 2015 SEC Indoor Finish (M/W): 1st/2nd 2015 NCAA Indoor Finish (M/W): 2nd/4th 2015 SEC Outdoor Finish (M/W): 1st/5th 2015 NCAA Outdoor Finish (M/W): 2nd/8th
GEORGIA
Location: Athens, Georgia Enrollment: 35,197 Nickname: Bulldogs Colors: Red and Black Athletics Director: Greg McGarity
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Track Information Head Coach: Petros Kyprianou (1st season) Facility: Spec Towns Track Sports Information Track Contact: Leland Barrow SID Phone: (706) 542-6544 SID E-mail: leland@sports.uga.edu Website: www.georgiadogs.com Team Information 2015 SEC Indoor Finish (M/W): 8th/6th 2015 NCAA Indoor Finish (M/W): T-15th/3rd 2015 SEC Outdoor Finish (M/W): 5th/6th 2015 NCAA Outdoor Finish (M/W): 15th/5th
KENTUCKY
Location: Lexington, Kentucky Enrollment: 30,000 Nickname: Wildcats Colors: Blue and White Athletics Director: Mitch Barnhart Track Information Head Coach: Edrick Floreal (4th season) Indoor Facility: Nutter Field House Outdoor Facility: Shively Outdoor Track Sports Information Track Contact: Jake Most SID Phone: (859) 257-3838 SID E-mail: jake.most@uky.edu Website: www.ukathletics.com Team Information 2015 SEC Indoor Finish (M/W): 12th/4th 2015 NCAA Indoor Finish (M/W): T-38th/5th 2015 SEC Outdoor Finish (M/W): 6th/3rd 2015 NCAA Outdoor Finish (M/W): T-44th/2nd
MISSISSIPPI STATE
Location: Starkville, Mississippi Enrollment: 20,138 Nickname: Bulldogs Colors: Maroon and White Athletics Director: Scott Stricklin Track Information Head Coach: Steve Dudley (6th season) Facility: Spencer Stadium Sports Information Track Contact: Emily McConnell SID Phone: (662) 325-5865 SID E-mail: emcconnell@athletics.msstate.edu Website: www.hailstate.com Team Information 2015 SEC Indoor Finish (M/W): DNC/7th 2015 NCAA Indoor Finish (M/W): T-38th/T-21st 2015 SEC Outdoor Finish (M/W): 8th/8th 2015 NCAA Outdoor Finish (M/W): 8th/18th
MISSOURI
Location: Columbia, Missouri Enrollment: 35,441 Nickname: Tigers Colors: Gold and Black Athletics Director: Mack Rhoades Track Information Head Coach: Brett Halter (6th season) Facility: Audrey J. Walton Stadium Sports Information Track Contact: Samantha Rinkus SID Phone: (573) 882-3809 SID E-mail: rinkuss@missouri.edu Website: www.mutigers.com Team Information 2015 SEC Indoor Finish (M/W): 11th/9th 2015 NCAA Indoor Finish (M/W): T-46th/T-15th 2015 SEC Outdoor Finish (M/W): 13th/9th 2015 NCAA Outdoor Finish (M/W): DNS/T-51st
OLE MISS
Location: Oxford, Mississippi Enrollment: 23,096 Nickname: Rebels Colors: Cardinal Red and Navy Blue Athletics Director: Ross Bjork Track Information Head Coach: Connie Price-Smith (1st season) Facility: Ole Miss Track & Field Complex Sports Information Track Contact: Joey Jones SID Phone: (662) 915-7526 SID E-mail: joeyj@olemiss.edu Website: www.olemisssports.com
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Team Information 2015 SEC Indoor Finish (M/W): 4th/13th 2015 NCAA Indoor Finish (M/W): T-28th/T-52nd 2015 SEC Outdoor Finish (M/W): 7th/12th 2015 NCAA Outdoor Finish (M/W): DNS/T-59th
SOUTH CAROLINA
Location: Columbia, South Carolina Enrollment: 32,972 Nickname: Gamecocks Colors: Garnet and Black Athletics Director: Ray Tanner Track Information Head Coach: Curtis Frye (20th season) Facility: Weems Baskin Track Sports Information Track Contact: Joe Kepler SID Phone: (803) 777-5204 SID E-mail: keplerj@mailbox.sc.edu Website: www.gamecocksonline.com Team Information 2015 SEC Indoor Finish (M/W): 10th/14th 2015 NCAA Indoor Finish (M/W): DNS/DNS 2015 SEC Outdoor Finish (M/W): 11th/13th 2015 NCAA Outdoor Finish (M/W): T-60th/T-20th
TENNESSEE
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Enrollment: 27,171 Nickname: Volunteers/Lady Volunteers Colors: Orange and White Athletics Director: Dave Hart Track Information Director of Track & Field: Beth Alford-Sullivan (2nd season) Facility: Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium Sports Information Track Contact: Stephen Lee SID Phone: (865) 974-7489 SID E-mail: sklee@tennessee.edu Website: www.utsports.com Team Information 2015 SEC Indoor Finish (M/W): 7th/10th 2015 NCAA Indoor Finish (M/W): 17th/T-38th 2015 SEC Outdoor Finish (M/W): 12th/14th 2015 NCAA Outdoor Finish (M/W): 18th/T-51st
TEXAS A&M
Location: College Station, Texas Enrollment: 62,392 Nickname: Aggies Colors: Maroon and White Athletics Director: Scott Woodward Track Information Head Coach: Pat Henry (12th season) Indoor Facility: Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium Outdoor Facility: Anderson Track & Field Complex Sports Information Track Contact: Shawn Price SID Phone: (979) 845-9534 SID E-mail: sprice@athletics.tamu.edu Website: www.aggieathletics.com Team Information 2015 SEC Indoor Finish (M/W): 3rd/3rd 2015 NCAA Indoor Finish (M/W): 4th/T-15th 2015 SEC Outdoor Finish (M/W): T-2nd/2nd 2015 NCAA Outdoor Finish (M/W): 6th/3rd
VANDERBILT
Location: Nashville, Tennessee Enrollment: 6,767 Nickname: Commodores Colors: Black and Gold Vice Chancellor for Athletics: David Williams Track Information Head Coach: Steve Keith (4th season) Indoor Facility: Vanderbilt Recreation Center Outdoor Facility: Vanderbilt Track Sports Information Track Contact: David Dawson SID Phone: (615) 343-5823 SID E-mail: david.dawson@vanderbilt.edu Website: www.vucommodores.com Team Information 2015 SEC Indoor Finish: 12th 2015 NCAA Indoor Finish: T-38th 2015 SEC Outdoor Finish: 11th 2015 NCAA Outdoor Finish: T-35th
Meet Information 2016 INDOOR MEETS
2016 OUTDOOR MEETS
Purple Tiger Invitational
Hurricane Twilight
Jan. 8 • Baton Rouge, Louisiana
March 25 • Coral Gables, Florida
Facility: Carl Maddox Field House Media Contact: Will Stafford wstaff2@lsu.edu, (225) 578-7947 Website: www.LSUsports.net
Facility: Cobb Stadium Media Contact: David Villavicencio davidv@miami.edu, (305) 284-3822 Website: www.hurricanesports.com
Bayou Bengal Invitational
Texas Relays
Jan. 16 • Baton Rouge, Louisiana Facility: Carl Maddox Field House Media Contact: Will Stafford wstaff2@lsu.edu, (225) 578-7947 Website: www.LSUsports.net
Conference Clash Power Five Invitational Jan. 22-23 • Birmingham, Alabama Facility: Birmingham Crossplex Media Contact: Kirk Sampson sampska@auburn.edu, (334) 844-9800 Website: www.auburntigers.com
Razorback Invitational Jan. 29-30 • Fayetteville, Arkansas Facility: Randal Tyson Track Center Media Contact: Joy Ekema-Agbaw jeekemaa@uark.edu, (479) 575-7404 Website: www.ArkansasRazorbacks.com
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March 31-April 2 • Austin, Texas Facility: Mike A. Myers Stadium Media Contact: David Wiechmann david.wiechmann@athletics.utexas.edu, (512) 471-9161 Website: www.texassports.com
Battle on the Bayou April 9 • Baton Rouge, Louisiana Facility: Bernie Moore Track Stadium Media Contact: Will Stafford wstaff2@lsu.edu, (225) 578-7947 Website: www.LSUsports.net
Texas Invitational April 16 • Austin, Texas Facility: Mike A. Myers Stadium Media Contact: David Wiechmann david.wiechmann@athletics.utexas.edu, (512) 471-9161 Website: www.texassports.com
LSU Alumni Gold New Mexico Collegiate Classic Feb. 5-6 • Albuquerque, New Mexico Facility: Albuquerque Convention Center Media Contact: Mike Mulcahy mmulcahy@unm.edu, (505) 925-5520 Website: www.golobos.com
Tyson Invitational Feb. 12-13 • Fayetteville, Arkansas Facility: Randal Tyson Track Center Media Contact: Joy Ekema-Agbaw jeekemaa@uark.edu, (479) 575-7404 Website: www.ArkansasRazorbacks.com
LSU Twilight Feb. 19 • Baton Rouge, Louisiana Facility: Carl Maddox Field House Media Contact: Will Stafford wstaff2@lsu.edu, (225) 578-7947 Website: www.LSUsports.net
SEC Indoor Championships Feb. 26-27 • Fayetteville, Arkansas Facility: Randal Tyson Track Center Media Contact: Joy Ekema-Agbaw jeekemaa@uark.edu, (479) 575-7404 Website: www.ArkansasRazorbacks.com
NCAA Indoor Championships March 11-12 • Birmingham, Alabama
April 23 • Baton Rouge, Louisiana Facility: Bernie Moore Track Stadium Media Contact: Will Stafford wstaff2@lsu.edu, (225) 578-7947 Website: www.LSUsports.net
LSU Invitational April 30 • Baton Rouge, Louisiana Facility: Bernie Moore Track Stadium Media Contact: Will Stafford wstaff2@lsu.edu, (225) 578-7947 Website: www.LSUsports.net
SEC Outdoor Championships May 12-14 • Tuscaloosa, Alabama Facility: Sam Bailey Stadium Media Contact: Nick Snow nsnow@ia.ua.edu, (205) 348-6084 Website: www.rolltide.com
NCAA East Preliminary Rounds May 26-28 • Jacksonville, Florida Facility: Hodges Stadium Media Contact: Brian Morgan b.morgan@unf.edu, (904) 620-4027 Website: www.unfospreys.com
NCAA Outdoor Championships June 8-11 • Eugene, Oregon Facility: Hayward Field Media Contact: Casey Johnson cjohn17@uoregon.edu, (541) 346-5532 Website: www.goducks.com
Facility: Birmingham Crossplex Media Contact: Lauren McLaughlin lmclaughlin@ncaa.org, (317) 917-6889 Website: www.NCAAsports.com
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Campus LIFE LSU’s Memorial Tower (top main photo) was one of the first structures completed on the present campus and sits east of the quadrangle (above, left). It represents the University as a memorial to those who gave their lives during World War I. Although it currently houses the LSU AngloAmerican Art Museum, plans are in process to return Memorial Tower to a military museum as originally intended. The University lakes (above, right) on the LSU campus give various recreational options.
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Location: Baton Rouge, La. Founded: January 2, 1860 Enrollment: 30.451 Major Fields for Bachelor’s Degrees: 72 Major Fields for Master’s Degrees: 76 Major Fields for Doctoral Degrees: 54
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College has, throughout its history, served the people of Louisiana, the region, the nation and the world. LSU is creating a revolution, one of pervasive change and advancement. The focus of the LSU community has been an increased commitment to excellence. Our progress has been dramatic and shows no sign of stopping. Having witnessed many of yesterday’s possibilities become today’s tangible realities, the LSU community set forth to capitalize on its success. The goal was to improve our standing as a nationally competitive flagship university. Following intense discussions among the LSU Board of Supervisors, campus administrators, faculty and student leaders, the objectives required to reach this status crystallized, providing the impetus for LSU’s National Flagship Agenda.
Why LSU?
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Walter Davis 2-time World Champion 6-time NCAA Champion 9-time NCAA All-American
“When anyone thinks of collegiate track and field, they think of LSU. The tradition here in this sport is unbelievable, and that’s one of the main reasons I chose to come to LSU. I knew that I would have the opportunity to win a national championship during my career. I was fortunate enough to do that my senior year. Our team was really close, and it was even like that with athletes of different sports. We were like one big family on campus. It’s a great honor for me to say that I’m from LSU.” “Being a professional athlete, it’s easy for people in my profession to assume that’s what they will be doing for the rest of their life. The reality is that I will have a second dream job. As I continue to train and hurdle at LSU with Coach Shaver, he has continued to help me work on my resume and prepare for the day after my track career is over. He truly is a great mentor and coach, but to this day he is also a great friend. I will always be grateful to him and LSU for the many opportunities I’ve been given in my life.”
“I chose LSU because of its outstanding history in sprinting, great coaches and top-notch facilities. With Coach Shaver’s coaching expertise and patience with me to develop, I have been able to achieve greatness at the collegiate level and internationally. He’s like a father to us and stresses the importance of not only excelling on the track, but also in the classroom towards obtaining our degree. I’m definitely a true Tiger at heart, on and off the track.”
“My experience at LSU will forever be etched in my mind. Those have been the best years of my life. The coaching staff was instrumental in my development as an athlete by providing me with the proper environment for growth and maturity. Coach Shaver cared about my teammates and I, not just as athletes, but he also cared about our well being and made sure we stayed on track to graduate. I’m very fortunate to have had the chance to attend LSU, and I’m proud to call myself an LSU graduate.”
Lolo Jones
Richard Thompson
Peta-Gaye Dowdie
3-time Olympian 2-time World Indoor Champion American Record Holder (60 Hurdles)
3-time Olympic Medalist 4-time NCAA Champion 8-time NCAA All-American
2000 Olympian 3-time NCAA Champion 19-time NCAA All-American
Did You KNOW? • I n four-straight editions of U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges from 2009-12, LSU was ranked in the first tier for “Best National Universities.” • L SU is the only public university in Louisiana designated as having very high research activity (RU/VH) by the prestigious Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the highest ranking awarded to doctorate-granting institutions. • L SU was named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement, by the Corporation for National and Community Service. • L SU earned the prestigious Carnegie Community Engagement and Outreach classification in 2008, one of 68 public institutions nationally with this elective classification based on community engagement. • L SU is one of only a handful of universities in the nation having land-grant, sea-grant and spacegrant status.
• L SU currently ranks among the Top 30 public universities in total research awards. The University’s total federal funding -- from agencies such as the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Homeland Security -- has increased 86 percent, or more than $90 million over the last five years. •N ewsweek magazine named LSU the “Most Diverse” school in the nation in the Sept. 3, 2003, issue. The enrollment consists of 24 percent minority students.
• I n 2009, the LSU Robert S. Reich School of Landscape Architecture was ranked among the Top 5 schools in the nation by DesignIntelligence, the leading journal of the design professions. According to the results of the 2009 survey, LSU has the No. 2-ranked landscape architecture school in the United States. • The E. J. Ourso College of Business was ranked in the Top 50 of the internationally known “Top Business Schools” in 2009 by Eduniversal and was recognized during the inaugural Eduniversal World Convention.
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2008 Women’s NCAA Outdoor National Champions Since 1897, LSU Track & Field has built an illustrious history filled with some of the most memorable performers and achievements in the school’s colorful athletic heritage. From its quiet birth at the Tulane Spring Games to its seat atop collegiate track prominence, there are two factors that have remained consistent in the 115-year history of the program -- success through hard work and an unmatched will to win. H. Warren Taylor, Jr., LSU Track & Field historian, wrote it best when he said, “Tom Sherburne and Devall drew the distinction of being the first men of the Old War Skule to carry the purple and gold on the cinder path. That they failed to win in their events does not distract from their envious place in Tiger track history; for they were the forerunners of a host of sterling athletes that have established a record of consistent winning unsurpassed in the southland.” The rest is history.
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National Championships After winning five Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association conference championships between 1913-1922 and capturing three consecutive SIC titles, LSU Track & Field burst onto the national scene with an improbable upset of heavilyfavored Southern California to win the 1933 national championship at Soldier Field in Chicago. The LSU track team was led by the speed of Glenn “Slats” Hardin and the strength of Jack Torrance. Hardin set new world records in the 440-yard dash (47.1) and 220 low hurdles (22.9), while Torrance did the same in the shot put (52-10). Despite their record-breaking performances, the national title did not rest in the Tigers’ hands until the final event when Matt Gordy cleared 14 feet in the pole vault for the first time in his career to secure LSU’s first ever national championship in any sport. With the men already firmly
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established among the nation’s elite, the Lady Tigers captured their first national championship in 1987 in the program’s sixth season of existence. Led by NCAA individual champions Schowonda Williams, Sylvia Brydson and Sheila Echols, the LSU women swept both the indoor and outdoor national titles that season. They went on to repeat their outdoor success in 1988. The LSU Track & Field program then reached a pinnacle in 1989 and 1990 as the teams brought a combined five national championships to Baton Rouge. The Tigers and Lady Tigers each won back-to-back NCAA Outdoor titles, while the women added an indoor title during the 1989 season. LSU’s success during the two-year span marked the first time in NCAA history that the same school won both the men’s and women’s crowns at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The Lady Tigers pulled off another sweep in 1991, again claiming NCAA team titles at both the indoor and
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outdoor national meets. One of the most memorable moments in LSU track lore came at the 1992 national championships in Austin, Texas. Trailing Florida entering the final day of competition, the Lady Tigers used a team effort to rally and defeat the Lady Gators, 87-81, for an unprecedented sixth-consecutive national crown. The Lady Tigers showed their dominance once again by winning two more national titles in 1993. They captured their fourth indoor national championship in seven years by winning the last event of the meet - the 4x400-meter relay - in a then school-record time of 3 minutes, 33.63 seconds. LSU dominated the competition to win its seventh-consecutive NCAA Outdoor championship. The Lady Tigers did so in record-breaking fashion, scoring a school record 93 points to outscore their nearest competitor by a remarkable 49 points. They made history again in 1996 by winning their 10th-straight outdoor national championship. Never before had a women’s team won at least 10-straight titles in any NCAA sport. Led by seniors D’Andre Hill, Kim Carson and Zundra Feagin, the Lady Tigers stormed into historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, and took their place in history. While an outsider might see an 11th-straight NCAA Outdoor title in 1997 as just another day at the office, it was far from it. A heavy underdog, the LSU women exploded for 43 points on the meet’s final day to capture the outdoor crown once again in Bloomington, Indiana. The competition came down to a single event between LSU and Texas - the 200-meter final. LSU qualified Astia Walker and Peta-Gaye Dowdie, while Texas countered with two runners as well. The Lady Tigers knew they had to outscore Texas by a single point in the event to win the title. Walker finished second and Dowdie placed fifth, while Nanceen Perry and Angie Vaughan of Texas placed third and fourth, respectively. When the points were tallied, LSU outscored Texas, 12-11, in the most crucial race of the meet to give the
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Lady Tigers the one-point advantage they needed to clinch the overall title by the score of 63-62. The Lady Tigers also claimed a fifth-straight NCAA Indoor crown in 1997 for their eighth in an 11-year span. Remarkably, the LSU women took home 19 of a possible 22 NCAA team championships between the 1987-97 seasons, creating a dynasty unmatched by any other in the history of women’s athletics. Despite a three-year hiatus, the Lady Tigers regained the title they last held in 1997 by winning their 12th title at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2000. The Lady Tigers scored 46 points on the final day of competition to edge USC, 58-54. LSU picked up yet another national title in 2001, but this time, it was the men’s team stealing the spotlight. Needing a miracle in the final event of the NCAA Indoor Championships, the Tigers’ prayers were answered when the foursome of Robert Parham, Lueroy Colquhoun, Pedro Tunon and Alleyne Francique won the 4x400meter relay and TCU failed to score, giving the Tigers a 34-33 edge over the Horned Frogs in one of the most exciting finishes in NCAA history. Walter Davis scored 18 of LSU’s 34 points in the meet, winning the triple jump and finishing second in the long jump. Both teams added championships to their already impressive resumes in 2002 with the women winning the team title at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the men capturing the crown at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in front of a home crowd at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium in Baton Rouge. The Lady Tigers would go on to sweep NCAA Indoor and Outdoor titles in 2003 while being led by individual champions Muna Lee and Lolo Jones, as well as a 4x100-meter relay team that set the low-altitude collegiate record of 42.55 at the NCAA Outdoor meet that stood for six seasons. LSU made history once again in 2004 as it became the first school in NCAA history to claim both the men’s and women’s titles at the indoor
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national championships. Spearheaded by Lee’s national title in the 60-meter dash and runner-up performances by Jones in the 60-meter hurdles and Neisha Bernard-Thomas in the 800 meters, the Lady Tigers squeaked out a 52-51 win over UCLA. It was LSU’s jumps corps that proved to be the difference in the Tigers’ victory as the team was led by the likes of John Moffitt, LeJuan Simon and Willie Bradley to its first indoor crown since 2001. Moffitt won the long jump title and was then part of the Tigers’ unprecedented 1-2-3 sweep in the triple jump. Simon won the individual title with Moffitt finishing second and Bradley coming in third. Since the Lady Tigers won their first national championship in 1987, no four-year senior class had ever left Baton Rouge without winning at least one team title at the NCAA Championships until 2012. It’s a remarkable streak that spanned 23 seasons and a legacy that is with the squad each time it steps onto the track. But in 2008, it appeared the streak might come to an end at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. After joining the program as freshmen in 2005, members of the Class of 2008 had finished runnerup at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships three times, but without a title to show for their efforts. That would all change in dramatic fashion at Drake Stadium on the campus of Drake University. LSU and defending NCAA Outdoor champion Arizona State entered the final event of the track meet - the 4x400-meter relay - tied with 59 points apiece and a foursome on the track. The team that crossed the finish line first would walk away as national champions of the 2008 outdoor season. On this day, it was LSU winning the team title behind the efforts of senior Brooklynn Morris, senior Kelly Baptiste, sophomore LaTavia Thomas and senior Deonna Lawrence, who finished the relay in second place ahead of the fifth-place finish by the Sun Devils. And for eight Lady Tiger seniors who made the trip to Des
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Kelly Willie was a 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist in the 4x400 relay. Moines, it was their first time to lift the national championship trophy in celebration of their accomplishment. Baptiste was the star for the Lady Tigers, scoring 19 of LSU’s 67 points for the meet with an NCAA title in the 100-meter dash, along with All-America performances in the 200 meters, 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay.
Olympics and World Championships The LSU Track & Field program is recognized worldwide for its contribution to the sport, and the purple and gold is certainly on display every four years as the Tigers and Lady Tigers are among the elite performers at the Olympic Games. That was certainly the case in London in 2012 as 10 members of the program representing four countries from around the world competed on the world’s grandest stage. LSU emerged from the Games of the XXX Olympiad with 16 Olympic medals won all-time as former LSU stars Richard Thompson and Samantha Henry and Tiger senior Ade Alleyne-Forte earned medals for their efforts in London. Thompson became the most decorated Olympian in the history of LSU athletics while anchoring Trinidad & Tobago to the silver medal in the 4x100-meter relay. He is the only LSU athlete regardless of sport to win three Olympic medals all-time as he also won a pair of silver medals in the 100-meter dash and 4x100meter relay at the 2008 Olympic
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Games held in Beijing. Alleyne-Forte joined Thompson as a medalist for Trinidad & Tobago as he ran the third leg on the team that took home the bronze in the 4x400 relay. Henry also claimed a silver medal in her Olympics debut as she ran on Jamaica’s 4x100-meter relay team in the prelim. With their performance, the Tigers and Lady Tigers have now won a total of six gold medals, six silver medals and four bronze medals all-time at the Olympic Games. LSU’s participation in major international competition can be traced back to 1928 in Amsterdam when Sid Bowman became the first Tiger to compete at the Olympic Games, finishing sixth in the triple jump. Bowman and LSU legend Glenn “Slats” Hardin later placed at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles as Hardin became LSU’s first medal winner by taking the silver in the 400 hurdles. At the 1936 Berlin Games, Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany watched as LSU’s Hardin, Jack Torrance and Billy Brown competed for the United States. Hardin made history in the 400 hurdles, becoming the first and only LSU track athlete to win an individual Olympic gold medal. LSU’s next Olympic Games participant came in 1964 as Billy Hardin ran the 400 hurdles for the United States in Tokyo, Japan. It would then be 24 years before LSU had another athlete perform in this international arena once again.
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At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, Sheila Echols of the United States became the first Lady Tiger to win a gold medal as she earned distinction as a member of the United States’ gold-medalwinning 4x100-meter relay team. She competed in Seoul alongside LSU greats Schowonda Williams (United States), Robin van Helden (Holland), Mikael Olander (Sweden), Laverne Eve (Bahamas) and Angela Phipps (Canada). The LSU contingent at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics was led by 21-time All-American Esther Jones of the United States, who won a gold medal as a member of the winning 4x100-meter relay. It marked the second-straight Olympics that a Lady Tiger led the United States to gold in the event as she followed in the footsteps of Echols in 1988. LSU Track & Field was wellrepresented once again at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta as a former athlete won Olympic gold for the third-straight games. Glenroy Gilbert ran the second leg on Canada’s 4x100-meter relay that shocked the United States to win gold. The only American collegiate woman to compete in a track event in Atlanta, D’Andre Hill advanced to the semifinals of the 100-meter dash. While representing Jamaica, Debbie Parris just missed the medal stand by placing fourth in the 400-meter hurdles, while David Kiptoo finished sixth in the men’s 800 meters while running for Kenya. During the 1999 indoor season, former Tiger All-American Rohsaan Griffin made a splash in the 200meter dash by smashing the American indoor record in the event with a time of 20.32. His blistering mark won him the American title that year and qualified him into the finals at World Indoor Championships. Just a year later, LSU once again had its share of representatives at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. Eight athletes with LSU ties made the trek halfway across the world to compete for their respective countries. Claston Bernard and Walter Davis made the trip down under
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representing Jamaica and the United States, respectively, while 2000 NCAA champions Dowdie and Keisha Spencer each represented Jamaica. LSU’s success on the world stage continued in the summer of 2003 as five former athletes all placed at the World Championships in Paris. Both Brew and Ronetta Smith medaled as Brew won gold as part of the United States’ 4x400-meter relay team and Smith secured bronze as a member of Jamaica’s 4x400 relay. Also securing top-10 finishes were Walter Davis in the long jump (seventh), Laverne Eve in the javelin (eighth) and Claston Bernard in the decathlon (ninth). At the 2004 World Indoor Championships, former Tigers Alleyne Francique and Lueroy Colquhoun won gold for their native countries of Grenada and Jamaica, respectively. Francique won the individual crown in the 400 meters, while Colquhoun helped Jamaica to a first-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay. The 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, was a showcase for LSU talent as 15 athletes with ties to the program made the trip overseas and brought home a total of six Olympic medals. Brew, Kelly Willie and John Moffitt each medaled for the United States. Brew won bronze in the 400 meters before joining forces with Willie to win gold in the 4x400-meter relay. Moffitt was part of a 1-2 American finish in the long jump, finishing second in his first major international competition. On the women’s side, Nadia Davy and Ronetta Smith helped lead their native Jamaica to a bronze medal in the 4x400 relay. The 2005 World Championships were once again peppered with current and former LSU athletes as 13 Tigers and Lady Tigers made the trip to Helsinki, Finland. Four former standouts turned in stellar performances while bringing home medals from the championship meet. Davis won individual gold for the United States, taking home the men’s triple jump title. Lee and Brew also helped the United States to goldmedal winning performances in the women’s 4x100 relay and the men’s
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4x400 relay, respectively. In addition, Smith helped Jamaica to a silver medal in the women’s 4x400-meter relay. Davis added another individual gold medal in the triple jump to his resume at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships when he posted a personal best and meetwinning leap of 58-2 for the United States. Francique added the second world championship of his stellar career at the indoor meet as he won gold in the 400 meters while competing for Grenada. Davis took his place on the medal stand once again as he won a bronze medal in the triple jump at the 2007 IAAF World Outdoor Championships in Osaka, Japan. The Baton Rouge native was one of 10 current and former LSU athletes to compete in the prestigious event and the only one to bring home a medal. Lady Tiger great Lolo Jones then added her name to LSU’s list of athletes to be crowned World Champion with her win in the 60-meter hurdles at the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain. In 2010, Jones made history yet again by becoming the first athlete in meet history to defend her World Indoor gold medal in the 60-meter hurdles. And she did so in stunning fashion by smashing Gail Devers’ 7-year-old American record in the event with a winning time of 7.72. Devers set the previous record of 7.74 back in 2003. LSU athletes then added a pair of bronze medals at the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea, as Trinidadian Kelly Baptiste (100 meters) and Jamaican Riker Hylton (4x400) placed for their countries.
The Coaches LSU Track & Field has been blessed with exceptional coaching talent, but during its first 18 years, LSU did not have a coach whose tenure lasted more than three seasons. The program’s first full-time coach was Tad Gormley, who arrived on the Baton Rouge campus in 1916. During his 12-year stint, LSU won three SIAA titles.
Dennis Shaver, 2004-Present
After Gormley’s departure, the legendary Bernie Moore took over the program in 1930. Moore molded the the Tigers into a national power, and in 1933, guided the team to its first national championship, as well as a win at the inaugural SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The Tigers reigned over the young Southeastern Conference by capturing 12 championships in the next 18 seasons under Moore. Former Tiger great Al Moreau then took over the program in 1949, and LSU Track & Field never broke stride. Under Moreau, LSU captured six SEC Outdoor titles and two SEC Indoor crowns. LSU Track & Field then reached its zenith under the direction of head coach Pat Henry, and what he accomplished in 17 seasons was nothing short of remarkable. The most successful coach in school history in any sport, Henry became only the second coach in NCAA history to win 20 NCAA titles as the Lady Tigers came away victorious at the 2000 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Durham, North Carolina. Henry then added seven additional NCAA team titles to his resume before his departure in 2004. In his 17 years in Baton Rouge, Henry guided the Lady Tigers to 12 outdoor and 10 indoor titles, while leading the Tigers to three outdoor crowns and two indoor titles. Dennis Shaver has added his name alongside the likes of Moore, Henry and Sam Seemes as coaches to lead LSU to a national championship as head coach. Shaver guided the Lady Tigers to their 25th national championship and the 31st team title in the history of LSU Track & Field with a win at the NCAA Outdoor meet in 2008. The Lady Tigers have also won seven SEC team championships under Shaver, including five outdoor and two indoor championships since 2005.
All-Time Results Men’s Team Finishes (NCAA and SEC, 1933-2012) YEAR SEC NCAA SEC NCAA INDOOR INDOOR OUTDOOR OUTDOOR
1933 - - 1st 1934 - - 1st 1935 - - 1st 1936 - - 1st 1937 - - 2nd 1938 - - 1st 1939 - - 1st 1940 - - 1st 1941 - - 1st 1942 - - 1st 1943 - - 1st 1944 - - 2nd 1945 - - 2nd 1946 - - 1st 1947 - - 1st 1948 - - 1st 1949 - - 2nd 1950 - - 2nd 1951 - - 1st 1952 - - 5th 1953 - - 6th 1954 - - 2nd 1955 - - 5th 1956 - - 3rd 1957 1st - 1st 1958 dnc - 1st 1959 dnc - 1st 1960 dnc - 1st 1961 5th - 2nd 1962 dnc - 2nd 1963 1st - 1st 1964 3rd - 3rd 1965 2nd T13th 3rd 1966 3rd dnc 3rd 1967 4th dnc 3rd 1968 7th dnc 5th 1969 3rd dnc 3rd 1970 5th dnc 2nd 1971 4th dnc 4th 1972 4th dnc 3rd 1973 5th dnc 3rd 1974 4th T43rd 3rd 1975 2nd T21st 3rd 1976 6th T14th 8th 1977 8th dnc 7th 1978 4th T32rd 6th 1979 4th dnc 4th 1980 2nd 11th 4th 1981 3rd dnc 5th 1982 6th T31st 6th 1983 8th dnc 8th 1984 3rd T39th 7th 1985 4th dnc 4th 1986 2nd T13th 2nd 1987 4th 11th 3rd 1988 2nd 4th 1st 1989 1st T6th 1st 1990 1st T5th 1st 1991 2nd T39th 2nd 1992 4th T5th 3rd 1993 3rd 12th 2nd 1994 4th T53rd 3rd 1995 4th T14th 3rd 1996 6th T9th 3rd 1997 5th T10th 3rd 1998 2nd T19th 2nd 1999 6th T7th 5th 2000 2nd T7th 2nd 2001 2nd 1st 6th 2002 4th 3rd 4th
1st 3rd T7th dnc dnc dnc T17th 5th 5th T20th dnc dnc 19th 15th dnc T52rd dnc dnc dnc T17th dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc T41st dnc T18th 53rd T39th T19th dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc dnc T21st T21st dnc dnc dnc T8th T13th 16th T40th dnc dnc T50th 13th 5th T5th 1st 1st 6th 7th 2nd T6th 3rd 7th T27th T4th T9th 5th 5th 1st
2003 6th 3rd 6th 2004 4th 1st 5th 2005 6th T20th 5th 2006 4th 2nd 4th 2007 4th T10th 2nd 2008 2nd 4th 2nd 2009 6th 4th 3rd 2010 3rd 4th 2nd 2011 3rd 4th 4th 2012 4th 5th 2nd 2013 5th 15th 4th 2014 10th T8th 8th 2015 5th T7th 4th
4th 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd T2nd 5th 6th 4th 2nd 7th T4th 4th
Women’s Team Finishes (NCAA and SEC, 1981-2012) YEAR SEC NCAA SEC NCAA INDOOR INDOOR OUTDOOR OUTDOOR
1981 - 1982 - 1983 - 1984 6th 1985 1st 1986 2nd 1987 1st 1988 1st 1989 1st 1990 2nd 1991 1st 1992 2nd 1993 1st 1994 2nd 1995 1st 1996 1st 1997 2nd 1998 1st 1999 1st 2000 4th 2001 4th 2002 3rd 2003 4th 2004 3rd 2005 3rd 2006 7th 2007 3rd 2008 1st 2009 2nd 2010 3rd 2011 1st 2012 2nd 2013 2nd 2014 6th 2015 5th
- 7th - 7th dnc 6th dnc 5th 3rd 1st 5th 2nd 1st 1st 6th 1st 1st 1st 11th 1st 1st 1st T4th 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 5th 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 14th 4th 1st 4th 1st 3rd 1st 2nd T6th 6th 7th 4th 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 6th 2nd 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 3rd 2nd T12th 6th T9th 4th
dnc 22rd T24th 68th T2nd 12th 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st T22nd 5th 1st 6th 4th 1st 2nd T24th T7th 2nd 1st 6th 6th 3rd 1st* 4th 6th 11th
* - NCAA Championship later vacated in accordance with NCAA Bylaws 19.5.2.2 (e), 31.2.2 and 31.2.2.3 (a) and (b).
COACHING HISTORY LSU Head Coaches (1905-present) 1905-06 D. A. Killian 1907-09 E. R. Wingard 1910-11 J. W. Mayhew 1912 F. Long 1913-15 F. C. Beckler 1916-27 F. Tad Gormley 1928 F. C. Frey 1929 Ridge Edwards 1930-47 Bernie Moore 1948 Jules Roux 1949-63 Al Moreau 1964-76 Joe May 1977-81 Bill McClure 1982 Murrell “Boots” Garland 1983-86 Billy Maxwell 1987 Sam Seemes 1988-2004 Pat Henry 2004-present Dennis Shaver
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Coaches of LSU’s Men’s NCAA Indoor Championship Teams 2001 Pat Henry 2004 Pat Henry Coaches of LSU’s Men’s NCAA Outdoor Championship Teams 1933 Bernie Moore 1989 Pat Henry 1990 Pat Henry 2002 Pat Henry Coaches of LSU’s Women’s NCAA Indoor Championship Teams 1987 Sam Seemes 1989 Pat Henry 1991 Pat Henry 1993 Pat Henry 1994 Pat Henry 1995 Pat Henry 1996 Pat Henry 1997 Pat Henry 2002 Pat Henry 2003 Pat Henry 2004 Pat Henry Coaches of LSU’s Women’s NCAA Outdoor Championship Teams 1987 Sam Seemes 1988 Pat Henry 1989 Pat Henry 1990 Pat Henry 1991 Pat Henry 1992 Pat Henry 1993 Pat Henry 1994 Pat Henry 1995 Pat Henry 1996 Pat Henry 1997 Pat Henry 2000 Pat Henry 2003 Pat Henry 2008 Dennis Shaver Coaches of LSU’s Men’s SEC Indoor Championship Teams 1957 Al Moreau 1963 Al Moreau 1989 Pat Henry 1990 Pat Henry Coaches of LSU’s Women’s SEC Indoor Championship Teams 1985 Billy Maxwell 1987 Sam Seemes 1988 Pat Henry 1989 Pat Henry 1991 Pat Henry 1993 Pat Henry 1995 Pat Henry 1996 Pat Henry 1998 Pat Henry 1999 Pat Henry 2008 Dennis Shaver 2011 Dennis Shaver Coaches of LSU’s Men’s SEC Outdoor Championships Teams 1933 Bernie Moore 1934 Bernie Moore 1935 Bernie Moore 1936 Bernie Moore 1938 Bernie Moore 1939 Bernie Moore 1940 Bernie Moore 1941 Bernie Moore 1942 Bernie Moore 1943 Bernie Moore 1946 Bernie Moore 1947 Bernie Moore 1948 Jules Roux 1951 Al Moreau 1957 Al Moreau 1958 Al Moreau 1959 Al Moreau 1960 Al Moreau 1963 Al Moreau 1988 Pat Henry 1989 Pat Henry 1990 Pat Henry Coaches of LSU’s Women’s SEC Outdoor Championship Teams 1985 Billy Maxwell 1987 Sam Seemes 1988 Pat Henry 1989 Pat Henry 1990 Pat Henry 1991 Pat Henry 1993 Pat Henry 1996 Pat Henry 2007 Dennis Shaver 2008 Dennis Shaver 2010 Dennis Shaver 2011 Dennis Shaver 2012 Dennis Shaver
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At the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, the men’s 4x400-meter relay team of Reggie Dardar, Kelly Willie, Bennie Brazell and Xavier Carter set a new collegiate record of 2 minutes, 59.59 seconds to win its third outdoor national title in the event. Their collegiate record stands to this day.
Dominance ON THE TRACK
With 31 national championships in the record books, LSU has created the most balanced track and field program in the nation. The Lady Tigers have set a standard in women’s sports that may never be matched. Between 1987 and 1997, the Lady Tigers won an unprecedented 11 consecutive outdoor national championships, a streak that stands as the benchmark of excellence in women’s collegiate athletics to this day.
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NCAA Champions The Lady Tigers returned to their rightful place atop the awards stand after winning the national title at the 2008 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. The LSU women have set a standard of excellence for all programs to follow by winning a total of 25 NCAA team championships in their storied history.
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Their streak is impressive even when considering men’s sports. The lone streak that betters the LSU women is the 12-straight indoor championships won by the Arkansas men’s track and field team from 1984-95. However, when considering the dominance of the Lady Tiger track program in just the parameters of women’s track and field, there is no other team in the history of the sport that can compare. Since the inception of the women’s NCAA Track & Field Championships in 1982, the Lady Tigers have won 14 (1987-97, 2000, 2003, 2008) of the 32 outdoor championships contested, and have finished second at three additional contests (1985, 2004, 2007). The Lady Tigers scored an average of 74.7 points a year during their run of 11-straight titles and dominated
the field in 1993 and 1994, doubling the team points scored by the respective second-place finishers in both seasons. Not to be overshadowed by the accomplishments of the Lady Tigers, LSU’s total track and field program has made NCAA history several times as well. In 1989, both the men’s and women’s programs won NCAA Outdoor titles, marking the first time in history that one school claimed both the men’s and women’s outdoor national championships during the same season. It went on to repeat the feat in 1990, again rewriting NCAA track and field history. In 2004, LSU once again became the first school to ever sweep both the men’s and women’s national crowns at the NCAA Indoor Championships. In addition to the program’s team success, former LSU great Xavier
Carter made history at the 2006 NCAA Outdoor Championships by becoming the first collegiate athlete since Ohio State’s Jesse Owens in 1936 to win four individual titles at a single NCAA meet. Carter won titles in the 100 meters, 400 meters, 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay. As the 2016 season approaches, the Tigers and Lady Tigers are poised to challenge for SEC and NCAA titles once again during both the indoor and outdoor seasons. Head coach Dennis Shaver will lead two of the nation’s more talented squads as they look to carry the torch for this storied LSU program.
Relay Legacy (Above) Fitzroy Dunkley, Quincy Downing, Vernon Norwood and Cyril Grayson ended the 2015 season as NCAA Outdoor Champions in the men’s 4x100-meter relay after running 3 minutes, 1.96 seconds in the national final. Norwood also swept NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor titles in the 400 meters a year ago. (Above, Right) The Lady Tigers wrapped up the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Championships with a bang by successfully defending their national title in the 4x400 relay. Nickiesha Wilson, Cynetheia Rooks, LaTavia Thomas and Deonna Lawrence ran 3:28.07 to win it. LSU has won a total of 42 NCAA relay titles in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays between the men’s and women’s teams.
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The Winning Streak
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T he Lady Tigers’ string of 11 consecutive NCAA Outdoor titles from 1987-97 is an astounding accomplishment unmatched at the Division I level in any women’s collegiate sport. From its beginning in Baton Rouge in 1987 to its conclusion in 1997 at Indiana University, the streak was filled with some of the most incredible performances and amazing athletes in Lady Tiger track history. It was a streak with everything: down-to-the-wire finishes, blowouts, gut-wrenching drama, all the moments in which legends are made. While the names and faces responsible for the 11 titles changed, the level of consistency and drive to ascend to the pinnacle of the sport remained throughout the streak’s entirety. The following is a look back at the Lady Tigers’ remarkable streak.
Year-by-Year History of the Lady Tigers’ Winning Streak YEAR 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
LSU POINTS 62 61.5 86.5 53.5 78.5 87.5 93 86 69 81 63
RUNNER-UP (POINTS) Alabama (53) UCLA (58) UCLA (47) UCLA (46) Texas (67) Florida (81) Wisconsin (44.5) Texas (43) UCLA (58) Texas (52) Texas (62)
SITE Baton Rouge, La. Eugene, Ore. Provo, Utah Durham, N.C. Eugene, Ore. Austin, Texas New Orleans, La. Boise, Idaho Knoxville, Tenn. Eugene, Ore. Bloomington, Ind.
National Champions By Year 1987 Sheila Echols Laverne Eve
Long Jump Javelin
1988 Schowonda Williams
400 Hurdles
1989 Esther Jones Cinnamon Sheffield Dawn Sowell Tananjalyn Stanley
4x100 Relay 4x100 Relay 100 Meters, 200 Meters, 4x100 Relay 100 Hurdles, 4x100 Relay
1990 Dawn Bowles Esther Jones Cinnamon Sheffield Tananjalyn Stanley
4x100 Relay 100 Meters, 200 Meters, 4x100 Relay 4x100 Relay 4x100 Relay
1991 Dawn Bowles Sharon Jaklofsky
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1992 Dawn Bowles Dahlia Duhaney Cinnamon Sheffield Cheryl Taplin
100 Hurdles 200 Meters, 4x100 Relay 4x100 Relay 4x100 Relay
1993 Indira Hamilton Danyel Mitchell Debbie Parris Daphne Saunders Cheryl Taplin Heather Van Norman Youlanda Warren
4x400 Relay Discus 400 Hurdles, 4x100 Relay, 4x400 Relay Long Jump 4x100 Relay 4x100 Relay, 4x400 Relay 4x100 Relay, 4x400 Relay
1994 Zundra Feagin Gai Kapernick D’Andre Hill Danyel Mitchell Debbie Parris Cheryl Taplin
4x100 Relay High Jump 4x100 Relay Discus 400 Hurdles, 4x100 Relay 4x100 Relay
1995 Kwajalein Butler Zundra Feagin D’Andre Hill Marita Hunt Charlene Maulseed Sheila Powell LaTarsha Stroman Youlanda Warren
4x100 Relay 4x100 Relay 100 Meters, 4x100 Relay 4x100 Relay 4x400 Relay 4x400 Relay 4x400 Relay 4x400 Relay
1996 Kwajalein Butler Kim Carson Zundra Feagin D’Andre Hill Suzette Lee Astia Walker
4x100 Relay 100 Hurdles 200 Meters, 4x100 Relay 100 Meters, 4x100 Relay Triple Jump 4x100 Relay
1997 Kwajalein Butler Peta-Gaye Dowdie Suzette Lee LaTarsha Stroman Sa’Donna Thornton Astia Walker
4x100 Relay 4x100 Relay Triple Jump 400 Meters 4x100 Relay 100 Hurdles, 4x100 Relay
History of the 4x100-Meter Relay
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For more than 20 years, LSU’s men’s and women’s relay teams have been a hallmark of its track and field program at the NCAA Championships. LSU is the only school to ever win both the men’s and women’s 4x100-meter relays in the same year as it has done so four times, winning consecutive championships between 1992-94 and again in 2003. From the Penn Relays and the Texas Relays to the NCAA Championships, LSU’s relay teams are one of the biggest attractions in NCAA track and field. The following is a look at LSU’s year-by-year finishes in the 4x100-meter relay at the NCAA Championships.
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1st DQ 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd DNF 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 5th 2nd 2nd 2nd DNF 2nd 1st 1st* 6th DNF 5th
Morris, Echols, King, Phipps Not available Echols, Age, Morris, Wofford Stanley, Age, Wofford, Jones Stanley, Sowell, Sheffield, Jones Jones, Sheffield, Stanley, Bowles Taplin, Duhaney, Bowles, Jones Duhaney, Bowles, Sheffield, Taplin Parris, Van Norman, Warren, Taplin Parris, Feagin, Hill, Taplin Hunt, Butler, Feagin, Hill Walker, Butler, Feagin, Hill Walker, Butler, Thornton, Dowdie Thornton, Butler, Combs, Dowdie Bates, Marshall, Combs, Dowdie Bates, Bass, Combs, Dowdie Thornton, Durst, Combs, Lee Rockett, Jones, Durst, Lee Durst, Hall, Jones, Lee Jones, Hall, Durst, Lee Owens, Lawrence, Ohanaja, Baptiste Fletcher, Morris, Broaddus, Baptiste Ohanaja, Henry, Morris, Fletcher Wilson, Henry, Morris, Baptiste Cabral, Henry, Davis, Wilson Henry, Duncan, Pinckney, Wilson Wilson, Hackett, Alexander, Duncan Pinckney, Hackett, Alexander, Duncan McDermott, Duncan, Pinckney, Sylvester Stowers, Harvey, Martin, Friar Harvey, Hobbs, Martin, Brisco
43.82 False Start 43.54 43.83 42.50 43.99 42.96 43.03 43.39 43.26 43.10 43.03 43.17 43.03 Did Not Finish 43.16 43.35 43.28 42.55 42.61 43.67 42.94 43.14 42.85 Missed Handoff 43.72 42.64 42.75 44.21 Did Not Finish 43.69
* - NCAA relay title later vacated in accordance with NCAA Bylaws 19.5.2.2 (e), 31.2.2 and 31.2.2.3 (a) and (b).
Men YEAR
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1989 4th 1990 DNF 1991 DNC 1992 1st 1993 1st 1994 1st 1995 2nd 1996 DQ 1997 3rd 1998 2nd 1999 DNC 2000 3rd 2001 DNF 2002 1st 2003 1st 2004 DNF 2005 4th 2006 1st 2007 2nd 2008 1st 2009 2nd 2010 3rd 2011 4th 2012 1st 2013 4th 2014 3rd 2015 3rd
RELAY MEMBERS
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Napier, Watkins, Starks, Rose Bernard, Starks, King, Brown
38.97 Dropped Stick
Jones, Williams, King, Sanders Jones, Gilbert, King, Muyaba Kennison, Muyaba, Thymes, Williams Grant, Cummings, Kennison, Griffin Cummings, Cummins, Logan, Griffin Buller, Alridge, Grant, Cummings Grant, Alridge, Logan, Perry
38.70 38.70 38.91 38.64 (SR) Zone Violation 39.01 38.24 (SR)
Buller, Brew, Patterson, Barrett Henderson, Parham, Coley, Barrett Davis, Parham, Coley, Brazell Willie, Parham, Coley, Brazell Willie, Stevenson, Parham, Brazell Thompson, Carter, Willie, Brazell Thompson, Carter, Stevenson, Willie Hicks, Thompson, Stevenson, Holliday Hayes, Thompson, Mvumvure, Holliday Nugent, Coppage, Hayes, Holliday Nugent, Coppage, Hayes, Mvumvure Nugent, H. Williams, Talley, Mvumvure Nugent, Ernest, Talley, Allsop Forbes, Ernest, Mitchell-Blake, Allsop Mitchell-Blake, Ernest, Acy, Allsop Thompson, Norwood, Acy, Ernest
39.07 Dropped Stick 38.48 38.65 Missed Handoff 38.86 38.44 38.85 38.42 38.67 39.27 39.20 38.38 38.78 38.85 38.62
2003 4x100 NCAA Women’s Champions
2003 4x100 NCAA Men’s Champions
The Tigers school-record-breaking time of 38.24 at the 1998 NCAA Outdoor Championships went down as the third-fastest 4x100-meter relay time in NCAA history. The Lady Tigers have left their mark in the NCAA record books as well, dominating the NCAA’s all-time 4x100-meter relay list over the years. In fact, the Lady Tigers have run five of the 10 fastest times in NCAA history, which is tied for the most than any other program in the history of collegiate track and field.
Top 10 Women’s Collegiate 4x100-Meter Relay Times 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 8. 9.
42.36 Texas A&M 42.50 LSU 42.55 LSU 42.56 Texas A&M 42.56 Texas A&M 42.59 LSU 42.59 Texas A&M 42.61 Texas A&M 42.61 LSU 42.64 LSU
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Trindon Holliday at the 2008 NCAA Outdoor Championships
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SHADES OF JESSE OWENS LSU’s Carter Makes History at NCAA Championships
Jesse Owens Prior to Carter’s performance, Jesse Owens of Ohio State was the only collegiate athlete to win four individual national titles at a single NCAA meet as he earned four gold medals at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 1935 and 1936.
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June 10, 2006, is a date that is sure live forever in the proud and storied history of the LSU Track & Field program. On a warm afternoon at the Alex G. Spanos Sports Complex on the campus of Sacramento State University in Sacramento, California, LSU great Xavier Carter stepped into history while matching a feat only accomplished by one other man in the history of collegiate track and field – the legendary Jesse Owens. Not since Owens competed for Ohio State in 1935 and 1936 had a collegiate athlete won four NCAA gold medals at a single national championship meet. That’s until Carter snapped the 70-year drought and added his name alongside one of the true icons of the sport by capturing NCAA championships in the 100-meter dash, 400-meter dash, 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay. In fact, Carter became the first athlete in meet history to double with NCAA wins in the 100 meters and 400 meters in the same season. And Carter did so in record-setting fashion while becoming the fastest man in LSU Track & Field history in one of the most exciting NCAA Championships of all-time. It is a performance that will likely never be equaled by another athlete as long as the NCAA Championships are contested and one that should always be celebrated as one of the greatest individual feats in college sports.
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4x100-Meter Relay Carter struck gold for the first time at the national meet in on June 9, 2006, by running the second leg on LSU’s 4x100-meter relay team that wrapped up an undefeated season with a comfortable win in the finals while running what was then the sixth-fastest time in NCAA history at 38.44. LSU featured a star-studded lineup as Carter teamed with the likes of future Olympic silver medalist Richard Thompson on the first leg, Marvin Stevenson on the third leg and Olympic gold medalist and seven-time NCAA champion Kelly Willie on the anchor leg to defeat Tennessee (38.86) by more than four-tenths of a second. UTEP finished well back in third place with a time of 38.99. Pictured (from left to right) is the team of Carter, Thompson, Willie and Stevenson following its win at the 2006 Penn Relays.
4x400-Meter Relay With three NCAA gold medals already in the bag, Carter returned to the track for the third time on the meet’s final day to run the anchor leg of LSU’s fearsome 4x400-meter relay team. Just one season after it smashed the collegiate record with an NCAA-title-winning time of 2:59.59 at the national meet, the squad defended its crown and put an exclamation point onto the end of an undefeated 2006 season with a win in Sacramento. Carter joined Reggie Dardar on the first leg, Kelly Willie on the second leg and Melville Rogers on the third leg to run 3:01.58 and finish more than a half second ahead of TCU (3:02.12) for the title. Baylor finished more than one second behind in third place at 3:02.93. LSU’s victory in the mile relay led to a second-place finish in the final team standings with 51 points for the meet.
400-Meter Dash Perhaps Carter’s most impressive feat of the 2006 NCAA Outdoor Championships came in the 400-meter final when he had only 40 minutes to rest following his win in the 100 meters. After allowing the field to go out fast while holding his ground through the first 300 meters, Carter turned on the jets around the last turn to cross the finish line with another personal-best time of 44.53 that remains as the second-fastest run in the history of the LSU Track & Field program. While crossing his arms in the form of an “X” as he ran through the finish line, Carter took the title ahead of Ricardo Chambers of Florida State (44.71) and future Olympic 400-meter bronze medalist David Neville of Indiana (44.94). In a grueling performance that may never be duplicated, Carter remains the only sprinter in meet history to successfully complete the 100/400 double at the NCAA Championships.
100-Meter Dash In one of the deepest fields ever assembled for the 100-meter final at the NCAA Championships, Carter outlasted them all to win his second event title of the meet. With defending champion and future Olympic bronze medalist Walter Dix playing the role of favorite, Carter was seen as an All-America contender, but someone who would have to pull out an upset to take the title. That’s exactly what Carter did to dethrone Dix (10.18) as the NCAA champion as he took home the gold with a then school-record time of 10.09 run into a strong headwind. The national final also featured the likes of future collegiate record holder Travis Padgett of Clemson (10.24), future Kansas City Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles of Texas (10.27) and Churandy Martina of Texas-El Paso (10.29). 2016 TRACK & FIELD MEDIA GUIDE
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The Bowerman Trophy In its first iteration, weighing over 35 pounds and standing at 20 inches tall and 20 inches wide, the body of the trophy is milled from a solid block of aluminum and plated with 18-karat gold. An acrylic fin is attached at the top portion of the trophy embossed with a three-dimensional image of Bowerman. One of the most unique, and telling, characteristics of the trophy is its use of a rubber, waffle-shaped outsole for its bottom layer, a tribute to Bowerman’s invention of the waffleshaped shoe sole.
The Bowerman trophy is a stunning, one-of-a-kind figure that embodies the spirit of Bill Bowerman, combining aspects of speed, shape and asymmetry to forge a symbol of excellence in track and field.
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of several predecessor organizations that now form the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Bowerman also served as the head track and field coach for the 1972 U.S. Olympic Team and played a leading role in Eugene’s successful bids to host the 1972, 1976 and 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials. Although Bowerman’s tenure at Oregon is long over, his impact on the University, on track and field and on the global sports arena continues to be felt. For his numerous contributions to the sport of track and field and to the coaching profession, Bowerman was an inaugural inductee into the USTFCCCA Hall of Fame in 1995.
What is The Bowerman?
Who is Bill Bowerman?
Now in its sixth year of existence, The Bowerman is collegiate track and field’s equivalent to the Heisman Trophy in college football and is presented annually by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association to the top athlete at the collegiate level on the men’s and women’s sides. It is presented annually as part of the USTFCCCA National Convention. The USTFCCCA publishes a “watch list” of 10 men and 10 women under consideration for The Bowerman during the collegiate season each year. The Bowerman Advisory Board then finalizes a list of 10 semifinalists for both genders following the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships before announcing three finalists during the summer. The Bowerman voters consist of national and regional media personnel, track and field statisticians, NCAA collegiate administrators and presidents of affiliated organizations. In addition, USTFCCCA members collectively receive one (1) vote and fans collectively receive one (1) vote in voting for The Bowerman each year.
Bill Bowerman’s legacy in track and field is undeniable. He served as the University of Oregon’s head track and field coach from 1949-72 and remained active at the University and in the coaching world even as the shoe company he founded, Nike, grew into a global sports giant. A University of Oregon graduate, Bowerman returned to his alma mater as its head track and field and cross country coach in 1948. Over the next 23 years, the Ducks experienced new levels of success, winning four national championships and twice finishing as the national runnerup. Bowerman’s athletes were equally as successful as he coached 24 NCAA individual champions, 33 Olympians and 64 All-Americans, and athletes who have achieved 13 world records and 23 American records. Bowerman’s contributions extend far beyond the University of Oregon. Bowerman served as the National Collegiate Track Coaches Association’s (NCTCA) vice president in 1958-59 and took the helm as its president in 1959-60. The NCTCA is one
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LSU’s Kimberlyn Duncan (third from left) took home The Bowerman as the nation’s premier women’s track and field athlete of 2012. Southern Utah’s Cam Levins (third from right) was honored as the men’s recipient in the same season. Other 2012 finalists included (from left to right) Oregon’s Brianne Theisen, Arizona’s Brigetta Barrett, Florida’s Tony McQuay and Illinois’ Andrew Riley.
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Semifinalists 2010 Walter Henning 2013 Kimberlyn Duncan 2015 Vernon Norwood
LSU’s Kimberlyn Duncan made history in 2012 as she became the first SEC athlete in the The Bowerman’s existence to win the award honoring the premier athlete in collegiate track and field. She also made history as the first two-time finalist in the history of the award after being honored among the nation’s elite for the first time in 2011. Duncan was announced as the women’s recipient of The Bowerman following the 2012 season as she was joined by two other finalists in Arizona high jumper Brigetta Barrett and Oregon heptathlete Brianne Theisen. Distance runner Cam Levins of Southern Utah was honored as the men’s recipient of The Bowerman as a highlight of the 2012 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Convention held at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes in Orlando, Florida. It marked the second year in a row in which Duncan was honored as a finalist for the NCAA’s top individual award in track and field. She was recognized as a finalist following her sophomore season in 2011 along with Texas A&M’s Jessica Beard and Arkansas’ Tina Sutej. “I’m in total shock right now, I don’t even know what to say,” Duncan said following her announcement as The Bowerman recipient in 2012. “When I heard them call my name, I had to take a moment just to make sure I heard them right. It’s so surreal. To know that those voting for this award see me as the best athlete at this level is very humbling to me. We have some amazing athletes from some great programs here tonight. Any one of them is deserving of this award. Of course, I’m very excited to win it this year while representing my school and my team at LSU. “This only pushes me and motivates me to reach my full potential in this sport. I’m very honored to receive this award, and
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will work even harder.” Winners of The Bowerman also include Oregon’s Galen Rupp (2009) and Ashton Eaton (2010), Florida State’s Ngoni Makusha (2011), Levins (2012), Indiana’s Derek Drouin (2013), Texas A&M’s Deon Lendore (2014) and Florida’s Marquis Dendy (2015) on the men’s side; and Colorado’s Jenny Barringer (2009), Virginia Tech’s Queen Harrison (2010), Beard (2011), Clemson’s Brianna Rollins (2013) and Oregon’s Laura Roesler (2014) and Jenna Prandini (2015) on the women’s side.
Duncan was joined on stage by LSU head coach Dennis Shaver following The Bowerman Ceremony at the 2012 USTFCCCA National Convention.
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Led by the performance of medalists Ade Alleyne-Forte and Richard Thompson of Trinidad & Tobago and Samantha Henry of Jamaica, the Tigers and Lady Tigers were well-represented with 10 athletes competing at the Games of the XXX Olympiad held in London, England, in the summer of 2012. Following his Olympics debut in 2008 in which he captured a pair of silver medals for his nation in the 100-meter dash and 4x100-meter relay, Thompson became the most decorated Olympian in the history of LSU athletics when he
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anchored his country to the silver medal in the 4x100 relay to claim a third Olympic medal as one of the world’s bright young sprint stars. In what proved to be the fastest relay race in history, Thompson anchored a Trinidad & Tobago team that also featured Keston Bledman, Marc Burns and Emmanuel Callender to a second-place finish with a run of 38.12 seconds in the final in London. Jamaica became the first relay team in history to break 37 seconds in breaking its own world record with a gold-medal-winning run of 36.84. The United States finished second in the race, but was later stripped of its silver medal by the International Olympic Committee. That performance earned Thompson the distinction of being LSU’s first athlete regardless of sport to win three Olympic medals in a career as he now owns three silver medals from the Olympic Games. Not only that, but Thompson also lined up in the 100-meter final for the second-straight time as he crossed the finish line in seventh place with a 9.98 clocking after taking the silver medal with a run of 9.89 in 2008. Jamaica’s Usain Bolt defended his Olympic gold medal with an Olympic record of 9.63, and Jamaican Yohan Blake struck silver in 9.75 with American Justin Gatlin taking the bronze in 9.79. Like Thompson, Alleyne-Forte helped Trinidad & Tobago capture a bronze medal while running the third leg for his country in the 4x400-meter relay final. While making his Olympics debut following an All-American senior season with the Tigers, Alleyne-Forte split 45.44 as he joined with Lalonde Gordon, Jarrin Solomon and Deon Lendore in setting a national record of 2 minutes, 59.40 seconds to finish behind only the Bahamas (2:56.72) and United States
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Ade Alleyne-Forte (second from left)
DID YOU KNOW? Former Tiger sprinter Richard Thompson is the most decorated Olympian in the history of LSU athletics, regardless of sport. Thompson’s three Olympic medals won in 2008 and 2012 are more than any other athlete in the school’s history. (2:57.05) on the medal podium. Also claiming a medal in her Olympics debut was former Lady Tiger standout Samantha Henry as she ran the leadoff leg for the Jamaicans in the qualifying round of the 4x100-meter relay. Jamaica had a silver-medalwinning second-place finish in the Olympic final. With its athletes winning three medals during the competition in London, members of the LSU Track & Field program have now won 16 medals all-time with their performance at the Olympic Games. Since 400-meter hurdler Glenn “Slats” Hardin won a silver medal in Los Angeles, California, in 1932 and a gold medal in Berlin, Germany, in 1936, the Tigers and Lady Tigers have won six gold medals, six silver medals and four bronze medals all-time at the Olympic Games. Three other Lady Tigers also lined up in Olympic finals during the competition in London in 2012 as hurdler Lolo Jones of the United States and sprinters Kelly Baptiste and Semoy Hackett of Trinidad & Tobago proved themselves among the world’s premier performers in their events. Jones nearly earned her place on the medal podium in her second Olympics appearance after earning a fourth-place finish in the final of the women’s 100-meter hurdles. Baptiste, the reigning World Championships bronze medalist in the women’s 100-meter dash, took sixth place in the deepest 100-meter field of the 2012 campaign, while Hackett crossed the finish line in eighth place in the 200-meter final in her Olympics debut in London.
Also making their second career appearance at the Olympic Games were former Lady Tigers Neisha Bernard-Thomas (Grenada) in the 800 meters and Nickiesha Wilson (Jamaica) in the 400 hurdles, while Tiger seniors Damar Forbes (long jump) and Riker Hylton (4x400 relay) made their Olympic debuts for Team Jamaica.
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Auburn 12 Florida State 12 Arkansas 11 Southern California 11 LSU 10 Florida 10 Oregon 10 Texas 10
Ade Alleyne-Forte (Trinidad & Tobago) Kelly Baptiste (Trinidad & Tobago) Neisha Bernard-Thomas (Grenada) Damar Forbes (Jamaica) Semoy Hackett (Trinidad & Tobago) Samantha Henry (Jamaica) Riker Hylton (Jamaica) Lolo Jones (United States) Richard Thompson (Trinidad & Tobago) Nickiesha Wilson (Jamaica)
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Richard Thompson following the medal ceremony for the 100-meter dash.
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XXIX Olympiad Senior Richard Thompson of Trinidad & Tobago carried the torch for the LSU program by winning a pair of silver medals in his Olympics debut. With the spotlight shining brightly on American Tyson Gay and Jamaicans Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell entering the first round of 100-meter qualifying, the only question was where they would place on the medal podium after racing in the final. Thompson was an afterthought, despite lining up with the fifth-fastest time in the world of all the 100-meter sprinters in Beijing. After cruising through three rounds of qualifying while matching his personal best with a time of 9.93 seconds in the semifinals, Thompson returned to the track two hours later and took his mark in lane five with Bolt to his left and American Walter Dix to his right. The stage was set for
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a dramatic conclusion to perhaps the most anticipated 100-meter final in the history of the Olympic Games, and Thompson did not disappoint. Thompson was the first in the eightman field to fire out of the blocks with a 0.133 reaction time and raced to the finish line with a new personal best of 9.89 to win the silver medal for both his country and LSU in his debut. He is LSU’s first-ever medalist in the 100meter dash and is the school’s second individual Olympic medalist in the sprint events all-time after former Tiger standout Derrick Brew won a bronze medal in the 400-meter dash in Athens, Greece, in 2004. But Thompson didn’t stop there as he went on to anchor his country’s 4x100-meter relay team to a silver medal to put an exclamation point on a truly unforgettable season.
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DID YOU KNOW? LSU was represented by more track and field athletes at the 2008 Olympic Games than any other collegiate program as 12 Tigers and Lady Tigers made the trip to Beijing. The 2008 season also saw the emergence of former Lady Tiger star Lolo Jones as the world’s premier sprint hurdler with her dominating victory in the 100 hurdles at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Jones carried the title of gold-medal favorite into the finals of her first career Olympic Games after setting a world-leading and personal-best time of 12.43 in the semifinals in Beijing. And Jones could already see the gold medal being placed around her neck after racing out to a commanding lead over the rest of the field through eight hurdles in the final. But dreams of Olympic gold were dashed in a split second as she failed to clear the ninth hurdle of the race with the same ease that she has shown throughout her career. With a comfortable twometer lead on the rest of the field, Jones raised her right leg to clear the hurdle, but sent it crashing to the track in an instant. She struggled to keep her balance over the last hurdle and
finished in seventh place. Despite her misfortune in Beijing, Jones showed the grace and class that has endeared her to fans of American track and field throughout her career. An editorial printed in the Aug. 20, 2008, edition of the Los Angeles Times said it best that “A champion is the class of the field. No one in these Olympics has shown any more class than Lolo Jones.” While Thompson and Jones were the most recognizable LSU stars to compete in Beijing, they were not alone as former Lady Tiger Muna Lee represented the United States well after earning a fourth-place finish in the 200 meters and a fifth-place finish in the 100 meters. For Lee, it was her second career appearance in the Olympic Games after competing in Athens in 2004. One Tiger also received the honor of carrying his nation’s flag during the opening ceremonies as former LSU star Alleyne Francique led the
Grenada contingent around the track and onto the infield of the “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium on opening night. Francique competed in the 400 meters at the Olympics for the second time in his career. Like Francique, former Lady Tiger halfmiler Marian Burnett of Guyana made her second appearance, while Laverne Eve of the Bahamas threw the javelin for a school-record fifth time at the Olympic Games. Also making their Olympics debut in Beijing were Kelly Baptiste (Trinidad & Tobago), Neisha Bernard-Thomas (Grenada), Sherry Fletcher (Grenada), Isa Phillips (Jamaica), Siraj Williams (Liberia) and Nickiesha Wilson (Jamaica).
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LSU OLYMPIC MEDALISTS Glenn “Slats” Hardin
Esther Jones
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Glenn “Slats” Hardin holds the distinction as being the only LSU Track & Field athlete to win a gold medal in an individual event at the Olympic Games. The most dominant 400-meter hurdler in the first half of the 20th century, Hardin won a silver medal in Los Angeles in 1932 and a gold medal in Berlin in 1936. He wrapped up a brilliant career at LSU in 1935 as a four-time NCAA champion, six-time SEC champion and six-time All-American.
Arguably the most dominant sprinter to ever wear the Lady Tiger uniform, Esther Jones became the third Olympic gold medalist in the history of the track and field program with her win in the 4x100-meter relay for the United States in Barcelona, Spain, in 1992. She earned a school record 21 All-America honors for the Lady Tigers from 1988-91 and swept NCAA titles in the 100 meters and 200 meters during her junior season in 1990.
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Sheila Echols became the first Lady Tiger to win an Olympic medal as she struck gold as a member of the United States’ 4x100-meter relay team at the Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, in 1988. Despite her Olympic glory in the sprint relay, Echols actually made a name for herself at LSU as the nation’s premier long jumper as she won an NCAA title in the event in 1987. Echols was a two-time NCAA champion and seven-time All-American during her LSU career.
The LSU Track & Field program was represented by nine athletes at the centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, and none shined brighter than Glenroy Gilbert as he guided Canada’s 4x100-meter relay to an improbable gold medal over the favored foursome from the United States. During his brief two-year career with the Tigers, Gilbert earned three All-America honors and ran on LSU’s NCAA champion relay team during the 1993 season.
WORLD-CLASS TIGERS
Ade Alleyne-Forte • Trinidad
Walter Davis • United States
Nadia Davy • Jamaica
Peta-Gaye Dowdie • Jamaica
Dahlia Duhaney • Jamaica
• 2012 Olympic Bronze Medalist (4x400 Relay)
• 2005 World Outdoor Champion (Triple Jump) • 2006 World Indoor Champion (Triple Jump) • 2-time Olympian
• 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist (4x400 Relay) • 2004 Olympian
• 1999 World Outdoor Bronze Medalist (4x100 Relay) • 2000 Olympian
• 1991 World Outdoor Champion (4x100 Relay) • 1992 Olympian
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LSU The following eight individuals are members of the LSU Track & Field program who have won gold and silver medals in the 114-year history of the modern Olympic Games. LSU athletes have won a total of 16 medals all-time at the Olympic Games, including 11 for the Tigers and five for the Lady Tigers. LSU is well-represented each year as at least one athlete has competed in 11 different Olympic Games all-time.
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Kelly Willie
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The Tigers have produced many of the world’s premier quartermilers over the years, and Derrick Brew certainly ranks among the all-time greats at LSU following his effort at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Brew became the first LSU sprinter to medal in an individual event as he won bronze in the 400-meter dash, while he also struck gold as a member of the United States’ 4x400-meter relay at the site of the inaugural Olympic Games in 1896.
Derrick Brew was not the only Tiger to win a gold medal as a member of the United States’ 4x400-meter relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens as fellow LSU star Kelly Willie also took his place on top of the medal podium as a gold medalist in the event. Willie became the youngest gold medalist in the history of the LSU program with his performance as a sophomore in 2004. Willie won seven NCAA titles and 19 All-America honors with the Tigers from 2003-06.
John Moffitt
Richard Thompson
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Trinidad & Tobago
After being crowned NCAA champion in the long jump during his senior season in 2004, John Moffitt made a splash in his Olympics debut with Team USA as he soared to a silver medal in the event in Athens, Greece. Moffitt, who earned six All-America honors during a two-year career with the Tigers in 2003-04, quickly earned a reputation as one of the world’s preeminent talents with his performance. Moffitt swept NCAA Indoor and Outdoor titles as a senior in 2004.
Former LSU star Richard Thompson solidified his reputation as the most decorated Olympian in the history of LSU athletics as he claimed his third Olympic medal in London in 2012 as he anchored Trinidad & Tobago to a silver medal in the 4x100-meter relay. His effort in London followed his Olympic debut in Beijing, China, in 2008 when he captured a pair of silver medals in the 100-meter dash and 4x100-meter relay.
Samantha Henry • Jamaica
Lolo Jones • United States
Muna Lee • United States
Debbie Parris • Jamaica
Ronetta Smith • Jamaica
• 2012 Olympic Silver Medalist (4x100 Relay)
• 2008 World Indoor Champion (60 Hurdles) • 2010 World Indoor Champion (60 Hurdles) • 2-time Olympic finalist
• 2005 World Outdoor Champion (4x100 Relay) • 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials Champion (100 Meters) • 2-time Olympian
• 2001 World Outdoor Champion (4x400 Relay) • 2-time Olympian
• 2004 Olympic Bronze Medalist (4x400 Relay) • 2005 World Outdoor Silver Medalist (4x400 Relay)
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Wall OF CHAMPIONS In 2005, LSU Track & Field established its Wall of Champions in the Tiger track and field offices. A total of 32 Tigers and Lady Tigers have earned their spot on this honorary wall. Induction occurs when student-athletes excel at the highest level. All members have won SEC and NCAA titles and have competed for their native countries at the Olympic Games. A complete list of LSU athletes achieving these three exceptional accomplishments are listed on the following page. 24 LSU
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Kelly Baptiste Claston Bernard Neisha Bernard-Thomas Sid Bowman Billy Brown Marian Burnett Walter Davis Peta-Gaye Dowdie Dahlia Duhaney Sheila Echols Laverne Eve Alleyne Francique Billy Hardin Glenn Hardin D’Andre Hill Sharon Jaklofsky
Kelly Baptiste • Class of 2008 YEARS LETTERED AT LSU
2005-08 1999-2002 2003-05 1930-32 1938-41 2002-03 2001-02 1997-2000 1989-92 1989-92 1986-88 2001-02 1962-64 1933-35 1992-96 1991-93
Richard Thompson • Class of 2008
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Esther Jones Lolo Jones Muna Lee Suzette Lee John Moffitt Mikael Olander Debbie Parris Keisha Spencer Richard Thompson Jack Torrance Robin van Helden Astia Walker Claudine Williams Schowonda Williams Simon Williams Nickiesha Wilson
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ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME
QUALIFICATION In order for an athlete to join the LSU Athletics Hall of Fame, he or she must have earned a baccalaureate, professional or graduate degree from LSU or by some other regionally accredited institution of higher learning, have earned one or more letters in a varsity sport at LSU, have gained national distinction through superlative performance as an athlete and have established a personal reputation for character and
citizenship which reflects favorably on the University. Former LSU athletes are eligible only after three or more years have elapsed since the conferring of his or her degree. In order for a coach or administrator to join the LSU Athletics Hall of Fame, the individual must have made significant contributions to LSU Athletics in a capacity other than as an athlete, have gained national distinction through exceptional
accomplishments in his or her field of expertise and established a personal reputation of character for citizenship which reflects favorably on the University. Former LSU coaches and administrators are eligible for nomination only after five years or more have elapsed since retiring from the profession for which the individual is nominated.
1933 NCAA Champions Pictured is the five-man team (from left to right) of Nathan “Buddy” Blair, Glenn “Slats” Hardin, Jack Torrance, Al Moreau and Matt Gordy, which captured LSU’s first of 31 NCAA track championships way back in 1933 with a 58-54 victory over the heavily-favored Trojans of Southern California. As LSU’s first national championship team in any sport, these men were inducted into the LSU Athletics Hall of Fame as part of the inaugural class of 1937, cementing their place among the legends of the sport.
Sidney Bowman
Billy Hardin
Harry Carpenter
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Class of 1986
A three-year letterwinner at LSU from 1930-32, Sidney Bowman owns the distinction of being the first in a proud and storied tradition of LSU Olympians as he competed as part of the U.S. Olympic Team in Amsterdam in 1928 and Los Angeles in 1932. In fact, Bowman made his Olympics debut in 1928 following his high school graduation in Hammond, Louisiana, before even setting foot on LSU’s campus for his freshman season. Bowman was also inducted as part of the 1937 class.
With his induction in 1970, Billy Hardin joined his father, Glenn “Slats” Hardin, as a member of the LSU Athletics Hall of Fame following a distinguished collegiate career. Billy Hardin, who represented the United States at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, matched his father’s achievement by winning the NCAA championship in the 400-meter hurdles during his senior season in 1964. A three-time AllAmerican and seven-time SEC champion, the younger Hardin is perhaps the greatest LSU Track & Field athlete of his era.
The most accomplished LSU Track & Field athlete of the 1950s, Harry Carpenter racked up an incredible eight SEC event titles during a brief two-year collegiate career from 1956-57, while also leading the Tigers to an SEC team championship during the 1957 season. Most notably, Carpenter captured back-to-back league titles in both the 220-yard dash and 220-yard hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Championships as one of the SEC’s most dominant sprinters and hurdlers of the decade. He was honored with induction into the LSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1986.
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- Inducted in 1941 - Lettered in 1938-41 - 1936 U.S. Olympian - 1941 NCAA Long Jump Champion
Oris “Arky” Erwin
- Inducted in 1947 - Lettered in 1941-42 - 4-time SEC Champion - 1942 NCAA All-American
Robert Lowther
- Inducted in 1978 - Lettered in 1946-48 - 2-time NCAA All-American - 4-time SEC Champion
Delmon McNabb
- Inducted in 1978 - Lettered in 1965-67 - 1967 NCAA Javelin Champion - 2-time SEC Champion
Joseph T. Butler, Sr. D’Andre Hill Class of 2006 Lady Tiger great D’Andre Hill owns the distinction of being the only LSU sprinter on either the men’s or women’s teams to win back-to-back NCAA 100-meter titles with her victories at the NCAA Championships in 1995 and 1996. The 2006 LSU Athletics Hall of Fame inductee won six NCAA titles, six SEC titles and 15 All-America honors during an LSU career spanning five seasons from 1992-96. Hill also competed for Team USA at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
- Inducted in 1982
Bernie Moore Class of 2008 Bernie Moore’s accomplishments as LSU’s head track and field coach speak for themselves. In 18 seasons from 1930-47, the Tigers captured 12 Southeastern Conference championships during a stretch of 15 years following the league’s creation in 1933, as well as the school’s first of 31 NCAA team titles during the 1933 season. Moore, who also compiled an 83-39-6 overall record with two SEC crowns in 13 seasons as LSU’s head football coach, went on to serve as the SEC commissioner for 18 years from 1948-66.
Eric Reid
- Inducted in 2005 - Lettered in 1984-87 - 1987 NCAA 110 Hurdles Champion - 3-time NCAA All-American
Bob Smith
- Inducted in 2005 - Lettered in 1972-75 - 1974 NCAA All-American - 8-time SEC Champion
Lurline Struppeck - Inducted in 1991
Schowonda Williams
- Inducted in 1998 - Lettered in 1985-88 - 1988 NCAA 400 Hurdles Champion - 1988 U.S. Olympian
Suzette Lee
- Inducted in 2011 - Lettered in 1996-97 - 3-time NCAA Triple Jump Champion - NCAA Indoor Record Holder - 1996 Olympian
Kim Carson Cheryl Taplin Class of 2006 Cheryl Taplin joined D’Andre Hill as an inductee into the LSU Athletics Hall of Fame during the summer of 2006 in honor of her career as one of the NCAA’s leading sprinters during the 1990s. Taplin, who won three-straight NCAA crowns as a member of LSU’s prolific 4x100-meter relay team in 1992, 1993 and 1994, competed for the Lady Tiger program for four seasons while leading the team to seven NCAA team titles from 1991-94. She racked up 16 All-America honors during that time, which ranks fourth on LSU’s all-time list for career All-America accolades.
Esther Jones Class of 2008 No athlete in the combined history of the LSU Track & Field program has been named an AllAmerican more times than the great Esther Jones. With 21 All-America selections during her prolific collegiate career from 1988-91, Jones helped lead the Lady Tigers to six NCAA championships with two indoor and four outdoor crowns during that span. The 1990 NCAA 100-meter and 200-meter champion brought home a gold medal from the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, where she ran on the title-winning 4x100-meter relay team for the United States.
- Inducted in 2015 - Lettered in 1993-96 - 1996 NCAA 100 Hurdles Champion - 1996 NCAA 55 Hurdles Champion - 7-time NCAA All-American
Laverne Eve
- Inducted in 2015 - Lettered in 1986-88 - 1987 NCAA Javelin Champion - 2-time NCAA All-American - 5-time Olympian
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WORLD’S FASTEST FOOTBALL PLAYER
TRINDON HOLLIDAY
After recording a personal-best time of 10.00 seconds in the NCAA final en route to winning the NCAA 100-meter title in 2009, the case can be made that Trindon Holliday is the fastest football player in the history of the sport at any level. There have been a total of 99 men in history who have run a faster time in the 100-meter dash than Holliday’s personal-best wind-legal time of 10.00. It is known who they are, where they are from and when their times were recorded ... and none played the game of football at the time of their achievement. There have been 18 collegiate athletes who have recorded a faster time in the 100 meters than Holliday, but none played college football when they set their wind-legal PRs. The bottom line is that no high school, college or professional football player has ever run faster than Holliday during their football career. With this in mind, it is only fitting that Holliday be referred to as the fastest football player in the history of the sport.
World’s Fastest Football Players ATHLETE
TOP TIME
Trindon Holliday Jeff Demps Jacoby Ford “Bullet” Bob Hayes Willie Gault Johnny “Lam” Jones Herschel Walker Jamaal Charles Marvin Bracy Deion Sanders C.J. Spiller Raghib “Rocket” Ismail Bo Jackson Renaldo Nehemiah
10.00 10.01 10.04 10.06 10.10 10.14 10.23 10.23 10.25 10.26 10.29 10.34 10.44 10.18w
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2009 2008 2009 1964 1982 1977 1982 2006 2012 1988 2008 1991 1983 1978
This information was gathered from www.iaaf.org, www. alltime-athletics.com and www.trackandfieldnews.com, as well as media guides from various colleges and universities across the country.
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Holliday cetainly proved to be one of the nation’s most electrifying two-sport athletes with his performance on the football field and the track during his collegiate career at LSU. A seven-time All-American on the track, Holliday cemented his position among the elite sprinters in collegiate track and field in 2009 as he was crowned NCAA champion in the 100-meter dash after crossing the finish line in 10.00 seconds in the event final at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships. He also finished second and third in the 100-meter final at the NCAA Championships during his career. Not only that, but Holliday anchored the Tigers’ 4x100-meter relay to an NCAA championship at the outdoor national meet in 2008 with what was the sixthfastest time in collegiate history at 38.42. The Zachary native has also competed in the 100 meters at the U.S. Olympic Trials and USA Outdoor Championships during his career.
Holliday’s success is not limited to the track as he was one of the nation’s elite return specialists on the football field while returning four kicks for touchdowns during his brilliant LSU career from 2006-09. Among his highlights is a 92-yard punt return for a touchdown in a 41-3 win over North Texas on Sept. 13, 2008, before finishing the game with 163 punt return yards, which is the second-most in a single game in the history of the Southeastern Conference. He also returned two kicks for touchdowns against Arkansas, including a 92-yard kickoff return in 2006 and an 87-yard punt return in 2009. In all, Holliday racked up 3,297 all-purpose yards and scored eight touchdowns in four seasons as a member of the LSU football team. He was selected by the Houston Texans in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He has also played for the Denver Broncos and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in his five seasons, even returning four kicks for touchdowns for Denver in 2012 and 2013.
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ON THE GRIDIRON
LSU boasts one of the proudest traditions in all of collegiate athletics with many of its studentathletes enjoying great success competing in both track and field and on the gridiron. In fact, 13 football standouts have earned All-America honors in track and field during their careers at LSU.
Bennie Brazell
Chris Cummings
Brazell finished his career as the first athlete in the school’s storied history to compete on national championship teams in two different sports. He led the men’s track team to an outdoor national title in 2002 and an indoor national title in 2004, while also playing wide receiver on LSU’s national championship football team in 2003.
A four-time letterwinner as a starting cornerback for then head coach Gerry DiNardo, Cummings also enjoyed a stellar career on the oval with five career AllAmerica honors and a trio of SEC titles from 1995-98. He doubled as the 100meter and 200-meter champion at the SEC Outdoor Championships in 1997.
Shawn Burks
Ricky Jean-Francois
An All-American performer in the javelin during his four-year career in Baton Rouge, Burks was a dominating middle linebacker for the Tigers under former head coach Bill Arnsarger as he earned a pair of All-SEC selections in 1984 and 1985.
An All-SEC shot putter, Jean-Francois proved to be one of the more dominant defensive linemen in all of college football during his career at LSU from 2006-08. He helped lead the Tigers to a national championship with a 38-24 win over Ohio State in the BCS National Championship Game in New Orleans on Jan. 7, 2008, while being named the game’s Defensive MVP with six tackles, one sack and a blocked field goal.
Billy Cannon
Eddie Kennison
Billy Cannon cemented his place in LSU lore as the 1959 Heisman Trophy winner after leading the Tigers to a national championship in 1958. Cannon’s most memorable performance came in 1959 against Ole Miss when No. 1 LSU trailed No. 3 Ole Miss, 3-0, in the fourth quarter. He fielded a punt, broke seven tackles and returned it 89 yards for the 7-3 victory. A two-sport star during his career at LSU, Cannon also won an SEC title in the 100-meter dash as a member of the track and field team in 1958.
Xavier Carter Carter, who came to LSU in 2004 as arguably the No. 1-ranked wide receiver recruit in the country, enjoyed the most prolific two-year career in the history of the men’s track and field program with a school-record-tying seven individual national titles and a total of 10 AllAmerica honors.
A former first-round draft pick of the St. Louis Rams in the 1996 NFL Draft, Kennison was a six-time All-American and four-time SEC champion on the track as a member of LSU’s prolific 4x100 and 4x400-meter relay teams. In fact, he anchored the 4x100 squad to a national title at NCAA Outdoor Championships in 1994.
Jack Torrance A former world-record holder in the shot put, Torrance was an All-SEC offensive lineman with the Tigers from 1931-33. He earned three All-America honors in the shot put at LSU before representing his country at the infamous 1936 Olympic Games held in Nazi-controlled Berlin, Germany.
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The 2015 season marked the anniversary of LSU’s historic national championship sweep outdoors in 1990. Members of those teams were honored at the 2015 team banquet held on Oct. 25 last fall.
TEAM AWARDS & Alumni Recognition Banquet
The LSU Track & Field program held its sixthannual Team Awards and Alumni Recognition Banquet on the night of Oct. 25 at the Carl Maddox Field House in which 19 student-athletes received awards for their performance in competition, in the classroom and in the community during the 2014-15 athletic season. The LSU Track & Field Team Awards and Alumni Recognition Banquet has been established to not only recognize the current members of the program for their performance in the past year, but also honor the alumni who have laid the foundation of success still enjoyed by the program today. Athletes, coaches, administrators, family and alumni were in attendance in celebration of the history and tradition of the premier combined program in all of collegiate track and field. Awards were presented to members of the program for their outstanding performance during the 2014 cross country, 2015 indoor and 2015 outdoor seasons while leading the Tigers and Lady Tigers in all aspects of the program. Highlighting the festivities was the 25th anniversary celebration of LSU’s NCAA title sweep during the 1990 outdoor season when the Tigers and Lady Tigers defended their titles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships at Duke University that season.
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Lady Tiger shot put great Tori Bliss (left) and LSU’s NCAA Champion 400-meter runner Vernon Norwood (right) were honored at the 2015 team banquet as the team’s Most Outstanding Performers of 2014-15. Norwood took home The Glenn “Slats” Hardin Award for the second year in a row, which is the Most Outstanding Performer award on the men’s side, named in honor of the arguably the greatest track and field athlete in team history.
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Awards were presented to current members of the team for their outstanding performance during the 2014 cross country, 2015 indoor and 2015 outdoor seasons.
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Award Winners at LSU Track & Field Team Awards and Alumni Recognition Banquet Note: awards listed in order received
Newcomer of the Year
Community Service Award
Eye of the Tiger Award
Criteria: NCAA and/or SEC scorer, Individual who made great impact on team performance, Demonstrated performance improvement throughout the year particularly the championship meets. Male – Jordan Moore Female – Daeshon Gordon
Criteria: Individual is active in community service activities, Logged most community service hours through the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program, Demonstrated dedication to athletic improvement. Male (The Kirt Bennett Award) – Philip Dempsey Female – Tori Bliss
Criteria: Demonstrated a fierce competitive attitude, Displayed an attitude which positively affects teammates, Possessed a relentless desire to improve their performance. Male – Joshua Thompson Female – Rebekah Wales
Cross Country Runner of the Year
Most Outstanding Field Athlete Award
LeJuan Simon Perseverance Award
Criteria: NCAA and/or SEC scorer, Exhibited event group leadership qualities, Demonstrated excellent work habits and motivation to improve. Male – Rodney Brown Female – Nataliyah Friar
Criteria: Displayed a work ethic that resulted in consistent performance improvements; Overcame obstacles to achieve goals; Contributed positively to the team. Aaron Ernest & Annie Simoneaux
Most Outstanding Track Athlete Award
Criteria: Senior who was an NCAA participant, Demonstrated team leadership characteristics, Strived for excellence athletically, academically and in community service. Male – Rodney Brown/Quincy Downing/Vernon Norwood Female – Tori Bliss
Criteria: Reported to fall camp in excellent fitness from summer training program, Was consistently a top performing runner during the regular season and championship meets, Participated in the SEC and Regional Cross Country Championship meets. Male – Travis Pope Female – Morgan Schuetz
Academic/Athletic Accomplishment Award Criteria: Combined both high academic and high athletic performance, Utilized the many athletic and academic resources provided by the LSU Athletic Department, NCAA and/or SEC competitor. Male (The Kenner Day Award) – Quincy Downing Female – Mikiah Brisco
Most Improved Athlete Award Criteria: Individual elevated their daily training efforts, Competition performance showed consistent improvement, Demonstrated dedication to athletic improvement. Male – Tremayne Acy Female – Morgan Schuetz
Criteria: NCAA and/or SEC scorer, Exhibited event group leadership qualities, Demonstrated excellent work habits and motivation to improve. Male – Vernon Norwood Female – Aleia Hobbs
Academic Achievement Award Criteria: Achieved the highest GPA during the previous two semesters, Completed a minimum of 24 degree credit hours, Participated in a minimum of six competitions during the year. Male – Philip Dempsey Female – Andria Aguilar/Chaiss Matthews
L Club Captain Award
Most Outstanding Female Performer Award Criteria: NCAA scorer, Performed consistently throughout the season(s), Displayed a positive attitude and team leadership behavior. Tori Bliss
The Glenn “Slats” Hardin Award Criteria: NCAA scorer, Performed consistently throughout the season(s), Displayed a positive attitude and team leadership behavior. Vernon Norwood
Annie Simoneaux (far left) and Aaron Ernest (second from left) won the inaugural LeJuan Simon Perseverance Award named in honor of the late All-American triple jumper who jumped for LSU.
Rodney Brown (middle left) and Nataliyah Friar (middle right) were voted the team’s Most Outstanding Field Athlete Award winners for the 2014-15 athletic season as two of the team’s leading performers.
Tremayne Acy (middle left) and Morgan Schuetz (middle right) were chosen by the coaching staff as the winners of the Most Improved Athlete Award for 2014-15.
Tori Bliss won three awards during this year’s banquet, including the Community Service, L Club Team Captain and Most Outstanding Female Performer awards on the women’s side.
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More than 100 LSU Track & Field alumni representing six decades of excellence were on hand for the inaugural LSU Track & Field Team Awards and Alumni Recognition Banquet held April 16, 2010.
LSU TRACK & FIELD BANQUET LSU Track & Field has set aside one weekend to serve as a true celebration of the rich history and tradition of the NCAA’s most storied track and field program as the Tigers and Lady Tigers have welcomed alumni back to Baton Rouge as part of the LSU Track & Field Team Awards and Alumni Recognition Banquet. The event has been held in each of the past five years. The program enjoyed a historic evening on the night of April 16, 2010, when it hosted the inaugural LSU Track & Field Team Awards and Alumni Recognition Banquet with a crowd of more than 500 athletes, coaches, family and alumni in attendance at the Crowne Plaza Baton Rouge. In attendance at the inaugural banquet were more than 100 LSU Track & Field alums representing six decades of the most recognized combined program in all of collegiate track and field. The event was established to recognize the current members of the LSU Track & Field program for their outstanding performance in competition, in the classroom and in the community, as well as honor the alumni who have laid the foundation of success enjoyed by the program today. The second-annual team banquet was held on Easter weekend in 2011 as the event again saw a strong alumni
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representation on a glorious Good Friday at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. ESPN’s Emmy award-winning track and field commentator Larry Rawson was on hand to serve as the Master of Ceremonies of the event that year. The event returned to the PMAC for two more years in 2012 and 2013 before moving over to the Carl Maddox Field House in 2014 and 2015 as the event has now established a tradition all its own.
MEN’S AWARDS
WOMEN’S AWARDS
Newcomer of the Year Award 2010 – Caleb Williams 2011 – Horatio Williams 2012 – Riker Hylton 2013 – Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake 2014 – Vernon Norwood 2015 – Jordan Moore
Newcomer of the Year Award 2010 – Takeia Pinckney 2011 – Jasmin Stowers 2012 – Semoy Hackett 2013 – Natoya Goule 2014 – Nataliyah Friar 2015 – Daeshon Gordon
Cross Country Runner of the Year Award 2010 – Cullen Doody 2011 – Richard Chautin 2012 – Cullen Doody 2013 – Roger Cooke 2014 – Philip Primeaux 2015 – Travis Pope
Cross Country Runner of the Year Award 2010 – Jenna Henssler 2011 – Laura Carleton 2012 – Leigh-Ann Naccari 2013 – Laura Carleton 2014 – Morgan Schuetz 2015 – Morgan Schuetz
The Kenner Day Award 2010 – Barrett Nugent 2011 – Barrett Nugent 2012 – Michael Lauro 2013 – Damar Forbes 2014 – Joseph Caraway 2015 – Quincy Downing
Academic/Athletic Accomplishment 2010 – Samantha Henry 2011 – Melissa Ogbourne 2012 – Laura Carleton 2013 – Laura Carleton 2014 – Denise Hinton/Jasmin Stowers 2015 – Mikiah Brisco
Most Improved Athlete Award 2010 – Zedric Thomas 2011 – Michael Lauro 2012 – Damar Forbes, Caleb Williams 2013 – Rodney Brown 2014 – Quincy Downing 2015 – Tremayne Acy
Most Improved Athlete Award 2010 – Brittany Hall 2011 – Kimberlyn Duncan 2012 – Denise Hinton 2013 – Laura Carleton 2014 – Tori Bliss/Chanice Chase 2015 – Morgan Schuetz
The Kirt Bennett Award 2010 – Kyle Rose 2011 – Brandon Gordon 2012 – Brandon Gordon 2013 – Joseph Caraway 2014 – David Collins 2015 – Philip Dempsey
Community Service Award 2010 – Lauren Saucier 2011 – Lauren Saucier 2012 – Katie Carroll 2013 – Laura Carleton 2014 – Tori Bliss 2015 – Tori Bliss
Most Outstanding Field Athlete Award 2010 – Walter Henning 2011 – Walter Henning 2012 – Damar Forbes 2013 – Damar Forbes 2014 – Rodney Brown 2015 – Rodney Brown
Most Outstanding Field Athlete Award 2010 – Brittani Carter 2011 – Brittani Carter 2012 – Brittani Carter 2013 – Denise Hinton 2014 – Denise Hinton 2015 – Nataliyah Friar
Most Outstanding Track Athlete Award 2010 – Trindon Holliday 2011 – Barrett Nugent 2012 – Barrett Nugent 2013 – Aaron Ernest 2014 – Vernon Norwood 2015 – Vernon Norwood
Most Outstanding Track Athlete Award 2010 – LaTavia Thomas 2011 – Kimberlyn Duncan 2012 – Kimberlyn Duncan 2013 – Kimberlyn Duncan, Natoya Goule 2014 – Jasmin Stowers 2015 – Aleia Hobbs
Academic Achievement Award 2010 – Rabun Fox 2011 – Kyle Rose 2012 – Cullen Doody 2013 – Philip Dempsey 2014 – Philip Dempsey 2015 – Philip Dempsey
Academic Achievement Award 2010 – Anna Lyons 2011 – Laura Carleton 2012 – Laura Carleton 2013 – Andria Aguilar 2014 – Therese Jernbeck/Chaiss Matthews 2015 – Andria Aguilar/Chaiss Matthews
Eye of the Tiger Award 2010 – Richard Jones 2011 – Walter Henning 2012 – Barrett Nugent 2013 – Rodney Brown 2014 – Quincy Downing 2015 – Joshua Thompson
Eye of the Tiger Award 2010 – LaTavia Thomas 2011 – LaTavia Thomas 2012 – Charlene Lipsey 2013 – Natoya Goule 2014 – Nikita Tracey 2015 – Rebekah Wales
LeJuan Simon Perseverance Award 2015 – Aaron Ernest
LeJuan Simon Perseverance Award 2014 – Denise Hinton 2015 – Annie Simoneaux
L Club Captain Award 2010 – Jeremy Hicks 2011 – Walter Henning 2012 – Michael Lauro 2013 – Barrett Nugent 2014 – Jaora Johnson 2015 – Rodney Brown/Quincy Downing/ Vernon Norwood
L Club Captain Award 2010 – Katelyn Rodrigue 2011 – LaTavia Thomas 2012 – Melissa Ogbourne 2013 – Rebecca Alexander 2014 – Lynnika Pitts/Jasmin Stowers 2015 – Tori Bliss
The Glenn “Slats” Hardin Award 2010 – Walter Henning 2011 – Walter Henning 2012 – Barrett Nugent 2013 – Damar Forbes 2014 – Vernon Norwood 2015 – Vernon Norwood
Most Outstanding Female Performer 2010 – LaTavia Thomas 2011 – Kimberlyn Duncan 2012 – Kimberlyn Duncan 2013 – Kimberlyn Duncan 2014 – Jasmin Stowers 2015 – Tori Bliss
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Track & Field OFFICE
When visiting members of the LSU coaching staff on the third floor of the LSU Athletic Administration Building, guests are sure to be impressed by a new-look office complex following a series of renovations completed during the summer of 2010. With a new receptionist desk in place to greet those visiting the third floor, guests are sure to be amazed by a lavished foyer, hallway and conference room that have been redesigned to serve as a showcase of the championship tradition established by LSU as one of the leading combined athletics programs in the NCAA. One cannot help but be amazed by the illustrative history that has been created to serve as a living testament to a program that has captured 31 NCAA and 51 SEC championships in its more than 100 years of existence. The LSU Track & Field offices have also been designed in such a way as to immortalize the many athletes and achievements that have helped the program flourish into what it is today.
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The newly-designed lobby in the LSU Track & Field office has been refurbished with custom furniture to provide a comfortable environment in which visitors can lounge while awaiting appointments with members of the LSU coaching staff. The room is complete with a newlyinstalled high definition TV along the far wall, as well as unique graphic designs illustrating the program’s championship tradition.
Championship Tradition When entering the lobby of the LSU Track & Field office, a visitor’s attention will immediately turn toward the dozens of championship trophies encased in protective glass that have been brought home by the Tigers and Lady Tigers from the NCAA Championships over the decades. Guests have the chance to experience LSU’s championship tradition first hand in viewing the trophies awarded to the team while winning its 31 national championships all-time.
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The Penn Relays Not only does the waiting room house many of the national championship trophies won by the Tigers and Lady Tigers over the years, but the south wall also features a graphic illustration of LSU’s participation in the Penn Relays over the past century. It documents each of LSU’s 70 individual and 70 relay winners all-time at the Penn Relays along with their winning performances.
The Timeline Before walking into the offices of any one of the six coaches currently on staff at LSU, a visitor is sure to be impressed with the timeline that has been designed in the hallway to serve as an illustrative narrative of the proud and storied history of the LSU Track & Field program. From the birth of the program in 1897, to the early exploits of Glenn “Slats” Hardin and the 1933 national championship team, to the improbable streak of 11-straight NCAA Outdoor titles won by the Lady Tigers from 1987-97, to the recent success of such greats as Xavier Carter, Richard Thompson, Trindon Holliday and Kimberlyn Duncan, the most notable accomplishments from each era of the program are documented to serve as a small tribute to the countless athletes and teams that have helped build LSU Track & Field into what it is today.
Wall of Champions And finally, as guests venture into the conference room within the LSU Track & Field office, they notice a redesigned Wall of Champions along the far wall that recognizes the best of the best to ever wear the LSU uniform. In order for an athlete to be included on LSU’s Wall of Champions, he or she must have won at least one SEC title in an individual event and one NCAA title in a relay or individual event during their collegiate career, while also representing their country in competition at the Olympic Games. A total of 32 athletes have earned a spot on LSU’s Wall of Champions to date. Included are action photos of each inductee, along with their event participation from the SEC and NCAA Championships and Olympic Games.
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OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION
The mission of the LSU Track & Field Officials’ Association is to provide track and field officiating expertise for all meets sanctioned by the LSU Track & Field Office. It seeks to provide all manner of support to the LSU Track & Field teams, coaches and staff to achieve and maintain excellence in the sport, and provide financial support to the LSU Track & Field program, provided all expenditures meet LSU and NCAA guidelines. In addition, the LSU Track & Field Officials’ Association seeks to promote the sport of track and field within the state of Louisiana and to encourage participation therein by the youth in the state.
2016 Officers
2016 Board of Directors
John Hayes President
Marijane Archibald Larry Broussard Helen Coklin John Desselles E.L. Gueho John Hayes Donald Heltz Shirley Hicks Jeff Hoffman Larry Jonas Donald Mills Delores Murray Paul Stelly William “Chip” Stirling Ray Taylor
Jeff Hoffmann Vice President Marijane Archibald Secretary Paul Stelly Treasurer
Past Presidents 1981 Goober Morse
1986 Gene Hermesch
1993-95 Jimmy Gilbert
2001-02 John Hayes
2009 E.L. Gueho
1982-83 Malcolm Bollinger
1987-89 Dean Landry
1996-97 L.J. Raymond
2003-04 Dwight Woosley
2010-11 Dwight Woosley
1984 Jimmy Gilbert
1990 Francis Furrate
1998 Dora Gilbert
2005-06 E.L. Gueho
2012-13 Francis Becnel
1985 Brad Myers
1991-93 Lew Carter
1999-2000 L.J. Raymond
2007-08 Dwight Woosley
2014-15 Jeff Hoffman
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An official will be considered an “active” official during any track season in which that official works three or more days at track meets hosted by LSU, including all high school and college meets normally hosted by LSU, as well as irregular meets such as the SEC and NCAA Championships. Anyone working two days or less will be considered “inactive” for a given year. Service awards are presented based on “active” years as a member of the LSU Track & Field Officials’ Association and include 5-year and 10-year pins, 15-year and 20-year plaques and a 30-year watch. Hall of Fame eligibility is granted following 10 years of service as an “active” official.
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25 Year Service Awards 1994 Paul Adams Malcolm Bollinger
1998 Mike Boyer Vernon Dugas
2004 Stewart Blue William “Chip” Sterling
2010 Lew Carter Lynn Roberts
1995 Pete Boudreaux Simon Chaisson Jimmy Gilbert
1999 Warren Byrd Allen Conque Carol Conque
2006 John Hayes Tony Leger William “Bill” Morris
2013 Karen Hayes
1996 Walter Banks J.C. Matthews
2001 John Desselles
2007 Byron Goodwin
2002 E.L. Gueho Bob Lewis
2008 Harold Newman
1997 L.J. Matthews
2003 Brad Myers
2014 Mary Dunbar 2015 Jean Broussard Johnnie Broussard
2009 Ray Taylor Frank Wolfsheimer
LSU Track & Field Officials’ Association Hall of Fame Paul Adams Walter Banks* Francis Becnel Jim “Biggie” Bickford Malcolm Bollinger* Pat Boudreaux Pete Boudreaux Mike Boyer Carol Broussard Jean Broussard Johnnie Broussard “Big Fuzz” Brown* Kirk Brown “Little Fuzz” Brown Warren Byrd Lew Carter* Simon Chiasson Helen Coklin Allen Conque Kenner Day* John Desselles
Vernon Dugas Donald Dunbar* Mary Dunbar Bruce Edwards Benny Falcon Linda Falcon Russell Faust Wilbert Floyd Carl T. Ford Jr. J.B. Francioni* Francis Furrate Dora Gilbert* Jimmy Gilbert Byron Goodwin “Bat” Gourrier* E.L. Gueho Sherry Gueho John A. Hayes, Jr. Karen Hayes Tom Hickcox Shirley Hicks
Jeffrey Hoffman Morty Hurston* T. Willie Hutchins* Bill Jolly George Jones Jiji Jones Darwin Klar Dean Landry* Leo LeBlanc* Nolan LeBlanc, Jr.* Nolan LeBlanc, Sr. Tony Leger Bob Lewis Sam Losavio Mike Lyons J.C. Matthews* Terry McClure Ralph McDade* Donald Mills William “Bill” Morris “Goober” Morse*
“Legs” Murphy* Brad Myers Adrian Newby Harold Newman* Keary Ragusa L.J. Raymond* Charles J. Roberts Clabo Roberts* Lynn Roberts Irving “Boo” Schexnayder Myrna Schexnayder Lynn Sherrill* John Stelly Paul Stelly Chip Sterling Ray Taylor Pat Thomas Frank Wolfsheimer Dwight Woosley* * - Denotes deceased member
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humbling to be able to serve our community. I love spending time giving back because of the many people in my past that have volunteered their time to help coach, teach or help me out in any way. It’s such a great opportunity to connect with a community that supports LSU so much.” - Tori Bliss LSU All-American
Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital Members of the LSU Track & Field program are frequent visitors to Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital throughout the year as they spend time with the kids, playing games and putting smiles on their faces through their treatments. The Tiger and Lady Tiger throws groups were among the program’s most recent visitors in the fall of 2014.
Community OUTREACH
LSU student-athletes participate in a variety of community service projects including reading in schools, nursing home visits, hospital pediatric ward visits and speaking engagements.
LSU’s Read Across America All-American hurdler Joshua Thompson (pictured), a senior in 2015, is among those LSU student-athletes who have served as part of the annual “Read Across America” event in recent years. LSU’s studentathletes read to students attending the annual event held in conjunction with the Louisiana Association of Education at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge.
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LSU Move-In Day Each August, student-athletes help the incoming freshmen students move into their dorm rooms ahead of the start of the fall semester on LSU Move-In Day. In 2015, members of the track and field program continued the tradition with their fellow student-athletes as they braved heavy rains in the Baton Rouge area to help the freshmen move in once again. Athletes spent as much as three hours helping the new freshmen feel at home at LSU.
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Halloween BOOzar The annual Halloween BOOzar is among the signature community service events hosted by LSU’s student-athletes each year. The track and field teams participate in the event each year to provide kids with an opportunity to spend their Halloween with their favorite teams and athletes. As part of the event, team members play games, hand out candy and sign autographs to the kids in attendance.
LSU Track & Field, Habitat for Humanity are a Winning Team The LSU Track & Field program has teamed with the Baton Rouge chapter of Habitat for Humanity on multiple building projects in North Baton Rouge and the nearby community of St. Gabriel in recent years. It is a partnership that has helped transform the lives of many families within the Baton Rouge community and is sure to continue. Members of the track and field team have joined the gymnastics, soccer and swimming and diving programs in building projects throuhgout the year, including a recent build on Chinn Street in North Baton Rouge, working for seven hours on such tasks as caulking, priming, painting and other interior and exterior work to prepare a site for more extensive building. The jumps group recently traveled to St. Gabriel to assist Habitat for Humanity in turning a bare slab into a fully-framed home for one local resident. Members of the middle distance and distance groups also returned to North Baton Rouge a year ago to assist in the building of a home for the Pooler family, including much needed caulking and painting of interior and exterior walls of the home.
LSU Athletes Talk Habitat for Humanity “Habitat for Humanity is really doing great “Not only do these projects offer a way for things in the community here in Baton the LSU student-athletes to give back (to Rouge, and I think it is great to be a part the community), but they also help to enof the volunteer labor force that makes hance the relationship between the Baton building these houses possible. We are all Rouge community and LSU.” honored to work with Habitat.” Kyle Rose Former LSU Pole Vaulter Lauren Saucier Former LSU Pole Vaulter
“This year, we have really embraced community service as a team. These building projects are definitely my favorite. Habitat for Humanity is a great organization that we are proud to work with.” Tim Landry Former LSU Distance Runner
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University Medal
Academic SUCCESS
Three members of the LSU Track & Field program have received the University Medal as part of commencement ceremonies since 2008, recognizing students with the highest grade-point average in their graduating class. Lady Tiger distance standout Laura Carleton (pictured) is the latest to receive the University Medal after graduating with her degree in management with a perfect 4.0 cumulative GPA. Carleton, the 2013 SEC Indoor 5k champion, also graduated in May 2013 with her Master of Business Administration while posting a 3.96 GPA in two years of graduate work.
CRITICAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STUDENT-ATHLETE IS AN ADEQUATE ACADEMIC FACILITY AND CAPABLE STAFF TO FURTHER THE ATHLETE’S PROGRESS. The Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes is responsible for overseeing the educational development and progress toward graduation for all student-athletes. The staff acts as a liaison between the student-athlete and the academic communities and insures that student-athletes comply with academic rules established by the University, Southeastern Conference and NCAA. The staff also coordinates academic programs designed to assist student-athletes in acquiring a quality education. “There is no better environment for a student-athlete to compete at the highest level of our sport while receiving a world-class education than we have here at LSU. We provide our young men and women with the support they need to work toward their degree Anna Lyons enjoyed an outstanding four-year career with the Lady and the tools to then go out and flourish in the career path they Tigers as one of the elite javelin throwers in the Southeastern choose.” Conference. On Aug. 7, 2009, Lyons was honored as a University - LSU head coach Dennis Shaver Medal recipient during commencement exercises after maintaining GO ONLINE:
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a perfect 4.0 cumulative GPA and graduating from LSU with a degree in kinesiology.
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The LSU Track & Field team led all campus sports in 2015 by having 34 of its student-athletes named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for their outstanding work in the classroom. In 11 seasons under Dennis Shaver, LSU Track & Field has had 344 selections to the SEC Academic Honor Roll. To earn honor roll honors, a student-athlete must have a grade-point average of 3.0 or above for either the preceding academic year or have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above for their collegiate career.
WOMEN
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Therese Jernbeck Rebecca Little Chaiss Matthews Danielle Phillips Bryiana Richardson Morgan Schuetz Annie Simoneaux Marvalyn Vernon Rebekah Wales Ashley Welborn Sidnie Wilder
Andria Aguilar Danielle Avery Carley Boyce Mikiah Brisco Meghan Charbonnet Bria Druilhet Elizabeth Dunning Nataliyah Friar Tiffany George Shanice Hall Jalea Jackson
Philip Dempsey Andreas Duplantis Blair Henderson Christian Johnson Philip Moody Bryan Mutell
Travis Pope Philip Primeaux Joseph St. Cyr Joshua Thompson Marcus Tiner Jack Wilkes
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Like Lyons, former Lady Tiger middle distance runner Lindsay Day was also a recipient of the University Medal during commencement exercises in December of 2008 when she graduated with her degree in kinesiology. Day, who was also named the LSU Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the Tiger Athletic Foundation, graduated with a perfect 4.0 cumulative GPA.
Bryan Mutell Julian Parker Travis Pope Philip Primeaux Joshua Thompson Jeremy Tuttle
Andria Aguilar Rodney Brown Meghan Charbonnet Philip Dempsey Quincy Downing Mariah Georgetown Walter Henning Chaiss Matthews
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Academic Center & Student Affairs Staff
KENNETH O. MILES
ZACHARIA AHMED
Assistant Vice Chancellor
BRAD JONES
Math Specialist
Academic Advisor
MARISA BLACKLEDGE
DOROTHY KEMP
Manager of Tutorial Programs
Learning Specialist
DR. LOUISE BODACK Director of Student Affairs
JONATHAN LEVESQUE Information Technology Manager
JADE BRYAN
Associate Director
CALVIN MARSHALL Academic Advisor
KIRSTIN DEFUSCO Assistant Director
SARAH MORAN
Assistant to the Assistant Vice Chancellor
JENNIFER SCHUELKE Learning Specialist
CoSIDA Academic All-District Selections 2006 Megan Akre First Team
2007 Ryan Fontenot First Team
Anna Lyons Second Team
2009 Rabun Fox First Team
2014 Andria Aguilar
Katelyn Rodrigue
Alan Sticker
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Anna Lyons
2011 Laura Carleton
2012 Laura Carleton
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Rachel Laurent
Cullen Doody
Therese Jernbeck
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Jenna Henssler
Aaron Moore
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2013 Laura Carleton
2010 Rachel Laurent
Melissa Ogbourne Melissa Ogbourne Second Team
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CARLI FAULKNER
Learning Specialist
JASON SHAW
Associate Director
COURTNEY HOFFMAN Learning Specialist
BRENTON SUMLER
Manager of Shaquille O’Neal Life Skills Program
WALT HOLLIDAY Director of Academic Affairs
CAROLE WALKER
Associate Director
Academic All-Americans
Samantha Henry
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LYDIA DORSEY
Tutorial Coordinator
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Joseph Caraway
2009 Rabun Fox Third Team
2013 Laura Carleton First Team
2014 Joseph Caraway First Team
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President Bush congratulates LaTavia Thomas and Kelly Baptiste on the stage following his address to the team.
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President George W. Bush welcomed the national champion LSU women’s track and field team to the White House for Champions Day on Nov. 12, 2008, in honor of its victory at the 2008 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. The trip marked the first time since 2002 that LSU Track & Field made the distinguished trip to the nation’s capital after winning its 25th NCAA title in the program’s storied history. The teams have now combined for a total of 31 team titles at the NCAA Championships as the Tigers have won six of their own. “It’s a tremendous honor for our team to have been invited to the White House, and this is a time that I’m sure our athletes will always remember,” said LSU head coach Dennis Shaver. “I’m proud of both of our teams for what they were able to accomplish. To be honored by the President with his hospitality is a great reward for their hard work.” Among the Lady Tigers who made the trip to the White House were those who represented LSU at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, which included 15 student-athletes in all. Those being honored by President Bush during the festivities were Kelly Baptiste, Angel Boyd, Juanita Broaddus, Nedra Gross, Brittany Hall, Samantha Henry, Deonna Lawrence, Andrea Linton, Brooklynn Morris,
Jessica Ohanaja, Katelyn Rodrigue, LaTavia Thomas, Kayann Thompson, Kenyanna Wilson and Nickiesha Wilson. During the ceremony, Baptiste and Thomas presented President Bush with a wooden box that had the LSU logo and the phrase “NCAA Track & Field National Champions 2008” laser inscribed on the front, as well as “George W. Bush” and “President of the United States of America” on the inside of the top. The box contained a leather jacket specific to the LSU Track & Field team. President Bush was also presented with a purple and gold national championship baton signed by each member of the team who made the trip to the White House. Not only was the Lady Tigers’ victory at the 2008 NCAA Outdoor Championships the 25th team title in program history, but it was also the first national championship for eight seniors who were wearing the LSU uniform for the last time. LSU ended a five-year drought with its first title since winning the team championship at the 2004 NCAA Indoor Championships. The 25 national championships won by the LSU women’s track and field team is more than any other women’s program in the history of collegiate athletics.
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STRENGTH & CONDITIONING Opened in January of 2003, the LSU Track & Field weight room is a 2,000-square-foot facility designed for the team’s Olympic style lifting program. Just 10 short feet from Bernie Moore Track Stadium, the air conditioned facility combines function and convenience for the national champion Tigers and Lady Tigers.
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“We are excited about the opportunity to compete at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium. With the installation of a
Mondo FTX surface, the same surface used during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, and complete renovation of the jumps and throws areas, our athletes now have one of the premier venues in the NCAA in which to compete.” - Dennis Shaver, Head Coach
Bernie Moore Track Stadium Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Built - 1969 • Renovated - 2010 • Capacity - 5,680 Largest Crowd - 3,947 on June 1, 2002 (NCAA Championships)
Home OF THE CHAMPIONS The heart of any track and field program lies in its facility. LSU is fortunate enough to own one of the finest track facilities in America and the world in the Bernie Moore Track Stadium.
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The Tigers and Lady Tigers hosted the 2012 SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The stadium was named in 1971 after legendary head coach Bernie Moore, who guided the LSU Track & Field program for 18 years (1930-47) and led the Tigers to their first NCAA Championship in 1933, as well as 12 SEC crowns during his tenure. The Bernie Moore Track Stadium underwent an extensive $5 million renovation in 2010 and 2011, which included a complete resurfacing of the track, restructuring of the infield and redesign of the throws field to give the LSU teams one of the finest facilities in the country in which to compete. The track was resurfaced with Mondo FTX, which is the same surface used in the 2008 Olympic Games held in Beijing, China. In addition to the 400-meter oval, the infield also features a sprints and hurdles straightaway, each with nine lanes with 48 inches in width. The field event areas include two dual directional horizontal jump runways, four dual directional pole vault runways, two shot put areas with a total of six throws circles and one multi-purpose high jump area capable of having three high jump competitions at once.
In addition, located at the South end of the stadium are two javelin runways and two hammer and discus cages worthy of hosting competition for the nation’s premier throwers. In 1969, prior to its naming after Moore, the stadium was laid with a tartan surface making it one of a select few all-weather tracks in the United States and a perfect host site for many of the track world’s elite events. A sampling of these prestigious competitions include the NCAA Championships in 1973 and 1981, the 1982 TAC National Decathlon Championships, the 1982 Decathlon Dual Meet with West Germany, the 1984 SEC Championships and the 1984 TAC National Junior Olympics. Further renovations were completed at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium in 1987, as $1.3 million was spent to lay the nine-lane, 400meter oval track with Rekotran in time for the NCAA Outdoor Championships. In addition, the nine-lane infield straightaway -- the first of its kind in the world -- was installed. The facility’s improvements and new benefits were seen immediately as 12 NCAA meet records and three collegiate records were set at the
national meet that year. With the reputation as one of the finest track facilities in the country firmly intact, the Bernie Moore Track Stadium went on to serve as host for several more prestigious track and field events, including the 1993 National Senior Olympics and the 1993 USATF National Junior Olympics. In order to keep up with the advancements of the sport, the Bernie Moore Track Stadium once again underwent massive renovations in 1999. That year, a brand new nine-lane 400meter oval track was laid by Martin Surfacing, the makers of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic track. In addition, the stadium’s signature nine-lane infield sprint straightaway was also resurfaced. And with its latest round of renovations completed in early 2011, the Bernie Moore Track Stadium has continued in its tradition of excellence as a perfect site for competition. Most recently, LSU played host to the 2002 NCAA Outdoor Championships, 2004 NCAA Mideast Regional Championships and 2012 SEC Outdoor Championships.
Carl Maddox Field House The Carl Maddox Field House underwent an extensive renovation project that was completed in February 2014, transforming the indoor home of the Tigers and Lady Tigers. The newly-renovated facility features brand new locker rooms for both teams and a team meeting room featuring multimedia capabilities. The competition area features the same Mondo track surface as the Bernie Moore Track Stadium outdoors, as well as two long jump/triple jump runways, a new pole vault runway and new throwing cirlces. Fans also enjoy the inclusion of permanent bleacher seating and new concession stands now in the Carl Maddox Field House for a comfortable viewing experience.
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Each LSU Track & Field athlete is able to prepare for training or meet day in style with separate locker room facilities for both the Tigers and Lady Tigers. Both locker rooms are fully-equipped with flatscreen televisions installed along the walls and satellite TV for athletes to enjoy as they prepare themselves to compete.
Team Showers Separate shower facilities have also been provided for both the men’s and women’s teams as part of the renovation project to the Carl Maddox Field House. Athletes can feel refreshed as they go to class if needing to shower after practice or as they head home after a successful meet day.
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Assigned Lockers LSU’s locker rooms are each furnished with 46 full-sized lockers that are individually named for the athletes to which they have been assigned. Athletes have the peace of mind knowing their own personal belongings are secure before, during or after training and competition.
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Podium
Opened in the spring of 2015, LSU Track & Field’s brand new meeting room in the Carl Maddox Field House is the perfect setting for head coach Dennis Shaver and his fellow coaches to address their athletes. Whether going over training and meet schedules, breaking down competition video or meeting ahead of their next road trip, the team meeting room allows coaches and athletes to always stay on the same page.
Coach Shaver has full view of his athletes as he talks training, trips or breaks down competition video for them using state-of-the-art multimedia on multiple flatscreen TVs installed around the room.
Video Analysis The team meeting room in the Carl Maddox Field House is fullyequipped with video analysis technology so that the Tigers and Lady Tigers can analyze their performances over the course of a season. Video is stored on remote servers and can be accessed by athlete name, meet name or season.
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Bo Campbell Auditorium The 1,000-seat auditorium is used through the year as a classroom and lecture hall. Each seat in the auditorium has space for a laptop and a modem hookup, providing each student unlimited learning opportunities. The auditorium also contains a movie theatre size screen to aid professors with lectures and classroom activities.
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Academic Center FOR STUDENT-ATHLETES
Amenities Included in the 54,000 square feet of the Academic Center are individual study areas, as well as 12 private computer rooms for student-athletes to work one-on-one with tutors or by themselves.
4 54,000 square feet of working space 4 136 computer workstations & 30 laptops 4 12 private computer rooms in a state-of-the-art computer lab 4 Additional study rooms and classrooms for private or group study 4 Electronic scheduling of tutoring sessions 4 A 1,000-seat auditorium for classes and lectures
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The Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes is at the forefront of today’s educational technology. Since the spring of 2009, the academic center has upgraded to more than 170 computers stations, including both PC and Mac.
Media Training
The Library The library provides a perfect setting for individual study, or with a tutor as a group.
LSU is one of the few schools where student-athletes go through media training to enhance their communication skills. Dr. Tommy Karam and Dr. Melissa Thompson are two experts in the field who give training sessions to student-athletes here on campus. The Academic Center features a mock press conference setting to get student-athletes acclimated to giving interviews in front of both print and electronic media. Karam and Thompson record the mock interviews on camera and then provide feedback, allowing student-athletes to become more comfortable and confident when doing actual interviews.
Academic Center A $15 million renovation to the Gym Armory in 2002 not only made it among the nation’s premier academic centers, but put it at the forefront. Improvements to the existing center give LSU student-athletes the best opportunity for success by providing access to the latest technology, as well as an array of expanded services.
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LSU boasts the largest and most complete athletic training facilities in all of collegiate athletics with both the Football Operations Center and the Broussard Center for Athletic Training in Tiger Stadium. Both are furnished with the latest in technology and equipment. The Operations Center training room features a full view of the practice fields, two hot/cold jacuzzis and an underwater treadmill. The Broussard Center includes an on-site x-ray room, an in-house pharmacy, as well as the largest hydrotherapy pool in both collegiate and professional sports and is one of the few collegiate training centers with a full-service pharmacy and a full-service vision center.
Broussard Athletic
TRAINING CENTER The two-story, 22,000-square-foot facility contains 20 treatment tables with the newest forms of modalities available, 14 taping stations, a 1,600-square-foot rehabilitation area which contains the latest rehabilitation equipment including the Cybex Norm, Woodway treadmills and Body Master select rise equipment. LSU’s multi-million dollar athletic training facility is named in honor of Dr. Martin J. Broussard (left), the legendary trainer whose career spanned over 40 years at LSU.
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Hydrotherapy Treatment An integral part of rehabbing and developing LSU student-athletes is the operations center’s hot/cold jacuzzis and an underwater treadmill in a fully equipped Hydrotherapy room. The Broussard training center boasts the largest hydrotherapy pool in both collegiate and professional sports.
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LSU is one of the top schools in the nation in getting its student-athletes back on the track in a timely manner following an injury. The training staff takes a progressive approach to injury identification and thinks “out of the box.” LSU consults with allied health professionals and uses state-of-the-art surgical procedures that give an athlete a quicker recovery time while looking out for his or her future.
Rehabilitation LSU’s Broussard Center for Athletic Training boasts some of the most technologically advanced equipment to aid the recuperation and rehabilitation of LSU’s student-athletes.
Real-Time X-Rays A new state-of-the-art fluoroscope was added in the summer of 2008 that will provide LSU trainers the opportunity to take x-rays on site in the Operations Center. The machine can provide real-time images of the internal structures of a patient. “The training staff at LSU does an outstanding job of getting the athletes ready to compete at the highest level of collegiate track and field. I was able to compete at the NCAA Championships each year I was here, and I owe it all to the work of our training staff in keeping me in top shape throughout my career. The relationship I shared with our trainers was an important part of my success at LSU.”
Lolo Jones 2-time World Indoor Champion 3-time NCAA Champion 11-time NCAA All-American 2001-04
Vision Center Dr. Don Peavy conducts eye exams for LSU’s student-athletes in a convenient location in the Broussard Center for Athletic Training.
Dental Center A fully-functional dental center, staffed by Dr. John Vance, is located inside the Broussard Center for Athletic Training.
Pharmacy The LSU Athletic Training Pharmacy is the only one of its kind in college athletics. The LSU Athletic Training Pharmacy provides the Tigers with first-class service in a convenient location.
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Dr. F. King
Alexander President/Chancellor
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Dr. F. King Alexander was named the president and chancellor of Louisiana State University, which has an annual budget of $3.4 billion and more than 54,000 students. He was appointed to the position by the LSU Board of Supervisors in March 2013 and assumed the position on July 1. Prior to being named the president, Dr. Alexander was president of California State University, Long Beach (2006-2013) one of the nation’s largest public universities located in southern California. During his more than seven-year tenure at California State University, Long Beach, Dr. Alexander was twice named the California State University Student Association (CSSA) “President of the Year,” which represents all 23 California State Universities and its over 440,000 students. Prior to becoming president of California State University, Long Beach, Dr. Alexander was president of Murray State University in Kentucky (2001-2005) and was a faculty member at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, where he was the director of the graduate higher education program. A Kentucky native who grew up in north Florida, Dr. Alexander received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in higher education administration with a focus on finance and educational policy analysis, and a Master of Science degree from the University of Oxford, Oxford, England in comparative educational studies. As a teacher and administrator, Dr. Alexander has received many honors, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of
Education Alumni Achievement Award (2002) and has research university faculty affiliations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for the Study of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE) and Cornell University Higher Education Research Institute (CHERI). Alexander is an internationally-respected expert in higher education finance and public policy and frequently publishes in national journals and for organizations in this field. He has served as a reviewer, an editorial board member, and a university instructor and faculty member, teaching courses in higher education finance, law, history and current events. Dr. Alexander also has been asked to represent public higher education colleges and universities on numerous occasions to the United States Congress on issues of college affordability, student indebtedness, and institutional efficiency and effectiveness in efforts to address many of the growing challenges facing American higher education. Due to his national recognition and involvement on higher education issues, Dr. Alexander has served on numerous U.S. higher education and statewide organizational leadership boards where he remains very active.
Dr. Bill Demastes Faculty Athletics Representative Dr. Bill DeMastes, a professor of English at LSU, is in his second year as Faculty Athletics Representative. Dr. Demastes earned his Ph.D. in English in 1986 from the University of WisconsinMadison with a Field of Study of Drama as Genre and a specialization in 20th-Century American and British Drama. He earned his masters in English in June 1979 from the Univeristy of Georgia in Athens where he specialized in 19th-Century American Literature. At LSU, he served as Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 2001-2004 and Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Department of English from 1999-2001 and 2010-11. He has also served as Associate Chair of the Department of English
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(1998-99); Director of the Master of Arts in Liberal Arts Program (1996-2004); and, Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of English (1992-94; 200506). He was honored with the LSU Alumni Association Faculty Excellence Award in 2000 and in 2002 won the LSU Distinguished Faculty Award. He was named in 2009 an LSU Rainmaker which is given to the top 100 LSU Faculty. In 2010, he received the Tiger Athletic Foundation Undergraduate Teaching Award, and in the summer of 2011, he was named the Harry Ransom Summer Fellowship recipient by the University of Texas.
Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Joe Alleva
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LSU Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Joe Alleva continues to bring unprecedented national recognition to LSU as Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics. Under Alleva’s leadership, LSU enjoys one of the country’s premier athletics programs with success on and off the field of competition. Now in his sixth year at LSU, Alleva is dedicated to athletic and academic excellence, and is committed to providing the opportunities and the resources necessary for student-athletes to excel in competition, in the classroom and in the community. Alleva joined the LSU family on April 4, 2008 after a highly successful tenure as director of athletics at Duke University for 10 years. Alleva’s role at LSU was further expanded in August of 2009 when vice chancellor was added to his title by the LSU Board of Supervisors. It is the first time in school history that the director of athletics has also held a vice chancellor position. Alleva is currently serving a five-year term on the prestigious NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee, reinforcing his position as one of the most respected athletic administrators in the country. Upon his arrival at LSU, Alleva unveiled a strategic master plan for the LSU athletics program -- “LSU: Thru and True” -- to ensure the advancement and future of LSU Athletics as an exemplary program. The central mission of the plan is to create an environment for studentathletes to reach their ultimate potential, prepare them to be champions in life and to set out goals and values for the entire athletics program. Alleva’s vision will keep LSU among the nation’s leaders in athletic facilities. He launched an aggressive fund-raising campaign to replace several hundred windows in Tiger Stadium that were in disrepair, and a new coating to the facade of the structure has given the old stadium new life. A renovated gating system on the west side of the stadium debuted in the fall of 2012 to include a plaza that celebrates LSU’s football national championships and recognition walls that honor Tiger All-Americans. A new plaza opened on the north end of the stadium in the fall of 2013, further enriching the experience of visitors to the LSU campus. A new lighting system was installed prior to last season that turns the upper archways of the north end of the stadium purple and gold and lights the iconic “LSU” on the stadium’s north scoreboard. In addition, “Tiger Stadium” in 10-foot tall illuminated letters sits just below the west upper deck facing Nicholson Drive. Also in the fall of 2012, LSU began construction on an expansion of the South End Zone of the stadium -- a project that will add premium seating, general public seating and two stateof-the-art video boards -- continuing an effort to augment one of the most iconic venues in all of college sports. The project will be completed in time for the start of the 2014 football season. Under Alleva’s direction, LSU’s worldrenowned track and field program received a state-of the-art running surface in 2010 when a new track was installed in Bernie Moore Stadium and extensive renovations to the Tiger soccer facility were completed in the fall of 2011. Alleva directed a major renovation to the University Club golf course that was completed in September 2010 and allows the LSU men’s and women’s golf teams to compete on one of the most challenging courses in the country. The renovated course helped prepare Tiger golfers John Peterson and Austin Ernst,
respectively, to win 2011 NCAA men’s and women’s individual championships, marking the first time both titles were claimed by players from the same school. The LSU men’s team in 2013 played host to an NCAA Regional for the first time in the school’s illustrious golf history. Future plans include a new gymnastics practice facility, a new tennis complex featuring indoor and outdoor courts, and a state-of-the-art Nutrition Center for Student-Athletes, a facility that will house full-time chefs and nutritionists and provide the best dietary selections for all Fighting Tiger competitors. LSU’s prominence was evident in the final 2012-13 Learfield Sports Director’s Cup standings that recognize the nation’s best athletic programs, as the Tigers finished in the Top 20 for the eighth consecutive year. The year was highlighted by another 10-win season and bowl appearance for the Fighting Tiger football team, which recorded a double-digit victory total for the sixth time in eight years. The men’s basketball program was rejuvenated by first-year coach Johnny Jones, who directed the Tigers to a 19-12 mark while placing LSU back into consideration for a postseason berth. Women’s basketball continued its rise under second-year coach Nikki Caldwell, who guided the Lady Tigers to LSU’s first Sweet 16 berth in five years. The 2013 Fighting Tiger baseball team established a school record for victories with 57 and earned the school’s 16th College World Series appearance while capturing SEC Western Division and SEC Tournament titles. The softball squad won the SEC West and played host to an NCAA Regional in Tiger Park before record crowds. The LSU gymnastics team reached the prestigious Super Six for the third time in six seasons, and the women’s track team, led by Bowerman Award winner and national sprint champion Kimberlyn Duncan, placed fourth in the final NCAA outdoor standings. But the 2012-13 year was about more than just athletic success. Living up to Alleva’s mantra of “competition, classroom, community,” LSU studentathletes logged more than 4,475 hours in community service work across 20 sports through LSU’s Geaux Givers program. And a total of 89 proud Tigers received their degrees from the university during LSU commencement ceremonies in December and May. The Tigers in 2011-12 finished fourth in both the men’s and women’s Capital One Cup competition that identifies athletic excellence. LSU was one of only
two schools in the country – and the only one in the SEC -- to rank in the top four in both categories. Eighteen of the Tigers’ 20 varsity sports participated in NCAA postseason competition in 2011-12. The year was highlighted by the football team’s undefeated regular season, an SEC championship and an appearance in the BCS National Championship Game. The Lady Tiger track and field team captured the SEC championship while the LSU softball squad advanced to the Women’s College World Series. The Fighting Tiger baseball team won the 2012 SEC championship, and LSU led the nation in attendance for the 17th straight season. The 2011-12 season marked the first time in school history that LSU won both the SEC title in both football and baseball in the same athletic year. Outstanding performances of the 2010-11 athletic season included the exploits of the Fighting Tiger football squad that posted an 11-2 mark – including a Cotton Bowl victory – and finished the season ranked No. 8 in the nation. The year also featured Top 5 national finishes both indoors and outdoors by the men’s and women’s track and field teams. In 2008-09, all 20 LSU sports competed in NCAA postseason play for the first time in school history and the Tiger baseball team won the national championship. LSU ranked second among Southeastern Conference teams in the Learfield Director’s Cup All-Sports standings and finished in the Top 20 for the sixth year in a row. With a strong commitment to academics, Alleva ensures that the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes is a first-class facility that provides student-athletes the resources necessary for success in the classroom and personal development. The facility was recently enhanced by the addition of a media training center that gives student-athletes valuable assistance in improving their communications skills. And with a strong emphasis on community service and outreach programs, the implementation under Alleva’s direction of the “Geaux Givers” program fosters a relationship between the local community and LSU studentathletes, who regularly participate in philanthropic events. In addition, Alleva has bolstered the department’s L-Club program to reach out and connect with former student-athletes. Alleva oversees a staff of outstanding coaches and he has made critical additions to LSU’s coaching staff in
recent years. He hired former LSU guard Johnny Jones in April 2012 to breathe new life and enthusiasm into the men’s basketball program and last year added Julia Sell as the new women’s tennis coach. In 2011, he lured the dynamic Nikki Caldwell to LSU to coach the Lady Tiger basketball team and then hired Beth Torina to direct the Tiger softball program, both of whom immediately returned their respective programs to NCAA postseason success. Alleva is an innovator with bold ideas that benefit not only LSU but all of Greater Baton Rouge. He has been instrumental in the planning of the Bayou Country Superfest, a three-day country music concert and festival held in Tiger Stadium each spring. The event attracts nearly 100,000 visitors to the LSU campus and makes a tremendous economic impact upon the local community. Alleva has served on numerous national committees throughout his career including the Football Bowl Certification Committee, the NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet and several Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference committees. He became director of athletics at Duke in 1998 and his impressive tenure there propelled the university into the ranks of America’s top allaround collegiate programs. Among his outstanding list of accomplishments includes the greatest 10-year period in Duke Athletics, winning more ACC and NCAA championships than in any other decade in school history. Alleva, whose hometown is Suffern, N.Y., majored in Finance at Lehigh University and received his bachelor’s degree in 1975. While at Lehigh, Alleva was the quarterback of the football team and team captain in 1974. Alleva also played on the Lehigh baseball team. He served as a graduate assistant football coach and earned an MBA in 1976. While at Duke, Alleva played a key role in Durham’s community sports scene. He started Little League Baseball in Durham over 20 years ago, and also began the American Legion baseball program. He is a member of the North Carolina American Legion Hall of Fame, Suffern High School Hall of Fame and the Rockland County Hall of Fame. Alleva and his wife, Annie, have three children, J.D., Jeff, and Jenny. Joe and Annie recently welcomed their first grandchild, Harper, the daughter of Jenny and husband Kyle Young.
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TIGERS RELOAD FOR A RETURN TO THE TOP IN 2015 The Tigers earned a pair of top-10 team finishes at the NCAA Championships during the 2015 season as they followed a tie for seventh place indoors by winning their second-straight fourth-place team trophy outdoors at Oregon’s Hayward Field last June. Leading the way were nine All-Americans in such event areas as the sprints, hurdles, relays and throws as the Tigers again earned their place among the top teams in collegiate track and field once again. They will follow a similar formula for success again in 2016 as they return five All-Americans to this year’s squad to help power a national championship run this spring. Led by returning AllAmericans Tremayne Acy, Fitzroy Dunkley, Cyril Grayson, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Jordan Moore along with their powerful relay teams as NCAA title contenders and a heralded recruiting class, the pieces are in place for the Tigers to contend for their first national championship since the 2004 season.
Sprints/Relays The 2015 season proved to be a banner season for LSU’s sprinters as World Champion Vernon Norwood made history with an NCAA-title sweep in the men’s 400-meter dash and the Tigers’ 4x400-meter relay team raced to the NCAA Outdoor crown to wrap up the fourth-place team trophy for the program at the NCAA Championships in Eugene. Also led by All-American performances by Tremayne Acy and Aaron Ernest in the 200-meter dash and a bronze-medal-winning third-place finish in the 4x100-meter relay, the Tigers scored their 14th top-five team finish at the NCAA Championships in the past 16 seasons and their 17th top-four trophy finish in history. There is no doubt that the foundation
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of the LSU Track & Field program has been built on its success in the sprints and relays throughout its history as the Tigers feature one of the NCAA’s more talented rosters year in and year out in their quest for a national championship. While the Tigers must replace the likes of Norwood and Ernest from a senior-laden squad a year ago, Acy returns alongside an outstanding recruiting class that is sure to pace the Tigers once again in 2016. Acy gives LSU a solid block to build around after emerging as one of the NCAA’s top sprint talents during a breakout sophomore season in 2015. After finishing in 12th place overall in the 200-meter semifinals in his debut at the NCAA Indoor Championships, Acy took it a step further and earned a lane in his first national final at Oregon’s Hayward Field last June as he sprinted to a career-best wind-aided time of 20.04w for an All-American fourth-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The reigning SEC Outdoor Bronze Medalist advanced to the NCAA’s 200-meter final after racing to a personal-best windlegal time of 20.17 (+1.8) in the semifinal round to rank third on LSU’s all-time list in the event. A native of Dallas, Texas, and product of DeSoto High School, Acy is the lone member of LSU’s bronze-medal-winning 4x100-meter relay team returning from last season as he teamed with a trio of senior leaders in the likes of Norwood, Ernest and hurdle All-American Joshua Thompson to run a seasonal-best time of 38.62 in the sprint relay final at the NCAA Championships. Among those looking to help fill the void in the sprint relay pool are two returning standouts in junior AllAmerican Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and junior sprint hurdler Jordan Moore. LSU’s heralded 2015 recruiting class will be called upon to fill out the sprint relay pool with the likes of junior college transfer Renard Howell from
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South Plains College and Oral Roberts transfer Tinashe Mutanga likely to contend for a spot in the lineup. Howell (10.67/20.46w/20.62) won the junior college national title in the 200 meters a year ago, while Mutanga (10.41w/20.99) also joined the team in the fall. Norwood is not the only member of LSU’s national champion 4x400-meter relay team that must be replaced as nine-time All-American Quincy Downing leaves a void in the leadoff spot that must also be filled. LSU does return its second and third legs from its NCAA-title-winning team as Fitzroy Dunkley and Cyril Grayson both return for their senior seasons with the Tigers in 2016 as they eye a defense of their crown. Dunkley was outstanding in his first full season competing in the 400 meters a year ago when he ran a personal best of 45.78 en route to an appearance in the national quarterfinals at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in 2015. Grayson, who owns a personal best of 46.23 in the open 400, has been a staple in LSU’s 4x400-meter relay lineup throughout his collegiate career while earning five All-America honors in six NCAA Championship appearances since 2013. The Tigers are sure to benefit from the addition of two All-American transfers to give them one of the NCAA’s leading mile relay teams yet again this season as former Florida State star Michael Cherry and former Ohio State standout LaMar Bruton will wear the purple and gold for the first time during the 2016 season. While the Tigers cruised to the NCAA title in the event last June, Bruton ran on Ohio State’s relay team that also earned All-America honors with a fourth-place finish nationally in the 4x400 relay to end the NCAA men’s competition. Bruton was a three-time NCAA semifinalist in the 400 meters with the Buckeyes while clocking a lifetime PR of 45.67 as a
sophomore in 2015. Last season’s ACC Outdoor Champion in the 400-meter dash, Cherry arrives in Baton Rouge as one of the top quartermilers returning to the NCAA ranks this season after sprinting to a personal best of 45.37 for his final season with the Seminoles. A former All-American in his own right in the 4x400 relay, Cherry also lined up in the NCAA semifinals in the open 400 meters before electing to transfer to LSU.
Hurdles LSU’s head coach Dennis Shaver has earned a reputation as being one of the elite hurdle coaches in the sport of track and field with the performance of his athletes over the years, and the Tigers show no signs of slowing down in 2016 with an NCAA title contender returning to the squad in the form of sprint hurdler Jordan Moore. Moore was part of one of the NCAA’s deepest stables of hurdlers a year ago when he teamed with former AllAmericans Quincy Downing and Joshua Thompson in helping guide the Tigers to a fourth-place team finish at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Oregon’s Hayward Field last June. Moore emerged as an All-America contender in his first season with the Tigers when he clocked the fourthfastest wind-legal time in the NCAA during the 2016 season with a personalbest time of 13.47 in the final of the 110-meter hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Championships. That performance vaulted the former TCU Horned Frog into the No. 2 spot in LSU’s all-time rankings in the event and close to Barrett Nugent’s 4-year-old school record of 13.32 set as a senior in 2012. The reigning All-SEC performer and SEC Outdoor Bronze Medalist will no doubt have his sights set on Nugent’s
LSU school record and his first career All-America honor as he returns for his junior season as the third-fastest collegian rejoining the collegiate ranks from a season ago. Moore just missed earning a spot in his first NCAA final a year ago when his wind-aided run of 13.57 was ninth in the NCAA semifinal. Moore’s debut season with the Tigers in 2015 was also highlighted by a gold-medal-winning performance in the 110-meter hurdles at the 121st Penn Relay Carnival when he recorded a winning 13.84 (-1.9) in the final to join Nugent as the only LSU Tigers to be crowned the Penn Relays Champion in the event in the program’s illustrious history. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Moore also heads into his junior season in 2016 as an All-American contender indoors with a personal-best time of 7.70 in the 60-meter hurdles to his name that he had during his freshman season at TCU two years ago in 2014. His seasonalbest of 7.80 from the 2015 season ranks him No. 6 on LSU’s all-time indoor performance list in the 60 hurdles. Moore will look to continue LSU’s tradition of excellence at the NCAA Championships after the program graduated two All-Americans a year ago when Downing and Thompson lined up for the final time in Eugene. Also returning with Moore as a member of LSU’s hurdles squad in 2016 is senior Shreveport native Morgan Wells, who has clocked a lifetime best of 54.48 in the 400-meter hurdles during his collegiate career.
Middle Distance/Distance The Tigers took a big step forward in their performance in the middle distance and distance events a year ago under the direction of assistant coach Khadevis Robinson as Julian Parker was crowned the SEC Outdoor Champion in the 800 meters while being joined at the NCAA Championships by teammate Blair Henderson. Henderson showed tremendous progress from his freshman season to his sophomore season under Robinson’s leadership while advancing to the NCAA quarterfinals for the first time in the two-lap race. A native of Lake Charles, Louisiana, Henderson nearly matched Parker with a seasonal-best and personal-best time of 1:47.03 that he ran in a third-place finish at the LSU Invitational in the squad’s regular-season finale to become the seventh-fastest 800-meter runner in the team’s illustrious history. He also clocked 1:47.91 to win the 800-meter title at LSU’s Battle on the Bayou in his outdoor opener in 2015. Henderson hopes to contend for All-America honors for the first time in his collegiate career in 2016 as he returns for his junior season as the team’s leading middle distance runner back in the squad. He is also a strong 1,500-meter runner with a lifetime best of 3:46.52 that he set a year ago at the LSU Alumni Gold meet last April. Robinson has recruited some outstanding depth in the middle distance and distance events in his two seasons with coaching LSU’s runners as Bossier City native Jack Wilkes enjoyed a strong debut season at LSU a year ago when he clocked personal bests of 1:50.86 indoors and 1:50.66 outdoors in the 800 meters, 3:54.50 in the 1,500 meters and 4:14.73 in the mile as a true
freshman. Christian Johnson returns alongside Wilkes for his sophomore season following a freshman campaign in 2015 in which he posted personal bests of 3:53.44 in the 1,500 meters and 9:20.38 in the steeplechase. During this fall’s cross country season, Johnson was recognized as a First-Team All-Louisiana cross country runner by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. The future of LSU’s middle distance and distance group appears very bright after Las Vegas, Nevada, native and Centennial High School product Dajour Braxton signed his National Letter of Intent with the Tigers as part of the program’s 2015 recruiting class. Braxton was a three-time Nevada Division I state champion and four-time AAU Junior Olympics medalist during his high school career while signing with the Tigers with PRs of 1:53.31 in the 800 meters, 3:54.52 in the 1,500 meters and 4:07.79 in the mile.
Jumps LSU’s jumpers are looking to bounce back from a 2015 season in which the group was plagued by injuries when the likes of two-time NCAA Championship qualifier Jonathan Pitt missed much of the indoor season and in-state recruit Da’Quan Bellard was forced to redshirt outdoors while battling a season-ending injury. Despite only competing in two meets during his sophomore season indoors a year ago, Pitt bounced back to qualify for the triple jump field at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds for the secondstraight season after he jumped a career-best wind-aided mark of 50 feet, 10 inches (+2.3) at the LSU Alumni Gold last April. And when stepping onto the runway at North Florida’s Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville, Pitt soared to a wind-legal PR of 50-8 ¼ (+0.9) to earn a careerbest 16th-place finish at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds. A native of South Brunswick Township, New Jersey, and product of South Brunswick High School, Pitt nearly scored for the Tigers at the SEC Championships for the first time in his career when he jumped a windy mark of 50-6 ¼ (+3.0) for a 12th-place finish in qualifying to kick off the championship season. He eclipsed the 50-foot mark in the triple jump a total of five times during his sophomore season in 2015. Pitt was recently crowned this year’s LSU Team Pentathlon men’s champion as the top overall athlete in the testing competition held during Thanksgiving as he raised his score by more than 60 points from a year ago. After signing with the Tigers as the top jumps prospect in the state of Louisiana during his high school career at Opelousas High School, Bellard saw his freshman season cut short due to injury while competing in a total of seven meets in his rookie season in the program. He will look to build upon his prep performance when he set personal bests of 24-3 in the long jump and 49-6 in the triple jump while at Opelousas High School. The Tigers also feature a trio of 16-foot pole vaulters on the roster in 2016 as junior Cameron Robichaux, sophomore Jonathan Nelsen and freshman Chadd Burns will look to earn a spot in the scoring positions while on the runway at the SEC Championships
this season. Robichaux leads the group with lifetime best clearances of 16-6 ¾ indoors and 16-3 ¼ outdoors during his collegiate career. The Mandeville native nearly scored for his team at the SEC Championships for the first time last season when he tied for ninth place in the pole vault at the SEC Outdoor Championships. Nelsen, who also hails from Mandeville, Louisiana, has cleared a lifetime best of 16-1 ¼ in the event, while Burns will make his collegiate debut in 2016 with a personal-best clearance of 16-3 set during his prep career at nearby Catholic High School in Baton Rouge.
Throws LSU’s throws group has been instrumental in the Tigers’ success in recent years with record-setting and All-American discus thrower Rodney Brown and perennial SEC scorer and NCAA Championship qualifier Jeremy Tuttle piling up the points for the team in the championship meets at the conference and national level. Brown, a two-time SEC Champion and former All-American in his time with the Tigers, closed out his career in 2015 as LSU’s school-record holder in the discus throw with a lifetime best of 213-5 last spring in a meet-record-setting performance at the 121st Penn Relay Carnival. He was twice crowned the Penn Relays Champion in the event with meetrecord throws in 2014 and 2015. Brown was twice crowned the SEC’s discus champion as a sophomore in 2013 and as a senior a year ago, while also earning All-America honors as the fourth-place finisher nationally at the NCAA meet in 2013. After signing with the Tigers from Buena High School in Sierra Vista, Arizona, nearly five years ago, Tuttle proved to be one of the most versatile athletes in Derek Yush’s throws group in his career as he competed in an array of events ranging from the weight throw indoors to the hammer, javelin and discus throws outdoors. He was a six-time SEC scorer and three-time NCAA qualifier in his four seasons from 2012-15. But while the Tigers might bid farewell to a proven champion in Brown and championship stalwart in Tuttle, they potentially welcome another with the addition of junior college national champion Johnnie Jackson, who earned four All-America honors in two seasons competing for Coffeyville Community College as part of the National Junior College Athletics Association. Originally from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Jackson was crowned the NJCAA Indoor Champion in the weight throw in each of his two seasons at Coffeyville in 2014 and 2015 and also became the new NJCAA Indoor national record holder in the event at the Region IV Indoor Championships a year ago when he posted a personal-best throw of 66-9 ¼ in claiming the regional crown. Jackson is also a decorated hammer
Fitzroy Dunkley thrower as a two-time NJCAA Outdoor Silver Medalist in the event and finishing his junior college career with a lifetime best of 208-6 in the event. He is also a strong candidate while at LSU to step into the discus ring as he joins the Tigers with a personal best of 174-2 in the event. The Tigers boast strong depth in the weight throw and hammer throw events as Jackson will join the likes of seniors David Collins and Patrick Geers in competing for championship honors during the 2016 season. Collins, who hails from Broadmoor High School in Baton Rouge, qualified to throw the hammer at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds for the first time in his collegiate career in 2015 after unleashing a personal best mark of 206-5 at the LSU Alumni Gold meet last April. That performance moved Collins into the No. 7 spot on LSU’s all-time outdoor performance list in the men’s hammer throw. Collins also cracked LSU’s all-time Top 10 list in the weight throw indoors when he uncorked a PR of 64-6 ½ at last year’s LSU Indoor Invitational to become the No. 9-ranked performer in school history. Geers nearly scored for the Tigers in his SEC Championship debut last winter when he threw a personal best of 63-8 ¼ to take ninth place overall in the weight throw final to cap his 2015 indoor season. He later stepped into the circle in both the discus and hammer throws at the SEC Outdoor Championships to close out his junior season. Geers owns personal bests of 167-3 in the discus throw and 202-0 in the hammer throw. The Tigers also feature two talented javelin throwers in their ranks as Terry Hughes and Garret LeBouef return for their junior year in 2016. Hughes, a two-year letterwinner and two-time SEC Championship competitor with the Tigers, owns a personal best of 207-4 in the event. LeBouef has thrown a lifetime best of 197-11 in the javelin in his time with the Tigers.
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Returning Firepower LADY TIGERS RETURN ONE OF NATION’S TOP TEAMS IN 2015 The Lady Tigers relied on youth to return them amongst the NCAA’s elite in 2015 as they cracked the Top 10 by tying for ninth place at the NCAA Indoor Championships before ending the season with an 11th-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with their performance. In all, eight Lady Tigers turned in All-American performances over the course of the season while seven of those athletes reached AllAmerica status for the first time in their collegiate careers. All eight of those All-Americans make their return to the squad in 2016 as LSU will once again challenge for top honors at the SEC and NCAA Championships. Chanice Chase returns as the only senior All-American in the squad, while other All-Americans in juniors Nataliyah Friar, Rushell Harvey, Jada Martin and Rebekah Wales; and sophomores Mikiah Brisco, Daeshon Gordon and Aleia Hobbs hope to make 2016 a season to remember in Baton Rouge. Sprints/Relays A youthful sprint squad stepped onto the track for the Lady Tigers for the first time during the 2015 season and led the team to a top-10 finish with a tie for ninth place at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships and just outside the Top 10 with an 11th-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships last June. With returning All-American Jada Martin already in their ranks, the Lady Tigers welcomed in-state recruits Mikiah Brisco and Aleia Hobbs into the program to provide the squad with a foundation on which to build in the sprints and relays and power LSU’s program back into the NCAA’s elite once again last season. Martin emerged as one of the NCAA’s leading 200-meter sprinters during her All-American sophomore season in 2015 when she became an NCAA finalist in the event for the first time in her career
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while taking home a finish of eighth place nationally at the NCAA Outdoor Championships held at Oregon’s Hayward Field last June. She qualified with a windlegal personal best of 22.76 (+1.8) in the NCAA semifinals. Just two months into her collegiate career, Brisco earned her first career All-America honor as a Lady Tiger when she raced to a fifth-place finish in the 60-meter final at the NCAA Indoor Championships as she followed a personal-best time of 7.23 in the semifinal round with a time of 7.25 in the final to finish among the NCAA’s elite sprinters during the 2015 indoor season. Hobbs took it a step further and earned a lane in the national final of the 100 meters in her NCAA Championships debut after racing to a wind-legal PR of 11.13 (+2.0) in the semifinal round to become one of the fastest freshmen to ever wear the purple and gold. Hobbs crossed the finish line in sixth place in her first NCAA final with a wind-aided time of 11.16 (+3.1) to score three points for the team in her NCAA debut. LSU’s All-American trio of Martin, Brisco and Hobbs teamed with sophomore Rushell Harvey to form one of the nation’s fastest 4x100meter relay teams throughout the 2015 outdoor season as they clocked a season’s best time of 42.80 in an All-SEC third-place finish at the SEC Championships. They followed with an All-American performance at the NCAA Championships where they placed fifth nationally in the sprint relay final. Martin even proved herself as a key member of LSU’s 4x400-meter relay team during the 2015 season when she ran the second leg for the team that claimed All-SEC honors as the SEC Outdoor Bronze Medalists a year ago. She joined with All-American hurdlers Chanice Chase and Daeshon Gordon and second-year standout Travia Jones as an all-conference performer in the mile relay.
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Two other Lady Tigers will look to bounce back from injury-plagued 2015 seasons to star individually and as part of the team’s relay pools this year as senior Kiersten Duncan and redshirt freshman Oksana Lawrence will return to action in 2016. Duncan has run personal bests of 11.72 and 23.52 in the short sprints in her time in Baton Rouge, while Lawrence owns a lifetime best of 53.61 in the 400-meter dash. LSU’s sprint squad has also been strengthened by an outstanding recruiting class from 2015 that features the likes of Oregon transfer Christian Brennan (Waterdown, Ontario, Canada) and former high school standouts Kortnei Johnson (Italy, Texas) and Rachel Misher (Baton Rouge, Louisiana). An NCAA Champion and All-American in her two seasons running on Oregon’s 4x400-meter relay team, Brennan looks to slot right into LSU’s relay rotation in her junior season as she joined the program with top times of 23.43 in the 200 meters and 52.12 in the 400 meters in her career. She was the third leg for Oregon’s NCAA Indoor Champion mile relay team in 2014 while helping the Ducks set a collegiate indoor record of 3:27.40 in the national final to eclipse Texas at the finish line and clinch the NCAA Indoor team title. Johnson is a former seven-time state champion in Texas while running for Italy High School where she blistered the track with personal bests of 11.51 in the 100 meters and 23.94 in the 200 meters before signing with a deep and talented sprint squad at LSU. She also posted career-best wind-aided times of 11.26 and 23.39 in the state finals to sweep Texas Class 2A titles in both sprint races as a senior. Misher is a former 10-time Class 2A Outdoor state champion and two-time Division II Indoor state champion in Louisiana while competing for Episcopal High School. She arrived on LSU’s campus with personal-best runs of
7.59 in the 60 meters, 11.73 in the 100 meters and 24.64 in the 200 meters during her high school career at nearby Episcopal. Hurdles The Lady Tigers feature a team of talented hurdlers as they look to join the national championship race and push for the trophy places at the NCAA Championships in 2016 as AllAmericans Chanice Chase and Daeshon Gordon headline the squad following outstanding seasons last spring. After claiming her first career AllAmerica honor in the 400-meter hurdles as a sophomore in 2014, Chase earned a spot in the NCAA final in the 100-meter hurdles for the first time a season ago when she posted a new personal best of 12.95 in a sixth-place finish nationally to score three points for the Lady Tigers. Chase first emerged as one of the NCAA’s leading 400-meter hurdlers during her sophomore season in 2014 when she ran her personal best of 56.27 in a fifth-place finish at the SEC Outdoor Championships before she went on to equal that finish with a fifth-place showing after running 56.51 in the national final at the NCAA Championships held at Oregon’s Hayward Field. Gordon added a point herself in the national final as she placed eighth in her NCAA Championship debut just one year after joining the Lady Tigers from Northeast High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She joined the Lady Tigers as one of the top high school talents nationally with PR times of 13.61 in the 100 hurdles and 58.70 in the 400 hurdles during her prep career. The Jamaican international showed tremendous improvement in only one season with Dennis Shaver’s coaching as she dropped her personal bests to lows of 12.97 in the 100-meter hurdles and 57.24 in the 400-meter hurdles over the course of her freshman season in 2015.
LSU Her run of 12.97 at the Jamaican National Senior Championships last summer set a new Jamaican junior record. Gordon was also an NCAA Championships qualifier in her debut season indoors at LSU as her personalbest time of 8.20 in the 60-meter hurdles earned her a fifth-place finish at the SEC Indoor Championships. Their performance in the hurdle events down the stretch was a key in the Lady Tigers competing for a top-10 finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships where they were just outside in 11th place. The Lady Tigers are sure to count on their experience and All-American pedigree in their push for the top places in the team standings throughout the 2016 season. The Lady Tigers will actually feature three of the 10 fastest 400-meter hurdlers in the school’s history during the 2016 outdoor season as they also welcome back Compton, California, native and former Long Beach Poly High School standout Kymber Payne to the track for her sophomore season. Payne was an NCAA Championships qualifier in the 400 hurdles in her debut season with the Lady Tigers a year ago, clocking a personal-best time of 58.10. That time cracked the Top 10 of LSU’s all-time outdoor performance list at No. 10 as she ended her rookie season among the fastest Lady Tigers in history. Junior Bryiana Richardson is a twotime NCAA qualifier in the 400 hurdles during a collegiate career in which she has run a PR of 58.61 as she followed a quarterfinals appearance as a freshman in 2014 with a first-round spot as a sophomore a year ago. Fellow junior Ka’Lynn Jupiter also lined up in the first round of qualifying at the NCAA East Prelims last spring after she earned a seventh-place finish in her first career SEC final at the SEC Championships while running a personal best of 58.55. Middle Distance/Distance The 2015 season saw the emergence of Lady Tiger sophomore Morgan Schuetz as one of the NCAA’s leading middle distance runners as a two-time NCAA semifinalist in the 800-meter run and two-time All-SEC performer in both the 800 meters and distance medley relay while helping to lead the team in the championship meets. Schuetz slashed nearly four seconds from her lifetime best 800-meter performance over the course of the 2015 indoor and outdoor seasons while becoming one of the fastest Lady Tigers in history. A product of nearby Parkview Baptist High School in Baton Rouge, Schuetz twice came up just one place short of advancing to her first career NCAA final in 2015 when she placed ninth overall in the national semifinal at the NCAA Championships during both the indoor and outdoor seasons. In fact, she was the sixth-fastest runner in qualifying in her debut at the NCAA Indoor Championships a year ago, but was denied a position in the final due to the advancement rules in place for the championship. Schuetz turned in a new indoor personal best in her semifinal heat at the NCAA Championships when she crossed the finish line in sixth place in the race with the sixth-fastest time overall for 2 minutes, 4.54 seconds to close out the 2015 indoor season as the sixth-fastest Lady Tiger to ever line up in the event indoors in team history.
Schuetz carried that momentum into the outdoor season when she scored the victory in each of her first two 800-meter races of the spring at Arizona’s Jim Click Shootout and the LSU Invitational meet held almost one month later. It was at the LSU Invitational where she smashed her lifetime best with a run of 2:03.12 to become the No. 8-ranked Lady Tiger in history to line up in the event outdoors. Schuetz added her second All-SEC honor of her sophomore season when she raced to a career-best third-place finish in the 800-meter final at the SEC Outdoor Championships and finish as the SEC Outdoor Bronze Medalist in the event. Her run to the NCAA semifinals featured a time of 2:03.93 she clocked in the quarterfinal round at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds. Schuetz actually anchored the Lady Tigers to an All-SEC second-place finish in the distance medley relay at the SEC Indoor Championships a year ago with a strong mile leg as she was crowned an SEC Silver Medalist with Andria Aguilar (1,200 meters), Kiersten Duncan (400 meters) and Danielle Avery (800 meters) in the event. The future is certainly very bright for the Lady Tigers in the middle distance and distance events after signing Hollie Parker and Erika Lewis to National Letters of Intent during the 2015 recruiting cycle as they even continue to make strides under third-year LSU assistant coach Khadevis Robinson leading the group. A native of Cambridge, England, Parker proved to be one of the top young talents in Europe prior to her arrival in Baton Rouge as she signed with PRs of 2:08.47 in the 800 meters and 4:27.66 in the 1,500 meters. Lewis, who joined the Lady Tigers following a standout career at Waukee High School in West Des Moines, Iowa, is also an accomplished middle distance prospect with personal bests of 2:12.38 in the 800 meters and 4:40.73 in the 1,500 meters as she also steps onto the track in the purple and gold for the first time in 2016. Jumps/Multis In an era in which the women’s jumps at the collegiate level are perhaps more competitive than at any other point in time, Nataliyah Friar joined rarified air during her sophomore season last spring when she earned All-America honors in both the long jump and triple jump as one of the NCAA’s best. Friar became LSU’s first 21-foot long jumper in 10 seasons when she soared to an indoor personal best of 21 feet, 0 inches on her sixth and final attempt of the final to win the NCAA Indoor bronze medal and secure an All-American third-place finish at last season’s NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships. She was also the first Lady Tiger to earn indoor All-America honors in the event since 2008. That single jump moved Friar from eighth place up to third place in the NCAA final and vaulted the Wentzville, Missouri, native into the No. 7 spot on LSU’s all-time indoor performance list in the event. After earning her first career AllAmerica honor in the long jump during the 2015 indoor season, Friar reached All-America status in the triple jump for the first time during the outdoor season while earning a sixth-place finish nationally with a wind-aided jump of 43-8
½ (+2.8) on her very first jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Also an All-SEC performer during her sophomore season, Friar was crowned the SEC Outdoor Silver Medalist in the long jump and SEC Outdoor Bronze Medalist in the triple jump with her performance last May. That is where she jumped her wind-aided career best of 21-10 ¾ (+2.5) in the long jump final and wind-legal personal best of 43-10 (+0.9) in the triple jump final for a pair of AllSEC finishes. She followed the collegiate season by jumping a wind-legal best of 21-0 ¾ during a trip to the World University Games in South Korea with Team USA to become the 10th-ranked long jumper outdoors in school history. Another Lady Tiger who returns for her senior season looking to get back to the NCAA Championships and score again for the team in the championship season is high jumper Shanice Hall. Originally from St. Catherine, Jamaica, Hall was an SEC scorer for the Lady Tigers for the first time in her career a year ago when she placed sixth indoors and fifth outdoors while competing in the high jump at the SEC Championships. A two-time NCAA Championships qualifier at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in 2013 and 2015, Hall has jumped a best of 5-9 ¾ in her time with the Lady Tigers and owns a lifetime PR of 6-0 ¾ in the event. Sugar Land, Texas, native Bria Druilhet jumped her lifetime PR during her freshman season with the Lady Tigers a year ago when she recorded a mark of 40-6 in the triple jump in an indoor meet at New Mexico early on last season. Druilhet eclipsed the 40-foot mark three times on the year with jumps of 40-0 at the LSU Twilight indoors and 40-4 ¾ (+3.6) at the Battle on the Bayou outdoors. She lettered for the Lady Tigers in her rookie season while competing in both the long jump and triple jump at the SEC Championships. Cocoa, Florida, product Danielle Phillips also returns to Baton Rouge for her sophomore season in 2016 with a lifetime best of 20-0 in the long jump to her credit that was set during her youth career at Rockledge Senior High School. She has also jumped a windaided career best of 20-5 ½ as she eyes her first 20-foot jump as a Lady Tiger this season. Throws While the 2015 season might have closed the book on one of the historic careers by a Lady Tiger thrower with Tori Bliss’ departure, it wrote the first chapter in another blossoming career with the emergence of Rebekah Wales as one of the NCAA’s leading javelin throwers during her sophomore season last spring. A native of West Monroe, Louisiana, and product of West Monroe High School, Wales became the first Lady Tiger to earn All-America honors in the javelin throw in 27 years with her fourthplace finish nationally during last year’s NCAA Outdoor Championships held at Oregon’s Hayward Field. That’s where she threw a series-best of 178-0 on her third throw in the qualifying round to become the first Lady Tiger thrower to score points in the event at the NCAA Championships since Cheryl Coker in 1988. Wales qualified for the NCAA semifinals for the second-straight season after unleashing her personal-
best throw of 179-11 for the second-best qualifying performance at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds to move up to No. 2 on LSU’s all-time outdoor performance list in the women’s javelin. She is also the first Lady Tiger since Coker in the late 1980s to eclipse the 170-foot mark in the event. Not only that, but Wales is also just the fourth Lady Tiger to be crowned the SEC Champion in the javelin after opening her series with a winning throw of 177-0 at the SEC Championships at Mississippi State. Wales wasn’t the only Lady Tiger javelin thrower to enjoy the best season of her collegiate career in 2015 as Annie Simoneaux bounced back from two injury-plagued seasons in 2013 and 2014 to throw a PR of 165-6 on the runway at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds to advance to the national semifinals at Hayward Field for the first time in her career. Simoneaux’s personal-best throw of 165-6 made her the No. 8-ranked javelin thrower in the history of the Lady Tiger program as she followed with a 10th-place finish nationally in the NCAA semifinals with a best throw of 163-6 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The Rayne, Louisiana, native also picked up four points for the team with a fifthplace finish in the javelin final at the SEC Championships last May. Simoneaux has been an All-SEC performer in her time with the Lady Tigers as she kicked off her career by winning the SEC Outdoor bronze medal as a true freshman in 2011 before scoring the SEC Outdoor silver medal as the conference runner-up as a sophomore in 2012. Simoneaux and LSU’s coaching staff got the ruling they hoped for in the offseason that she would be granted a sixth-year of eligibility to compete again in 2016 after missing the 2013 and 2014 seasons with injury. Sophomore Sidnie Wilder also looks to take a step forward in her development and contribute for the Lady Tigers in the championship meets this season after finishing her freshman season in 2015 as one of LSU’s top-10 performers in school history in both the weight throw indoors and hammer throw outdoors. She threw a personal best of 58-10 ¼ in the weight throw at last season’s LSU Twilight meet to rank No. 8 in school history in the event, while also throwing a seasonal best of 180-8 in the hammer throw at the Texas Relays to rank No. 9 all-time at LSU. Wilder, who owns a personal best of 181-8 in the hammer throw from her prep career at Cameron (Wisc.) High School, placed 10th in both events at the SEC Championships in her debut season a year ago. Also returning to the women’s throws group for the 2016 season is sophomore Marvalyn Vernon, who concluded her freshman season in 2015 with personal bests of 51-7 in the weight throw indoors, and 130-10 in the discus throw and 133-9 in the hammer throw outdoors in her first season in the program.
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Tremayne Acy Da’Quan Bellard Dajour Braxton Tommy Brocato LaMar Bruton Chadd Burns Michael Cherry David Collins Fitzroy Dunkley Jaron Flournoy Jackson Fountain Patrick Geers Cyril Grayson Blair Henderson Renard Howell Terry Hughes Donte Jackson Johnnie Jackson Christian Johnson Hayden Kingfisher Garret LeBouef DC Lipani Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake Jordan Moore Tinashe Mutanga Jonathan Nelsen Jonathan Pitt Ross Quinlan Matthew Rhorer Cameron Robichaux Austin Santacruz Bryan Stamey Daniel Tanner Marcus Tiner Morgan Wells Jack Wilkes
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5-7 6-2 6-1 6-0 5-11 5-10 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-0 5-10 6-4 5-11 6-0 6-2 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-0 5-7 6-4 6-1 6-1 6-3 5-7 5-11 6-5 6-2 5-11 6-0 5-11 5-10 5-10 5-11 5-6 6-0
2L/2L SQ/RS HS/HS RS/RS TR/TR HS/HS TR/TR 2L/2L 3L/3L HS/HS HS/HS 1L/1L 3L/3L 2L/2L TR/TR SQ/2L HS/HS TR/TR RS/1L HS/HS SQ/2L SQ/RS 2L/2L 1L/1L TR/TR SQ/SQ 1L/2L RS/RS 1L/SQ 1L/2L HS/HS RS/RS RS/RS SQ/SQ SQ/SQ 1L/1L
Dallas, Texas (DeSoto HS) Opelousas, La. (Opelousas HS) Las Vegas, Nev. (Centennial HS) Hammond, La. (St. Thomas Aquinas HS) Wilmington, Del. (Howard HS of Technology/Ohio State) Baton Rouge, La. (Catholic HS) Chesapeake, Va. (Oscar Smith HS/Florida State) Baton Rouge, La. (Broadmoor HS) Trelawny, Jamaica (Jamaica College) Detroit, Mich. (Westland John Glenn HS) Argyle, Texas (Liberty Christian School) Mission Viejo, Calif. (Capistrano Valley HS/Saddleback) Kenner, La. (Rummel HS) Lake Charles, La. (St. Louis Catholic HS) Bensalem, Pa. (Trenton Central HS/South Plains College) Prairieville, La. (Dutchtown HS) Metairie, La. (Riverdale HS) Cherry Hill, N.J. (Cherry Hill East HS/Coffeyville CC) Baton Rouge, La. (Episcopal HS/Emory) Bossier City, La. (Parkway HS) Bourg, La. (South Terrebonne HS) Mandeville, La. (St. Paul’s School) Mandeville, Jamaica (Jamaica College) Atlanta, Ga. (Martin Luther King, Jr. HS/TCU) Harare, Zimbabwe (Eaglesvale HS/Oral Roberts) Mandeville, La. (Mandeville HS) South Brunswick Township, N.J. (South Brunswick HS) Prairieville, La. (Catholic HS) Baton Rouge, La. (Catholic HS) Mandeville, La. (St. Paul’s HS) Winnetka, Ill. (New Trier Township HS) Baton Rouge, La. (Episcopal HS) Shreveport, La. (C.E. Byrd HS) Baton Rouge, La. (Baton Rouge Magnet HS) Shreveport, La. (Captain Shreve HS/McNeese State) Bossier City, La. (Airline HS)
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MEN’S PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Da’Quan Bellard Dajour Braxton Tommy Brocato LaMar Bruton Jaron Flournoy Patrick Geers Cyril Grayson Donte Jackson Garret LeBouef
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Camille Arceneaux Danielle Avery Hannah Bourque Christian Brennan Mikiah Brisco Chanice Chase Madison Danna Hannah Deworth Bria Druilhet Kiersten Duncan Elizabeth Dunning Breanna Elliott Nataliyah Friar Daeshon Gordon Monica Guillot Shanice Hall Tahlaya Hardin Keterra Harris Rushell Harvey Aleia Hobbs Shanice Holmes Jalea Jackson Kortnei Johnson Travia Jones Ka’Lynn Jupiter Briana Kelly Brittany Kelly Oksana Lawrence Erika Lewis Kuulei Lindon Rebecca Little Jada Martin Madison McDaniel Rachel Misher Danielle Mitchell Cayla Nikodemus Hollie Parker Kymber Payne Danielle Phillips Bryiana Richardson Mallory Robichaux Morgan Schuetz Annie Simoneaux Savannah Sledd Naomi Smith Amy Stelly Marvalyn Vernon Rebekah Wales Kaitlyn Walker Jenna Walker Ashley Welborn Sidnie Wilder Shayna Yon
Throws Middle Distance Distance Sprints Sprints/Hurdles Sprints/Hurdles Throws Distance Jumps Sprints Distance Distance Jumps Hurdles Distance Jumps Distance Middle Distance Sprints Sprints Jumps Sprints Sprints Sprints Hurdles Jumps Multi-Events Sprints Middle Distance Distance Distance Sprints Distance Sprints Sprints Multi-Events Middle Distance Hurdles Jumps Hurdles Distance Middle Distance Javelin Throws Throws Pole Vault Throws Javelin Jumps Distance Distance Throws Jumps
5-4 5-2 5-3 5-4 5-5 5-8 5-7 5-3 5-7 5-5 5-4 5-7 5-8 5-6 5-3 5-7 4-9 5-4 5-7 5-8 5-4 5-4 5-5 5-9 5-6 5-11 5-5 5-10 5-6 5-3 5-9 5-7 5-6 5-4 5-7 5-9 5-7 5-6 5-7 5-3 5-5 5-7 5-7 5-4 5-3 5-3 5-11 5-10 5-8 5-4 5-3 5-7 5-6
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Lafayette, La. (St. Thomas More HS) Naples, Fla. (Naples HS) Youngsville, La. (St. Thomas More HS) Waterdown, Ontario, Canada (St. Mary’s Catholic HS/Oregon Baton Rouge, La. (Baton Rouge Magnet HS) Ajax, Ontario, Canada (Notre Dame Catholic SS) Baton Rouge, La. (Baton Rouge Magnet HS) Alexandria, La. (Holy Savior Menard Central HS) Sugar Land, Texas (Stephen F. Austin HS) Katy, Texas (Cypress Springs HS/Texas) Zachary, La. (Paul Laurence Dunbar HS) Baton Rouge, La. (Christian Life Academy) Wentzville, Mo. (Wentzville Holt HS) Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Northeast HS) Covington, La. (St. Scholastica Academy) Portmore, St. Catherine, Jamaica (Wolmer’s Trust HS for Girls) Fresno, Texas (Manvel HS) Marrero, La. (St. Mary’s Academy) Houston, Texas (Fort Bend Bush HS) New Orleans, La. (McMain HS) Oakdale, La. (Oakdale HS) Milan, Ill. (Rock Island HS) Italy, Texas (Italy HS) Rowlett, Texas (Rowlett HS) Donaldsonville, La. (Donaldsonville HS) Clarksville, Tenn. (Northeast HS/Austin Peay) Clarksville, Tenn. (Northeast HS/Ole Miss) Dayton, Ohio (Meadowdale HS) West Des Moines, Iowa (Waukee HS) Lafayette, La. (Lafayette HS) Austin, Texas (Westlake HS) Lithonia, Ga. (Martin Luther King, Jr. HS) Covington, La. (St. Scholastica Academy) Baton Rouge, La. (Episcopal HS) Natick, Mass. (Natick HS) Las Vegas, Nev. (Faith Lutheran HS) Cambridge, England (Kings School/Coleridge CC) Compton, Calif. (Long Beach Poly HS) Cocoa, Fla. (Rockledge Senior HS) New Orleans, La. (Helen Cox HS) Woodworth, La. (Menard HS) Baton Rouge, La. (Parkview Baptist HS) Rayne, La. (Rayne HS) Highland Park, Ill. (Highland Park HS) Lake Charles, La. (Barbe HS) Washington, La. (Opelousas Catholic HS) Hammond, La. (Ponchatoula HS) West Monroe, La. (West Monroe HS) Gonzales, La. (Episcopal HS) Stafford, Va. (Colonial Forge HS) Knoxville, Tenn. (Knoxville Catholic HS) Cameron, Wisc. (Cameron HS) Denver, Colo. (Cherokee Trail HS)
Fr./Fr. Jr./So. Fr./Fr. Jr./Jr. So./So. Sr./Sr. RS-Fr./RS-Fr. So./So. So./So. Sr./Jr. Jr./Jr. Fr./Fr. Jr./Jr. So./So. RS-Fr./RS-Fr. Sr./Sr. Fr./Fr. So./So. Jr./Jr. So./So. Sr./Sr. Sr./Sr. Fr./Fr. Jr./Jr. Jr./Jr. Jr./Jr. So./So. RS-Fr./RS-Fr. Fr./Fr. So./So. RS-Fr./RS-Fr. Jr./Jr. Fr./Fr. Fr./Fr. Jr./Jr. Fr./Fr. Fr./Fr. So./So. So./So. Jr./Jr. Fr./Fr. Jr./Jr. Sr./Sr. Fr./Fr. Fr./Fr. Fr./Fr. So./So. So./Jr. Fr./Fr. So./So. So./So. So./So. Fr./Fr.
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WOMEN’S PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Mikiah Brisco Bria Druilhet Kiersten Duncan Nataliyah Friar Daeshon Gordon Monica Guillot Shanice Hall
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Dennis Shaver Head Coach • 12th Season • 21st Season at LSU • Texas-Arlington, 1979
When Dennis Shaver ascended to the rank of head coach of the LSU Track & Field program in July 2004, he was given the reigns of a national power recognized worldwide for its dominance at the collegiate level while racking up a total of 30 NCAA team championships in its history. Expectations were high, but Shaver had experienced LSU’s success first-hand as he helped coach the Tigers and Lady Tigers to a combined 12 national championships while serving as an assistant coach for nine seasons from 1996-2004. It came as no surprise when he was asked to continue LSU’s championship tradition when the position opened in the wake of the 2004 season. Shaver knew the challenge that lay in front of him when he accepted the job. At his opening press conference, Shaver promised fans, coaches, officials and his student-athletes that “we are going to do everything we can to keep this kind of championship program going here at LSU.” He has certainly delivered on that promise as the program has showed no signs of slowing down under his guidance. The Lady Tigers were crowned national champions during the 2008 outdoor season and have won a total of seven Southeastern Conference championships during his tenure. While sweeping SEC Indoor and SEC Outdoor titles in 2008 and 2011, the Lady Tigers have also captured outdoor titles during the 2007, 2010 and 2012 seasons. The Lady Tigers have also added 10 trophy performances with top-four finishes at the NCAA Championships in 11 previous seasons under Shaver’s guidance, including three second-place finishes, five third-place finishes and one fourth-place finish along with their national championship in 2008. The Tigers have added to their trophy case as well while racking up 13 team trophies with a top-four finish at the NCAA Championships as they have earned five second-place finishes, one third-place finish and seven fourthplace finishes between the indoor and outdoor seasons. The Tigers also scored five second-place finishes and three third-place finishes at the SEC Championships under Shaver. In all, Shaver’s teams have combined for 23 top-three finishes at the SEC Championships and 23 top-four finishes at the NCAA Championships between the indoor and outdoor seasons going back to his debut season as LSU’s head coach in 2005.
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Vernon Norwood and the Tigers’ 4x400-meter relay team added to LSU’s national championship pedigree a season ago while accounting for three NCAA event titles to lead the team back among the nation’s elite once again in 2015. Norwood was crowned the NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor Champion in the 400-meter dash to highlight a historic senior season at LSU. In his final season, Norwood became just the 14th sprinter in collegiate history to sweep NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor titles in the 400 meters (or 440 yards) in the same season while also anchoring the Tigers to a national championship in the mile relay outdoors. He first clocked an indoor personal best and became the second-ranked LSU Tiger indoors in history with his winning run of 45.31 seconds at the NCAA Indoor Championships to win his first national championship in the 400meter dash. Norwood completed his NCAA-title sweep outdoors with a time of 45.10 in the national final to join the great Xavier Carter in 2006 as the only two Tigers to win both NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor titles in the event. Norwood wrapped up a brilliant career by anchoring the Tigers to the national title in the 4x400-meter relay as he teamed with Quincy Downing, Fitzroy Dunkley and Cyril Grayson to run 3 minutes, 1.96 seconds in the final to hand LSU its fourth NCAA Outdoor crown in the event all-time. Norwood was certainly one of the most prolific sprinters in school history as he won four NCAA titles, eight All-America honors and nine All-SEC awards in just two seasons at LSU. Their performance was instrumental in the Tigers taking home a fourth-place team trophy at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships for the second-straight season as the team scored 45 points in two days of competition at Oregon’s Hayward Field to close out the 2015 season. While emerging as one of the world’s top 400-meter sprinters after running a lifetime best of 44.44 at the LSU Alumni Gold last spring, Norwood followed the collegiate season by representing the United States at
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the IAAF World Championships in Beijing where he was crowned a World Champion as part of Team USA’s 4x400-meter relay team in his championship debut. The LSU Track & Field program shined brightly in Beijing last summer as former Lady Tiger national champion Cassandra Tate also made her mark as one of the world’s great 400-meter hurdlers in bagging the bronze medal for the United States in her championship debut. Tate’s breakout 2015 season on the world stage with Shaver’s guidance has her poised for a spot on the medal stand in Rio de Janeiro at the 2016 Olympic Games fast approaching this summer. Despite missing out on her first World Championships while battling injuries late in her outdoor season, former Lady Tiger standout Jasmin Stowers also emerged as one of the world’s top talents in the 100-meter hurdles in 2015 largely thanks to her training with Shaver in Baton Rouge. Stowers, who was crowned a fivetime SEC Champion and seven-time All-American in her career at LSU from 2011-14, took the world by storm with a series of personal bests last spring culminating with an IAAF Diamond League all-time record of 12.35 in Doha, Qatar. Stowers became the eighth-fastest 100 hurdler all-time and the fourth-fastest American in history with her performance. Stowers competed as a Lady Tiger for the final time in 2014 as she went out as the NCAA Indoor Bronze Medalist in the 60-meter hurdles for the second year in a row and the NCAA Outdoor Silver Medalist in the 100-meter hurdles that season. Her
altitude-adjusted time of 7.96 in the 2014 NCAA final in the 60 hurdles established a new school record in her final race indoors at LSU. The curtain closed on one of the storied careers in the history of collegiate track and field in 2013 when Kimberlyn Duncan stepped onto the track for the final time as a Lady Tiger at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Oregon. Duncan cemented her legacy as one of the all-time great sprinters when she tied the fastest all conditions 200 meters in collegiate history by running a wind-aided 22.04 to win a sixth national championship in the 200-meter dash in her career. Duncan’s performance tied the 23-year-old collegiate record of 22.04 set by LSU’s Dawn Sowell at the 1989 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Provo, Utah. The Katy, Texas, product stepped into history as she swept NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor gold medals for the third-straight season to become the first sprinter in collegiate history to claim six national titles in the 200-meter dash at the NCAA level. Duncan matched that output at the conference level with a sweep of SEC Indoor and SEC Outdoor titles in the 200 meters for the third year in a row, even running an SEC Outdoor Championships meet record of 22.35 in her senior season in 2013. Not only did Duncan match the fastest all conditions 200 meters in collegiate history as a senior, but she set the low-altitude collegiate record of 22.19 as a junior in 2012 in the NCAA semifinals. She ran three of the five fastest wind-legal times and five
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“We are fortunate to have one of the finest coaches in the country leading our track and field program at LSU. LSU’s track teams have a record of great accomplishment under Dennis Shaver’s leadership the last 11 years. He has not only helped establish LSU as a leader in competition, but also in the community and classroom as well. It is a testament to the kind of student-athletes we want representing this University.”
– JOE ALLEVA, LSU DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS of the eight fastest all conditions times in NCAA history at the time as the most dominant 200-meter sprinter ever at the collegiate level. Duncan earned the right to represent the United States on the international stage for the first time in her career in 2013 when she dropped her personal best of 21.80 in capturing her first career U.S. Outdoor title in the 200 meters to qualify for the IAAF World Championships in Athletics. Duncan also earned a reputation as one of the world’s emerging talents in the 100-meter dash during her Lady Tiger career when she became just the fifth collegiate sprinter to break 11 seconds after setting the SEC Championships meet record of 10.96 in the 2012 conference final. Duncan defended her SEC 100-meter title as a senior in 2013 before winning the NCAA Outdoor bronze medal in the event that season. She also scored back-to-back NCAA silver medals in the 100 meters in 2011 and 2012. Winner of The Bowerman in 2012 as the top athlete in collegiate track and field, Duncan tied the school record with seven NCAA event titles and 12 SEC events titles in four seasons from 2010-13. Like Duncan, Tate wrapped up the 2012 campaign as a national champion as she recorded her collegiate best of 55.22 to win the NCAA title in the 400-meter hurdles. She also helped the Lady Tigers win the national title in the 4x400-meter relay during the indoor season as she ran the second leg on a team that featured Rebecca Alexander, Siedda Herbert and Jonique Day as they claimed the 13th NCAA crown for the program in the event all-time with their victory. Alexander, Tate and Day also joined leadoff leg Latoya McDermott on the team that set a new school record of 3:24.59 to finish as the national runners-up during the NCAA Outdoor Championships, marking the third-fastest 4x400-meter relay performance in NCAA
history. It was a 2012 season in which Shaver was honored as both the NCAA Division I Women’s Outdoor Coach of the year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association and the SEC Women’s Outdoor Coach of the Year in a vote of the league’s head coaches. Shaver has now twice been recognized as the National Coach of the Year and seven times named the SEC Coach of the Year. Shaver has coached 44 athletes to 55 NCAA event titles in a celebrated career that spans 20 seasons at LSU. His athletes have also captured 138 SEC event titles and 503 All-America honors all-time. LSU had been on the cusp of adding to its national championship collection in Shaver’s first four seasons as head coach as the teams combined for seven second-place team finishes at the NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor Championships, including four runner-up finishes for the Tigers and three runner-up finishes for the Lady Tigers during that span. But with his top team making the trip to Des Moines for the 2008 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Shaver knew LSU was a championship contender on both sides. The meet unfolded just the way he had anticipated with the women’s race for the team title going down to the very last event of the weekend. The Lady Tigers were tied with defending champion Arizona State at 59 points with both teams advancing a team into the final of the 4x400 relay. The stage was set for a dramatic conclusion with the team crossing the finish line first taking the title. The Lady Tigers carried the stick around the track in 3:28.33 to score eight points with a second-place finish in the race, while the Sun Devils were unable to keep pace with a fifth-place finish. The final score of the meet after 21 events read LSU 67, Arizona State 63. Not only did the Lady Tigers capture
their first national championship under Shaver, but the team won the 31st NCAA title in the history of the LSU Track & Field program nearly 75 years to the day that the Tigers won their first national championship way back on June 17, 1933. It proved to be a fitting end to a season that also saw the Lady Tigers dominate the Southeastern Conference by sweeping SEC Indoor and SEC Outdoor championships for the first time under Shaver’s direction. Considered one of the leading sprints and hurdles coaches in the sport, LSU’s athletes flourished under Shaver’s guidance once again as the Tigers and Lady Tigers made their presence felt throughout the 2008 season. Shaver coached the likes of Lady Tiger greats Kelly Baptiste and Nickiesha Wilson to NCAA event titles during their final season in the purple and gold, while he also coached Tiger sprint star Richard Thompson to one of the most prolific seasons in collegiate history. Baptiste was the catalyst in LSU’s national championship run as she accounted for a team high 19 points at the NCAA Championships while becoming the fifth Lady Tiger in program history to be crowned NCAA champion in the 100-meter dash. Wilson was equally as impressive at the NCAA Outdoor meet as she added 18 points with an NCAA crown in the 400-meter hurdles and a runnerup finish in the final of the 100-meter hurdles. But no athlete dominated collegiate track and field in 2008 quite like Thompson. Arguably the greatest sprinter to ever wear the LSU uniform, Thompson became the first Tiger to sweep NCAA titles in the 60 and 100 meters in the same season while also running the second leg on LSU’s NCAA-title-winning 4x100-meter relay team. In addition, Thompson won All-America honors in the 200 meters with a runner-up finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships while being chosen as the NCAA Men’s Outdoor Track
Athlete of the Year. He became the first sprinter coached by Shaver to crack the 10-second barrier in the 100-meter dash with his victory at the SEC Outdoor Championships in Auburn, Alabama. Thompson’s 9.93 in the conference final set an SEC record and was the second-fastest time ever recorded at the collegiate level. Thompson, who came to LSU from the country of Trinidad & Tobago with a personal record of 10.65 in the 100 meters, wrapped up his career in Baton Rouge as a four-time NCAA Champion, five-time SEC Champion and eight-time All-American under Shaver’s guidance. Shaver coached Thompson to worldwide stardom at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing where he shocked the world by winning a silver medal in the final of the 100-meter dash while setting a new collegiate record with a time of 9.89. He finished second only to Jamaican world-record holder and gold medalist Usain Bolt. After anchoring Trinidad’s 4x100-meter relay to a silver medal, Thompson’s unforgettable season was complete. While continuing to train in Baton Rouge following his collegiate career, Thompson dropped his 100-meter personal best with a Trinidad & Tobago national record of 9.82 that he set in winning the title at the 2014 Sagicor National Open Championships in Portof-Spain. While Thompson grabbed the headlines, he was not the only athlete coached by Shaver to line up at the Olympic Games in 2008. Former Lady Tiger hurdler and two-time World Indoor champion Lolo Jones made her Olympics debut with a seventh-place finish after winning the 100-meter hurdles at the U.S. Olympic Trials, while Baptiste (Trinidad and Tobago) and Sherry Fletcher (Grenada) ran the 100 meters and Wilson (Jamaica) and Isa Phillips (Jamaica) competed in the 400-meter hurdles. Jones, who continues to train with
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Coach Shaver and his wife, Connie, at the White House for Champions Day in November 2008 Shaver in Baton Rouge, has become one of the recognizable faces in track and field as the world’s leading sprint hurdler. In becoming the first hurdler in meet history to win backto-back World Indoor gold medals in the 60-meter hurdles at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Jones became the new American-record holder after setting a new personal best with a winning time of 7.72. Shaver has also coached Jones to a PR of 12.43 in the 100-meter hurdles she set in the semifinal round at the 2008 Olympic Games. Jones made her return to the Olympic Games in London as she just missed earning a spot on the medal podium with a fourth-place finish in her second-straight Olympic final. LSU carried its momentum into the 2009 season as Shaver again proved why he is one of the more respected coaches in the business while coaching two-sport star Trindon Holliday to his first career NCAA championship in the 100-meter dash. After finishing as the national runner-up in 2007 and earning a third-place finish in 2008, Holliday enjoyed a season to remember as he became the third different Tiger in four years to be crowned the NCAA 100-meter champion. He sprinted to the finish line with a PR of 10.00 to continue LSU’s domination in the event. His victory in the NCAA 100-meter final followed a 2009 indoor season in which he earned his second national runner-up finish in the 60-meter dash at the NCAA Indoor meet. But no athlete has dominated the sport with Shaver’s coaching quite like LSU great Xavier Carter did in 2006 as the Tiger sophomore captured four NCAA event titles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships held in Sacramento, California. Carter became the first collegiate athlete since Ohio State’s Jesse Owens in 1935 and 1936 to win four NCAA titles at a single national meet as he struck gold in the 100 meters, 400 meters, 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay. In his brief two-year career at LSU, Carter won an impressive seven individual national championships and 10 AllAmerica honors as the only collegiate athlete in history to double with national titles in the 100 meters and 400 meters in the same year at the NCAA Championships. Sprint sensation Kelly Willie also capped a stellar career in 2006 by leading the Tigers to three relay national titles while earning a total of five All-America honors. With Shaver’s coaching, Willie finished his four-year career in Baton Rouge as the most decorated athlete in the history of LSU men’s track and field, tying Carter with a school-record seven NCAA individual championships and a LSU record 19 career All-America honors. In Shaver’s first season as head coach in
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2005, Carter and Willie provided the foundation for one of the elite mile relay teams in NCAA history that put an exclamation point onto the end of the collegiate season by setting a new collegiate record en route to a national championship. LSU’s foursome of Reggie Dardar (46.4), Willie (44.4), Bennie Brazell (44.8) and Carter (44.0) clocked 2:59.59 in shattering the 17-year-old record of 2:59.91 set by UCLA in 1988. That national crown catapulted the Tigers to a third-place finish in the final team standings, an effort that was assisted by the national runner-up efforts by Carter in the 200-meter dash and Brazell in the 400-meter hurdles. While he enters his 12th season as head coach, Shaver has enjoyed 20 tremendously successful seasons at LSU after joining the program as an assistant coach in August 1995. Shaver is regarded as one of the premier coaches in the sport of track and field, and he has earned national recognition for his many accomplishments throughout his coaching career. Not only was he named the NCAA Women’s Outdoor Coach of the Year by the USTFCCCA in 2008 and 2012, but he has also been named a seven-time SEC Women’s Coach of the Year during his tenure. In 2003, he was recognized by his peers as the first USTCA Assistant Coach of the Year for Women’s Sprints and Hurdles. In addition, Shaver has received nine National Coach of the Year awards, six Kansas Collegiate Coach of the Year honors and 16 Regional Coach of the Year awards in his coaching career that spans 33 years. Shaver is certified as a Level I, II and Master Coach by USA Track and Field and has been an instructor for the USATF Coaches Education curriculum of the sprint and hurdle events. A native of Salina, Kansas, Shaver received a Bachelor of Arts degree in physical education from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1979. In 1981, he added his master’s degree in education with an emphasis on administration from Stephen F. Austin State University. Shaver and his wife, Connie, have two children. Their son, Dale, is an installer at Mike’s Audio in Baton Rouge and enjoys his hobbies of cars and photography. Their daughter, Lindsay, graduated summa cum laude in 2012 from the University of South Alabama with her Master of Science in nursing with a focus on pediatric primary care. She is a pediatric nurse practitioner in Katy, Texas, where she resides with her husband, Alex Ramirez, a landscape architect with Design Workshop, and their daughter, Ella Darlene Ramirez.
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Auburn 1992-95 • Assistant Coach
Barton (Kan.) County CC 1985-91 • Head Coach
Hutchinson (Kan.) CC 1982-85 • Head Track & Field Coach 1981-85 • Assistant Football Coach 1981-82 • Assistant Track & Field Coach
RECORDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS AT LSU
• 22 Olympians • 6 Olympic Medalists • 44 NCAA Champion athletes winning 55 NCAA event titles • 21 NCAA Champion Relay Teams • Athletes have earned 503 All-America honors in 33 years of coaching • 68 SEC Champion athletes winning 138 SEC event titles • 32 SEC Champion Relay Teams • 337 SEC Academic Honor Roll selections in 11 seasons as LSU’s head coach • 2008 & 2012 NCAA Women’s Outdoor Coach of the Year • 7-time SEC Women’s Coach of the Year • 4-time USTFCCCA Women’s South Central Region Coach of the Year • 2007 USTFCCCA Women’s Mideast Region Coach of the Year • 2003 USTCA Assistant Coach of the Year • Coached Kimberlyn Duncan to the low-altitude collegiate record of 22.19 in the 200-meter dash to win the title at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships and a PR of 21.80 to win the event at the 2013 USA Outdoor Championships. • Coached Richard Thompson to a Collegiate Record of 9.89 in the 100meter final to win a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. • Coached Xavier Carter to four individual NCAA titles at the 2006 NCAA Outdoor Championships, joining the legendary Jesse Owens of Ohio State in 1935 and 1936 as the only athletes in history to accomplish the feat. • Coached LSU to five Collegiate Relay Records all-time, including the women’s 4x100 (42.55), women’s 4x200 (1:29.78), men’s 4x400 (2:59.59) and women’s shuttle hurdle relay (52.77). He also coached the women’s 4x400 to the former NCAA Championships meet record of 3:25.26.
ACHIEVEMENTS PRIOR TO LSU
• 8 NJCAA National Championships • Coached Barton County CC to first NJCAA “Triple Crown” in history, winning the cross country, indoor and outdoor national titles during the 1990-91 season • 12 Jayhawk Community College Conference Championships • 7 National Coach of the Year Awards • 12 Regional Coach of the Year Awards • 6 Kansas Collegiate Coach of the Year Awards
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Parris-Thymes Assistant Coach • 11th Season • LSU, 1995 Former Lady Tiger standout Debbie Parris-Thymes enters her 11th season working as an assistant to head coach Dennis Shaver as she seeks to mold the women’s sprinters and hurdlers into one of the elite groups in the nation once again during the 2016 season. Parris-Thymes has brought a wealth of competitive experience and knowledge to the Lady Tiger program as she wrapped up an illustrious 11-year professional career at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in 2005. She turned that experience into immediate success as an assistant coach at LSU as she has helped coach the Lady Tigers to eight team championships during her tenure, including an NCAA Outdoor title in 2008 and five SEC Outdoor and two SEC Indoor titles since 2005. The Lady Tiger great has helped coach 16 Lady Tigers to individual NCAA titles, 21 Lady Tigers to individual SEC titles and 31 Lady Tigers to All-America honors over the past 10 seasons. In all, 31 Lady Tiger sprinters and hurdlers have accounted for 161 All-America selections as NCAA Championship scorers since Parris-Thymes joined Shaver’s staff in 2005. That includes five Lady Tigers who won AllAmerica honors for the first time in their careers a year ago to help guide their team to a tie for ninth place nationally at the NCAA Indoor Championships and 11th place overall at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with their performance. Sophomores Rushell Harvey and Jada Martin and freshmen Mikiah Brisco, Daeshon Gordon and Aleia Hobbs all achieved All-America status for the first time as Lady Tigers. Junior Chanice Chase earned All-America honors for the second-straight season with her performance in 2015. In 2014, former Lady Tiger standout Jasmin Stowers put an exclamation point onto the end of a storied collegiate career as she captured the NCAA Outdoor silver medal in the 100-meter hurdles, clocking her collegiate-best wind-aided time of 12.54 seconds in the national final. She followed the 2014 collegiate season by racing to a new wind-legal best of 12.71 at the USA Outdoor Championships, finishing her collegiate career only one one-hundredth of a second shy of matching Tananjalyn Stanley’s school-record time of 12.70 set in 1989. Stowers did wrap up the 2014 indoor season as LSU’s school-record holder in the 60-meter hurdles when she crossed the finish line with an altitude-adjusted time of 7.96 to defend her NCAA Indoor bronze medal in the event. That performance smashed Joyce Bates’ 14-year-old school record of 7.99 in the event that was previously set during the 2000 season. Stowers went out as one of the most decorated hurdlers in the history of the Lady Tiger team as a five-time SEC Champion, seven-time All-American and seven-time All-SEC performer. Two Lady Tigers also scored top-five finishes in the final of the women’s 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA Championships in 2014 with Nikita Tracey finishing in fourth place followed by Chase in fifth place nationally that season. Both set personal bests during the 2014 season with Tracey running her PR of 55.18 and Chase clocking her top time of 56.27 as a Lady Tiger. The curtain closed on one of the storied careers in the history of collegiate track and field in 2013 when Kimberlyn Duncan stepped onto the track for the final time as an LSU Lady Tiger at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships that season. Duncan cemented her legacy as one of the all-time great sprinters when she tied the fastest all conditions 200 meters in collegiate history by running a wind-aided 22.04 to win a sixth national championship in the 200-meter dash in her career. Duncan’s performance tied the 23-year-old collegiate record of 22.04 set by LSU’s Dawn Sowell at the 1989 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Provo, Utah. The Katy, Texas, product stepped into history as she swept NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor gold medals for the third-straight season to become the first sprinter in collegiate history to claim six national titles in the 200-
meter dash at the NCAA level. Duncan matched that output at the conference level with a sweep of SEC Indoor and SEC Outdoor titles in the 200 meters for the third year in a row, even running an SEC Outdoor Championships meet record of 22.35 in her senior season in 2013. Not only did Duncan match the fastest all conditions 200 meters in collegiate history as a senior, but she set the lowaltitude collegiate record of 22.19 as a junior in 2012 in the NCAA semifinals. She ran three of the five fastest wind-legal times and five of the eight fastest all conditions times in NCAA history as the most dominant 200-meter sprinter ever at the collegiate level. Duncan earned the right to represent the United States on the international stage for the first time in her career in 2013 when she dropped her personal best of 21.80 in capturing her first career U.S. Outdoor title in the 200 meters to qualify for the IAAF World Championships in Athletics. Duncan also earned a reputation as one of the world’s emerging talents in the 100-meter dash during her Lady Tiger career when she became just the fifth collegiate sprinter to break 11 seconds after setting the SEC Championships meet record of 10.96 in the 2012 conference final. Duncan defended her SEC 100-meter title as a senior in 2013 before winning the NCAA Outdoor bronze medal in the event for 2013. She also scored back-to-back NCAA silver medals in the 100 meters in 2011 and 2012. Winner of The Bowerman in 2012 as the top athlete in collegiate track and field, Duncan tied the school record with seven NCAA event titles and 12 SEC events titles in four seasons from 2010-13. Like Duncan, former Lady Tiger standout Cassandra Tate wrapped up the 2012 campaign as a national champion as she recorded a career-best of 55.22 to claim the NCAA crown in the 400-meter hurdles. Tate also helped lead the Lady Tigers to the national title in the 4x400-meter relay during the indoor season as she ran the second leg on a team that featured Alexander, Siedda Herbert and Jonique Day as they earned the 13th NCAA crown for the program in the event alltime with their victory. Alexander, Tate and Day also joined leadoff leg Latoya McDermott on the team that set a new school record of 3 minutes, 24.59 seconds to finish as the national runners-up during the NCAA Outdoor Championships, marking the thirdfastest 4x400-meter relay performance in NCAA history. Parris-Thymes’ athletes were the catalyst in the Lady Tigers winning their 25th national championship in 2008 with a victory at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Des Moines. LSU’s sprinters and hurdlers accounted for 59 of 67 points in the team standings as the Lady Tigers won their first NCAA Outdoor crown since 2003. In 2008, Parris-Thymes also helped guide the LSU women to their first sweep of SEC Indoor and SEC Outdoor titles since 1996. Kelly Baptiste became the first Lady Tiger in program history to sweep NCAA titles in the 60-meter dash and 100meter dash in the same season, following in the footsteps of LSU greats Dawn Sowell (1989), Esther Jones (1990), D’Andre Hill (1994, 1995) and Sherry Fletcher (2007) as an NCAA 100meter champion. Baptiste also earned outdoor All-America honors in the 200 meters, 4x100 relay and 4x400 relay to finish as the Lady Tigers’ top point scorer at the 2008 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Using her expertise as a 400-meter hurdler, ParrisThymes also helped coach former Lady Tiger star Nickiesha Wilson to an NCAA title in the event in LSU’s 2008 championship season. The Lady Tigers carried that momentum into the summer as Baptiste (Trinidad & Tobago), Fletcher (Grenada) and Wilson (Jamaica) each represented their respective countries in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. They were part of the largest representation of any collegiate track and field program in the United States as 12 athletes with LSU ties participated in the Olympics that season. In 2007, Parris-Thymes helped guide the Lady Tigers to a pair of NCAA runner-up finishes during both the indoor and
outdoor seasons, while the team added yet another SEC Outdoor title to its resume. Fletcher was among the athletes to win a national title with the help of Parris-Thymes that season with her improbable victory in the 100-meter dash at the NCAA Championships, her first event title in an LSU uniform. The Lady Tigers also won an NCAA championship in the 4x400meter relay during the 2007 outdoor season to put an exclamation point onto the end of a tremendous season. Having competed extensively at the highest level of international track and field for more than a decade, ParrisThymes turned in numerous outstanding performances while under Shaver’s guidance. Her professional career included appearances in two Olympic Games, six World Championships, two Commonwealth Games and two Goodwill Games, among many other elite international competitions. A specialist in the 400-meter hurdles, Parris-Thymes’ resume boasts three Jamaican national titles, one Central American & Caribbean Championships title, two Commonwealth Games silver medals, a pair of Goodwill Games silver medals, three World Championships finals appearances and two top-10 finishes at the Olympic Games. Her success was nurtured at the collegiate level while spending two highly successful seasons as a member of the Lady Tigers’ national championship squad. An eight-time AllAmerican, Parris-Thymes won a total of five NCAA titles, five SEC titles and was awarded the SEC Commissioner’s Trophy in 1994 for her efforts. She currently ranks No. 3 on LSU’s all-time outdoor performance list in the 400 hurdles as she posted a top time of 55.17 during her collegiate career. A native of Trelawny, Jamaica, Parris-Thymes graduated with a bachelor’s degree from LSU in 1995 after earning an associate of arts degree from San Jacinto College in 1992. She is married to Derrick Thymes, a former member of the football and track teams at LSU, and they have a daughter named Jana Marie Thymes.
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ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE
• 2-time Olympian • 6 World Championships appearances • 2-time Goodwill Games silver medalist • 2-time Commonwealth Games silver medalist • 3 Jamaican National Titles • 1 Central American and Caribbean Title • 5-time NCAA Champion • 8-time NCAA All-American • 5 SEC Titles • 1994 Recipient of the SEC Commissioner’s Trophy • 2-year letterwinner at LSU
COACHING RECORDS AT LSU • 4 Olympians • 1 6 NCAA Champion athletes winning 17 NCAA event titles • 6 NCAA Champion Relay Teams • 31 All-American athletes earning 161 AllAmerica honors • 21 SEC Champion athletes winning 39 SEC event titles • 34 All-SEC athletes earning 120 All-SEC honors
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Todd Lane Assistant Coach • Ninth Season • Luther College, 1995 The LSU jumps program boasts one of the proudest traditions in the history of collegiate track and field in the United States, and assistant coach Todd Lane looks to continue that tradition as he enters his ninth season as a member of LSU’s coaching staff in 2016. The Tigers and Lady Tigers have flourished in eight seasons under Lane’s direction as he has coached 11 NCAA scorers to 35 scoring All-America honors in four different jumping events since joining the LSU coaching staff prior to the 2008 season. His student-athletes have also captured six SEC championships and 36 All-SEC honors over the last eight seasons. 2015 saw the emergence of Nataliyah Friar as one of the NCAA’s elite jumpers when she claimed a pair of All-America and All-SEC honors with her performance as a sophomore. The Lady Tigers had not featured a 21-foot jumper for nine seasons until Friar broke that barrier with a jump of 21 feet, 0 inches on her sixth and final attempt of the long jump final at the 2015 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships to finish as the NCAA Indoor Bronze Medalist and earn All-America honors for the first time in her career. That single jump on her last attempt moved Friar from eighth place to third place in the final standings. Not only did Friar jump an indoor PR of 21-0 in the long jump to rank No. 7 in school history, but she also set an indoor career best of 42-6 in the triple jump as a sophomore in 2015. But it was Friar’s performance at the SEC Outdoor Championships a season ago that cemented her status as one of the elite jumpers at the collegiate level with a pair of All-SEC finishes for the first time in her career. That’s where she soared to a career-best wind-aided jump of 21-10 ¾ to finish as the SEC Outdoor Silver Medalist in the long jump and a wind-legal PR of 43-10 to finish as the SEC Outdoor Bronze Medalist in the triple jump with two of the top jumps in the NCAA for the 2015 season. Friar picked up her second All-America honor as a sophomore when she placed sixth in the triple jump final at the NCAA Outdoor Championships at Oregon’s Hayward Field to wrap up the collegiate season. She followed by representing Team USA at the World University Games in South Korea in the summer where she jumped her windlegal best of 21-0 ¾ in the long jump. Friar wrapped up the 2015 outdoor season ranked No. 7 in school history in the triple jump and No. 10 in school history in the long jump on LSU’s all-time outdoor performance list. The 2013 season proved to be one for the record books for Lane’s athletes when Damar Forbes ended one of the most prolific careers for a long jumper in the history of the LSU Track & Field program as a national champion to finish off a dominant outdoor season. After earning SEC and NCAA silver medals during the 2013 indoor season, Forbes followed outdoors by sweeping SEC Outdoor and NCAA Outdoor titles as the nation’s most prolific long jumper at the collegiate level. Forbes posted the two best wind-aided jumps of his collegiate career in sweeping long jump championships with marks of 27-4 ½w at the SEC Championships and 27-4 ¾w at the NCAA Championships that spring. He became just the third LSU Tiger all-time to sweep SEC and NCAA championships in the long jump outdoors by joining the great Billy Brown (1941) and Walter Davis (2002). Forbes also jumped a wind-legal personal best of 27-0 ¾ to win his second-straight Jamaican long jump title and qualify for the IAAF World Championships in Athletics for the second time for his career as the 10th-ranked long jumper worldwide for 2013. He finished in eighth place in his first international final at the World Championships held in Moscow, Russia, in the summer of 2013. A native of Decatur, Georgia, Forbes also made his Olympics debut in the summer of 2012 while representing Jamaica at the London Games. He ended his season with an 18th-place finish while competing at the highest level of the sport for the first time. Forbes went out as one of the most decorated long
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jumpers in the program’s history as an NCAA Champion, two-time SEC Champion and six-time All-American with the Tigers. He is the No. 2-ranked long jumper in school history as his PR of 27-0 ¾ trails only the school-record mark of 27-9 ¾ by 2004 Olympic Silver Medalist John Moffitt. The 2013 indoor season also saw the emergence of two of the nation’s top triple jumpers on the women’s side as Keri Emanuel and Lynnika Pitts earned All-America honors after wrapping up their indoor campaign at the NCAA Championships. Emanuel took sixth place while Pitts followed in seventh place in the triple jump final at the NCAA Indoor meet. Pitts followed with a brilliant senior season in 2014 in which she added two more All-SEC and All-America honors as one of the nation’s elite triple jumpers once again. The Prairieville, Louisiana, native eclipsed the 44-foot mark for the first time in her career in a bronze-medalwinning third-place finish at the 2014 SEC Indoor Championships while jumping 44-0 ¾ for the No. 7-ranked mark indoors in school history. She then ended the indoor season as the NCAA Indoor bronze medalist with a thirdplace finish at the national meet. Outdoors, Pitts again took her place among the nation’s elite as an NCAA Championship qualifier in both the high jump and triple jump. She jumped a wind-legal personal best of 44-1 ¼ to earn All-America honors in the event outdoors for the first time in her career with a fourthplace finish nationally after equaling her indoor effort as the SEC Outdoor bronze medalist in the event. Pitts later jumped a career-best wind-aided 44-6 ¼ to be crowned the USA Outdoor Bronze Medalist at the 2014 USA Outdoor Championships with her final meet in an LSU uniform. The 2012 season was highlighted by Trinidad & Tobago international Kyron Blaise wrapping up his collegiate career as one of the top scoring Tigers at the NCAA Championships by earning a trio of All-America honors in his final season in Baton Rouge. After setting a wind-legal PR of 54-1 ¼ in an All-SEC runner-up finish in the triple jump at the 2012 SEC Outdoor Championships, Blaise scored the NCAA Outdoor bronze medal with a third-place finish at the national meet in his final competition in an LSU uniform. Blaise totaled a teamleading nine points at the NCAA Outdoor Championships that season as he also reached All-America status in the long jump with a sixth-place finish nationally. Blaise proved himself as one of the NCAA’s leading dual jumpers in his final season at LSU, earning his first career All-America honor in the long jump with a sixth-place finish indoors before setting a lifetime PR of 25-11 ½ in a thirdplace finish at the SEC Outdoor meet. The 2012 season also witnessed the final season in the career of the most decorated pole vaulter in the storied history of the LSU women’s program as Rachel Laurent hung up her spikes as a four-time All-American and five-time AllSEC performer. The 2011 season saw the end of two storied careers as Brittani Carter and Zedric Thomas also finished their eligibility among the all-time greats to wear the purple and gold. Carter is the most decorated high jumper in the history of the Lady Tiger program after winning two SEC titles and five All-America honors in four seasons at LSU. As a senior in 2011, Carter set a lifetime PR indoors at 6-1 ¼ and defended her SEC Indoor crown before earning All-America honors in national competition with a bronze-medal-winning third-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships and seventh-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Like Carter, Thomas wrapped up his collegiate career in 2011 as a five-time All-America selection in four seasons with the Tigers while shattering personal bests in both the long jump and triple jump. Thomas had top wind-legal marks of 26-6 ¼ in the long jump and 54-5 ½ in the triple jump in his final collegiate season with Lane’s coaching. Lane joined the LSU coaching staff after spending one season at the University of Miami, where he was voted the top women’s jumps and combined events assistant in the
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East Region by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association in 2007. The Hurricanes enjoyed great success under Lane’s tutelage as he coached his athletes to a total of three AllAmerica honors, eight All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors, four ACC titles and one current school record. In addition, Hurricane standouts Brenda Faluade and Amy Seward swept postseason awards in 2007 while being named the ACC Indoor Field Performer of the Year and ACC Outdoor Field Performer of the Year, respectively. Prior to joining the staff at Miami, Lane served as an assistant coach at Ball State University of the Mid-American Conference. In 2006, he helped guide BSU to a runner-up finish at the MAC Indoor Championships and a third-place showing at the MAC Outdoor Championships before being named interim head coach following the season. Lane is not without head coaching experience as he was the head track and field coach at Georgia Southern University for five years where he oversaw the program from its inception in 1999. He was named the SoCon Outdoor Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2004 after leading Georgia Southern to back-to-back runner-up finishes at the SoCon Outdoor Championships. Off the track, Lane has been involved as an instructor for USA Track & Field and currently with USTFCCCA in coaching education programs. He also lectures nationally on training and technique. A native of Iowa City, Iowa, the 43-year-old Lane graduated from Luther College (Iowa) in May 1995 with a bachelor’s degree in political science. An avid Green Bay Packers fan, Lane has also received two master’s degrees from Georgia Southern University, including one in sport management in May 1997 and a second in exercise science in December 2005. Lane and his wife of 18 years, Turena Johnson Lane, are the proud parents of four children – their daughter, Taylor Grace Lane, born on May 6, 2011; and their sons, Miles William Lane, born on Aug. 30, 2012; Mason James Lane, born on Jan. 27, 2014; and Jace James Lane, born on Dec. 16, 2015.
THE LANE FILE COACHING EXPERIENCE LSU 2007 - Present • Assistant Coach
MIAMI (OHIO) UNIVERSITY 2006-07 – Assistant Coach
BALL STATE UNIVERSITY 2004-06 – Assistant Coach
GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY 1999-2004 – Head Women’s Track & Field Coach 1997-2004 – Head Cross Country Coach 1995-96 – Graduate Assistant Cross Country Coach
ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY 1996-97 – Head Cross Country Coach; Assistant Track & Field Coach
RECORDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS AT LSU • 1 Olympian • 1 U.S. Indoor Champion • 1 NCAA Champion • 7 NCAA Silver Medalists • 4 NCAA Bronze Medalists • 11 NCAA Scorers earning 35 All-America honors • 5 SEC Champion athletes winning 6 SEC Championships • 13 All-SEC athletes earning 36 All-SEC honors
LANE’S NCAA SCORERS AT LSU • High Jump (5) • Pole Vault (5) • Long Jump (13) • Triple Jump (12)
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Derek Yush Assistant Coach • Ninth Season • Connecticut, 1997 The LSU throws group has flourished in eight seasons under the direction of assistant coach Derek Yush, and the Tigers and Lady Tigers are sure to shine among the nation’s elite once again in 2016 while featuring some of the top talent in the NCAA ranks. While the 2015 season may have closed the book on two record-setting careers by All-Americans Tori Bliss and Rodney Brown, it also wrote the first chapter in an AllAmerican career for Rebekah Wales as she emerged as one of the NCAA’s leading javelin throwers during her breakout sophomore season. Wales was crowned the SEC Champion and earned an All-American fourth-place finish nationally at the NCAA Championships last June. After opening her sophomore season with a personal best of 176 feet, 5 inches to secure a bronze medal at the Texas Relays, Wales raised her PR to 177-1 in winning the SEC title and 179-11 at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds to advance to the NCAA semifinal. On the runway at Oregon’s Hayward Field, Wales earned All-America honors for the first time with her top mark of 178-0 en route to a fourth-place finish in the national final. Wales went out in 2015 as the No. 2-ranked javelin thrower in school history as she preps for her junior season in 2016 with higher honors squarely in her sights. Bliss ended her historic career last spring as an SEC Champion and All-American herself, claiming the SEC Indoor title and scoring for the Lady Tigers in the shot put at the NCAA Championships during both the indoor and outdoor seasons. Bliss’ final indoor season was highlighted by an SEC Indoor Championship meet record of 60-1 to win her first career conference crown and an indoor personal best of 60-7 ¼ to finish as the NCAA Indoor Silver Medalist in the women’s shot put. Her indoor PR of 60-7 ¼ ranked Bliss as the No. 8-ranked shot putter indoors in collegiate history after the NCAA meet. After being crowned the NCAA Outdoor Silver Medalist with her first career All-America honor as a sophomore in 2014, Bliss earned All-America honors for the third time in her tenure by winning the bronze medal in her final NCAA Championships for LSU. 2015 also saw Bliss raise her outdoor school record to a lifetime best of 60-8 to become the No. 9-ranked outdoor shot putter in NCAA history. Brown continued to set records himself in his final season at LSU in 2015 when he raised his own school record and broke his Penn Relays meet record with a career-best throw of 213-5 at the 121st running of the Carnival in defending his discus title last spring. He was then crowned the SEC’s discus champion for the second time after first winning the title as a sophomore in 2013 en route to a return to the NCAA finals at Hayward Field. Brown then made his mark on the international stage last summer when he traveled to the Bird’s Nest National Stadium in Beijing where he made his debut at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics for the United States. That experience has Brown eyeing his first ever Olympic Games with his sights set on Rio de Janeiro in the summer of 2016. Yush also coached the likes of former walk-on Denise Hinton into one of the most decorated throwers in the history of the Lady Tiger program as she ended her career in 2014 as an All-American in both the weight throw indoors and hammer throw outdoors with fifth-place finishes in both events at the NCAA Championships. A two-time SEC Indoor Champion in the weight throw, Hinton established LSU’s school record with a career-best throw of 73-11 in defending her conference crown as a senior in 2014. She followed in her final outdoor season with a school record in the hammer throw as she threw a personal best of 218-0 in the event. Another in a long line of SEC Champions coached by Yush during his tenure at LSU was Samia Stokes, who became the first Lady Tiger in 16 years to win the SEC Outdoor title in the women’s discus in 2010 with a winning
throw of 168-5 at the conference meet. Strokes raised her PR to 181-0 to rank No. 2 in school history and went out as the SEC Bronze Medalist in 2012. Michael Lauro wrapped up an All-American career with the Tigers in 2012 after claiming five All-America honors in his four seasons at LSU. Lauro saved his best for last at the NCAA Championships while earning career-best finishes of eighth place in the weight throw indoors and fourth place in the hammer throw outdoors at the national meets as a senior in 2012. The LSU throws group enjoyed its most successful season at the SEC Championship with Yush’s guidance in 2012 as his athletes scored a total of 82 points in conference action. Yush was also honored following the 2012 season as he had the privilege of serving as the men’s throws coach for Team USA at the North American, Central American & Caribbean Under-23 Championships held in Guanajuato, Mexico. The 2011 campaign witnessed the end of an era as Tiger great Walter Henning wrapped up an outstanding collegiate career as arguably the premier thrower in program history. Henning put an exclamation point onto the end of an undefeated 2011 indoor season with a national championship in the 35-pound weight throw while defending his title at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships. Henning posted a series-best mark of 72-8 ½ to take the national title by nearly three feet. The Kings Park, New York, native then took home a bronze medal in the hammer throw during his last event as an LSU Tiger at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships. In arguably the most prolific career by a thrower in the program’s history, Henning won a total of three NCAA championships in his three seasons in Baton Rouge. That dominance was also felt by his rivals in the Southeastern Conference with his sweep of SEC championships in the weight throw indoors and hammer throw outdoors in consecutive seasons from 2009-11. Henning, a seven-time All-American and two-time Bowerman Award candidate during his collegiate career, became the first LSU Tiger in program history to capture NCAA titles in the weight throw indoors and hammer throw outdoors with his championship sweep in 2010. After taking the weight throw crown at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships, Henning completed the sweep with a dramatic come-from-behind victory in the hammer throw at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to wrap up his junior season. While Henning trailed Virginia Tech’s Alexander Ziegler with a top mark of 235-6 through five rounds, he took the crown on his sixth and final throw of the competition after posting a mark of 238-10 on his last attempt to wrap up the title more than one foot ahead of Ziegler’s 237-7 effort. Henning shattered his own school records during his junior season in posting his personal records of 78-1 in the weight throw and 239-5 in the hammer throw during the campaign. With an effort of 78-1 in winning the weight throw at the 2010 SEC Indoor Championships, he established a new meet record while shattering the previous mark of 76-5 by Auburn’s Cory Martin in 2007. Not only did Henning add the title of national champion to his resume under Yush’s guidance, but he was also crowned World Junior Champion in the summer of 2008 with his gold-medal-winning performance in the 6-kg. hammer throw at the IAAF World Junior Championship in Bydgoszcz, Poland, after transferring to LSU from the University of North Carolina. His throw of 252-4 at the IAAF World Junior Championships was an American junior record in the event. While Yush has now guided his athletes to 19 All-America honors in his stint as LSU’s throws coach, former Tiger javelin thrower Preston Chatham was the first to reach that status with his first career All-America honor during the 2008 outdoor season. Chatham earned fourth place in the
javelin at the NCAA Outdoor Championships while posting a PR of 234-7. Since Yush joined the LSU coaching staff in 2008, the Lady Tigers have now taken home six SEC championships and one NCAA championship as they continue to add to trophy case as the premier women’s program in collegiate track and field. In fact, the Tigers and Lady Tigers have now combined for 20 top-five finishes at the NCAA Championships between the indoor and outdoor seasons since Yush’s arrival. Yush came to LSU in 2007 after spending eight seasons at the University of Rhode Island, where he coached the men’s throws, jumps and multi-events while also acting as an assistant with the cross country team. Rhode Island enjoyed tremendous success under Yush’s guidance as he helped lead the squad to 11 Atlantic-10 Conference titles from 2001-07, including five indoor and six outdoor crowns during his tenure. In addition to his experience at Rhode Island, Yush brings head coaching experience to the position as he served as the head men’s and women’s coach at Eastern Connecticut State University from 1998-99. He actually got his start in the coaching profession at ECSU as he was named the assistant sprints, jumps and throws coach in 1997. The Enfield, Connecticut, native also served two seasons as an administrative assistant at the University of Connecticut where he served as a team captain and helped lead the Huskies to Big East and New England as a senior. He was a consistent scorer at the Big East Championships and was an Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America performer. Yush has earned a USA Track and Field Level II Coaching Certificate as he is fully certified to coach sprints, hurdles, relays, jumps, throws and multi-events. He is also a certified strength and conditioning specialist after joining the National Strength and Conditioning Association in 1997. He earned a bachelor’s degree in dietetics from Connecticut in May 1997.
THE YUSH FILE COACHING EXPERIENCE LSU 2007-Present – Assistant Coach
RHODE ISLAND 1999-2007 – Assistant Coach
EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE 1998-99 – Head Coach 1997-98 – Assistant Coach
RECORDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS AT LSU • 2010 USTFCCCA Men’s South Central Region Indoor Assistant Coach of the Year • 1 NCAA Champion winning 3 NCAA Championships • 7 All-American athletes earning 19 All-America honors • 6 SEC Champion athletes winning 13 SEC Championships • 11 All-SEC athletes earning 24 All-SEC honors • 7 LSU School Records • 2 SEC Championship Meet Records • Served as the men’s throws coach for Team USA at the 2012 North American, Central American & Caribbean Under-23 Championships in Guanajuato, Mexico.
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Bennie Brazell Assistant Coach • Fifth Season • LSU, 2012 The LSU Track & Field program was proud to welcome back one of its all-time greats as an assistant coach as former Tiger two-sport national champion Bennie Brazell joined the coaching staff as LSU’s top men’s sprints and hurdles assistant prior to the start of the 2012 season. Brazell now enters his fifth season coaching at his alma mater as his addition to the staff has paid immediate dividends for the Tigers with their performance at the SEC and NCAA Championships. Brazell was himself part of five NCAA Champion relay teams during his collegiate career with the Tigers from 2002-05, and he has helped add to that proud tradition by coaching the Tigers to NCAA titles in the 4x400-meter relay during the 2014 indoor season and 2015 outdoor season since his return. After nearly setting the indoor school record with a seasonal-best run of 3 minutes, 4.04 seconds in an All-SEC third-place finish at the 2014 SEC Indoor Championships, the Tigers were crowned national champions that season with their winning 3:04.54 in the national final to take the title ahead of Florida and Texas A&M at the NCAA Championships. NCAA Indoor Champions Quincy Downing, Cyril Grayson and Vernon Norwood all returned for a title-winning performance during the 2015 outdoor season as they teamed with Fitzroy Dunkley to claim last year’s NCAA Outdoor crown in 3:01.96 to again strike gold ahead of the Gators. Norwood was crowned the NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor Champion in the 400-meter dash to highlight a historic senior season in 2015. In his final season, Norwood became just the 14th sprinter in collegiate history to sweep NCAA Indoor and NCAA Outdoor titles in the 400 meters (or 440 yards) in the same season while also anchoring the Tigers to the outdoor crown in the mile relay. Norwood was certainly one of the most prolific sprinters in school history as he won four NCAA titles, eight All-America honors and nine All-SEC awards in just two seasons at LSU. While emerging as one of the world’s top 400-meter sprinters after running a lifetime best of 44.44 at the LSU Alumni Gold last spring, Norwood followed the collegiate season by representing the United States at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing where he was crowned a World Champion as part of Team USA’s 4x400-meter relay team in his championship debut. Brazell was one of the world’s leading 400-meter hurdlers throughout his own athletic career as an LSU Tiger, and he helped coach Downing to a pair of All-America honors in the event during his career in Baton Rouge. After finishing his junior season in 2014 as the NCAA Outdoor Bronze Medalist, Downing went out as an All-American in the 400 hurdles once again by finishing fourth nationally to cap his senior season in which he set a personal best of 49.63 in the event. LSU’s senior-laden sprint squad a season ago also featured Aaron Ernest, who wrapped up his collegiate career in 2015 with three more All-America honors while reclaiming the SEC Indoor title in the 200-meter dash he first won as a sophomore in 2013. One of the most decorated LSU sprinters in recent memory, Ernest went out as an 11-time All-American and three-time SEC Champion from 2012-15. While Ernest placed fifth nationally in his return appearance to the NCAA Outdoor final in the 200 meters, Tiger sophomore Tremayne Acy emerged as one of the NCAA’s stars of the future by placing fourth in the event with a career-best wind-aided run of 20.04 to claim his first career All-America honor in the event. Acy, the 2015 SEC Outdoor Bronze Medalist, also raced to a wind-legal best of 20.17 during the national semifinals en route to his first career NCAA finals appearance. Joshua Thompson also earned All-America honors for the first time in his collegiate career last spring when he crossed the finish line in fourth place in the national final of the 110meter hurdles while running a career-best wind-aided time of 13.34 in his final race as an LSU Tiger. Thompson, Norwood, Acy and Ernest all teamed together to turn in another All-American performance for the Tigers in the 4x100-meter relay to close out the 2015 season as
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they followed their All-SEC second-place finish at the SEC Championships with a bronze-medal-winning third-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships while clocking a seasonal best of 38.62 in the final. Their performance was instrumental in the Tigers taking home a fourth-place team trophy at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships for the secondstraight season as the team scored 45 points in two days of competition at Oregon’s Hayward Field to wrap up the 2015 season. In Brazell’s first season in 2012, the Tigers followed a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships with an impressive second-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships as they were just two points shy of winning a national championship in his inaugural campaign. They followed in 2013 with another top-10 team finish nationally by taking seventh place at the NCAA Outdoor meet. Their 2012 season was highlighted by claiming their eighth national championship all-time in the 4x100-meter relay. While running with a team of Barrett Nugent, Aaron Ernest, Keyth Talley and Shermund Allsop, the Tigers matched the seventh-fastest relay performance in collegiate history with a winning run of 38.38 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Nugent wrapped up his collegiate career in 2012 as the most decorated hurdler in the history of the LSU men’s program with a pair of NCAA titles and four SEC titles to go along with 10 All-America honors in his four seasons in Baton Rouge. After breaking his own indoor school record in the 60 hurdles with a run of 7.55 to claim the NCAA Indoor bronze medal, Nugent captured his third-straight SEC crown in the 110 hurdles and ended his career with All-America honors during the outdoor season. Nugent owns the distinction of being the only LSU Tiger to win three-straight SEC Outdoor titles in the 110-meter hurdles in the history of the SEC Outdoor Championships. The 2012 season also saw former Tigers Ade AlleyneForte (Trinidad & Tobago) and Riker Hylton (Jamaica) make their Olympics debut in London while running the mile relay for their countries. Alleyne-Forte certainly made the most of his first Olympic Games as he led Trinidad & Tobago to a bronze medal in the relay as a third leg on the team that set a national record of 2:59.40 in the Olympic final. A member of the program from 2002-05, Brazell helped the Tigers claim five NCAA relay titles while earning 14 AllAmerica honors as one of the NCAA’s leading 400-meter hurdlers during his four seasons in Baton Rouge. By earning 14 All-America accolades for his career, Brazell is the No. 2-ranked Tiger all-time behind only the 19 All-America honors won by Kelly Willie from 2003-06. Brazell actually owns the unique distinction of being the university’s first student-athlete to win national championships with two different sports teams during his LSU career. In four seasons as a member of national championship football and track programs at LSU, Brazell became one of the school’s most recognizable two-sport stars during his career that featured national titles in track and field outdoors in 2002 and indoors in 2004 and on the football field in 2003. Brazell even represented the United States on an international stage during his junior season at LSU as he advanced to the Olympic final in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. In his Olympics debut, he finished in eighth place in the final at the centennial games. A product of Westbury High School in Houston, Brazell made an immediate impact on the LSU Track & Field program as the nation’s No. 1-ranked high school prospect in the 400meter hurdles. During his freshman season, Brazell scored eight points as the NCAA Outdoor runner-up in the 400-meter hurdles while breaking the school record in the event with a time of 48.80. He also anchored LSU to a national title in the 4x100meter relay that ran the fourth-fastest time in NCAA history at 38.32, while also running the third leg on the Tigers’
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bronze-medal winning 4x400-meter relay team. Brazell’s 14 points helped led LSU to a national championship in its own backyard with the 2002 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships being held at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium. Brazell helped guide LSU to a second NCAA team title at the onset of his junior season in 2004 with their victory at the NCAA Indoor Championships. With the Lady Tigers also winning the team championship, LSU made history as the first program to sweep both the men’s and women’s team titles at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships. Brazell certainly went out with a bang as a senior in 2005 at the NCAA Championships as he enjoyed performances in both the 400 hurdles and 4x400 relay that eclipsed previous collegiate records. In the most exciting NCAA final in the 400-meter hurdles in NCAA Championships history, Brazell and Florida’s Kerron Clement each shattered the collegiate record as Clement struck gold in 47.56 and Brazell took home the silver in 47.67, a time that remains LSU’s school record in the event. While Brazell came up just short of owning the collegiate record in the 400-meter hurdles with his second place to Clement in the national final, he would not be denied in the final of the 4x400-meter relay. That’s where he ran a 44.8-second split on the third leg to set the collegiate record at 2:59.59 with Reggie Dardar (46.4), Kelly Willie (44.4) and Xavier Carter (44.0) in winning the NCAA crown. The Houston native also enjoyed a successful career on the football field while appearing in 43 contests in his four seasons as a wide receiver and special teams standout. Brazell appeared in 11 games for the Tigers during their national championship season in 2003, including the 2004 Sugar Bowl. Brazell concluded his football career at LSU with 17 catches for 341 yards and three touchdowns before being picked in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft as the 231st overall pick by the Cincinnati Bengals.
THE BRAZELL FILE ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE • 2004 Olympian • 5-time NCAA Champion • 14-time NCAA All-American • Collegiate Record Holder (4x400 Relay) • LSU School Record Holder (400 Hurdles, 4x400 Relay) • 231st overall pick (7th Round) of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals • Member of LSU’s 2002 NCAA Outdoor and 2004 NCAA Indoor championship teams on the track. • Member of LSU’s 2003 national championship team on the football field.
COACHING RECORDS AT LSU • 2 Olympians • 1 Olympic Medalist • 1 World Champion • 2 World Junior Championships Medalists • 9 NCAA Champion athletes winning 5 NCAA event title • 8 SEC Champion athletes winning 5 SEC event titles • 15 All-American athletes winning 56 All-America honors • 18 All-SEC athletes winning 48 All-SEC honors
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Khadevis Robinson Assistant Coach • Third Season • TCU, 1998 The LSU Track & Field program welcomed one of the nation’s rising stars in the coaching ranks on Aug. 13, 2013, when head coach Dennis Shaver announced that two-time Olympian Khadevis Robinson was appointed an assistant coach to lead the men’s and women’s middle distance and distance groups and cross country teams. Robinson joined Shaver’s staff following an impressive 2013 season at Ohio State University where he also served as head cross country coach and assistant track and field coach. Robinson boasts a distinguished pedigree as one of the all-time great middle distance runners in the history of USA Track & Field as a two-time Olympian and eighttime U.S. Champion in the 800-meter run before joining the coaching ranks with stints as a head cross country coach and assistant track and field coach at UNLV in 2012 and Ohio State in 2013. “LSU has always been one of the premier programs in the nation, both on the men’s and women’s sides. Having the opportunity to work with Coach Shaver and his staff is exciting for me because I know it will help me develop into a better coach and learn what it takes to be a part of a championship program,” Robinson said. “We all strive to reach our full potential, no matter your profession. Being a part of the LSU tradition has given me the opportunity to work harder and pursue my full potential while working with coaches and athletes who’ve been at this level for a very long time. “It’s hard for a program to do what LSU has done on both the men’s and women’s sides for so long, so to help build on that tradition is a great opportunity for me as a coach.” Shaver believes Robinson has the required talent and experience to lead one of the nation’s premier middle distance groups in Baton Rouge. “Khadevis Robinson is the perfect fit for our program here at LSU. We’re very excited that he is leading an event area that’s really been instrumental in our pursuit of SEC and NCAA championships over the years,” Shaver said. “Khadevis is a rising star in our (coaching) ranks. It’s special any time you can have someone with his experience and pedigree into your program. “He’s a world-class athlete in his own right, which gives him immediate credibility to the athletes he recruits and trains here in Baton Rouge.” The Tigers and Lady Tigers have shown tremendous progress in just two seasons under Robinson’s leadership, but perhaps none moreso than LSU’s emerging All-American candidate Morgan Schuetz as she returns as one of the NCAA’s leading 800-meter runners from the 2015 season. Schuetz enjoyed a breakout sophomore season a year ago as an NCAA Championship semifinalist during both the indoor and outdoor seasons while earning All-SEC honors for the first time in her collegiate career. She slashed nearly four seconds off of her lifetime personal best over the course of the 2015 season while finishing with top times of 2 minutes, 4.53 seconds to rank sixth indoors and 2:03.12 to rank eighth outdoors on LSU’s alltime performance list. Schuetz actually clocked her indoor PR of 2:04.53 in the national semifinals at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships a year ago to highlight a campaign in which she picked up her first All-SEC honor as the anchor leg of LSU’s silver-medal-winning distance medley relay team during the SEC Indoor Championships. She anchored the squad that also featured Andria Aguilar, Kiersten Duncan and Danielle Avery as the SEC Indoor Silver Medalists for 2015. But it was her sophomore season outdoors when
Schuetz truly staked her claim among the elite 800meter runners in collegiate track and field. After racing to a lifetime best of 2:03.12 in her regular-season finale at the LSU Invitational, Schuetz bagged the bronze medal with her All-SEC third-place finish at the SEC Outdoor Championships before making a run to the NCAA semifinals. Schuetz has prepped for the 2016 track and field season with a decorated cross country season in which she earned all-region honors for the first time in her career with a 12th-place individual finish at the NCAA South Central Regional during the 2015 fall semester. Schuetz wasn’t LSU’s only athlete to receive recognition with an outstanding season on the cross country course when Class of 2015 recruit Dajour Braxton became the first LSU cross country runner on either team to earn a major postseason award from the Southeastern Conference when he was honored as the SEC Men’s Freshman Runner of the Year following his rookie season. The 2015 track and field season also saw Julian Parker become the fifth LSU Tiger in history to be crowned the SEC Outdoor Champion in the 800 meters with his improbably victory in the SEC final. After clocking a best of 1:47.33 during the regular season, Parker dropped his personal best by more than one full second as he crossed the finish line in 1:46.17 to strike gold as the SEC’s 800-meter champion in his senior season. That performance made Parker the thirdfastest half-miler in the school’s history and earned him a place in the NCAA Championships for the first time in his career. Sophomore Blair Henderson also cracked LSU’s alltime Top 10 performance list a year ago when he posted a lifetime best of 1:47.03 to rank seventh in school history in the event. The Lake Charles native also made a return trip to the NCAA Championships by advancing to the quarterfinal round at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in Jacksonville, Florida. Schuetz and Henderson both made their NCAA Championship debuts during the outdoor season in 2014 in Robinson’s first season coaching the group. Former Lady Tiger runner Andria Aguilar also lined up at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in the 1,500 meters that season. In his one season at Ohio State, Robinson coached sophomore Katie Borchers to All-America honors in the 800 meters by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association while setting school records with PRs of 2:06.95 indoors and 2:05.56 outdoors to earn a spot in the national semifinals at the 2013 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships. He also coached a young Buckeye squad to great success during the 2012 cross country season as Ohio State claimed a pair of sixth-place team finishes at the Big Ten Championships and the NCAA Great Lakes Regional. That included junior Meredith Wagner and sophomore Michelle Thomas earning all-region honors and Wagner adding a Second-Team All-Big Ten selection for her performance. The Ohio State women’s cross country team earned a 2012 NCAA Division I All-Academic Team honor by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association with a cumulative team grade-point average of 3.31 through the 2012 fall semester. Prior to joining the Buckeye staff, Robinson guided the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels to a successful 2012 campaign in which standout Kelsey Williams swept Mountain West Conference championships in the women’s 800 meters during the indoor and outdoor seasons. Brett Zorich, the 2012 Mountain West Indoor bronze medalist, also
qualified for the 800-meter semifinals at the NCAA Outdoor Championships while earning a 13th-place finish nationally with a personal record of 2:04.54 in the event. UNLV’s relay teams were also impressive under Robinson’s direction as the Rebels earned All-Mountain West honors with a silver-medal-winning second-place finish in the women’s distance medley relay (11:52.41) at the 2012 MWC Indoor Championships and won the 4x800-meter relay (8:39.22) at the 85th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays during the 2012 outdoor season. A native of Fort Worth, Texas, and 1998 graduate of TCU, Robinson was crowned the NCAA Outdoor Champion in the men’s 800 meters during his senior season with the Horned Frogs in 1998. He would go on to a distinguished professional career as one of the world’s premier 800-meter runners in which he represented the United States at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 and London in 2012. Robinson also earned his spot on Team USA at the IAAF World Championships a total of seven times while setting a lifetime personal best of 1:43.68 in his specialty event. Robinson is one of the most accomplished middle distance runners in USA Track & Field history while winning four U.S. Indoor titles in 1999, 2005, 2006 and 2007 and four U.S. Outdoor titles in 1999, 2006, 2008 and 2009. He is also a six-time silver medalist in the 800 meters at the USA Outdoor Championships, including a pair of runner-up finishes at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in 2004 and 2012. He has also helped foster the careers of some of USA Track & Field’s rising stars while coaching the likes of 2012 U.S. Olympian Duane Solomon early in his professional career. Robinson graduated from TCU in 1998 with an undergraduate degree in social work before earning his master’s degree in public administration from Cal State Los Angeles in 2004. Robinson has spent the past decade training and competing as one of the world’s top runners while coaching athletes from all age groups. He’s also served as a public speaker and as an educator in the Santa Monica Unified School District. He also co-founded a 501c3 called The Youth Track & Running Club of which he remains an active board member.
THE ROBINSON FILE ATHLETIC EXPERIENCE • 2-time U.S. Olympian (2004, 2012) • 7-time IAAF World Championships Qualifier • 4-time USA Indoor Champion (800 Meters) • 4-time USA Outdoor Champion (800 Meters) • 2-time U.S. Olympic Trials Silver Medalist (800 Meters) • 1998 NCAA Outdoor Champion (800 Meters) • 4-time NCAA All-American
COLLEGIATE COACHING RECORDS
• 1 SEC Champion • 6 All-SEC Athletes earning 6 All-SEC honors • 14 NCAA Championships Qualifiers • 2 Mountain West Conference Champions • 2 Ohio State School Records
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Tiger All-Americans Tremayne Acy Jr./Jr. – 5-7 – Dallas, Texas DeSoto HS Major: Pre-Human Science & Education Events: 60M (6.65), 100M (10.12w/10.16), 200M (IN: 20.85; OUT: 20.04w/20.17)
3-time All-American 3-time All-SEC 2015 Ended his sophomore season in 2015 as one of the elite 200-meter sprinters to ever wear the LSU uniform … Earned a pair of All-America and All-SEC honors during the outdoor season as one of the NCAA’s leading sprinters … An NCAA finalist in the 200-meter dash during the outdoor season … Clocked a career-best wind-aided time of 20.04 seconds (+2.4) for a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter final at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Oregon’s Hayward Field … Advanced to his first career NCAA final in the 200 meters after running a wind-legal personal record of 20.17 (+1.8) for the fourth-fastest time in the national semifinal … Moved into the No. 3 spot on LSU’s all-time outdoor performance list with his PR of 20.17 … Also earned All-America honors running the third leg of LSU’s 4x100-meter relay team that clocked a seasonal-best time of 38.62 for a bronze-medal-winning third-place finish at the NCAA Championships … Seasonal best of 38.62 was the sixth-fastest sprint relay time in school history … Ran on the relay that clocked 38.92 for the fourth-fastest time of the semifinal round … Also an NCAA semifinalist in the 100-meter dash during the outdoor season … Ran a windlegal PR of 10.16 (+1.7) for a 12th-place finish in the national semifinal of the 100 meters … Tied as the No. 8-ranked sprinter in school history in the 100 meters with his PR of 10.16 … Qualified for the national semifinals by running 10.18 (+0.6) for the third-fastest time in the 100 meters, 20.25 (+1.4) for the fourth-fastest time in the 200 meters and 39.25 for the second-fastest time in the quarterfinal round at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Jacksonville, Florida … Also ran 10.24 (+0.2) in the 100 meters and 20.61 (+0.3) in the 200 meters in the first round of qualifying at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Scored 11 points for the Tigers with his performance at the SEC Outdoor Championships held at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex … Was the SEC Outdoor Bronze Medalist in the 200-meter dash after running 20.70 (-0.9) in the preliminary round and 20.52 (+0.6) in the final en route to a third-place finish … Also earned All-SEC honors as the third leg of LSU’s silver-medal-winning second-place finish in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 38.78 at the conference meet … A sixth-place finisher in his first career SEC final in the 100-meter dash while clocking a career-best wind-aided time of 10.12 (+2.5) in the preliminary round and a wind-legal 10.20 (+0.4) in the final … Won his first 200-meter race outdoors by clocking a wind-aided 20.51 (+2.6) at the LSU Alumni Gold … First clocked his wind-aided best of 10.12 (+3.3) in the 100-meter dash in a third-place finish in the final at the Texas Relays … Finished runner-up in the 100 meters at Arizona’s Jim Click Shootout with a time of 10.22 (+0.4) … An NCAA Championships semifinalist in the 200 meters during the indoor season … Placed 12th nationally in the 200-meter semifinal at the NCAA Indoor Championships after running 21.01 in qualifying … Nearly earned All-SEC honors in the 200 meters indoors with a fourth-place finish at the SEC Indoor Championships … Clocked 20.92 for the second-fastest time in qualifying and 20.96 for a fourth-place finish in the conference final … Earned an 11th-place finish in 60-meter qualifying at the SEC Indoor meet with a time of 6.73 … Raced to an indoor PR of 20.85 in a runner-up finish at the Razorback Invitational to rank No. 6 on LSU’s all-time indoor performance list in the event … Finished runner-up at Kentucky’s Rod McCravy Memorial with a time of 21.16 … Set back-to-back indoor PRs of 6.68 in the prelims and 6.65 in the final for second place in the 60 meters at the New Mexico Classic … Placed third at the Razorback Invitational (6.73), fourth at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (6.76), 10th at the Rod McCravy Memorial (6.73) and 16th at the Tyson Invitational (6.78) while running the 60 meters indoors.
2014 Earned All-America honors in his debut season as a member of LSU’s 4x100-meter relay team … Ran the third leg on the foursome that raced to the NCAA bronze medal with a time of 38.85 for third place in the relay final at the NCAA Outdoor Championships held in Eugene, Oregon … Teamed with Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Aaron Ernest and Shermund Allsop to earn his first career All-America honor as an LSU Tiger … Also ran the third leg on the team that earned All-SEC honors with a silver-medal-winning runner-up finish at the SEC Outdoor Championships in Lexington, Kentucky, with a seasonal-best time of 38.68 in the conference final … Seasonal best of 38.68 was the eighth-fastest time in program history in the 4x100-meter relay … Also ran a blistering third leg on LSU’s sprint relay team that clocked 39.04 for third place in the quarterfinals at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds en route to a berth in the NCAA semifinals at Oregon’s Hayward Field … Helped lead the Tigers to 4x100-meter relay titles at the LSU Alumni Gold (38.90) and Hurricane Alumni Invitational (40.21) during the outdoor season … Ran the third leg for the team that finished runner-up at the Penn Relays (38.83) and Battle on the Bayou (39.94) … Limited in his performance in the 100 meters and 200 meters while nursing an injury for much of the outdoor season … Opened with a victory in his collegiate debut in the 100-meter dash at the Battle on the Bayou, clocking a personal-best wind-aided time of 10.20 (+3.0) in the final … Clocked a seasonal-best wind-legal time of 10.45 (+1.6) for 11th place
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in the 100-meter final at the LSU Alumni Gold … Raced to a personal-best wind-aided time of 20.90 (+2.1) in a sixth-place finish in his only 200-meter race of the outdoor season … Won one 200-meter title indoors with a victory at the New Mexico Team Invitational where he ran an altitude-adjusted 21.08 at the Albuquerque Convention Center … Ran an indoor personal best of 21.03 with his first 200-meter race as an LSU Tiger in a third-place finish at the Texas A&M Triangular, tying for the No. 10 spot on LSU’s all-time indoor performance list in the event … Clocked 21.09 for fifth place at the Tyson Invitational … Set a personal best of 6.75 in the preliminary round of the 60-meter dash at the Tyson Invitational … Finished in 16th place overall in the qualifying round of the 60 meters at the SEC Indoor Championship with a time of 6.81 … Did not finish his qualifying race in the 200 meters at the SEC Indoor Championships while suffering a hamstring injury … Also raced the 60 meters indoors at the Texas A&M Triangular (6.80), Aggie Invitational (6.84), Auburn Indoor Invitational (6.88) and New Mexico Team Invitational (6.93) and during his freshman season.
PRIOR TO LSU One of the elite high school sprinters in the United States for the Class of 2013 … Signed with the Tigers with wind-legal personal records of 10.41 in the 100-meter dash and 20.98 in the 200-meter dash set during his junior season at De Soto High School in 2012 … Also posted a career-best wind-aided time of 10.26 in the 100 meters … Clocked his PR of 10.41 in a bronze-medal-winning third-place finish in the 100-meter final at the 2012 University Interscholastic League Class 5A State Championships held at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin to wrap up his junior season … Was the nation’s No. 11-ranked sprinter among all high school classifications and No. 5-ranked performer among members of the Class of 2013 in the final 100-meter rankings for the 2012 outdoor season … Was the No. 4-ranked 100-meter sprinter worldwide under the age of 18 while running his best of 10.41 as a 17-year-old … Ran his fastest wind-aided time of the 2012 season at 10.26 (+2.4) in a runner-up finish in the 100-meter final at the Great Southwest Classic in Albuquerque, New Mexico … Also ran the leadoff leg on a high school all-star 4x100-meter relay that won the event title at the Great Southwest Classic as he teamed with Trae Armstrong, Arman Hall and Abraham Hall to run 39.39 … Raced to a wind-legal PR of 20.98 (-0.9) in the 200 meters to win the event title at the Arizona Sprint Showcase at Chandler High School in Chandler, Arizona, following the high school season in 2012 … Was the nation’s No. 17-ranked sprinter among all high school classes and No. 8-ranked performer among members of the Class of 2013 in the final 200-meter rankings for the 2012 outdoor season by running a PR of 20.98 … Also took second place in the boy’s 100-meter final at the 2012 Arizona Sprint Showcase with a run of 10.59 into a very strong headwind of -1.7 meters per second … Crowned the District 11-5A (10.35, NWI) and Region 2-5A (10.55w) champion in the 100 meters en route to winning a Class 5A bronze medal in his first state championship appearance for De Soto High School … Posted a wind-legal 10.42 (+1.9) in the qualifying round at the regional meet in 2012 … Invited to race against the nation’s top high school sprinters in the boy’s Dream 100 at the 2012 adidas Grand Prix in New York as part of the IAAF Diamond League series … Ran on the fastest high school relay teams in the United States during his prep career … Led De Soto High School to the UIL Class 5A state championship in the 4x100 relay and state silver medal in the 4x200 relay in 2012 as the third leg on both state finalists … Helped his team capture the state crown in the 4x100 relay with the fastest time in the country by a high school team at 40.09 … Was also a member of the top 4x200-meter relay team in the country as he ran the third leg for De Soto High School in winning the Division II crown during the 2012 Texas Relays with the nation’s fastest time at 1:24.04 … Time of 1:24.04 set a Mike A. Myers Stadium record and Texas Relays record for a high school relay team … Ran for De Soto in sweeping District 11-5A and Region 2-5A titles in both the 4x100 and 4x200 relays during the 2012 season … Proved to be a growing talent as a high school sophomore with an appearance at the 2011 USA Track & Field National Junior Olympic Championships held in Wichita, Kansas, following the prep season … A gold medalist in the intermediate boy’s 4x100 relay while leading off De Soto’s winning team at the 2011 USATF National Junior Olympics … Was also a finalist in both the 100 meters and 200 meters in the intermediate boy’s division during the meet.
PERSONAL Full name is Tremayne Donyell Acy … Born on Jan. 21, 1995 … Parents are Tremayne, Sr. and Tomekia Acy … Has one brother, Ladarrion, and one sister, Janiya … Cousin, Quincy Acy, is a member of the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association and a former college star at Baylor University … Maintained a 3.0 grade-point average during his prep career at DeSoto High School … Majoring in pre-human science and education.
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Tiger All-Americans Fitzroy Dunkley Sr./Sr. – 6-4 – Trelawny, Jamaica Jamaica College Major: Marketing Events: 400M (IN: 46.94; OUT: 45.78), High Jump (IN: 6-10 ¾; OUT: 6-10 ¾), Triple Jump (IN: 51-5; OUT: 51-6 ½)
… Placed 14th in the invitational 400 meters at the Tyson Invitational with a time of 47.12 … Also ran the 400 meters at the Razorback Invitational with a time of 47.42 for 11th place and Rod McCravy Memorial with a time of 47.81 for 12th place … Opened the indoor season by winning the 200-meter title at the LSU Indoor Invitational with a banked-track-converted time of 21.63 … Followed the collegiate season by finishing in 13th place overall in the 400-meter semifinals at the Jamaican National Senior Championships while running 46.78 at the National Stadium in Kingston.
2014 NCAA Champion All-American 2-time All-SEC 2015 A converted 400-meter sprinter who emerged as one of the NCAA’s leading quartermilers during the 2015 season … A national champion as the second leg of LSU’s 4x400-meter relay team that struck gold at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Oregon’s Hayward Field … Teamed with Quincy Downing, Cyril Grayson and Vernon Norwood to win the NCAA relay title with a winning time of 3 minutes, 1.96 seconds in the national final for the ninth-fastest time outdoors in school history … Earned his first career All-America honor with as an NCAA Champion in the 4x400-meter relay … Advanced to the national final in the 4x400 relay by running the third leg on the team that clocked 3:02.48 for the fastest time in the quarterfinal round at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds and 3:04.73 for the second-fastest time in the semifinal round at the NCAA Championships … Also an All-SEC performer as a member of LSU’s 4x400-meter relay team during the outdoor season … Ran the third leg on the foursome that clocked the seventh-fastest time in school history at 3:01.63 to win the silver medal at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex … Split 45.8 seconds on the second leg of LSU’s relay team that brought home the Championship of America title at the 121st Penn Relays with a winning time of 3:02.61 in the final … Lined up as the second leg of sprint medley relay team that scored the silver medal at the Penn Relays with a time of 3:21.95 in the Championship of America final … Also ran on LSU’s winning 4x400-meter relay teams at the Battle on the Bayou (3:07.60) and Jim Click Shootout (3:06.18) during the outdoor season … Featured on the third leg of LSU’s winning 4x200-meter relay team at the Texas Relays … Was also an NCAA quarterfinalist in the 400-meter dash during his junior season outdoors in 2015 … Clocked 46.53 for 15th place in the first round of qualifying and 46.18 for 13th place in the quarterfinal round at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Scored four points for the Tigers with a fifth-place finish in the 400-meter final at the SEC Outdoor Championships after clocking a personal-best time of 45.78 in the final … Advanced to his first career SEC final with the seventh-fastest time in the qualifying round at 46.63 … Won back-to-back 400-meter titles at the Louisiana Classics (47.15) and Battle on the Bayou (46.55) during the outdoor season … Finished runner-up at the LSU Alumni Gold with a time of 46.34 and third at the LSU Invitational with a time of 45.92 in the team’s regular-season finale … Clocked 21.49 (-2.3) for ninth place in his only 200-meter race outdoors at Arizona’s Jim Click Shootout … Made his SEC Championship debut in the 400-meter dash during the indoor season at Kentucky’s Nutter Field House … Finished in 15th place overall in qualifying with a time of 47.11 at the SEC Indoor Championships … Ran the 400-meter leg of LSU’s distance medley relay team that scored five points with a fourth-place finish at the SEC Indoor meet with a time of 9:47.84 in the final … Helped the Tigers run their fifth-fastest DMR time in school history at the SEC meet … Clocked an indoor PR of 46.94 in a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter dash at the New Mexico Classic
Set personal bests in the triple jump during both the indoor and outdoor seasons in 2014 … Jumped a lifetime best of 51 feet, 6 ½ inches with a +0.7 tailwind in a runner-up finish at the LSU Invitational in his regular-season finale … Qualified for the national quarterfinals in the triple jump as he jumped 50-9 ¼ (+1.2) for 14th place at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Jacksonville, Florida … Just missed earning a return trip to the NCAA semifinals for the second year in a row by just two spots at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Finished in 13th place in the triple jump at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a mark of 48-10 … Won the triple jump title at the Battle on the Bayou with a wind-legal jump of 50-11 ½ (+0.9) … Finished in sixth place in the B section at the Texas Relays with a mark of 49-7 ¾ (+0.0) and seventh place at the Penn Relays with a jump of 49-2 ¼ (-1.0) … Saw action in LSU’s relay pool in the 4x400-meter relay during the outdoor season … Ran the third leg on the squad that took home the SEC Outdoor bronze medal with a run of 3:04.33 at the conference meet … Split 46.55 on the third leg of the team that won the 4x400-meter relay at the LSU Invitational with a time of 3:07.08 … Helped the Tigers earn a spot in the final at the Penn Relays by running the second leg on the team that clocked 3:05.64 for the second-fastest time in qualifying … Scored four points for the Tigers with an indoor personal best of 51-5 to finish in fifth place in the triple jump at the SEC Indoor Championships … Won three triple jump titles during the indoor season at the New Mexico Team Invitational (50-5 ½), LSU Twilight (49-11 ¼) and Texas A&M Triangular (49-9 ¾) … Placed fourth in the college triple jump at the Tyson Invitational with a mark of 49-4 ¼ … Also competed in the high jump during the indoor season … Cleared 6-9 for 11th place at the SEC Indoor Championships … Finished in second place in the high jump with a seasonal-best clearance of 6-9 ¾ at the Aggie Invitational … Jumped 6-8 ¼ in a fourth-place finish at the Texas A&M Triangular.
2013 An NCAA Championship qualifier in the triple jump after joining the Tigers in January at the start of the spring semester … Earned a 23rd-place finish in the triple jump in his debut at the NCAA Outdoor Championships held in Eugene, Oregon … Jumped a wind-aided series-best of 50-3 ½ on his third attempt to finish in 23rd place at the NCAA Outdoor meet … Eclipsed the 50-foot mark for the second-straight meet after he jumped a wind-legal lifetime personal record of 51-5 on his third attempt at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Greensboro, North Carolina … Earned his spot in the national semifinals with a third-place finish overall at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds after entering the meet as the No. 47 seed … Also competed in the high jump at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds for the first time in his career … Scored a total of seven points for the Tigers with his effort at the SEC Championships during both the indoor and outdoor season … Cleared an outdoor PR of 6-10 ¾ for a fourth-place finish in the high jump at the SEC Outdoor Championships in Columbia, Missouri … Also jumped a wind-legal 49-8 ¼ to claim 10th place in his triple jump debut at the SEC Outdoor meet while putting himself in position to qualify for the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Missed qualifying for the triple jump finals at the SEC Outdoor Championships by just one spot … Won the high jump title at UCLA’s Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational with a clearance of 6-9 … Also jumped 49 feet in the triple jump outdoors with a mark of 49-4 ½ for seventh place at the LSU Alumni Gold and 49-1 ¾ for fifth place in the college division at the Penn Relays … Scored two points for the Tigers in his debut at the SEC Indoor Championships after clearing the bar at 6-7 ¾ for seventh place in the high jump … Also competed in the triple jump at the SEC Indoor Championships, while jumping a series-best of 49-1 ¾ for 15th place overall … Jumped an indoor PR of 49-5 in a third-place finish at the LSU Twilight held at the Carl Maddox Field House … Cleared 6-9 in the high jump for a seventh-place finish in the college division at the Tyson Invitational … Made his collegiate debut in both the high jump and triple jump with an appearance at the Texas A&M Triangular held in College Station, Texas, on Jan. 19.
PRIOR TO LSU A talented jumps prospect from Jamaica College in Kingston … Joined the Tigers with personal records of 6-8 in the high jump and 49-5 ½ in the triple jump set during his final appearance for Jamaica College at the 2012 Jamaican Boys & Girls Championships … Captured the Class 1 boy’s triple jump bronze medal with a best of 49-5 ½ in the event at Champs in 2012 … Set his PR while jumping into a strong headwind of -1.1 meters per second … Took home a fourth-place finish in the 2012 Class 1 boy’s high jump final at Champs with his personal-best clearance of 6-8 … Won the high jump title at the 2012 University Tech Track & Field Classic with a clearance of 6-6 ¾ … Earned a fifth-place finish in the boy’s triple jump championship at the 118th Penn Relays during his senior season … Competed in the boy’s triple jump at the Penn Relays during both the 2011 and 2012 seasons … Was primarily a high jumper early in his prep career before adding the triple jump as a primary event during his senior season at Jamaica College.
PERSONAL Full name is Fitzroy Junior Dunkley … Born on May 20, 1993 … Parents are Fitzroy Dunkley and Patlin Rattray … Has five siblings named Genel, Krishuan, Roman, Shantel and Anthony … Majoring in marketing.
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Tiger All-Americans Cyril Grayson Sr./Sr. – 5-11 – Kenner, La. Rummel HS Major: Kinesiology Events: 200M (21.33), 400M (IN: 46.93; OUT: 46.23)
2-time NCAA Champion 5-time All-American 4-time All-SEC 2015 Crowned an NCAA Champion for the second time in his collegiate career as a member of LSU’s 4x400-meter relay team … Split 45.02 seconds on the third leg as he teamed with Quincy Downing, Fitzroy Dunkley and Vernon Norwood to run a winning time of 3 minutes, 1.96 seconds in their final race of the 2015 season at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Oregon’s Hayward Field … Won LSU’s first NCAA title in the 4x400-meter relay during the outdoor season since 2006 with the ninth-fastest time in school history… Also ran the third leg on the team that advanced to the national final with the second-fastest time of the semifinal round at the NCAA Championships with a run of 3:04.73 … Ran the second leg of the team that emerged as the top seed from the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds after running a time of 3:02.48 at North Florida’s Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville … Also an NCAA quarterfinalist in the 400-meter dash during the outdoor season after running 46.99 for 23rd place in the first round of qualifying and 46.80 for 18th place in the quarterfinals at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Earned All-SEC honors in the 4x400-meter relay as the second leg of LSU’s foursome that clocked a seasonal best of 3:01.63 for a silver-medal-winning secondplace finish at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex … Placed 14th in the preliminary round of the 400 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a time of 47.08 … Raced to a lifetime personal best of 46.23 in a fourth-place finish at Arizona’s Jim Click Shootout during the outdoor season … Also ran 46.47 for third place at the LSU Alumni Gold and 46.45 for sixth place at the LSU Invitational in meet’s held at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium … Anchored the Tigers to wins in the 4x400-meter relay at the Battle on the Bayou (3:07.60), Jim Click Shootout (3:06.18) and LSU Alumni Gold (3:02.79) during the outdoor season … Also an All-SEC performer in the mile relay during the indoor season while running the third leg on LSU’s team that clocked 3:05.05 for third place at the SEC Indoor Championships held at Kentucky’s Nutter Field House … Posted an indoor personal best of 46.93 in the 400-meter dash while finishing in 12th place in qualifying at the SEC Indoor Championships … Also ran the third leg of LSU’s 4x400-meter relay team that was disqualified at the NCAA Indoor Championships … Featured again on the third leg of the 4x400-meter relay team that ran a seasonal-best time of 3:04.28 for second place at the Rod McCravy Memorial … Indoor seasonal best of 3:04.28 was the third-fastest time indoors in school history … Led off a pair of winning relay teams at the LSU Indoor Invitational (3:10.67) and Auburn Indoor Invitational (3:07.65) to start the 2015 season … Won the 400-meter title at the LSU Twilight with a banked-track-converted time of 47.54 … Placed second at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (47.37) and sixth at the Tyson Invitational (47.36) … Ran one 600-meter race at the New Mexico Classic clocking 1:18.67 for fourth place overall.
2014 A key member of LSU’s national champion 4x400-meter relay team during his sophomore season in 2014 … Split 46.68 on the third leg of the team that captured the national title in the 4x400-meter relay as he teamed with Darrell Bush, Quincy Downing and Vernon Norwood for a winning time of 3:04.54 at the NCAA Indoor Championships held in Albuquerque, New Mexico … NCAA-title-clinching time of 3:04.54 was the fourth-fastest relay time indoors in program history and won LSU’s first NCAA Indoor title in the 4x400-meter relay since 2006 … Also earned All-America honors outdoors as the third leg of the 4x400-meter relay team that clocked a seasonal-best time of 3:01.60 for a bronze-medal-winning third-place finish in the national final at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon … Split an impressive 45.14 on the third leg as he again teamed with Downing, Bush and Norwood to run 3:01.60 for the sixth-fastest relay time outdoors in the history of the LSU program … Helped the Tigers run the secondfastest time of the NCAA semifinal at 3:03.43 en route to a berth in the national final … Ran the third leg on LSU’s mile relay team that clocked the fastest time in the national quarterfinal of 3:02.64 at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Jacksonville, Florida … An NCAA quarterfinalist in the 400-meter dash for the first time in his collegiate career … Clocked 46.47 for 14th place in the first round of qualifying before running 47.01 for 21st place in the national quarterfinal of the 400 meters at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … An SEC finalist in the 400-meter dash for the first time in his career … Scored one point for the Tigers with an eighthplace finish in the 400-meter final at the SEC Outdoor Championships in Lexington, Kentucky, where he ran a lifetime personal best of 46.45 … Clocked back-to-back lifetime personal bests with times of 46.49 in the qualifying round and 46.45 in the final at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Earned All-SEC honors while running the second leg of LSU’s 4x400-meter relay team that clocked 3:04.33 for a third-place finish at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Helped the Tigers sweep SEC bronze medals in the 4x400 relay during the 2014 season as he split 46.29 on the third leg of the team that ran an indoor seasonal best of 3:04.04 for third-place at the SEC Indoor Championships … Bronze-medal-winning time of 3:04.04 at the
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SEC Indoor meet was the second-fastest relay time indoors in program history … Ran the third leg of LSU’s 4x400-meter relay teams that won event titles at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (3:09.17), New Mexico Team Invitational (3:08.29) and Tyson Invitational (3:04.60) … Winning time of 3:04.60 at the Tyson Invitational was LSU’s fifth-fastest relay time indoors in team history … Anchored LSU’s winning relay teams with a 45.84-second split at Miami’s Hurricane Alumni Invitational (3:08.91) and a 45.86-second split at the LSU Invitational (3:07.08) … Also ran the third leg for LSU’s 4x400-meter relay teams that finished runner-up at the Texas Relays (3:02.81) and LSU Alumni Gold (3:03.24) during the outdoor season … Finished runner-up in his outdoor debut in the 400 meters at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational with a season-opening run of 47.35 … Followed by finishing in fifth place at the LSU Alumni Gold with a time of 47.00 and fourth place at the LSU Invitational with a time of 47.16 … Clocked an indoor best of 47.30 in a 15th-place finish in qualifying at the SEC Indoor Championships … Clocked 47.31 for fifth place in the 400-meter final at the Texas A&M Triangular in his indoor season opener in the event … Earned back-to-back seventh-place finishes in the 400 meters at the New Mexico Team Invitational (47.68) and Aggie Invitational (47.58) during the indoor season.
2013 A two-time All-American as a member of LSU’s 4x400-meter relay team during his true freshman season with the Tigers in 2013 … Ran the third leg on the mile relay team that finished in fourth place at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, and fifth place at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas … Split a strong 45.99 on the third leg for the Tigers as the team clocked 3:04.62 for a fourth place finish in the final at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in their final race of the 2013 season … Split 46.27 on the third leg of the team that ran a seasonal best of 3:04.08 for the second-fastest time of the national semifinal at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … Raced to a 46.77-second split on the third leg of the team that clocked 3:06.29 in the national quarterfinals for the fourth-fastest time at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Greensboro, North Carolina … Ran a 46.79-second split on the third leg in an All-American performance at the NCAA Indoor Championships as the Tigers ran 3:07.31 for fifth place in the national final … Ran on LSU’s winning relay team that clocked 3:06.16 at the Battle on the Bayou … Anchored the Tigers to a winning time of 3:08.06 in the college final of the 4x400-meter relay at the 119th Penn Relays … Split 46.13 on the third leg of the team that took fourth place at the 86th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in 3:05.27 … Helped the Tigers score four points in the 4x400-meter relay at the SEC Outdoor Championships while running the third leg of the team that clocked 3:05.96 in the conference final … Also competed in the 400-meter dash at the SEC Championships during both the indoor and outdoor seasons in 2013 … Finished in 18th place in qualifying at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a time of 48.22 in the preliminary round … Clocked an outdoor seasonal best of 47.85 for sixth place in the 400-meter dash at UCLA’s Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational … Also ran the 400 meters outdoors in home meets at the Battle on the Bayou (48.46) and LSU Relays (48.61) … Raced to a wind-legal personal best of 21.33 (+1.4) for fifth place in the 200 meters at UCLA’s Drake Stadium … Ran 49.06 for 28th place in the qualifying round of the 400 meters at the SEC Indoor Championships … Set an indoor PR of 47.89 in a seventh-place finish at Texas A&M Triangular meet in College Station … Clocked an indoor seasonal best of 21.89 in the 200 meters to take 31st place at the Tyson Invitational.
PRIOR TO LSU One of the top 400-meter talents in the state of Louisiana for the Class of 2012 … Opened the 2012 outdoor season by shattering his previous lifetime personal record in the 400 meters with a winning time of 47.16 at the Archbishop Rummel Track Meet held at Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans … Broke the Sugar Bowl Track Classic meet record with a time of 47.56 to take the boy’s 400-meter dash title in 2012 … Wrapped up his prep career by winning Class 5A state titles in both the 400 meters (47.68) and 800 meters (1:53.53) … Clocked a lifetime personal best of 1:53.53 in the 800-meter final at the 2012 Louisiana High School Athletics Association Class 5A Outdoor State Track & Field Championships … Clocked an indoor PR of 48.73 in his only 400-meter race during the 2012 indoor season at the LSU Last Chance Qualifier held at the Carl Maddox Field House … Was the nation’s No. 8-ranked prep quartermiler for the 2012 indoor season when he signed with the Tigers … Was also the No. 1-ranked 400-meter runner indoors in the state of Louisiana for his senior season in 2012 … An accomplished 800-meter runner who set the LHSAA Division I Indoor State Championships meet record at 1:55.33 in winning the state title as a senior in 2012 … Indoor PR of 1:55.33 in the 800 meters was the No. 23-ranked performance nationally in 2012 … Captured his first career state championship for Archbishop Rummel High School with a win in the 800-meter run at the 2011 LHSAA Class 5A Outdoor State Track & Field Championships during his junior season … Clocked a seasonal best of 1:55.28 in winning the Class 5A state title in 2011 … Won the Class 5A state silver medal in the 400-meter dash after clocking his seasonal best of 48.23 for second place in 2011 … Swept District 9-5A and Region 3-5A titles in the 100 meters, 400 meters and 800 meters as a senior in 2012 … Crowned the District 10-5A and Region 3-5A champion in the 400 meters during his junior season … Won 400-meter bronze medals at the Sugar Bowl Classic and Mobile Challenge of Champions in 2011 … Was the Class 5A state bronze medalist in the 400-meter dash as a sophomore in 2010.
PERSONAL Full name is Cyril Ross Grayson, Jr. … Born on Dec. 5, 1993 … Parents are Cyril Grayson, Sr. and Tanya Grayson … Has three sisters, Brianna, Ciara and Jayla … An honor student at Rummel High School who was a member of the Beta Honor Roll and the National Society of High School Scholars during his prep career… Majoring in kinesiology with a concentration in human movement.
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Tiger All-Americans Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake Jr./Jr. – 6-1 – Mandeville, Jamaica Jamaica College Major: International Trade & Finance Events: 60M (6.79), 100M (10.40w/10.42), 200M (IN: 20.98; OUT: 20.62)
2-time All-American SEC Champion 2-time All-SEC 2013 European Junior Champion (200 Meters) 2015 Did not compete for the Tigers during the 2015 season.
2014 An All-SEC and All-American performer in the 4x100-meter relay for the second-straight season … Ran the leadoff leg for the Tigers for much of the 2014 season after running the third leg during his freshman season … Led off the Tigers to a seasonal-best time of 38.68 seconds as he teamed with Aaron Ernest, Tremayne Acy and Shermund Allsop in to earn a runner-up finish in the sprint relay final at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships held in Lexington, Kentucky … Led the team off to a bronze-medal-winning third-place finish in the 4x100-meter relay at the NCAA Outdoor Championships while running back-to-back times of 38.85 in the semifinal and final rounds at Oregon’s Hayward Field in Eugene … Was also an NCAA semifinalist in the 200-meter dash for the second-straight season … Clocked a wind-legal 20.93 (-0.6) in a 12th-place finish in the 200-meter semifinals at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … Earned his place in the semifinals for the second year in a row as the ninth-fastest qualifier in the 200 meters at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Jacksonville, Florida … Clocked back-to-back seasonal bests of 20.84 (+0.8) for 13th place in the first round of qualifying and 20.69 (+1.2) for ninth place in the quarterfinal round at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Also led off LSU’s 4x100-meter relay team to a qualifying time of 39.04 for third place overall in the national quarterfinals in Jacksonville … Committed a false start in the first round of qualifying in the 100-meter dash at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … An SEC finalist in the 200 meters for the second year in a row … Scored one point for the Tigers with an eighth-place finish in the 200 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships after clocking 21.03 (-0.2) in the preliminary round and 21.00 (-0.5) in the conference final … Earned an 11th-place finish in the 200 meters at the LSU Alumni Gold with a season-opening wind-aided time of 21.20 (+4.1) … Sprinted to a wind-legal personal best of 10.42 (+1.7) for sixth place in his first 100-meter race of the outdoor season at the LSU Invitational … Earned a 15th-place finish in the 100 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a time of 10.63w (+2.1) in qualifying … Made his outdoor season debut as the leadoff leg of LSU’s 4x100-meter relay that clocked 38.90 in a victory at the LSU Alumni Gold … Led off LSU to a runner-up finish at the 120th Penn Relays with a time of 38.83 … Ran in only four meets during the indoor season while nursing a hamstring injury … Clocked an indoor personal best of 20.98 in a runner-up finish in the 200 meters at the Texas A&M Triangular, becoming the No. 9-ranked 200-meter sprinter indoors in school history … Did not finish his qualifying heat in the 200 meters at the SEC Indoor Championships while pulling up with an injury … Earned a runner-up finish in the 200 meters at New Mexico Team Invitational with an altitude-adjusted time of 21.11 … Ran 6.89 in his only 60-meter race of the season for a 13thplace finish at the Aggie Invitational.
2013 A welcomed addition to LSU’s sprints and relays group as one of the premier freshmen performers in the NCAA during the 2013 season … Crowned an SEC champion and earned All-America honors while running the third leg of LSU’s 4x100-meter relay team during the outdoor season … Teamed with Damar Forbes, Ernest and Allsop to clock a seasonal best of 38.78 for a fourth-place finish in the national final at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships held in Eugene, Oregon … Broke 39 seconds in back-to-back races at the NCAA Outdoor Championships while also running 38.94 in the semifinal round … Also an NCAA semifinalist in the 200-meter dash in his debut at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … Ran a seasonal best wind-aided time of 20.67 (+3.1) in the national semifinal en route to a 16th-place finish in the 200 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … Sprinted to a wind-legal personal best of 20.76 (+1.7) in the national quarterfinal for the 10th-best qualifying time at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Greensboro, North Carolina … Ran back-to-back wind-legal personal records at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds as he also clocked 20.92 (+0.7) for the 15th-fastest time in the qualifying round … Also competed in the 100-meter dash at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds, finishing in 25th place in the first round of qualifying with his wind-legal PR of 10.43 (+1.3) … Helped the Tigers advance to the national semifinals of the 4x100-meter relay after running the third leg on the team that clocked 39.19 for the secondfastest time of the quarterfinal round at the NCAA East Prelims … Crowned an SEC Champion in the 4x100-meter relay while running the third leg on the team that took the title in 38.98 at the SEC Outdoor Championships held in Columbia, Missouri … Scored two points for the Tigers with a seventh-place finish in the 200-meter final at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Clocked 21.03 (+0.9) in his first career 200-meter final at the SEC Outdoor Championships after running
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21.06 (+1.7) for the seventh-fastest time in the preliminary round … Finished in 19th place in the 100 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships after posting 10.46 (+1.7) in the qualifying round … Opened the outdoor season by clocking a wind-aided seasonal best of 10.40 (+2.6) for a runner-up finish in the 100 meters at the Louisiana Classics … Broke 21 seconds in the 200 meters for the first time in his collegiate career with a wind-aided run of 20.98 (+2.7) for fourth place at the LSU Alumni Gold … Set indoor personal bests of 6.79 in the 60-meter dash and 21.08 in the 200-meter dash during his freshman season indoors in 2013 … Recorded back-to-back indoor PRs of 21.08 in the 200 meters in a fourth-place finish at the Tyson Invitational and 10th-place finish in the preliminary round at the SEC Indoor Championships … Tied for the No. 10 spot on LSU’s all-time indoor performance list in the men’s 200 meters with his indoor PR of 21.08 … Finished in 18th place in the 60-meter dash at the SEC Indoor Championships with a time of 6.82 in qualifying … Also ran the third leg on LSU’s bronze-medal-winning 4x400-meter relay team at the SEC Indoor Championships … Split 47.44 seconds on the third leg as he helped lead the Tigers to a third-place finish in the SEC Indoor final of the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:07.89 … Raced to PR of 6.79 in the 60 meters with an 18th-place finish in the semifinal round at the Tyson Invitational … Saw improvement in his 60-meter performance at the Armory Collegiate Invitational after running 6.82 in the prelim round and 6.84 for sixth place in the consolation final in the event held at New York’s Armory Track & Field Center … Also lined up in the 200 meters during the 2013 indoor season at the Texas A&M Triangular (21.42), Razorback Invitational (21.40), Armory Collegiate Invitational (21.70) and Alex Wilson Invitational (21.35) … Dropped his PR in the 200 meters to 20.62 following the collegiate season while competing for Great Britain at the 2013 European Athletics Junior Championships in Rieti, Italy … Clocked backto-back personal bests in the 200 meters with efforts of 20.70 (+1.5) in the semifinal and 20.62 (-0.7) in the final while being crowned the European Junior Champion as the gold medalist.
PRIOR TO LSU An emerging sprint talent who joined the LSU Track & Field program in the fall of 2012 following his prep career at Jamaica College in Kingston ... Set personal records of 10.49 in the 100-meter dash and 21.49 in the 200-meter dash at Jamaica College ... Won the fifth preliminary heat in the 200 meters with a PR of 21.49 (+1.8) in the qualifying round at the 2012 Jamaican Boys & Girls Championships in Kingston ... Took home the 200-meter bronze medal at Champs during the 2012 season after clocking 21.72 in the final into a strong headwind of 3.3 meters per second ... Improved from his fourth-place finish in the 200-meter final at Champs as a high school junior in 2011 ... Represented Great Britain in the 200 meters at the 2011 IAAF World Youth Championships held in Lille, France ... Advanced to the semifinal round of the 200-meter dash in his first international competition for Great Britain ... Ran 21.54 into a headwind of 1.5 meters per second to win the 200-meter crown at the 2011 Jamaican National Junior Championships held in Kingston ... Set his 100-meter PR of 10.49 in winning the event title at the 2011 Jamaica College Invitational ... Anchored Jamaica College to a runner-up finish in the Championship of America 4x100-meter relay at the 2012 Penn Relays with their run for 40.57 in the final ... Finished runner-up to the winning time of 40.34 by Wolmer’s Boys ... A native of London, England, who attended Mayfield High School before moving to Mandeville, Jamaica, with his family ... Named the Sportsman of the Year at Mayfield High School during the 2005-06 school year ... Received the Jack Petchey Award for Athletic Excellence in 2005 ... Honored with a selection to the Order of the Griffin at Jamaica College during his senior season in 2012.
PERSONAL Full name is Nethaneel Joseph Mitchell-Blake ... Born on April 2, 1994, in Newham, London, England ... Parents are Joseph Blake and Audrey Mitchell-Blake ... Has three brothers, Justin, Raphael and Christian ... Also has three sisters, Natasha, Tanieka and Jazmin ... Attended Mayfield High School in England before moving to Mandeville, Jamaica, with his family ... Finally resided in Kingston to attend school at Jamaica College ... Majoring in international trade and finance.
Tigers Da’Quan Bellard So./So. – 6-2 – Opelousas, La. Opelousas HS Major: Sport Administration Events: Long Jump (24-3), Triple Jump (IN: 47-4 ¼; OUT: 49-6) 2015 Made his collegiate debut for the Tigers at Kentucky’s Rod McCravy Memorial Track & Field Meet after joining the squad in January … Finished runner-up in the triple jump at the Rod McCravy Memorial with a season-opening jump of 45 feet, 7 inches … Also placed 27th in the long jump at Kentucky with a mark of 20-4 ½ … Won the triple jump title at the LSU High Performance Meet with a mark of 46-8 … Also jumped 46-0 for 10th place at the Razorback Invitational … Posted a seasonal-best mark of 47-4 ¼ in a third-place finish in the triple jump at the LSU Twilight meet … Jumped a seasonal best of 22-6 ½ in the long jump at the New Mexico Classic, finishing in 14th place in the event … Posted a mark of 21-11 for 13th place at the Razorback Invitational … Competed in just one meet outdoors in 2015 with an appearance in the triple jump at the Louisiana Classics.
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in the 3,200 meters at the state meet, running 9:22.62 in the final … Also scored the state silver medal in the 1,600 meters (4:21.87) during his sophomore season … Medaled four times at the state championship meet as a junior at Centennial High School, placing third in cross country (16:28.00) in the 2013 fall season and second in each of the 800 meters (1:54.02), 1,600 meters (4:20.52) and 3,200 meters(9:42) on the track in the 2014 spring season … A four-time AAU National Junior Olympic Championships medalist during his prep career … Won two medals in his AAU Junior Olympics debut in the summer of 2013 with a silver medal in the 3,000 meters and bronze medal in the 1,500 meters (4:07.83) in his age group … Captured a pair of AAU Junior Olympics silver medals following his junior season in 2014 with runner-up finishes in both the 1,500 meters (3:58.41) and 3,000 meters (8:52.94) in the 17-18 age group.
PERSONAL Full name is Dajour K’Juan Braxton … Born on April 11, 1997 … Parents are Demarcus Joseph, Sr. and Erica Joseph … Has three younger siblings, including Demarcus Joseph, Jr., Donavan Joseph and Dallas Joseph … Graduated from Centennial High School with a 3.5 weighted grade-point average … Honored by the English department at his high school as its Student of the Month … Currently undecided on a major.
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PRIOR TO LSU The top jumps prospect in the state of Louisiana in the Class of 2014 … Helped lead Opelousas High School to the Class 4A state championship while being honored as the state’s Most Outstanding Performer of the Meet at the 2014 Louisiana High School Athletics Association Class 4A Outdoor State Track & Field Championships … Doubled as the Class 4A state champion in both the long jump and triple jump at the state meet during his senior season … Jumped a wind-legal personal best of 49-6 (+0.7) to defend his Class 4A state crown in the triple jump … Cracked the Top 10 of the national rankings as the No. 10-ranked triple jumper at the high school level in the United States with his best of 49-6 … Completed the state title sweep by jumping a wind-aided 23-8 ½ (+3.3) to win his second career state championship in the long jump … Qualified for the state meet in 2014 by sweeping the long jump (23-4 ½) and triple jump (47-10) at the Region 2-4A Championships … Jumped a career-best 24-3 (NWI) with a victory in the long jump at the Westlake Tiger Relays during the 2014 outdoor season … First crowned the Class 4A state champion in the triple jump with a winning mark of 45-11 ½w (+3.1) to cap his junior season in 2013 … Also scored the Class 4A silver medal in the long jump (23-6 ½w) as a junior at Opelousas High School … Jumped a wind-aided 23-4 ½ (+3.3) to win his first career state title in the long jump as a sophomore in 2012 … Took home the state silver medal in the triple jump (46-7) during his sophomore season … Ended his prep career as a four-time Class 4A state champion in the jumps while competing for Opelousas High School.
PERSONAL Born on Jan. 17, 1995 … Parents are Lee Bellard and Kathrine Jones … Has three younger siblings, Javonta, Chassity and Marquez … Majoring in sport administration.
Dajour Braxton Fr./Fr. – 6-1 – Las Vegas, Nev. Centennial HS Major: Undecided Events: 800M (1:53.31), 1,500M (3:54.52), Mile (4:07.79) PRIOR TO LSU Emerged as one of the nation’s leading middle distance recruits in the Class of 2015 while competing for Centennial High School in Las Vegas, Nevada … Set personal bests of 1:53.31 in the 800 meters, 3:54.52 in the 1,500 meters and 4:07.79 in the mile during his senior season in 2015 … Twice crowned a Nevada Division 1 state champion during his senior season at Centennial High School … Won the state cross country title during the 2014 fall season with his winning run of 15 minutes, 34.20 seconds on the 5k course at the state meet … Also the divisional and regional cross country champion before winning a state title in his final high school cross country season … Followed during the track and field season outdoors by winning the Nevada Division I state title in the 1,600 meters with a winning time of 4:13.45 at the state meet … Also claimed a pair of state silver medals in the 800 meters (1:53.60) and 3,200 meters (9:33.80) during the 2015 outdoor season … Three times a Southern Regional champion in the 800 meters (1:54.34), 1,600 meters (4:09.71) and 3,200 meters (9:31.59) en route to the state meet … Posted his PR of 1:53.31 in winning the 800-meter title at the Las Vegas Track Classic … Was the second-fastest 800-meter runner in the state of Nevada for the 2015 season … Swept event titles at the Las Vegas Track Classic with a winning run of 4:10.61 in the 1,600 meters … Clocked a personal best of 3:54.52 in a fourth-place finish in the 1,500-meter final at the 2015 New Balance Outdoor Nationals held at North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro, North Carolina … Ended the 2015 season as the fastest 1,500-meter runner in the state of Nevada and the No. 24-ranked runner nationally in the event … Added a fourth-place finish in the mile at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals with a time of 4:11.94 in the final … Turned in his fastest mile performance in the qualifying round at the Mt. SAC Relays with a personal-best time of 4:07.79 … Followed with a run of 4:09.18 for second place in the mile final at the Mt. SAC Relays … Finished in eighth place in the high school mile at the 2015 Prefontaine Classic after running 4:10.58 at Oregon’s Hayward Field … Placed fourth in both the 1,500 meters (3:56.09) and mile (4:13.03) at the 2015 Arcadia Invitational … Was first crowned a Nevada state champion during his sophomore season in 2013 with a victory
RS-Fr./RS-Fr. – 6-0 – Hammond, La. St. Thomas Aquinas HS Major: Electrical Engineering Events: 800M (IN: 1:56.76; OUT: 1:57.28), 1,500M (4:11.59), Mile (4:36.85) 2015 Received a redshirt during his true freshman season with the Tigers in 2015 … Competed unattached during both the indoor and outdoor seasons … Ran a lifetime personal best of 1 minute, 56.76 seconds in the 800 meters at the LSU Twilight during the indoor season … Also ran a seasonal best of 4:36.85 in the mile at the LSU Indoor Invitational in the team’s season opener … Followed outdoors by running top times of 1:58.32 in the 800 meters at the Battle on the Bayou and 4:11.59 in the 1,500 meters at the LSU Invitational.
PRIOR TO LSU One of the most accomplished middle distance runners in the state of Louisiana for the Class of 2014 … A three-time Louisiana Division II indoor state champion during his prep career at St. Thomas Aquinas High School … Won back-to-back Louisiana Division II state titles in the 800 meters with winning times of 2:00.47 as a sophomore in 2012 and 2:01.82 as a junior in 2013 … Followed with a fourth-place finish in the 800 meters at the Division II state meet as a senior in 2014 … Helped lead St. Thomas Aquinas High School to a pair of Division II state titles in the relays with wins in the 4x800-meter relay in 2012 and 4x400-meter relay in 2014 … Also a three-time silver medalist and three-time bronze medalist at the Louisiana High School Athletics Association Division II Indoor State Championships during his prep career … Won a pair of Division II silver medals in 2012 with runner-up finishes in the 1,600 meters and 4x400 relay … Added a third state silver medal in 2014 with a runner-up finish in the 4x800 relay … Won back-to-back Louisiana Division II bronze medals in the 1,600 meters in 2013 and 2014, while also running on his team’s third-place 4x400-meter relay in 2013 … Capped his prep career by winning Louisiana Class 2A state bronze medals in the 800 meters (1:59.13) and 1,600 meters (4:48.76) in his final state meet outdoors in 2014 … Made his state championship debut as a freshman in 2011 during both the indoor and outdoor seasons … Earned a fourth-place finish in both the Division II final indoors and Class 2A final outdoors in the 1,600 meters at the state meet in 2011 … Added a seventh-place finish in the Class 2A final of the 3,200 meters in his first appearance at the LHSAA Outdoor State Championships as a freshman in 2011 … Set a previous lifetime PR of 1:57.71 in the 800 meters in a fourth-place finish at the Sugar Bowl Classic during the 2013 outdoor season … Dropped his PR to 1:57.28 in a third-place finish at the 2014 Sugar Bowl Classic … A standout cross country runner at St. Thomas Aquinas High School … Wrapped up his senior cross country season as the Class 2A state silver medalist after taking second place with a three-mile time of 17:01.68 at the 2013 LHSAA State Cross Country Championships in Natchitoches, La. … Also earned an eighth-place finish overall at the Class 2A state cross country meet as a junior in 2012 with a three-mile time of 16:23.94.
PERSONAL Full name is Thomas Francis Brocato … Born on May 23, 1996 … Parents are Fran and Rickie Brocato … Has one older sister, Megan … An honor student during his prep career at St. Thomas Aquinas High School … Maintained a 3.95 cumulative grade-point average and was a member of the National Honor Society during his high school career … Was an Ambassador for St. Thomas, as well as a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Southeast Louisiana Roadrunners while attending St. Thomas Aquinas High School … Majoring in electrical engineering.
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One of the NCAA’s leading 400-meter runners during his two-year stint at Ohio State … Three times an NCAA semifinalist in the 400-meter dash at the NCAA Championships between the indoor and outdoor seasons … Finished in 12th place indoors with an indoor personal-best time of 46.82 seconds and 17th place outdoors with a time of 46.55 in the semifinal round of the 400 meters at the NCAA Championships during his sophomore season in 2015 … Split an impressive 45.43 seconds on the anchor leg of Ohio State’s 4x400-meter relay that earned an All-American fourth-place finish nationally with a time of 3 minutes, 5.35 seconds in the final at the 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Oregon’s Hayward Field … Turned in a 46.19-second split on the anchor leg for the Buckeyes at the NCAA Indoor Championships as the team placed ninth nationally in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:08.50 … Also an NCAA semifinalist in the 400 meters in his freshman season in 2014 as he clocked 46.70 for 18th place overall at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … Helped Ohio State place ninth indoors and 15th outdoors in the 4x400 relay at the NCAA Championships during the 2014 season … Clocked a lifetime personal best of 45.67 to finish as the fifth-fastest qualifier overall in the national quarterfinals of the 400 meters at the 2015 NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held at North Florida’s Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville … Also posted his 2014 seasonal-best time of 46.02 in the quarterfinal round at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds during his freshman season … A four-time medalist at the Big Ten Championships in his two seasons at Ohio State … Crowned a Big Ten Indoor Champion in the 4x400-meter relay as a freshman in 2014 … Followed during the 2014 outdoor season by helping the Buckeyes win the Big Ten Outdoor bronze medal in the mile relay … Scored a pair of Big Ten Outdoor silver medals in the 400 meters (46.53) and 4x400 relay (3:06.83) during the 2015 outdoor season … Captured a pair of 400-meter titles as a Buckeye with wins at the Indiana Relays during the 2014 indoor season and the Red Wolf Open during the 2014 outdoor season … Also a standout in the classroom in his time at Ohio State as a 2015 Academic All-Big Ten selection, a 2014 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team member and a two-time Ohio State ScholarAthlete … Was the men’s track and field representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Board at Ohio State … Also a member of the Black Student Associate and a Student-Athlete Support Services (SASSO) Peer Educator at Ohio State … A product of Howard of Technology in New Castle, Delaware … Eight times a Delaware Division II outdoor state champion during his prep career in the 200 meters, 400 meters and 4x400-meter relay … Five times a Delaware indoor state champion in the 200 meters, 400 meters and 4x400-meter relay … Set the Delaware state record of 46.21 in the 400-meter dash during his high school career … Chosen as the Gatorade Delaware Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year for the 2013 season.
PERSONAL Full name is LaMar Raynel Bruton … Born on May 26, 1995 … Mother is Cassandra Grinnage … Graduated from Howard High School of Technology with a 3.89 cumulative grade-point average for his prep career … Was a member of the National Honor Society and National Society of High School Scholars while at Howard High School of Technology … Majoring in pre-human science and education.
Chadd Burns Fr./Fr. – 5-10 – Baton Rouge, La. Catholic HS Major: Kinesiology Event: Pole Vault (IN: 15-6; OUT: 16-3) PRIOR TO LSU One of the leading pole vaulters in the state of Louisiana during his prep career at Catholic High School in Baton Rouge … Crowned a state champion in the pole vault for the first time in his high school career during his junior season indoors with a winning clearance of 14 feet, 10 inches at the Louisiana High School Athletics Association Division I Indoor Championships in 2014 … Jumped his indoor personal best of 15-6 at the LSU Last Chance Qualifier to earn his spot in the state championship in 2014 … Followed during the 2014 outdoor season by clearing a lifetime PR of 16-3 in a runner-up finish in the pole vault at the Episcopal Josten’s Invitational … Won back-to-back Class 5A state silver medals as a junior in 2014 with a clearance of 16-0 and as a senior in 2015 with a seasonal-best clearance of 15-6 at the LHSAA Class 5A Outdoor State Track & Field Championships held at LSU’s Bernie Moore Track Stadium … Swept District 5-5A and Region 2-5A pole vault titles before winning a second-straight Class 5A state silver medal as a senior in 2015 … Was also crowned the Region 2-5A champion as a junior in 2014 … Earned a pair of fourth-place finishes at the state championships during both the indoor and outdoor seasons as a sophomore in 2013 … Finished as the Region 2-5A runner-up before earning his fourth-place finish in his outdoor state championship debut to highlight his sophomore season … Cleared 13-9 ¼ to finish in eighth place overall at the USA Track & Field World Youth Trials in the summer of 2013.
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PERSONAL Full name is Chadd Michael Burns … Born on Sept. 6, 1996 … Parents are Matt and Cherie Burns … Has an older brother, Ryan, and an older sister, Natalie … Father attended LSU before finishing his degree at Southeastern Louisiana University … Brother played college baseball at Southeastern Louisiana and Penola universities during his collegiate career … An honor student during his prep career while graduating from Catholic High School with a 3.8 grade-point average … Majoring in kinesiology.
Michael Cherry Jr./Jr. – 6-4 – Chesapeake, Va. Oscar Smith HS/Florida State Major: Pre-Humanities & Social Science Events: 200M (IN: 21.43; OUT: 21.11), 400M (IN: 46.31; OUT: 45.37) PRIOR TO LSU One of the NCAA’s elite 400-meter sprinters as a Florida State Seminole … An NCAA semifinalist in the 400 meters during both the indoor and outdoor seasons in 2015 … Just missed earning a spot in the 400-meter final at the 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships for the first time in his collegiate career as the ninth-place finisher nationally in the semifinal round … Clocked 46.02 seconds for ninth place overall in the semifinals held at Oregon’s Hayward Field … Qualified 12th into the national semifinals after running 46.11 in the quarterfinals at the 2015 NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held at North Florida’s Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville … Crowned the ACC Outdoor Champion in the 400-meter dash for the 2015 season after sprinting to a seasonal-best time of 45.43 at the conference meet held on Florida State’s Mike Long Track in Tallahassee … Qualified for the 2015 ACC Outdoor final with the fastest time of the preliminary round at 45.98 … Rode a wave of momentum into the ACC Championships during his sophomore season after winning a pair of 400-meter titles at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational (45.94) and Longhorn Invitational (46.46) to cap Florida State’s regular season … Also just missed earning a lane in the national final indoors in 2015 after clocking 46.49 for 10th place overall in the 400-meter semifinals at the NCAA Indoor Championships held at Arkansas’ Randal Tyson Track Center … Was the ACC Indoor Championships bronze medalist in the event with a 46.80 clocking at the conference meet … Earned his spot in the field at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships after running an indoor best of 46.31 to win the event at Notre Dame’s Alex Wilson Invitational during the regular season … Earned his first career All-America honor as the third leg of Florida State’s 4x400meter relay that clocked 3 minutes, 8.18 seconds for seventh place in the national final at the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2014 … Split 46.91 on the third leg of Florida State’s All-American relay team … Followed outdoors in 2014 by earning a spot in the national semifinals of the 400 meters for the first time in his collegiate career after clocking a lifetime PR of 45.37 as the fourth-fastest qualifier in the quarterfinal round at the NCAA East Prelims in Jacksonville … Recorded back-to-back outdoor PRs at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds with times of 45.96 in the first round of qualifying and 45.37 in the quarterfinal round … Wrapped up the 2014 outdoor season ranked No. 3 in the World Junior Rankings at 400 meters with his lifetime best of 45.37 … Finished fifth overall in the final of the 400-meter dash at the 2014 ACC Outdoor Championships with a time of 46.99 … Clocked 46.11 in the qualifying round at the ACC Outdoor Championships during his freshman season … Ended his two-year stint at Florida State ranked No. 3 indoors (46.31) and No. 7 outdoors (45.37) on the Seminoles’ all-time Top 10 performance list in the men’s 400-meter dash … Followed his freshman season at Florida State by representing the United States on the international stage at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships held at Oregon’s Hayward Field … Crowned a World Junior Champion in the 4x400-meter relay after anchoring the United States to victory in 3:03.31 … Earned the USA Junior Championships bronze medal in the 400 meters in 2014 with a time 46.12 in the final … A product of Oscar Smith High School in Chesapeake, Virginia, where he emerged as one of the nation’s top sprint recruits in the Class of 2013 … Set personal-best times of 10.79 in the 100 meters, 21.32 in the 200 meters and 46.02 in the 400 meters during his prep career … Eight times a state champion in Virginia in events ranging from the 200 meters to 500 meters … Set the national high school record in the indoor 300 meters in 2013 with a time of 33.05 en route to winning the state title in the event… Was a three-time New Balance Nationals Champion in his prep career, including his first career New Balance Outdoor title in 2012 before claiming a sweep of indoor and outdoor titles as a high school senior in 2013.
PERSONAL Full name is Michael Lee Cherry … Born on March 23, 1995 … Mother is Tanya Blackwell … Has one older brother, William, and one older sister, Tantania … Was an honor roll student during his prep career at Oscar Smith High School … Majoring in pre-humanities and social science.
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Sr./Sr. - 6-3 – Baton Rouge, La. Broadmoor HS Major: Marketing Events: Weight Throw (64-6 ½), Hammer Throw (206-5)
Fr./Fr. – 6-0 – Detroit, Mich. Westland John Glenn HS Major: Undecided Events: 60M (6.78), 100M (10.56), 200M (IN: 21.16; OUT: 21.01w/21.07), 400M (IN: 47.35; OUT: 48.53)
2015 Qualified to throw the hammer at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds for the first time in his collegiate career … Competed in the event at the NCAA East Prelims held at North Florida’s Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville … Also competed in the hammer throw at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Starkville, Mississippi … Smashed his personal best with a seasonal-best throw of 206 feet, 5 inches in a sixth-place finish in the hammer throw at the LSU Alumni Gold meet … Moved into the No. 7 spot on LSU’s alltime outdoor performance list in the men’s hammer throw with his PR of 206-5 … Also was the No. 30-ranked mark by a qualifier for the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Eclipsed the 200-foot mark for the first time in his collegiate career in his outdoor opener at the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette, where he threw a season-opening 203-11 in a runner-up finish … Also threw 201-0 in a seventh-place finish at the LSU Invitational in the team’s regular-season finale … Threw the hammer at the Texas Relays (196-9), Battle on the Bayou (195-6) and Jim Click Shootout (197-11) … Competed in the weight throw during the indoor season … Earned a 14th-place finish at the SEC Indoor Championships in Lexington, Kentucky, with a series-best mark of 61-3 … Established his personal best of 64-6 ½ in a third-place finish at the LSU High Performance Meet to rank No. 9 on LSU’s all-time indoor performance list in the event … Threw a season-opening 60-4 ½ for seventh place in the weight throw at the LSU Indoor Invitational … Placed third at the New Mexico Classic (60-6 ½), fourth at the LSU Twilight (61-11 ½) and fifth at the Razorback Invitational (60-8 ¾) … Also threw the weight at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (57-5) and Rod McCravy Memorial (56-5 ¼) during the indoor season.
2014 Lettered for the Tigers for the first time in his career during the indoor and outdoor seasons … Raised his personal best in the weight throw indoors by nearly 12 feet over the course of the season … Eclipsed the 60-foot mark for the first time in his career with a seasonal-best throw of 61-0 ¾ in a fifth-place finish in the weight throw at the LSU Twilight … Followed by finishing in 17th place in his debut at the SEC Indoor Championships, throwing a series-best of 57-1 ½ … Set personal bests in four-straight meets to open the 2014 indoor season, including marks of 57-3 for sixth place at the Auburn Indoor Invitational, 57-8 ½ for fourth place at the Texas A&M Triangular, 58-1 ¼ for seventh place at the New Mexico Team Invitational and 59-2 ¼ for sixth place at the Aggie Invitational … Also threw the weight at the Tyson Invitational indoors, throwing 57-1 ½ for eighth place in the event … Raised his personal best in the hammer throw by more than 24 feet over the course of the outdoor season … Threw a best of 186-9 in an eighth-place finish at the LSU Invitational in his regular-season finale outdoors … Followed by finishing in 16th place in his debut at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a mark of 180-6 … Set back-to-back personal bests to open the outdoor season with marks of 181-7 for third place at the Jim Mize Invitational and 181-11 for fourth place at the Battle on the Bayou … Took third place in the hammer with his top mark of 177-9 at Miami’s Hurricane Alumni Invitational … Also threw the hammer at the LSU Alumni Gold meet, throwing 172-5 for 12th place.
PRIOR TO LSU Emerged as one of the nation’s elite high school printers during his senior season indoors in 2015 … Cracked the Top 10 of the national high school rankings in four sprint events for the 2015 indoor season … Opened his senior season indoors by running a personal-best time of 6.78 seconds to win the 60-meter title at the Michigan Indoor Track Series meet held at the University of Michigan on Jan. 2 … Ranked No. 6 among high school sprinters nationally in the 60-meter dash for the 2015 indoor season with his 6.78 personal best … Followed in February by clocking an indoor personal best of 21.16 for a victory in the boy’s 200-meter final at the Kentucky High School Invitational held at the Nutter Field House in Lexington on Feb. 21 … Ranked No. 4 among high school sprinters nationally in the 200 meters for the 2015 season with his indoor PR of 21.16 … Also won back-to-back 200-meter titles at the MITS meet held at Saginaw Valley State University with a time of 21.36 and the Spire High School Showcase with a time of 21.38 in February 2015 … Crowned the 200-meter champion while running for Michigan All-Stars at the at the 2015 MITS Indoor State Championships held at Bob Sparks Track in Ypsilanti … Clocked a lifetime personal best of 47.35 to win the 400-meter title at an MITS meet also held at Saginaw Valley State on Jan. 17 … Ranked No. 5 among high school sprinters nationally in the 400 meters for the 2015 indoor season with his lifetime best time of 47.35 … Placed third in the 300 meters at the 2015 Armory Track Invitational with the sixth-fastest time nationally at 33.93 in the final run on Jan. 31 … Competed in both the 60 meters and 200 meters at the 2015 New Balance Indoor Nationals held at The Armory in New York … Placed sixth in the final of the 60-meter dash at New Balance Indoors after running 6.90 in the first round of qualifying, 6.85 in the semifinal and 6.83 in the final at The Armory … Also placed 12th overall in qualifying in the 200 meters with a time of 21.95 at New Balance Indoors in 2015 … Followed outdoors by qualifying for finals in both the 100 meters and 200 meters in the 17-18 age group at the 2015 AAU Junior Olympics National Championships held in Norfolk, Virginia … Clocked back-to-back wind-legal times of 10.63 en route to the 100-meter final at the AAU Junior Olympics … Was the fastest qualifier into the 200-meter final at the AAU Junior Olympics after running personal-best times of 21.01 (+4.5) wind-aided and 21.07 (+0.8) wind-legal in the qualifying rounds … Did not line up in either final in his appearance at the AAU Junior Olympics to cap his 2015 season … Swept Michigan’s Division I state championships in the 100 meters and 200 meters while competing for John Glenn High School as a senior in 2015 … Raced to his wind-legal PR of 10.56 (+1.0) in the state final of the 100-meter dash to win the 2015 state title … Also posted a wind-aided time of 21.25 (+5.3) in the state final of the 200-meter dash to complete his sweep of 2015 state championships … Also swept regional titles in the 100-meter and 200-meter sprints to highlight his senior season at John Glenn High School … Emerged as one of the elite sprint talents in the state of Michigan during his junior season in 2014 when he was crowned the Division I state bronze medalist in the 200 meters with a time of 21.90 (-0.2) in the state final … First swept regional 100-meter and 200-meter titles during his junior season in 2014 … Clocked seasonal-best times of 10.68 (+0.8) in the 100 meters and 21.53 (+1.3) in the 200 meters in the qualifying rounds at the 2014 AAU Junior Olympics National Championships.
2013 Competed in the weight throw indoors and both the discus and hammer throw outdoors during his true freshman season for the Tigers in 2013 … Earned a seasonal-best fourth-place finish in the hammer throw at UCLA’s Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational after throwing 154-6 in the event … Set a personal best of 162-1 in the hammer in a ninth-place finish at the LSU Relays … Finished in seventh place at the Battle on the Bayou (153-7) and 14th place at the LSU Alumni Gold (146-1) in the hammer throw … Threw a best of 126-2 in the discus in a 17th-place finish at the LSU Relays … Also threw the discus at the Louisiana Classics (120-2) and Battle on the Bayou (111-5) during the outdoor season … Posted a seasonal best of 49-1 ½ indoors in the 35-pound weight throw while claiming fifth place at the LSU Invitational … Earned back-to-back eighth-place finishes in the weight throw at the Texas A&M Triangular (46-2 ¾) and LSU Twilight (48-11 ½).
PRIOR TO LSU Was a district champion in the discus during his prep career at Broadmoor High School … Was also a regional runner-up and fifth-place finisher at the state meet in the discus … Also finished as a district runner-up in the pole vault during his high school career … Helped lead his high school track team to a district championship … Was a three-year letterwinner in track and field under the direction of head coach Allan Brown … Also played football and soccer at Broadmoor High School … Was a first-team all-district midfielder on the soccer pitch … Was also a firstteam all-district tight end and a second-team all-district defensive end on the football field.
PERSONAL Full name is David Gerard Collins … Born on Sept. 21, 1994 … Parents are Loyetta Collins and David Phillips … Has four siblings: Loruhamah, Lahairoi, La’el and Leah … Brother, La’el, is a former All-American offensive lineman at LSU and now plays with the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL … An honor roll student during his prep career at Broadmoor … Majoring in marketing.
PERSONAL Full name is Jaron Chavez Flournoy … Born on Nov. 24, 1996 … Parents are Malon and Charnell Flournoy … Has five younger siblings named James, Jada, Jordyn, Janell and Janae … Mother ran track in college … Currently undecided on a major.
Jackson Fountain Fr./Fr. – 5-10 – Argyle, Texas Liberty Christian School Major: Biology Events: Distance PRIOR TO LSU A standout distance runner in the state of Texas during his prep career at Liberty Christian School located in Argyle … Helped lead Liberty Christian to three-straight Class 5A team state championships from 2013-15 while competing in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools … Earned a pair of fourthplace finishes in the TAPPS Class 5A state finals in both the 1,600 meters (4:37.84) and 3,200 meters (9:51.85) in his senior season in 2015 … Also a regional bronze medalist in both events en route to a return trip to the TAPPS Class 5A State Championships held at Baylor University in Waco … Was the TAPPS Class 5A bronze medalist in the 3,200 meters during his junior season with a personal-best time of 9:50.96 in the state final … Also clocked a personal-best time of 4:31.57 for fourth place in the Class 5A state final of the 1,600 meters to highlight his junior season at Liberty Christian School in 2014 … Swept District 1-5A titles in both the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters in 2014 … Qualified for the 2014 state meet with a silver-medal-winning second-place finish in the 1,600 meters (4:34.40) and bronze-medal-winning third-place finish in the 3,200 meters (10:16.27) at the regional meet … First appeared at the TAPPS Class 5A State Championships as a sophomore in 2013 when he placed eighth in the 1,600 meters (4:43.55)
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and seventh in the 3,200 meters (10:11.14) with a pair of seasonal-best times in the state finals … Also a standout in cross country during his prep career at Liberty Christian School … Was the TAPPS Class 5A state bronze medalist in cross country during his junior season in 2013 with a 16:24.00 on the 5k course at the state meet … Crowned the District 1-5A Champion in cross country after running a winning time of 16:15.10 for 5,000 meters to highlight his senior season in 2014.
PERSONAL Full name is Jackson Cleanth Fountain … Born on Nov. 10, 1996 … Parents are Trudy FountainJames and Derrell James and Mark and Lora Hanzalik … Has 10 brothers and sisters … Lived in New Orleans until age 8 before moving with his family to Argyle, Texas … Moved back to New Orleans after graduating high school … Graduated with honors from Liberty Christian School with a 3.7 cumulative grade-point average … Was a Dale Hansens Scholar-Athlete and member of the National Honor Society while in high school … Majoring in biology.
Patrick Geers Sr./Sr. – 6-4 – Mission Viejo, Calif. Capistrano Valley HS/Saddleback College Major: Business Administration Events: Weight Throw (63-8 ¼), Discus (167-3), Hammer (202-0) 2015 Nearly scored for the Tigers in his SEC Championships debut with a ninth-place finish in the 35-pound weight throw at the SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships held at Kentucky’s Nutter Field House … Threw a seasonal best and personal best of 63 feet, 8 ¼ inches to claim ninth place at the SEC Indoor meet … Earned back-to-back fourth-place finishes in the event at the Razorback Invitational (60-11 ½) and New Mexico Classic (59-11) … Finished in sixth place four times during the indoor season at the LSU Indoor Invitational (61-10 ¼), Auburn Indoor Invitational (60-3 ¼), LSU High Performance Meet (57-9 ¾) and LSU Twilight (60-8 ½) … Also threw the weight at the Rod McCravy Memorial (58-2 ½) during the indoor season … Competed in both the discus and hammer throws during the outdoor season … Threw a seasonal best of 193-5 in a 12th-place finish in the hammer throw at the SEC Outdoor Championships held in Starkville, Mississippi … Also threw the discus at the SEC Outdoor meet, posting a series-best mark of 145-10 for 21st place overall … Threw 190-5 for 10th place in the hammer throw at the LSU Invitational in the team’s regular season finale … Placed fourth at the Louisiana Classics with a mark of 183-6 and sixth at both the Battle on the Bayou and Jim Click Shootout with matching throws of 184-4 … Also threw the hammer at the Texas Relays (183-10),
LSU Alumni Gold (184-7) and Penn Relays (184-3) … Opened the season with a seasonal-best throw of 155-1 for a runner-up finish in the discus at the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette … Also threw 150-11 for sixth place at the Battle on the Bayou and 152-4 for 10th place at the Jim Click Shootout with his appearances in the discus throw.
PRIOR TO LSU An emerging throws prospect in the discus and hammer throws during his two-year career at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California … Capped his freshman season outdoors in 2013 by sweeping the discus and hammer throw titles at the California Community College Athletic Association Southern Regional Championships held in Lancaster, California … Won the discus with a throw of 150-8 and the hammer with a throw of 181-9 at the 2013 CCCAA Southern Regional Championships … Followed by winning the hammer throw silver medal at the 2013 CCCAA State Track & Field Championships with a series-best throw of 182-5 to set a 2013 seasonal best in the event … Opened the 2014 outdoor season by raising his discus PR to 150-9 to win the event in Saddleback’s dual meet with Santiago Canyon College … Also won the hammer throw at the Santiago Canyon dual meet with a season-opening throw of 184-0 to raise his PR in the event … Raised his hammer PR by nearly 20 feet in back-to-back dual meets with winning marks of 193-0 against Santa Ana College and 202-0 against Cuyamaca College … Also threw the hammer 200-8 to win the event title at the 2014 Ben Brown Invitational … Raised his discus PR again in a quadrangle meet held March 21, 2014, in Lancaster, California, with a winning throw of 157-4 and then with a throw of 167-3 for third place at the Mt. Sac Relays on April 12, 2014 … As a freshman in 2013, won hammer throw titles at the Golden West Invitational (173-8) and Santiago Canyon Dual Meet (170-2) … Also won discus titles at the Bakersfield Relays (148-5) and Golden West Invitational (145-11) during his freshman season outdoors in 2013 … A product of Capistrano Valley High School in Mission Viejo, California, where he was a three-year letterwinner in both football and track and field during his prep career … Also served as the team captain for both programs during his prep career at Capistrano Valley High School.
PERSONAL Full name is Patrick Andrew Geers … Born on March 24, 1994 … Parents are Larry and Susan Geers … Has two sisters, Jamie and Mary … Majoring in business administration.
Blair Henderson Jr./Jr. – 6-0 – Lake Charles, La. St. Louis Catholic HS Major: Kinesiology Event: 800M (IN: 1:49.37; OUT: 1:47.03), 1,500M (3:46.52), Mile (4:16.20) 2015 An NCAA quarterfinalist in the 800 meters for the first time in his collegiate career … Clocked 1 minute, 48.54 seconds for 17th place in the national quarterfinals at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held at North Florida’s Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville … Advanced to the NCAA quarterfinal in the event after running 1:48.78 for 16th place in the first round of qualifying … Earned a pair of 13th-place finishes in the preliminary rounds of both the 800 meters (1:48.89) and 1,500 meters (3:48.16) at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex … Ran a lifetime personal best of 1:47.03 for a third-place finish in the 800-meter final at the LSU Invitational in the team’s regular-season finale outdoors … Became the No. 7-ranked 800-meter runner outdoors in school history with his lifetime best of 1:47.03 … Won the 800-meter title at LSU’s Battle on the Bayou with a time of 1:47.91 in his first 800-meter race of the outdoor season … Opened his outdoor season by winning the 1,500 meters at the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette with a time of 3:49.29 … Dropped his PR to 3:46.52 in the 1,500 meters in a runner-up finish at the LSU Alumni Gold … Also finished runner-up in the 1,500 meters at Arizona’s Jim Click Shootout with a time of 3:52.48 … Won the mile in his season opener indoors with a run of 4:16.20 at the LSU Indoor Invitational … Won a pair of 800-meter titles during the indoor season at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (1:52.52) and LSU Twilight (1:49.70) … Placed eighth in the invitational 800 meters at the Razorback Invitational with a time of 1:49.92 and 12th at the Iowa State Classic with a time of 1:51.02 … Ended his indoor season by running 1:50.87 for 13th place in qualifying at the SEC Indoor Championships held at Kentucky’s Nutter Field House … Honored for his performance in the classroom with his first career selection to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2014 LSU’s leading middle distance runner during his true freshman season in 2014 … An NCAA qualifier in the 800 meters in his debut season, finishing in 38th place overall at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds while running 1:49.76 in the first round of qualifying … Finished in 18th place overall at the SEC Outdoor Championships after clocking 1:51.80 in the preliminary round … Also lined up in the 1,500 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships, running 3:57.19 for 14th place in qualifying … Opened the outdoor season by winning back-to-back 800-meter titles at the Jim Mize Invitational (1:49.80) and Battle on the Bayou (1:49.60) … Raced to a lifetime personal best of 1:49.18 in a runner-up finish at the LSU Alumni Gold … Also earned a secondplace finish at Miami’s Hurricane Alumni Invitational with a time of 1:49.69 … Ran a personal best of 3:48.89 in a fifth-place finish in the 1,500 meters at the LSU Invitational … Nearly earned a spot in the 800-meter final in his debut at the SEC Indoor Championships … Earned a ninth-
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of 20.88 (+3.6) at a meet held in Abilene, Texas, during the 2014 outdoor season … Ran the 100-meter dash just one time during the 2014 season, clocking a wind-aided 10.65 (+3.4) in the prelims and 10.67 (+1.9) in the final for a fifth-place finish at the UTSA Invitational in San Antonio.
PERSONAL Full name is Renard Selvin Howell … Born on March 3, 1995 … Parents are Christine Thomas and Selvin Howell … Has one sister, Renesha Howell … Majoring in pre-human science and education.
PRIOR TO LSU One of the nation’s elite middle distance prospects for the Class of 2013 … Signed with the Tigers with personal bests of 1:51.16 outdoors and 1:52.22 indoors in the 800 meters … Dropped his lifetime PR in back-to-back meets during the 2013 outdoor season with times of 1:50.90 at the B.S. Walker Relays and 1:50.47 at the Lagrange Toyota Gator Relays in a pair of wins during his senior season … Was the No. 8-ranked 800-meter runner nationally at the prep level during the 2013 outdoor season … Defended his Louisiana Class 4A state championship in the 800 meters with a winning run of 1:53.25 at the 2013 Louisiana High School Athletics Association Outdoor State Track & Field Championships … Ended the 2013 indoor season as the No. 13-ranked 800-meter runner nationally in the high school ranks after opening his senior season with an indoor PR of 1:52.22 at the Indoor Alumni Age Group Invitational at the Birmingham Crossplex in Alabama … Opened his senior season with a bang following a record-breaking junior season at St. Louis High School in 2012 … Followed the high school season in 2013 by finishing in sixth place overall in the 800 meters at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals held at North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro, North Carolina … Clocked 1:51.18 for sixth place at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals … Set the Class 4A state meet record in the 800-meter final at the 2012 Louisiana High School Athletics Association Class 4A Outdoor State Championships held at LSU’s Bernie Moore Track Stadium … Ran a 2012 seasonal best of 1:51.16 to win the state championship as the leading 800-meter runner in the state of Louisiana … Broke the previous 24-year-old Class 4A state record of 1:51.58 set by Rocky Johnson of Parkway High School in 1988 … Ended the 2012 outdoor season as the No. 27-ranked 800-meter nationally regardless of class and the No. 7-ranked prep performer in the U.S. among members of the Class of 2013 … Swept District 4-4A (1:54.02) and Region 2-4A (1:52.07) titles in the 800 meters in the 2012 outdoor season en route to winning the Class 4A state championship in the event … Was also crowned the District 4-4A champion in the 400-meter dash during his junior season while running a lifetime best of 50.39 at the district meet … Defended his Region 2-4A title as a senior in 2013 with a winning time of 1:51.60 at the regional meet … Claimed the silver medal in the 800-meter final as the state runner-up at the 2012 LHSAA Division II Indoor State Championships that were held at LSU’s Carl Maddox Field House … Ran the previous Division II indoor state meet record of 1:57.11 in winning his first career state championship in the 800 meters as a sophomore in 2011.
PERSONAL Full name is Blair J’von Henderson … Born on Oct. 4, 1994 … Parents are Basil and Penny Henderson … Has three brothers named Blake, Brock and Brandt … Has one younger sister named Brooke … An honor student who has maintained a 3.46 cumulative grade-point average during his prep career at St. Louis Catholic High School … Majoring in kinesiology with a concentration in human movement.
Renard Howell Jr./Jr. – 6-2 – Bensalem, Pa. Trenton Central HS/South Plains College Major: Pre-Human Science & Education Events: 100M (10.65w/10.67), 200M (IN: 21.37; OUT: 20.46w/20.62) PRIOR TO LSU The leading 200-meter sprinter in the junior college ranks after being crowned the 200-meter champion at the National Junior College Athletics Association Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 2015 … Helped lead South Plains to its ninth-straight NJCAA Outdoor team championship during his sophomore season … Captured the NCJAA Outdoor crown in the 200 meters with a winning run of 20.96 seconds (+1.1) in the national final … Finished one tenth of a second ahead of second place to win his first career national title in the 200-meter dash … Ran the fastest wind-aided time of his athletics career with a windy 20.46 (+3.0) to qualify as the top seed in the semifinal round for the NJCAA Outdoor final … Also ran the second leg of South Plains’ NJCAA-title-winning 4x100-meter relay in 2015 that clocked 39.99 in the national final … Posted a wind-legal seasonal best in 2015 of 20.90 (+1.8) in a fourth-place finish in the 200 meters at Texas Tech’s Red Raider Invitational during the outdoor season … Also clocked an indoor personal best of 21.37 during his sophomore season at South Plains in 2015 … A 200-meter specialist that made his debut at the NJCAA Outdoor Championships as a freshman in 2014 … Ran a wind-legal time of 21.22 (-0.2) to finish in 11th place overall in the national semifinals of the event in his debut … Helped South Plains qualify for the NJCAA Outdoor final in the 4x100-meter relay in 2014 by running the second leg on the foursome that clocked 40.06 for the second-fastest time of the preliminary round at the NJCAA Outdoor Championships held in Mesa, Arizona … Ran a wind-legal PR of 20.62 (+1.3) at Texas Tech’s Red Raider Open during his freshman season outdoors in 2014 … Also clocked a wind-aided time
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Terry Hughes Jr./Sr. – 6-1 – Prairieville, La. Dutchtown HS Major: Sport Administration Events: Weight Throw (47-0 ¼), Discus (156-10), Hammer (142-5), Javelin (207-4) 2015 Added nearly four feet to his personal record in the javelin throw when he unleashed a seasonal-best throw of 207 feet, 4 inches in a runner-up finish at Arizona’s Jim Click Shootout during the outdoor season … Earned a 15th-place finish in the javelin while throwing 197-6 in qualifying at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex … Opened the season by throwing 198-7 in a third-place finish at the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette … Also placed third in the event at the LSU Invitational with a throw of 197-10 in the team’s regular-season finale … Also threw the javelin at the Battle on the Bayou (191-10), LSU Alumni Gold (181-9) and Penn Relays (192-7) … Threw 147-7 for third place in his only appearance in the discus throw at the Louisiana Classics … Did not compete for the Tigers during the indoor season.
2014 Lettered for the Tigers for the first time in his collegiate career after throwing the javelin at the SEC Outdoor Championships held in Lexington, Kentucky … Threw a series-best of 186-7 to finish in 16th place in the javelin field at the SEC Championships … Competed at the SEC Championships after throwing a personal best of 203-6 in a runner-up finish in the javelin at the LSU Invitational in his regular-season finale … Earned back-to-back fifth-place finishes in the javelin at the Battle on the Bayou (188-5) and LSU Alumni Gold (198-3) … Also threw the javelin at the Jim Mize Invitational (187-1) and Texas Relays (193-8) … Also threw the discus during the outdoor season, setting a personal best of 156-10 in a sixth-place finish at Miami’s Hurricane Alumni Invitational … Eclipsed the 150-foot mark in the discus for the first time in his career with a throw of 151-0 for 12th place at the Battle on the Bayou … Also threw the discus at the Jim Mize Invitational (149-4), LSU Invitational (148-7) and LSU Alumni Gold (146-11) … Competed sparingly during the indoor season … Threw a personal best of 47-0 ¼ in a seventh-place finish in the weight throw at the LSU Twilight … Competed in the shot put (47-6 ½) and weight throw (42-0) at the Texas A&M Triangular in College Station.
2013 A versatile prospect who competed in such throwing events as the weight throw indoors and discus, hammer and javelin throws outdoors during the 2013 season … Earned a fifth-place finish in the javelin while throwing a personal best of 198-10 in his collegiate debut outdoors at the Louisiana Classics … Followed by throwing 184-10 for 11th place in the B section of the javelin at the 86th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays … Placed fifth in the javelin (174-1) and ninth in the discus (135-0) at UCLA’s Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational … Also threw the javelin at the Battle on the Bayou (175-1) and LSU Alumni Gold (170-11) during the outdoor season … Threw a PR of 142-1 in the discus in a seasonal-best eighth-place finish at the Battle on the Bayou … Also threw the discus at the Louisiana Classics (134-4), LSU Relays (136-1) and LSU Alumni Gold in the outdoor season … Set a personal best of 142-5 in the hammer throw in a 14th-place finish at the LSU Alumni Gold … Wrapped up the 2013 indoor season by throwing a PR of 42-11 ¾ for sixth place in the weight throw at the LSU Invitational … Also threw the weight at the Texas A&M Triangular (41-10 ½) and LSU Twilight (39-10 ½).
PRIOR TO LSU Emerged as Louisiana’s most versatile throws prospect at the prep level for the Class of 2012 with his performance as a senior at Dutchtown High School … Signed with LSU with personal records of 54-0 ½ in the shot put, 161-7 in the discus and 182-8 in the javelin … Wrapped up his prep career by scoring 26 points in leading Dutchtown High School to the Class 5A state championship with 86 points in the final team standings at the 2012 Louisiana High School Athletics Association Outdoor State Track & Field Championships held at LSU’s Bernie Moore Track Stadium … Captured the Class 5A state title in the discus throw with a top mark of 152-11 as a senior in 2012 … Claimed a pair of Class 5A silver medals with second-place finishes in both the shot put (53-7 ¾) and javelin (182-0) at the 2012 state meet … Opened the 2012 outdoor season by shattering his PR in the discus with a top throw of 160-5 in winning the event title at the Episcopal 4-Way … Raised his PR to 161-7 in the discus with his win at the 2012 BRPT Physical Therapy Invitational … Won a pair of Region 2-5A titles in the shot put and discus as a senior in 2012 … Crowned the LHSAA Division I Indoor state champion in the shot put after throwing 53-6 ½ at the 2012 state meet held at LSU’s Carl Maddox Field House … Qualified for the 2012 LHSAA Division I State Championships by setting a lifetime PR of 54-0 ½ in the shot
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put at the LSU Last Chance Meet … Set a PR of 182-8 in the javelin in a fourth-place finish at the 2011 LHSAA Region 2-5A Championships during his junior season … Won bronze medals in the shot put at both the LHSAA Region 2-5A Championships and LHSAA Class 5A Outdoor State Championships during the 2011 season … Posted a 2011 seasonal best of 52-7 in the shot put at the regional meet … Claimed the LHSAA Division I Indoor state silver medal in the shot put as a junior in 2011 with a mark of 49-9 ½ … Also an all-state performer as a member of the football team at Dutchtown High School … Recognized as a Louisiana Sports Writers Association Class 5A Honorable Mention All-State performer as a punter following his senior season in 2011 … Was also a first-team District 5-5A selection and all-metro performer as a punter following the 2011 season.
PERSONAL Full name is Terry Lee Hughes … Born on April 19, 1994 … Parents are Lance and Janice Hughes … Has two younger brothers named Tyler and Trent … Father was an all-conference punter and discus thrower during his collegiate career at Southern University … Majoring in sport administration.
Johnnie Jackson Jr./Jr. – 6-2 – Cherry Hill, N.J. Cherry Hill East HS/Coffeyville CC Major: Pre-Humanities & Social Science Events: Weight Throw (66-9 ¼), Discus (174-2), Hammer (208-6)
Bayou with a time of 9:30.06 … Placed second at the Louisiana Classics (9:44.05) in Lafayette and fifth at the Jim Click Shootout (9:44.32) while also competing in the steeplechase … Ended the regular season outdoors by running 3:53.44 for fourth place in the 1,500-meter final at the LSU Invitational held at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium … Ran unattached during the indoor season after transferring to LSU from Emory University for his sophomore season … Set a personal best of 4:20.13 in his fourth-place finish in the mile at the LSU Twilight meet at the Carl Maddox Field House … Recognized for his performance in the classroom with a selection to the SEC Academic Honor Roll following the season.
PRIOR TO LSU Ran one season for Emory University as a true freshman in 2014 … Earned a sixth-place finish in the mile at the University Athletic Association Indoor Track & Field Championships in 2014 with a time of 4:23.13 … Finished in fifth place in the 1,500 meters (4:00.89) and fourth place in the steeplechase (9:36.54) at the UAA Outdoor Championships to cap his freshman season at Emory … Ran a 2014 seasonal best of 9:29.70 in the steeplechase at the Dr. Keeler Invitational … Competed for four years as a member of the cross country and track and field teams at Episcopal High School in Baton Rouge … Served as team captain during his senior season … Led Episcopal High School to its 17th-straight Class 2A state championship with his first-place performance at the state cross country meet … Earned all-state and all-metro honors while being named the All-Baton Rouge Runner of the Year during his senior season … Followed with an outstanding senior season on the track while winning state titles in the 3,200 meters and 4x800-meter relay indoors and 800 meters, 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters outdoors in 2013 … Honored as the Episcopal High School Male Athlete of the Year in 2013.
PERSONAL PRIOR TO LSU One of the top throws recruits in the junior college ranks in the Class of 2015 … A two-time national champion in the weight throw during his two-year stint at Colleyville Community College while competing at the National Junior College Athletics Association Indoor Track & Field Championships … Was first crowned a national champion in the weight throw during his freshman season in 2014 with a winning throw of 56 feet, 7 ½ inches at the national meet … Defended his NJCAA Indoor title as a sophomore in 2015 with a winning mark of 63-5 at the NJCAA Indoor Championships … Smashed the NJCAA Indoor national record in the weight throw with a career-best mark of 66-9 ¼ in claiming the event title at the NJCAA Region VI Indoor Championships in 2015 … PR of 66-9 ¼ also set new Jayhawk Conference and Colleyville Community College school records in the men’s weight throw … Threw a 2014 seasonal best of 58-10 ¾ in winning his first career NJCAA Region VI title in the weight throw … First broke the 60-foot mark in the event at the 2015 UCO Indoor Open with a winning throw of 63-0 … Followed by throwing 66-2 ½ for the win at the MSSU Lion Invitational and 64-10 ¾ for seventh place at Arkansas’ Tyson Invitational … Twice an NJCAA Outdoor Silver Medalist in the hammer throw during his time at Colleyville Community College … Placed second in 2014 with a throw of 186-8 and 2015 with a throw of 180-6 at the NJCAA Outdoor Championships … Went out as the Colleyville Community College school-record holder in the men’s hammer throw with a career-best mark of 208-6 set in winning the event crown at the Pittsburg State Gorilla Classic during his sophomore season in 2015 … Defended his NJCAA Region VI Outdoor title in the hammer throw with a winning mark of 201-0 at the regional meet in 2015 … Captured the regional hammer throw title for the first time as a freshman with a throw of 186-3 … Also a two-time NJCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier in the discus throw while competing for Colleyville Community College … Placed 19th in 2014 with a throw of 125-8 and seventh in 2015 with a throw of 148-7 at the NJCAA Outdoor Championships … Claimed the NJCAA Region VI bronze medal in the event during his sophomore season with a top mark of 157-10 … Placed fifth in the discus at the regional meet during his freshman season with a throw of 152-7 … Uncorked a personal-best throw of 174-2 to capture a second-place finish in the discus final at the 2014 Pittsburgh State Gorilla Invitational.
Born on April 12, 1994 … Parents are Mark and Georganna Johnson … Majoring in biology.
Hayden Kingfisher Fr./Fr. – 5-7 – Bossier City, La. Parkway HS Major: Biology Events: Distance PRIOR TO LSU A standout distance runner during his prep career at Parkway High School in Bossier City … Crowned the Class 5A individual state champion in cross country during his senior season in 2014 … Three times an all-state cross country runner from 2012-14 … A four-time state medalist on the track … Scored the state silver medal indoors in the 1,600 meters in 2013 and two-mile in 2014 … Won a pair of state bronze medals in the outdoor mile in 2013 and 2014 … Led his high school cross country team to three District 1-5A team titles in 2011, 2012 and 2014.
PERSONAL Full name is Hayden Cole Kingfisher … Born on May 6, 1997 … An honor student during his prep career at Parkway High School … Member of the National Honor Society … Also won Mr. Parkway High School and Homecoming King during his prep career … Was a Student Ambassador for his high school … Majoring in biology.
Garret LeBouef Jr./Sr. – 6-4 – Bourg, La. South Terrebonne HS Major: Electrical Engineering Events: Hammer (153-1), Javelin (197-11)
PERSONAL Full name is Johnnie Jackson, Jr. … Born on Sept. 19, 1994 … Parents are Johnnie O. Jackson and Niema Payton … Has two sisters, Jonessa and Georgia … Father is an IFBB Pro body builder … Majoring in pre-humanities and social science.
Christian Johnson So./Jr. – 6-4 – Baton Rouge, La. Episcopal HS/Emory Major: Biology Events: 1,500M (3:53.44), Mile (4:20.13), Steeplechase (9:20.38), 5,000M (OUT: 14:45.49) 2015 Competed primarily in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in his first season with the Tigers in 2015 … Crossed the finish line in 13th place in the steeplechase in his debut appearance at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships … Ran 9 minutes, 29.99 seconds at the SEC Championships held at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex … Also lined up in the 5,000 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships, finishing in 27th place overall with a time of 14:45.49 … Raced to a personal-best time of 9:20.38 in a runner-up finish in the steeplechase at the LSU Alumni Gold … Won the steeplechase at LSU’s Battle on the
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2015 Threw the javelin in five meets during the 2015 outdoor season … Posted a seasonal-best mark of 193 feet, 6 inches in a fourth-place finish at LSU’s Battle on the Bayou … Opened the season by throwing 183-3 in and eighth-place finish at the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette … Earned a pair of sixth-place finishes at the Jim Click Shootout with a mark of 181-10 and LSU Invitational with a mark of 184-6 in his season finale … Also threw the javelin at the LSU Alumni Gold, posting a series-best mark of 165-0 for 15th place overall.
2014 Competed in both the hammer and javelin throws during the outdoor season … Lettered for the first time in his collegiate career after throwing the javelin at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Lexington, Kentucky … Ended his season by throwing a personal best of 197-11 in a 14th-place finish in qualifying at the SEC Championships … Placed fourth in the event at the LSU Invitational with a throw of 190-10 … Finished sixth at the Battle on the Bayou (181-0), ninth at the LSU Alumni Gold (177-10) and 10th at the Jim Mize Invitational (169-5) while throwing the javelin … Threw a personal best and seasonal best of 153-1 in a ninth-place finish in the hammer at the LSU Invitational in his regular-season finale … Posted a mark of 145-4 for a seventh-place finish in the hammer throw at the Battle on the Bayou … Also threw the hammer at Louisiana Tech’s Jim Mize Invitational and the LSU Alumni Gold during the outdoor season.
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Threw the javelin during his prep career at South Terrebonne High School … Posted a personal record of 184-8 during his senior season in 2012 … Was the district runner-up in 2011 and state runner-up in 2012 with his performance … Was also a standout on the football field as a defensive end during his high school career … Earned second-team all-district honors on the gridiron in 2011 … Helped lead his high school football team to back-to-back runner-up finishes in their district in 2009 and 2010.
Outdoor Championships as he qualified for the final with a time of 13.58 (+1.5) in the preliminary round … Crowned the Penn Relays champion in the event after running 13.84 (-1.9) in the final … Won the 110-meter hurdles in four meets during the outdoor season as he also took the title in Battle on the Bayou (13.92w), Jim Click Shootout (14.04) and LSU Alumni Gold (13.67) … Finished runner-up in the event at the Louisiana Classics (14.22) and LSU Invitational (13.83) … Clocked 13.96 (+1.6) in the final for seventh place at the Texas Relays … Scored five points for the Tigers with a fourth-place finish in the final of the 60-meter hurdles while running 7.84 at the SEC Indoor Championships held at Kentucky’s Nutter Field House … Clocked 7.88 to grab the eighth and final spot into the SEC final … Also clocked 7.84 to win the 60 hurdles at the LSU Twilight … Ran a seasonal-best time of 7.80 in the qualifying round at the New Mexico Classic to become the No. 6-ranked hurdler on LSU’s all-time indoor performance list … Finished third in the final at the Razorback Invitational (7.89), fourth in the final at the Tyson Invitational (7.86) and fifth in the final at the Rod McCravy Memorial (7.94) making his debut with the Tigers.
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Full name is Garret Anthony LeBouef … Born on Dec. 23, 1993 … Parents are Gerald and Michele LeBouef … Has one younger sister, Sarah … An honor roll student during his prep career at South Terrebonne High School … Graduated as the valedictorian of his senior class … Served as class secretary of his senior class … Member of the National Honor Society and Key Club … Majoring in electrical engineering.
One of the NCAA’s leading sprint hurdlers during his redshirt freshman season at TCU in 2014 … Joined the LSU program as the reigning Big 12 Conference Champion in both the 60-meter hurdles indoors and 110-meter hurdles outdoors following his title sweep during the 2014 season … Was a USTFCCCA Second-Team All-American in both the 60 hurdles and 110 hurdles as a national semifinalist at the NCAA Championships during the 2014 season … Crowned the Big 12 Indoor Champion in the 60-meter hurdles after clocking top times of 7.89 in the preliminary round and 7.86 in the final at the conference meet in 2014 … Nearly advanced to the national final as the 11th-place finisher in the semifinal round with a time of 7.83 at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico … Clocked a personal-best time of 7.70 in a runner-up finish in the final of the 60 hurdles at the 2014 Tyson Invitational to establish TCU’s new indoor school record in the event … Clocked 7.72 in a runner-up finish at the New Mexico Team Invitational during his redshirt freshman season … Followed with an outstanding outdoor season with the Horned Frogs as he was also crowned the Big 12 Outdoor Champion and was a national semifinalist in the 110 hurdles in 2014 … Posted a career-best wind-aided time of 13.64 (+3.9) to complete his sweep of conference titles with a first-place finish in the final at the Big 12 Conference Outdoor Championships … Clocked a wind-legal 13.79 (+0.9) to win his preliminary heat at the conference meet … Followed the conference meet by setting a wind-legal personal best of 13.72 (+1.9) in a ninth-place finish overall in the quarterfinal round at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds held in Fayetteville, Arkansas … Lined up in the NCAA semifinals at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships held at Oregon’s Hayward Field … Ran 13.84 into a headwind of -1.0 meters per second for third place in his heat and 12th place overall in the NCAA semifinal … Won back-to-back titles in the 110-meter hurdles at the TCU College Invitational (13.72w) and Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational (13.96) to kick off the 2014 outdoor season … Did not compete during the 2013 indoor and outdoor seasons due to injury … Was a three-time Georgia state champion in the 110 hurdles in his prep career at Martin Luther King, Jr. High School … Ran a personal-best time of 13.43 in the junior hurdles during his senior season in 2012 to finish the year as the No. 2-ranked prep performer nationally in the 110 hurdles … Bronze medalist in the 110 hurdles at the USA Junior Nationals during his high school career … Also the bronze medalist in the 60 hurdles and qualifier for the 200-meter dash at the New Balance Indoor Nationals during his prep career … Signed a National Letter of Intent to play football at TCU as part of the Horned Frogs’ Class of 2012 … Was rated a four-star recruit and the No. 15-ranked safety prospect nationally by ESPN … Played three seasons with the Horned Frogs on the football field before transferring to LSU … Played in 34 games in three seasons at TCU, mostly on the offensive side of the ball … Saw action in 11 games on special teams as a true freshman in 2012 … Featured in all 12 games as a sophomore in 2013 … Played in 11 games as a junior in 2014, including TCU’s 42-3 victory over Ole Miss in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl … Ended his football career at TCU with 20 carries for 87 yards and one touchdown rushing and seven catches for 50 yards receiving in three seasons.
Threw the javelin in three home meets during the 2013 season … Set a seasonal best in his collegiate debut by throwing 178-3 in a ninth-place finish in the javelin at the LSU Relays … Followed with a ninth-place finish at the Battle on the Bayou while throwing a series-best of 174-10 … Placed 12th at the LSU Alumni Gold with a top throw of 168-3.
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DC Lipani So./RS-Fr. – 6-1 – Mandeville, La. St. Paul’s School Major: Kinesiology Events: Mile (4:18.17), 3,000M (IN: 8:37.67), 5,000M (IN: 15:05.24; OUT: 15:38.91) 2015 Competed for the Tigers during the 2015 indoor season … Ran the mile, 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters in his debut season indoors … Clocked a personal best of 4 minutes, 18.17 seconds in a 24th-place finish in the mile at Kentucky’s Rod McCravy Memorial … Placed fifth in the mile at the LSU Twilight with a time of 4:27.47 … Also ran the mile at the Iowa State Classic, clocking 4:23.72 for 49th place … Ran a seasonal best of 8:37.67 for 16th place in the 3,000 meters at the Razorback Invitational … Also ran the 3k at the Auburn Indoor Invitational, posting a time of 8:43.68 for 12th place … Opened the season by running a personal best of 15:05.24 for third place in the 5k at the LSU Indoor Invitational … Clocked 15:23.60 for 17th place at the Rod McCravy Memorial and 15:16.41 for 36th place at the Iowa State Classic in the 5,000 meters … Redshirted during the outdoor season … Ran an outdoor seasonal best of 15:38.91 in the 5,000 meters at the LSU Invitational while running unattached.
PRIOR TO LSU Joined the Tigers after breaking the Louisiana Class 5A state meet record in the 3,200 meters with a gold-medal-winning time of 9:20.50 at the 2014 Louisiana High School Athletics Association Class 5A State Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at LSU’s Bernie Moore Track Stadium … Was back-to-back state Class 5A champion in the 3,200 meters as a junior in 2013 and as a senior in 2014 … Helped lead St. Paul’s School to the 2013 Class 5A state cross country championship in his final cross country season at the high school level … Competed at the New Balance Nationals during his junior season.
PERSONAL Full name is Don Charles Lipani … Born on March 11, 1996 … Parents are Stephen and Lauren Lipani … Majoring in kinesiology.
Jordan Moore Jr./Jr. – 6-3 – Atlanta, Ga. Martin Luther King, Jr. HS/TCU Major: Sociology Events: 60 Hurdles (7.70), 110 Hurdles (13.47) All-SEC 2015 Enjoyed an outstanding debut season with the Tigers in 2015 … An NCAA semifinalist in the 110-meter hurdles at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Oregon’s Hayward Field … Missed qualifying for the NCAA final by one place after clocking a wind-aided time of 13.57 seconds (+2.6) to officially finish in ninth place nationally in the semifinal round … Advanced to the national semifinals after running 13.64 (+1.8) for second place in the first round of qualifying and 13.81 (-0.5) for ninth place in the quarterfinals at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Jacksonville, Florida … An All-SEC performer in his debut season with the Tigers as the SEC Outdoor Bronze Medalist in the 110 hurdles … Raced to a wind-legal personal best of 13.47 (+1.9) to claim the SEC bronze medal in the event … Became the No. 2-ranked sprint hurdler in school history with his personal best of 13.47, trailing only Barrett Nugent’s school record of 13.32 on LSU’s all-time performance list … Posted back-to-back personal bests at the SEC
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PERSONAL Full name is Jordan Alexander Moore … Born on Dec. 13, 1993 … Parents are BT and Jacqueline Moore … Has one brother, Matthew, and one sister, Genesis … Majoring in sociology.
Jonathan Pitt Jr./Jr. – 6-5 – South Brunswick Township, N.J. South Brunswick HS Major: Pre-Human Science & Education Events: Long Jump (23-3), Triple Jump (IN: 50-2 ½; OUT: 50-10w/50-8 ¼)
Tinashe Mutanga Jr./Jr. – 5-7 – Harare, Zimbabwe Eaglesvale HS/Oral Roberts Major: Pre-Humanities & Social Science Events: 100M (10.41w/10.63), 200M (IN: 21.42; OUT: 20.99)
2015 PRIOR TO LSU Transferred to LSU after competing for two seasons at Oral Roberts University in the Southland Conference … A finalist in both the 60 meters and 200 meters at the Southland Conference Indoor Championships during his freshman season in 2014 … Placed eighth in the 60-meter final in his Southland Conference debut … Clocked indoor seasonal bests of 6.83 in the 60 meters and 21.42 in the 200 meters in a runner-up finish at the 2014 Air Force Collegiate Open … Followed outdoors by scoring the Southland Conference Outdoor silver medal in the men’s 200-meter dash when he raced to a seasonal-best wind-legal time of 21.13 (+1.6) for second place in the final at the 2014 SLC Outdoor Championships held in Conway, Arkansas … Qualified for the 200-meter final with a run of 21.20 (+0.3) in the preliminary round … Arrived in the United States from his native Zimbabwe where he was named the National Junior Sportsman of the Year and the MVP at a national meet in 2010 … Won the 100-meter and 200-meter junior titles at his national championship for four-straight years from 2009-12 … Ran his career-best times of 10.41w in the 100 meters and 20.99 in the 200 meters during his time as a youth in Zimbabwe … Claimed the African Junior silver medal in the 100-meter dash during the 2011 outdoor season when he took second place in the final with a time of 10.68 (-1.5) at the African Junior Championships held that year at the University of Botswana Stadium … Clocked a wind-legal PR of 10.63 (+0.9) in the first round of qualifying and a career-best wind-aided time of 10.41 (+3.4) in the semifinal round to advance to the African Junior final … Clocked back-to-back personal bests of 21.21 (+0.4) in the first round of qualifying and 20.99 (-0.3) in the semifinal round of the 200-meter dash at the 2011 African Junior Championships … Also anchored Zimbabwe to the African Junior silver medal in the 4x100-meter relay in 2011 with a time of 41.66 in the sprint relay final … Represented Zimbabwe at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in 2010, earning a sixth-place finish in the 100-meter final.
PERSONAL Full name is Tinashe Samuel Mutanga … Born on Jan. 27, 1993 … Father is the late Sam Mutanga and mother is Rozalia Mutanga … Has three siblings, Munashe Mutanga, Vimbai Mutanga and Jean Gotora … Honored as the Business Studies Student of the Year at Eaglesvale High School during his prep career … Majoring in pre-humanities and social science.
Jonathan Nelsen So./So. – 5-11 – Mandeville, La. Mandeville HS Major: Electrical Engineering Event: Pole Vault (IN: 16-1 ¼; OUT: 15-7 ¼) 2015 Competed in 10 meets during his redshirt freshman season with the Tigers … Opened his season by clearing a lifetime personal best of 16 feet, 1 ¼ inches in a third-place finish in the pole vault at the LSU Indoor Invitational … Also earned a third-place finish in the event at the LSU Twilight with a clearance of 15-10 in his indoor season finale … Cleared 15-7 ¾ for fifth place at the LSU High Performance Meet and 15-1 to tie for seventh place at the Auburn Indoor Invitational … Also competed in the pole vault at Kentucky’s Rod McCravy Memorial and Arkansas’ Razorback Invitational during the indoor season … Followed outdoors by clearing an outdoor PR of 15-7 ¼ to tie for eighth place in the pole vault at the LSU Alumni Gold … Opened his outdoor season by taking fifth place at the Louisiana Classics with a mark of 15-1 ¾ … Ended his season by clearing 15-3 ½ for sixth place at the LSU Invitational to cap his outdoor season.
2014 Received a redshirt during his true freshman season with the Tigers in 2014.
PRIOR TO LSU Was a four-year letterwinner in track and field at Mandeville High School under the direction of coach Gerald Singer … Cleared a personal record and school record of 15-6 during his senior season in 2013 … Earned first-team all-district honors in the pole vault during his senior season.
PERSONAL Full name is Jonathan Evan Nelsen … Born on April 7, 1995 … Parents are John and Tammy Nelsen … Has an older sister named Kristen … Was an honor student during his prep career at
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An NCAA qualifier in the triple jump for the second-straight season with an appearance at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in Jacksonville, Florida … Jumped a wind-legal personal best at the NCAA East Prelims with a mark of 50 feet, 8 ¼ inches (+0.9) to finish in 16th place in the triple jump field at North Florida’s Hodges Stadium … Nearly scored for the Tigers with a 12th-place finish at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex where he jumped a wind-aided 50-6 ¼ (+3.0) … Eclipsed the 50-foot mark five times during the outdoor season … Won three triple jump titles outdoors at the Louisiana Classics (48-8 ¾), Battle on the Bayou (48-0) and Jim Click Shootout (50-4 ½) … Also jumped a wind-aided career-best of 50-10 (+2.3) for a runner-up finish at the LSU Alumni Gold … Posted a wind-legal mark of 50-5 ¼ (-0.6) in a third-place finish at the LSU Invitational in the team’s regular-season finale outdoors … Competed in just three meets during an indoor season limited by injuries … Jumped an indoor seasonal best of 50-0 ½ for second place in the triple jump at the LSU Twilight meet … Opened the season by jumping 48-6 ¼ for third place at the LSU Indoor Invitational … Also competed in the triple jump at Kentucky’s Rod McCravy Memorial during his indoor season.
2014 Competed in the triple jump at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds for the first time in his career as a freshman in 2014 … Also competed in the event at the SEC Championships during both the indoor and outdoor seasons … Scored one point for the Tigers with an eighth-place finish in the triple jump at the SEC Indoor Championships … Jumped a lifetime personal best of 50-2 ½ at the SEC Indoor meet, marking the first time in his career to eclipse the 50-foot mark in the event … Also competed in the long jump at the SEC Indoor Championships, finishing in 14th place with a jump of 21-9 … Earned a pair of second-place finishes in the triple jump at the Aggie Invitational (49-0 ¾) and LSU Twilight (49-11) during the indoor season … Also competed in the triple jump at the New Mexico Team Invitational (48-7 ½) and Tyson Invitational (48-5 ½) during the indoor season … Finished in 12th place in the triple jump at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a series-best mark of 48-10 ¼ … Jumped an outdoor personal best of 49-9 ¼ (+0.1) in a third-place finish at the LSU Invitational in his regular-season finale … Also finished in third place at Miami’s Hurricane Alumni Invitational with a mark of 48-4 ¾ (+2.6) … Placed fourth in the event at the Battle on the Bayou (47-6 ¼) and LSU Alumni Gold (47-7w) … Finished eighth in the college division at the Penn Relays with a jump of 48-10 ¼ (+1.6) … Jumped a wind-legal 23-1 ¼ (+1.6) with his only appearance in the long jump as he finished in 15th place at the SEC Outdoor Championships.
PRIOR TO LSU Emerged as one of the nation’s leading triple jump prospects during a breakout senior season indoors at South Brunswick High School in 2013 … Jumped a lifetime personal record of 49-7 ½ in the triple jump in his victory at The Varsity Classic held at The Armory Track & Field Center in New York City … Set the New Jersey indoor state high school record with his PR of 49-7 ½, breaking the previous 24-year-old indoor state record of 49-6 ½ set in 1989 by Craig Halyard of Ridgewood High School … Wrapped up the 2013 indoor season as the nation’s No. 2-ranked triple jumper at the prep level by jumping a PR of 49-7 ½ … Claimed the triple jump silver medal with a mark of 49-7 ¼ to earn All-America honors at the 2013 New Balance Indoor Nationals also held at The Armory in New York in March 2013 … Recorded a personal-best mark of 23-3 in the long jump during the 2013 indoor season in a meet held at Princeton University … Jumped 22-7 ½ in the long jump for a third-place finish at the Eastern States Championships that was also held at The Armory in New York on Feb. 25 in the 2013 indoor season … Also won the triple jump at the 2013 Eastern States Championships with a top jump of 47-10 ½ in his series … Honored as the Home News Tribune Boys Indoor Track Athlete of the Year following the 2013 indoor season … Overcame an injury-plagued senior season outdoors in 2013 to win the triple jump gold medal at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Section 4 Championships with a new outdoor PR of 49-5 … Outdoor PR of 49-5 was the No. 8-ranked performance nationally among members of the Class of 2013 during his senior season … Followed the high school season in 2013 by competing in the triple jump at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals held at North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro, North Carolina … Emerged as one of the top triple jumpers in the Class of 2013 following his junior season at South Brunswick High School as he competed in the event at the 2012 USA Track & Field Junior Olympic Championships in Baltimore, Maryland … Jumped his 2012 wind-legal seasonal best of 47-3 (+0.2) en route to a fourth-place finish in the young men’s triple jump in his first appearance at the USATF Junior Olympic Championships … Also earned a 10th-place finish in the young men’s triple jump at the 2012 AAU National Junior Olympic Championships in the final competition of his junior season … Junior season was highlighted by a win in the triple jump at the New Jersey State Interscholastic
Tigers Athletic Association Central Jersey Group IV Championships before a runner-up finish at the NJSIAA Group IV Championships … Earned the right to compete in the triple jump at the 2012 NJSIAA Meet of Championships with his silver-medal-winning finish at the NJSIAA Group IV Championships … Ended his junior season with South Brunswick High School with a 12th-place finish at the 2012 NJSIAA Meet of Champions … Has also anchored South Brunswick High School to school records in both the 4x400-meter relay and 220-meter shuttle hurdle relays during his career.
PERSONAL Full name is Jonathan Andrew Pitt II … Born on Jan. 7, 1995 … Parents are Jonathan and Patricia Pitt … Has two older sisters, Jennifer and Juliette Pitt … Majoring in pre-human science and education.
Ross Quinlan RS-Fr./RS-Fr. – 6-2 – Prairieville, La. Catholic HS Major: General Business Events: Shot Put, Discus 2015
Invitational (1:55.77) and Tyson Invitational (1:57.40) during the indoor season … Received a redshirt during the outdoor season … Ran outdoor seasonal bests of 50.28 in the 400 meters at the Battle on the Bayou and 1:55.39 in the 800 meters at the LSU Invitational while competing unattached.
PRIOR TO LSU A four-year letterwinner in track and field and cross country during his prep career at Catholic High School under the direction of head coach Pete Boudreaux … A member of seven state championship teams on the track at Catholic High School … Helped guide Catholic High School to four-straight indoor state championships from 2010-13 and three outdoor state championships in four years in 2010, 2011 and 2013 … An 800-meter specialist who set a personal best of 1:55.37 in the event … Was the indoor and outdoor state runner-up in the 800 meters during his prep career … Helped Catholic High School set the indoor state record in the 4x800-meter relay during the 2013 indoor season as a state champion in the event … Also a member of indoor and outdoor state champion 4x400-meter relay teams during his senior season in 2013 … Was a six-time indoor state champion during his prep career.
PERSONAL Full name is Matthew Patrick Rhorer … Born on Dec. 7, 1994 … Parents are Paul and Christine Rhorer … Has an older brother, Michael … Majoring in information systems and decision science (ISDS).
Did not compete for the Tigers during his true freshman season in 2015 … Received a redshirt to preserve his freshman year of eligibility.
Cameron Robichaux Jr./Jr. – 6-0 – Mandeville, La. St. Paul’s HS Major: Psychology Event: Pole Vault (IN: 16-6 ¾; OUT: 16-3 ¼)
PRIOR TO LSU A standout performer in the shot put and discus during his prep career at Catholic High School … A three-year letterwinner at Catholic High School under the direction of coaches Pete Boudreaux and Don Hood … Set the school record in the discus with a prep personal-best throw of 178 feet, 10 inches during his high school career … Back-to-back Louisiana Class 5A state champion in the discus as a junior in 2013 and as a senior in 2014 … Threw a winning 177-9 to defend his discus crown at the 2014 Louisiana High School Athletics Association Class 5A Outdoor State Track & Field Championships held at LSU’s Bernie Moore Track Stadium … Crowned the Class 5A state champion for the first time in his career in 2013 with a winning mark of 157-4 … Was the Class 5A state bronze medalist in the event as a sophomore in 2012 … Ended his prep career as the Class 5A state silver medalist in the shot put with a throw of 53-2 ¾ at the state meet in 2014 … Helped lead Catholic High School to three Class 5A state championships in his four-year prep career in 2011, 2013 and 2014.
PERSONAL Full name is Ross Matthew Quinlan … Born on July 11, 1996 … Parents are Joseph and Wendy Quinlan … Has two brothers, Kyle and Sean, and one sister, Kayla … Father and mother both attended LSU … Majoring in general business.
Matthew Rhorer Jr./So. – 5-11 – Baton Rouge, La. Catholic HS Major: Information Systems & Decision Science Events: 400M (IN: 51.03; OUT: 50.16), 800M (IN: 1:52.93; OUT: 1:51.41) 2015 A standout 800-meter runner in his second season with the Tigers in 2015 … Smashed his personal bests during both the indoor and outdoor seasons … Raced to an indoor personal record of 1 minute, 52.93 seconds in an eighth-place finish at the Razorback Invitational … Ended the indoor season with a third-place finish in the 800 meters at the LSU Twilight (1:56.53) … Placed fourth in the event at both the LSU Indoor Invitational (1:57.56) and LSU High Performance Meet (1:54.14) during the indoor season … Also ran the 800 meters indoors at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (1:58.12) and Rod McCravy Memorial (1:55.02) … Ran the 400-meter leg on LSU’s winning distance medley relay team at the Auburn Indoor Invitational where the Tigers ran 10:28.07 … Opened the outdoor season by running 1:53.26 for fourth place in the 800 meters at the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette … Followed by running back-to-back lifetime PRs of 1:52.19 for a second-place finish in the B section at the LSU Alumni Gold and 1:51.41 for an 11th-place finish at the LSU Invitational … Also anchored the Tigers to victory in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:12.23 at the LSU Invitational in the team’s regular-season finale … Also anchored the Tigers to a win in the mile relay at the Louisiana Classics with a time of 3:17.53.
2014 An 800-meter specialist during his true freshman season indoors with the Tigers in 2014 … Clocked a lifetime personal best of 1:53.91 in a fifth-place finish in the 800 meters at the Texas A&M Triangular … Ran a banked-track converted time of 1:53.94 in a runner-up finish at the LSU Twilight … Placed 26th in 800-meter qualifying in his debut at the SEC Indoor Championships, clocking 1:55.60 in the preliminary round … Split 49.73 seconds on the 400-meter leg of LSU’s distance medley relay team that took 10th place at the SEC Indoor Championships with a time of 9:54.00 … Also ran the 800 meters at the Aggie Invitational (1:54.74), Auburn Indoor
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2015 Nearly scored for the Tigers at the 2015 SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships where he tied for ninth place in the men’s pole vault competition … Cleared the bar at 16 feet, 1 ¾ inches to tie for ninth place at the conference meet … Cleared an outdoor seasonal best of 16-3 ¼ in a runner-up finish at the LSU Invitational in the team’s regular-season finale … Opened his outdoor season by clearing 16-1 ¾ for second place at the Louisiana Classics meet in Lafayette … Also competed in the pole vault outdoors at the Battle on the Bayou and LSU Alumni Gold … Wrapped up his indoor season by clearing a seasonal-best height of 16-4 for second place at the LSU Twilight meet … Also cleared 16 feet at the Razorback Invitational where he jumped 16-0 ¾ to tie for sixth place overall … Cleared 15-7 ¼ for fifth place in his indoor season opener at the LSU Indoor Invitational … Followed by clearing 15-7 for sixth place at the Auburn Indoor Invitational … Followed by clearing 15-7 ¾ for 14th place at Kentucky’s Rod McCravy Memorial meet … Also vaulted at the LSU High Performance Meet during the indoor season.
2014 Competed in the pole vault at the SEC Championships during both the indoor and outdoor seasons during his true freshman season in 2014 … Cleared a lifetime personal record of 16-6 ¾ in a ninth-place finish at the New Mexico Team Invitational during the indoor season … Earned an indoor seasonal-best finish of third place at the LSU Twilight with a clearance of 15-8 ¼ … Also competed in the pole vault at the Tyson Invitational (15-11 ¼), Aggie Invitational (15-10), Auburn Indoor Invitational (15-7) and Texas A&M Triangular (15-5 ¾) during the indoor season … Cleared 16 feet three times during the outdoor season … Set an outdoor personal best with a mark of 16-3 ¼ to tie for fourth place at the LSU Alumni Gold … Cleared 16-0 ¾ to finish in third place at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational and to tie for 12th place in the B section at the Texas Relays … Also competed outdoors at the Battle on the Bayou (15-8 ¼), Penn Relays (15-7) and LSU Invitational (15-6 ¼) to wrap up a debut season at LSU.
PRIOR TO LSU One of Louisiana’s elite pole vaulters in the Class of 2013 … Crowned the Louisiana Class 5A state champion for the first time in his prep career at St. Paul’s High School with a winning clearance of 15-6 at the 2013 Louisiana High School Athletics Association Class 5A Outdoor State Track & Field Championships … Won the Region 2-5A crown in 2013 with a matching clearance of 15-6 at the regional meet … Cleared an indoor PR of 15-6 in a third-place finish at the LSU High School Qualifier during his senior season in 2013 … Opened the 2013 indoor season with an appearance at the prestigious National Pole Vault Summit held in Reno, Nevada … Cleared a season-opening height of 15-4 to tie for ninth place in the high school first division at the 2013 National Pole Vault Summit … Followed the high school season by competing at the 2013 New Balance Outdoor Nationals held at North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro, North Carolina … Cleared a lifetime personal record of 16-0 at a meet hosted by the Mardi Gras Track Club during the summer of 2012 … Competed with Team New Orleans at the 2012 North American Pole Vault Association Championship, placing third in the event with a clearance of 15-6 while helping New Orleans win the team title … Captured the Class 5A silver medal with a runner-up finish in the pole vault at the 2012 LHSAA Class 5A Outdoor State Championships … Won a bronze medal at the 2012 LHSAA Division II Indoor State Championships to wrap up his junior season indoors at LSU’s Carl Maddox Field House … Crowned the Region 2-5A pole vault champion at the regional meet in 2012 en route to a berth at the state meet during the outdoor
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season … Set a 2012 seasonal-best of 15-5 in a seventh-place finish at the Texas Relays … Won pole vault titles at the Mandeville Skipper Relays (15-0), Christian Brothers Relays (15-1) and Covington Allie Smith Classic (15-2) as a junior in 2012 … Wrapped up his junior season in 2012 with a fifth-place finish in his age group at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals … Proved himself as an emerging talent with his silver-medal-winning runner-up finishes at the District 7-5A and Region 2-5A meets as a sophomore in 2011.
meters and 5,000 meters during his career at C.E. Byrd High School … Clocked personal-best times of 9:42 in the 3,200 meters and 16:19 in the 5,000 meters during his high school career.
PERSONAL Full name is Daniel David Tanner … Born on Jan. 16, 1996 … Parents are David and Mary Tanner … Was an honor student during his prep career at C.E. Byrd High School … Was an AP Scholar and a member of the National Honor Society in high school … Majoring in petroleum engineering.
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Full name is Cameron Dain Robichaux … Born on May 9, 1995 … Parents are Craig and Leanne Robichaux … Has two older brothers, Jared and Spencer … An honor student at St. Paul’s High School while maintaining a 3.97 grade-point average in his prep career … A member of the National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta … Majoring in psychology.
So./RS-Fr. – 6-0 – Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge Magnet HS Major: Mass Communication Events: 400M (IN: 51.56), 800M (OUT: 1:52.29)
Austin Santacruz Fr./Fr. – 5-11 – Winnetka, Ill. New Trier Township HS Major: Biology Events: Distance PRIOR TO LSU A three-year letterwinner in cross country and two-year letterwinner in track and field at New Trier Township High School … Coached in high school by Dave Wisner … A two-time all-conference and all-regional runner in 2013 and 2014 … Helped his high school team win three-straight conference, regional and sectional championships as a sophomore, junior and senior … Set high school personal bests of 4:29 in the mile, 9:28 in the two-mile and 15:05 in the three-mile.
2015 Competed in four indoor meets in his debut season with the Tigers … Opened his collegiate career by running the 800 meters at the LSU Indoor Invitational … Set an indoor personal best of 51.56 seconds in a third-place finish in the 400 meters at the LSU Twilight … Also ran the 400 meters indoors at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (52.77) and LSU High Performance Meet (52.16) … Received a redshirt while competing unattached during the outdoor season … Ended the season by running a lifetime best of 1:52.29 in a 14th-place finish in the 800 meters at the LSU Invitational in the team’s regular-season finale.
PRIOR TO LSU A standout middle distance runner during his prep career at Baton Rouge Magnet High School … Clocked a PR of 1:55.9 while in high school … Member of the bronze-medal-winning 4x800-meter relay team at the Louisiana state meet during his junior season in 2013.
PERSONAL Full name is Austin Joseph Santacruz … Born on Aug. 24, 1996 … Parents are Steve and Karen Santacruz … Has one younger brother, Dylan … Majoring in biology.
Bryan Stamey RS-Fr./RS-Fr. – 5-10 – Baton Rouge, La. Episcopal HS Major: Electrical Engineering Events: 800M (IN: 2:02.09), 1,500M (4:11.47), Mile (4:19.67)
PERSONAL Full name is Marcus Eric Tiner … Born on March 19, 1995 … Parents are Loston and Renee Tiner … Has three younger siblings, Loston, Jr., Evaoni and Bethany … An honor roll student during his prep career at Baton Rouge Magnet High School … Also a member of Beta Club and the Louisiana Youth Orchestra in high school … Majoring in mass communication with a concentration in public relations.
Morgan Wells Jr./Jr. – 5-6 – Shreveport, La. Captain Shreve HS/McNeese State Major: Interdisciplinary Studies Events: 60M (7.26), 200M (IN: 22.90; OUT: 23.11), 400M (IN: 51.31; OUT: 50.71), 400H (54.48)
2015 Received a redshirt in his debut season with the Tigers in 2015 … Competed unattached during the indoor and outdoor seasons … Ran indoor personal bests of 2:02.09 in a 15th-place finish in the 800 meters and 4:19.67 in a sixth-place finish in the mile at the LSU High Performance Meet … Followed outdoors by running an outdoor PR of 4:11.47 in a 13th-place finish in the 1,500 meters at the LSU Invitational in the team’s regular-season finale.
PRIOR TO LSU A three-time state champion runner and Class 2A all-state performer during his prep career at Episcopal High School … Set school records in both the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters during his senior season in 2014 … Helped lead Episcopal High School to four-straight Class 2A state cross country championships during his prep career.
2015 Primarily a 400-meter hurdler during his junior season with the Tigers in 2015 … Opened the outdoor season by running a seasonal-best time of 54.97 seconds for third place in the 400-meter hurdles at the Louisiana Classics meet in Lafayette … Placed fifth in the event at the Jim Click Shootout (55.19) and LSU Invitational (55.00) … Also finished in sixth place at the Battle on the Bayou with a time of 55.75 and 13th place in the B section at the LSU Alumni Gold with a time of 55.22 … Ran an indoor personal best of 22.90 in a ninth-place finish in the 200 meters at the LSU Twilight meet … Also ran a seasonal-best time of 51.65 in a ninth-place finish in the 400 meters at the LSU High Performance Meet.
PERSONAL Full name is Bryan Taylor Stamey … Born on May 10, 1996 … Parents are Robert Stamey and LaVonne Martin … Both parents attended LSU … Has a younger sister, Alicia Stamey … An honor student during his prep career at Episcopal High School … Was a member of the National Honor Society during his high school tenure … Majoring in electrical engineering.
Daniel Tanner RS-Fr./RS-Fr. – 5-10 – Shreveport, La. C.E. Byrd HS Major: Petroleum Engineering Events: 3,000M (IN: 8:57.78), 5,000M (IN: 15:42.96; OUT: 16:04.91), 10,000M (34:45.69) 2015 Received a redshirt in his debut season with the Tigers in 2015 … Competed unattached during the indoor and outdoor seasons … Posted indoor personal bests of 8:57.78 in a fourth-place finish in the 3,000 meters at the LSU High Performance Meet and 15:42.96 in a sixth-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the LSU Indoor Invitational … Followed by running outdoor personal bests of 16:04.91 in a ninth-place finish in the 5k at the LSU Alumni Gold and 34:45.69 in a fifth-place finish in the 10k at the Battle on the Bayou.
PRIOR TO LSU A product of C.E. Byrd High School in Shreveport, Louisiana … Set school records in both the 3,200
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PRIOR TO LSU Transferred to LSU following two seasons at McNeese State University in 2012 and 2013 … Redshirted in his first season at LSU in 2014 … A finalist in the 400-meter hurdles and both the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays with McNeese State at the Southland Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships during his sophomore season in 2013 … Earned a seventh-place finish in the final of the 400 hurdles at the Southland Conference Championships while running a time of 54.88 … Ran on McNeese State’s foursome that took home a fourth-place finish in the conference final of the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 41.77 at the 2013 Southland Conference Championships … Helped the Cowboys sweep fourth-place finishes in the relays while running on the team that clocked 3 minutes, 15.12 seconds at the conference meet … Clocked a personal best of 54.48 in a ninth-place finish in the 400 hurdles at the 2013 Bobcat Classic held at Texas State University … Also set personal records of 7.26 in the 60 meters, 23.02 indoors and 23.11 outdoors in the 200 meters, and 51.31 indoors and 50.71 outdoors in the 400 meters during his career at McNeese State.
PERSONAL Full name is Morgan David Wells … Born on Dec. 19, 1992 … Mother is Miranda Wells … Has one brother, Brandon Wilson … An honor student during his high school and collegiate careers … A Distinguished Scholar and academic honor roll member during his prep career at Captain Shreve High School … A member of the academic honor roll in his two-year stint at McNeese State University … Member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity … Has also been an active member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes … Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
Tigers Jack Wilkes So./So. – 6-0 – Bossier City, La. Airline HS Major: Pre-Humanities & Social Science Events: 800M (IN: 1:50.86; OUT: 1:50.66), 1,500M (3:54.50), Mile (4:14.73) 2015 One of the team’s leading middle distance runners in his debut season with the Tigers in 2015 … Made his SEC Championships debut during the indoor season while running the 800 meters and distance medley relay at Kentucky’s Nutter Field House … Finished in 13th place in 800-meter qualifying with a time of 1 minute, 50.98 seconds at the SEC Indoor Championships … Ran the 800-meter leg for the Tigers running a seasonal-best time of 9:47.84 in a fourth-place finish in the distance medley relay at the SEC Indoor Championships … Time of 9:47.84 was the fifth-fastest DMR in school history … Anchored the Tigers winning DMR at the LSU Indoor Invitational with a time of 10:28.07 … Ran an indoor personal best of 1:50.86 to win the 800 meters at the Razorback Invitational … Won the 800 meters in his collegiate debut at the LSU Indoor Invitational with a season-opening time of 1:52.29 … Also ran the 800 meters at the LSU High Performance Meet (1:52.70) during the indoor season … Won the mile at the LSU Twilight with a time of 4:16.57 … Ran a personal best of 4:14.73 in the mile for 17th place at the Auburn Indoor Invitational … Also ran the mile at the Rod McCravy Memorial (4:14.89) … Made his SEC Outdoor Championships debut at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex where he finished in 23rd place in the 800 meters (1:51.89) and 24th place in the 1,500 meters (4:02.78) … Finished runner-up in the 1,500 meters at the Battle on the Bayou with a personalbest time of 3:54.50 … Raced to a lifetime PR of 1:50.66 in a seventh-place finish in the 800 meters at the LSU Alumni Gold … Placed third at the Louisiana Classics (1:51.62) and fourth at the Jim Click Shootout (1:50.80) … Also ran the 800 meters at the LSU Invitational where he clocked 1:52.15 for 12th place in the team’s regular-season finale … Ran the second leg on LSU’s winning 4x400-meter relay at the LSU Invitational with a time of 3:12.23 … Recognized for his performance in the classroom with a selection to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
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PRIOR TO LSU The top-ranked 800-meter prospect in the state of Louisiana in the Class of 2014 … Raced to a personal best of 1:52.15 in a runner-up finish in the invitational 800 meters at the 2014 Mobile Challenge of Champions to highlight his senior season ... Ranked among the nation’s Top 30 high school 800-meter runners for the 2014 outdoor season … A three-time Louisiana state champion in the 800 meters during his prep career at Shreveport’s Airline High School … Wrapped up his high school career as the Class 5A state champion in the 800 meters after running a winning time of 1:55.01 in the final at the 2014 Louisiana High School Athletics Association Class 5A Outdoor State Track & Field Championships … Swept state titles in the 800 meters during his senior season as he also claimed the Division I indoor crown with a winning time of 1:56.13 at the 2014 LHSAA Division I Indoor State Championships … Won back-to-back indoor state championships in the event as he claimed the Division I title for the first time as a junior in 2013 with a winning run of 1:57.37 … Placed fifth in the Class 5A state final in the 800 meters during his junior season outdoors in 2013 … Captured the Class 5A state silver medal in the 800 meters with a time of 1:54.64 and earned a fifth-place finish in the state final of the 1,600 meters as a sophomore during the 2012 LHSAA Outdoor State Championships … Scored the Class 5A state bronze medal in the 1,600 meters as a junior in 2013 … Set his 1,600-meter personal best of 4:18.98 in a sixth-place finish in the high school event at the 2014 Texas Relays early in his senior season … Also a standout cross country runner during his prep career at Airline High School … Took home 12th place with a time of 16:14.99 running the three-mile course at the 2013 LHSAA Class 5A State Cross Country Championships during his senior season … Cracked the Top 20 at the 2012 LHSAA Class 5A State Cross Country Championships by running 16:06.17 for three miles to end the meet in 20th place overall.
PERSONAL Full name is Jack William Wilkes … Born on June 11, 1995 … Parents are Gregg and Peggy Wilkes … Has an older brother, David, and a younger sister, Ellie … Father graduated from LSU Law School in 1990 … An honor student during his prep career at Airline High School … Served as the vice president of his school’s chapter of the National Honor Society … Also recognized as an academic all-state performer by the Louisiana High School Athletics Association … Majoring in pre-humanities and social science.
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Lady Tiger All-Americans Mikiah Brisco So./So. – 5-5 – Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge Magnet HS Major: Business Administration Events: 60M (7.23), 60H (8.42), 100M (11.24w/11.31), 100H (13.87), 200M (23.85w)
2-time All-American All-SEC 2015 Pan Am Junior Champion (4x100 Relay) 2015 Emerged as one of the top young sprint talents in the NCAA in her debut season with the Lady Tigers in 2015 … A two-time All-American and All-SEC performer as a freshman while running the 60 meters indoors and 100 meters and 4x100-meter relay outdoors … Earned her first career All-America honor with a fifth-place finish in the 60-meter final at the 2015 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships held at Arkansas’ Randal Tyson Track Center … Followed a qualifying time of 7.23 seconds for a personal best in the semifinal round with a run of 7.25 in the national final for a fifth-place finish in the 60-meter dash … Scored four points for the Lady Tigers while advancing to her first career NCAA final … Tied as the No. 9-ranked 60-meter sprinter in school history with a personal best of 7.23 at the NCAA Championships … Qualified as the No. 15 seed into the NCAA Championships after running a previous PR of 7.30 in a runner-up finish at the LSU Twilight … Also clocked 7.30 in her collegiate debut in the event to win the 60-meter title at the Auburn Indoor Invitational … Ran 7.34 in her first 60-meter race at the collegiate level in the preliminary round at the Auburn Indoor Invitational … Placed 10th in 60-meter qualifying at the SEC Indoor Championships with a time of 7.35 in the semifinal round … Earned a fourth-place finish at the New Mexico Classic with an altitude-adjusted time of 7.33 … Placed fifth in the event at the Razorback Invitational (7.37) … Also earned a pair of seventh-place finishes in the 60-meter final at the Rod McCravy Memorial (7.33) and Tyson Invitational (7.36) during the indoor season … Won the 60-meter hurdles in her first meet as a Lady Tiger at the LSU Indoor Invitational after clocking 8.46 in the final … Set a personal best of 8.42 in the semifinal round of the 60 hurdles at the Razorback Invitational before finishing in seventh place in the final … Followed with an All-American outdoor season as the anchor leg for LSU’s 4x100-meter relay team … Anchored the Lady Tigers to a fifth-place finish with a run of 43.69 in the national final at the NCAA Outdoor Championships held at Oregon’s Hayward Field … Anchored the team to a runner-up finish at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in Jacksonville, Florida, with a time of 43.14 and a fourth-place finish in the national semifinal at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 43.32 en route to the national final … Earned her first career All-SEC honor by anchoring the Lady Tigers to a bronze-medal-winning third-place finish with a seasonalbest time of 42.80 at the SEC Outdoor Championships held at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex … Led off LSU’s 4x100-meter relay team that won the event at the Louisiana Classics with a time of 44.63 in its season opener … Also won back-toback 4x100-meter relay titles as the anchor leg at the Jim Click Shootout (43.23) and LSU Alumni Gold (43.88) … An NCAA Championships semifinalist in the 100-meter dash
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in her debut season with the Lady Tigers … Placed 11th nationally in the semifinal round after running a career-best wind-aided time of 11.24 (+3.0) to miss a spot in the final by three places … Advanced to the national semifinals in the event for the first time in her career by clocking 11.44 (-0.2) in the first round and 11.45 (+1.4) in the quarterfinal round at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Nearly medaled at the SEC Championships with a fourth-place finish in the 100-meter final with a wind-legal run of 11.36 (+0.9) … Clocked her wind-legal personal best of 11.31 (+1.2) for fifth place overall in the semifinal round at the SEC Championships to advance to her first career conference final … Won the 100-meter title at LSU’s Battle on the Bayou (11.47) … Finished runner-up at both the Jim Click Shootout (11.48w) and LSU Invitational (11.47) … Also earned a third-place finish in the 100-meter final at the LSU Alumni Gold with a time of 11.49 (+0.1) … Followed the collegiate season by winning a gold medal with Team USA’s 4x100-meter relay team at the 2015 Pan American Junior Championships in Edmonton, Ontario, Canada … Earned her spot in Team USA’s sprint relay pool with a fifth-place finish in the 100-meter final at the USA Junior Championships … Honored for her academic efforts with All-Academic honors by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association and a selection to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll. PRIOR TO LSU One of the most decorated track and field athletes in the history of Louisiana high school athletics … Signed with the Lady Tigers with personal bests of 7.26 in the 60 meters, 11.55 in the 100 meters, 23.85w in the 200 meters, 8.45 in the 60 hurdles and 13.87 in the 100 hurdles … Capped a record-breaking senior season indoors in 2014 by being crowned the New Balance Indoor Nationals Champion in the 60-meter dash after running a meet record and prep personal best of 7.26 in the national final held at The Armory Track & Field Center in New York … Brisco broke the 15-year-old New Balance Indoor Nationals meet record of 7.29 previously set by Alexis Joyce in 1999 … Also tied the 8-year-old high school record at The Armory of 7.26 previously set by U.S. Olympian Bianca Knight in 2006 … Ended the 2014 indoor season as the No. 1-ranked high school sprinter in the United States in the 60-meter dash with her performance … Crowned a USA Track & Field Junior Olympics Champion in the 4x100-meter relay as the third leg for New Era Track Club’s winning team at the 2014 USATF National Junior Olympics in Humble, Texas … Also the fourth-place finisher in the 100-meter hurdles final at the USATF National Junior Olympics in her final prep season … Honored as a member of the American Family Insurance All-USA Girls Track & Field Team and the Gatorade Louisiana Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year following her junior season in 2013 … Stepped onto the international stage during the summer of 2013 while representing the United States at the IAAF World Youth Championships held in Donetsk, Ukraine … Brought home the IAAF World Youth bronze medal as the third-place finisher in the 100-meter hurdles while running a blistering 13.29 (+0.0) over the youth hurdles at 76.2 centimeters … Advanced to the World Youth final after running 13.73 (-0.8) in qualifying and 13.47 (+0.1) in the semifinal round … The catalyst in Baton Rouge Magnet High School winning six team state championships in four seasons during her prep career from 2011-14 … Helped guide the team to Division I indoor state championships in 2011, 2012 and 2014 and Class 5A outdoor state championships in 2011, 2012 and 2013 … Was a 26-time state champion in her events between the indoor and outdoor seasons while competing for Baton Rouge Magnet High School … Raced to personal bests of 7.31 in the 60-meter dash and 8.45 in the 60-meter hurdles in sweeping Division I state titles at the 2014 LHSAA Indoor State Championships to highlight her senior season indoors … Winning times ranked No. 1 nationally in the 60 meters and No. 7 nationally in the 60 hurdles among all classifications for the 2014 indoor season … They also set high school facility records at LSU’s Carl Maddox Field House … Brisco later dropped her PR in the 60 meters with her winning time of 7.26 at the 2014 New Balance Indoor Nationals … Swept Class 5A state titles with personal bests in the 100 meters (11.55), 200 meters (23.85w) and 100 hurdles (13.87) en route to receiving Most Outstanding Performer of the Meet honors at the 2013 LHSAA Outdoor State Track & Field Championships held at LSU’s Bernie Moore Track Stadium … Winning time of 11.55 (+1.2) was the No. 10-ranked time nationally among all classifications and the No. 3-ranked time in the Class of 2014 during the 2013 outdoor season … Winning time of 13.87 in the state final of the 100 hurdles set a new Class 5A state record in the state of Louisiana and ranked No. 11 nationally among hurdlers in the Class of 2014 … In all, swept Class 5A state championships in the 100 meters, 200 meters, 100 hurdles and 4x100-meter relay in four-straight years from 2011-14 … Won Division I indoor state titles in the 55 meters and 4x200 relay in 2011; the 55 meters, 55 hurdles, long jump and 4x200 relay in 2012; the 55 meters in 2013; and the 60 meters, 60 hurdles and long jump in 2014 … Earned her spot on Team USA for the 2013 IAAF World Youth Championships by finishing runner-up in the final of the 100 hurdles at the USA Track & Field World Youth Trials held in Edwardsville, Illinois … Won the bronze medal in the 100 meters and finished in eighth place in the 200 meters in the intermediate girls division at the 2012 USATF National Junior Olympics … Also placed fifth in the 200 meters and eighth in the 100 meters in the intermediate girls division at the 2011 USATF National Junior Olympics … Placed fifth in the 100 meters and ninth in the 100 hurdles in the young women’s division at the 2013 USATF National Junior Olympics … Invited to race in the girls 100-meter dash at the 2013 adidas
Lady Tiger All-Americans Grand Prix held at Icahn Stadium in New York, where she finished in ninth place … Named to the All-Louisiana high school track and field team by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association in 2011, 2012 and 2013. PERSONAL Full name is Mikiah Janee Brisco … Born on July 14, 1996 … Parents are Leroy and Pennie Brisco … Has an older sister, Dominique, who is on the track and field team at the University of Houston … An honor student who was a member of BETA Club and the National Honor Society during her time at Baton Rouge Magnet High School … Majoring in business administration.
Chanice Chase Sr./Sr. – 5-8 – Ajax, Ontario, Canada Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School Major: Sport Administration Events: 400M (IN: 54.37; OUT: 53.52), 60H (8.33), 100H (12.95), 400H (56.27)
2-time All-American All-SEC 2015 One of the NCAA’s leading dual hurdlers once again during her junior season in 2015 … An NCAA finalist in the 100-meter hurdles for the first time in her collegiate career … Broke 13 seconds in the event for the first time with a personal-best time of 12.95 (+1.7) for a sixth-place finish in the final at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Oregon’s Hayward Field … An All-American in the 100-meter hurdles for the first time as a Lady Tiger … Tied as the No. 9-ranked Lady Tiger in program history in the 100 hurdles with her personal-record run of 12.95 … Advanced to the national final in the 100 hurdles after running a wind-aided 13.04 (+3.3) for seventh place overall in the semifinal round … Also an NCAA semifinalist in the 400-meter hurdles once again … Finished in 14th place overall in the national semifinals of the 400 hurdles with a run of 57.86 at Hayward Field … Anchored the Lady Tigers to a ninth-place finish nationally in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3 minutes, 34.78 seconds in the NCAA semifinal … Just missed advancing to the national final in the 4x400 relay by one place … Anchored the Lady Tigers to their seasonal-best time of 3:30.74 for a sixth-place finish at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds to advance to the national semifinals in Eugene … Placed 11th in the 100 hurdles (13.21) and 10th in the 400 hurdles (57.51) at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds to advance to the national semifinals in both hurdle events … Earned a pair of fourth-place finishes in the hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Championships held at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex … Clocked her previous wind-legal personal best of 13.05 (+1.8) in the final of the 100 hurdles and her seasonal best of 57.01 in the final of the 400 hurdles in a pair of fourth-place finishes at the SEC Championships … An All-SEC performer in the 4x400-meter relay as she anchored the Lady Tigers to a bronze-medalwinning third-place finish at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a time of 3:33.92 … Helped the Lady Tigers win the 4x400 relay at the LSU Alumni Gold with a time of 3:35.41 … Also ran on mile relay teams that finished runner-up at the Battle on the Bayou (3:41.94), Jim Click Shootout (3:32.97 and college division at the Penn Relays (3:35.41) during the outdoor season … Won the 400-meter hurdles at the LSU Invitational with a time of 57.09 … Also finished runner-up at the Jim Click Shootout (57.13) and LSU Alumni Gold (58.10) and fourth at the Texas Relays (58.00) … Opened her outdoor season by taking second place in the 100-meter hurdles at the Louisiana Classics with a run of 13.48 (-2.4) … Placed third in the event at the Battle on the Bayou (13.79w) … Placed fifth at the Jim Click Shootout (13.42) and LSU Alumni Gold (13.18w) … Was the sixth-place finisher in the sprint hurdle final at the Penn Relays with a time of 13.54 (+0.5) … Competed mostly in the 4x400-meter relay during the indoor season … Helped the Lady Tigers score four points with a fifth-place finish in the 4x400 relay at the SEC Indoor Championships with a run of 3:39.09 at Kentucky’s Nutter Field House … Did not finish the 400 meters at the SEC Indoor Championships … Anchored the Lady Tigers to victory in the mile relay at the Auburn Indoor Invitational with a time of 3:43.41 … Ran a seasonal-best time of 55.57 in a 24th-place finish in the 400-meter dash at the Tyson Invitational.
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and quarterfinal round (56.40) of qualifying at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Jacksonville, Florida, en route to the national final … Was also an NCAA semifinalist in the 100-meter hurdles for the first time in her collegiate career … Finished in 24th place overall in the NCAA semifinals with a run of 13.84 (-1.6) … Clocked a wind-legal personal best of 13.20 (+1.6) in the first round of qualifying before running 13.27 (+0.6) in the quarterfinals to advance from the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in 11th place in the event … Split a career-best 51.16 while running the anchor leg for the Lady Tigers in the NCAA quarterfinals of the 4x400-meter relay … The team missed out on the semifinals with a time of 3:35.79 for 15th place at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Clocked her personal record of 56.27 in the final of the 400-meter hurdles in a fifth-place finish at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Moved into the No. 6 spot on LSU’s all-time outdoor performance list with her personal best of 56.27 … Qualified for the conference final with a run of 58.07 in the preliminary round … Also scored one point with an eighth-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Championships, clocking 13.37 (+2.0) in the prelims and 13.77 (-0.4) in the final … Anchored the Lady Tigers to a seventh-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a time of 3:37.59 … Also anchored the Lady Tigers to their seasonal-best time of 3:35.59 in a runner-up finish in the college 4x400-meter relay at the Penn Relays … Won two titles in the 400 hurdles during the 2014 outdoor season at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational (57.31) and LSU Invitational (57.23) … Placed third in the event at the Texas Relays with a time of 57.67 … Finished runner-up in the 400-meter dash at the Battle on the Bayou with a run of 53.95 in her only 400-meter race of the outdoor season … Anchored the Lady Tigers with a 53.73-second last leg in a 10th-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay at the NCAA Indoor Championships held in Albuquerque, New Mexico … Competed primarily in the 60-meter hurdles during the indoor season … Finished in 10th place in qualifying at the SEC Indoor Championships with a time of 8.43 … Also finished in 14th place in the qualifying round of the 400 meters at the SEC Indoor Championships with an indoor personal best of 54.37 … Split 54.16 on the anchor leg of LSU’s mile relay team that placed fifth at the SEC Indoor Championships … Ran a personal best of 8.33 in a fourth-place finish in the 60 hurdles at the LSU Twilight … Also ran the 60 hurdles at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (8.45) , New Mexico Team Invitational (8.52), Aggie Invitational (8.71) and Tyson Invitational (8.41) during the indoor season … Ran an indoor seasonal best of 24.42 for fourth place in the 200 meters at the New Mexico Team Invitational … Anchored the Lady Tigers to an indoor seasonal best of 3:34.89 in their sixth-place finish in the 4x400 relay at the Tyson Invitational … Followed the collegiate season by running the 400-meter hurdles for Canada at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, Scotland … Was Canada’s No. 1-ranked 400-meter hurdler during the 2014 outdoor season. 2013 Qualified to run both the 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds for the first time in her collegiate career … An NCAA quarterfinalist in the 400 hurdles after running 58.97 for 18th place in the opening round in the meet held in Greensboro, North Carolina … Finished in 24th place overall in the national quarterfinals at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds with a time of 1:03.19 … Came up short of advancement in the first round of the 100 hurdles after running a wind-aided 13.93 for 44th place over at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Scored one point for the Lady Tigers with an eighth-place finish in the final of the 100-meter hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Clocked 14.03 for eighth place in the SEC final after running her fastest time of the year under all conditions with a windy 13.39 (+3.2) in the preliminary
2014 Emerged as one of the NCAA leading performers in the 400-meter hurdles while earning All-America honors in the event for the first time in her collegiate career … Scored four points for the Lady Tigers with a fifth-place finish in the final of the 400 hurdles after running 56.51 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships held at Oregon’s Hayward Field … Advanced to the national final with a qualifying run of 57.14 for sixth place in the semifinal round at the NCAA Championships … Fourth place overall in both the first round (56.93)
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round … Took 12th place in the qualifying round of the 400 hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a qualifying time of 1:00.33 … Ran a wind-legal PR of 13.60 in the 100 hurdles in a fifth-place finish at UCLA’s Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational … Also ran a wind-legal 13.67 for ninth place at the LSU Alumni Gold … Placed sixth at the Battle on the Bayou (13.86), 15th at the Penn Relays (13.97) and 29th at the Texas Relays (13.91) … Raced to a PR of 58.72 for fourth place in the 400 hurdles at the LSU Alumni Gold … Broke one minute for the first time in her collegiate career at the Battle on the Bayou, running 59.71 for fifth place in the final of the 400-meter hurdles … Opened the outdoor season by running her fastest 400 meters of the year at 55.41 for second place at the Louisiana Classics … Competed in the 60-meter hurdles and 400-meter dash during the indoor season … Placed 31st in the 400 meters at the SEC Indoor Championship with a run of 57.23 in the preliminary round … Ran a personal best of 8.77 in the 60 hurdles to take sixth during the Texas A&M Triangular meet. 2012 Competed in one meet in her rookie season with the Lady Tigers in 2012 … Ran the second leg on one of LSU’s 4x200-meter relay teams that took third place at the LSU Relays … Teamed with Toshika Sylvester, Montenae Roye-Speight and Kendra White to run 1:38.23 for third place in the race … Also ran the 400-meter leg on the distance medley relay that took third place at the LSU Relays in 12:27.97 … Was only able to compete in one meet outdoors after suffering a season-ending injury … Did not compete during the indoor season. PRIOR TO LSU Emerged as one of Canada’s top up-and-coming sprint talents with her performance during the 2010 season … Honored with the Myrtle Cook Trophy by Athletics Canada in 2010, recognizing Canada’s Youth Athlete of the Year in the sport of track and field … Captured her country’s silver medal in the 400-meter dash with a personal record of 53.52 at the 2010 Canadian Junior Track & Field Championships … Earned the right to represent Canada in the 400 meters at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics held in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada … Clocked 53.72 in the 400-meter semifinal en route to a ninth-place finish overall at the World Junior Championships … Advanced to the World Junior semifinals after running a qualifying time of 53.61 in the heats … Also anchored Canada to a fifth-place finish in 4x400-meter relay at the World Junior Championships as she led the team to a time of 3:35.08 in the final … Followed her performance at the World Junior Championships with a bronze-medal winning performance in the 400 meters at the 2010 Canadian Senior Track & Field Championships in Toronto … After qualifying for the 400-meter final at the Canadian Championships with a time of 53.92 in the preliminary round, clocked 53.96 in the final en route to the bronze medal … Set a personal best of 14.08 in the 100-meter hurdles with her performance at the 2010 Canadian Junior Championships … Competed in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2009 IAAF World Youth Championships in Bressanone, Italy … Finished in 10th place in the 100 hurdles at the World Youth Championships after clocking a youth PR of 13.62 in the semifinal round … Also recorded a personal best of 24.44 in the 200-meter dash during the 2009 season … Was a five-time gold medalist at the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations Track & Field Championships while competing for Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School … Won OFSAA gold medals in the 100 hurdles and long jump in 2009 … Defended OFSAA gold medals in the 100 hurdles and long jump in 2010, while adding titles in the 200 meters and 4x400 relay during her junior season with Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School. PERSONAL Full name is Chanice Nicole Chase … Born on Aug. 6, 1993 … Parents are Robert Taylor and Sharon Chase … Has an older sister, Tynelle Taylor-Chase, who was a member of the track team at the University of Albany … Majoring in sport administration with a concentration in sport leadership.
Nataliyah Friar Jr./Jr. – 5-8 – Wentzville, Mo. Wentzville Holt HS Major: Psychology Events: Long Jump (IN: 21-0; OUT: 21-10 ¾w/21-0 ¾), Triple Jump (IN: 42-6; OUT: 43-10)
2-time All-American 2-time All-SEC 2015 Enjoyed one of the most prolific seasons by a Lady Tiger jumper in recent memory … Earned All-America honors in both the long jump and triple jump for the first time in
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her collegiate career … Became LSU’s first 21-foot longer jumper since Tina Harris in 2005 when she soared to a lifetime personal best of 21 feet, 0 inches on her sixth and final attempt of the competition to win the NCAA Indoor bronze medal at the 2015 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships held at Arkansas’ Randal Tyson Track Center … Also became the first Lady Tiger to earn indoor All-America honors in the long jump since Andrea Linton in 2008 … Moved from eighth place to third place by posting a personal record of 21-0 in the final round of jumps to finish as the NCAA Indoor Bronze Medalist … Ended the season as the No. 7-ranked long jumper indoors in school history with her lifetime best … Also competed in the triple jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships, posting a series-best mark of 42-4 for a 10th place finish during the competition … Scored seven points for the Lady Tigers with her performance at the SEC Indoor Championships … Sealed qualification for the NCAA Indoor Championships when she jumped a previous indoor PR of 20-9 ¾ on her final attempt for a fourth-place finish in the long jump final at the SEC Indoor Championships … Also jumped 41-10 ½ for a seventh-place finish in the triple jump final at the SEC meet to highlight her indoor season … Jumped an indoor PR of 42-6 in a seventh-place finish in the invitational triple jump at the Tyson Invitational to secure a spot in the event at the NCAA Championships … Placed third at the Razorback Invitational with a season-opening mark of 42-0 ¾ … Won four long jump titles during the indoor season at the LSU Indoor Invitational (18-9 ¾), Razorback Invitational (20-2 ½), New Mexico Classic (20-5) and LSU Twilight (20-6 ½) … Also eclipsed the 20-foot mark at the Rod McCravy Memorial (20-5 ¾) and Tyson Invitational (20-4 ½) during the indoor season … Followed with a prolific outdoor season as one of the nation’s leading dual jumpers once again … Earned All-America honors in the triple jump for the first time in her career … Opened with a wind-aided mark of 43-8 ½ (+2.8) on her very first jump of the competition en route to an All-American sixth-place finish in the triple jump final at the NCAA Outdoor Championships held at Oregon’s Hayward Field … Qualified for the national semifinals in the event with a wind-legal jump of 41-11 ½ (+0.0) for 10th place overall at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Jumped 19-10 ¾ (+0.0) for 13th place in the long jump at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds to miss advancing to the national semifinals by a single place … The SEC Silver Medalist in the long jump and SEC Bronze Medalist in the triple jump during the outdoor season … Soared to a wind-aided career-best of 21-10 ¾ (+2.5) on her sixth and final attempt of the competition to score the SEC Outdoor silver medal in the long jump for her first career All-SEC honor … Wrapped up the conference meet with another All-SEC performance as she jumped a wind-legal PR of 43-10 (+0.9) in a bronze-medal-winning third-place finish … Became the No. 7-ranked triple jumper outdoors in school history with her PR of 43-10 … Crowned the Penn Relays Champion in the women’s long jump with a winning mark of 20-7 ¾ in the 121st running of the Carnival … Also won the long jump title at the LSU Alumni Gold with a winning mark of 20-7 ¼ (+2.0) … Placed fourth at the Texas Relays (20-9 ¼w) and second at the LSU Invitational (20-7 ¾) in the long jump … Raised her wind-legal personal best outdoors at the 2015 World University Games in South Korea where she jumped a legal 21-0 ¾ (-0.5)
Lady Tiger All-Americans for fifth place in the long jump final … Also anchored Team USA to a silver medal in the women’s 4x100-meter relay at the World University Games … Recognized for her academic performance with her first career selection to the SEC Academic Honor Roll. 2014 An NCAA finalist in the long jump in her first indoor season with the Lady Tigers in 2014 … Finished in ninth place nationally while jumping a series-best of 20-1 ¾ at the NCAA Indoor Championships held in Albuquerque, New Mexico … Was also an NCAA semifinalist in the long jump during the outdoor season when she jumped a wind-aided 20-2 ¼ (+2.1) for 13th place at the NCAA Outdoor Championships held in Eugene, Oregon … Jumped an outdoor personal best of 20-5 ¾ (+1.0) in an eighth-place finish at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds to advance to the national semifinals during the outdoor season … Earned a sixth-place finish in the long jump final at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a wind-aided jump of 20-3 ¼ (+4.1) … Competed in the triple jump at the SEC Outdoor Championships, jumping an outdoor personal best of 40-11 ½ (+1.7) for 12th place overall … Was the anchor leg for the Lady Tigers in the 4x100-meter relay late in the outdoor season … Anchored the team to a berth in the national final after clocking 43.95 for seventh place in the semifinal round at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … Also anchored the team to a qualifying time of 43.94 for third place at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Debuted as LSU’s anchor leg in the sprint relay at the Penn Relays, taking fifth place with a time of 44.41 … Opened the outdoor season by jumping wind-legal marks of 20-3 (+2.0) for fifth place in the long jump at the Texas Relays and 40-6 ¾ (+1.9) for second place in the triple jump at the Battle on the Bayou … Jumped a wind-legal 40-9 ½ (+0.0) in a third-place finish in the triple jump at Miami’s Hurricane Alumni Invitational … Also competed in the triple jump outdoors at the Penn Relays (39-7 ¾) and LSU Invitational (39-10 ½) … Competed in the long jump outdoors at the Battle on the Bayou (19-4 ¼w), LSU Alumni Gold (19-8 ¼), Penn Relays (19-5 ¼) and LSU Invitational (19-8 ¼) … Scored four points with a fifth-place finish in the long jump at the SEC Indoor Championships, jumping a series-best of 20-3 ½ in her first conference meet … Also competed in the triple jump at the SEC Indoor meet, finishing in 15th place overall with a jump of 40-4 ¼ … Jumped a lifetime personal best of 41-3 ¾ for a third-place finish in the triple jump at the New Mexico Team Invitational … Also posted a mark of 41-1 ½ in a fourth-place finish in the college section at the Tyson Invitational … Won the long jump title at the Tyson Invitational with a lifetime best of 20-8 … Won three other long jump titles during the indoor season at the Texas A&M Triangular (20-3), Aggie Invitational (20-1 ¾) and LSU Twilight (19-9 ¾) … Finished a runner-up in her collegiate debut in the long jump at the Auburn Indoor Invitational with a season-opening mark of 20-2 ¼ … Followed the collegiate season by competing in the long jump at the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Oregon’s Hayward Field … Jumped a series-best wind-aided mark of 20-5 (+3.3) for a fifth-place finish in the long jump final at the USA Junior Championships. PRIOR TO LSU An elite jumps prospect as a three-time national champion triple jumper during her prep career … Followed an injury-plagued senior season at Wentzville (Mo.) Holt High School by being crowned the young women’s triple jump champion at the 2013 USA Youth Outdoor Track & Field Championships held near her hometown in St. Louis … Jumped an outdoor seasonal best of 40-4 (+0.8) in the final to claim the triple jump gold medal at the 2013 USA Youth Outdoor Championships … Seasonal best of 40-4 was the No. 14-ranked prep performance nationally by a member of the Class of 2013 during the 2013 outdoor season … Also placed fifth in the 100-meter final at the 2013 USA Youth Outdoor Championships … Scored the bronze medal in the young women’s long jump at the 2013 USA Track & Field Junior Olympic National Championships held in Greensboro, North Carolina, in her final meet before joining the Lady Tigers … Also placed eighth in the triple jump field at the USATF Junior Olympics during the summer of 2013 … Jumped a wind-legal personal record of 40-9 ¾ (+0.6) to win the triple jump gold medal in the young women’s division at the 2012 USA Track & Field Junior Olympic National Championships held in Baltimore, Maryland … Wrapped up her junior season in 2012 ranked among the nation’s Top 10 triple jumpers at the prep level as her PR of 40-9 ¾ ranked No. 10 among all high school classifications and No. 5 among members of the Class of 2013 … Also one of the nation’s leading triple jumpers during the 2013 indoor season after setting an indoor PR of 40-4 in her victory at the Big River Running Indoor High School Series Championship held at the University of Missouri in Columbia … Was the nation’s No. 7-ranked indoor performer in the triple jump among all high school classifications and the No. 6-ranked performer in the Class of 2013 as a senior … Won her first career national championship by taking the triple jump title in the intermediate girl’s division at the 2011 USATF Junior Olympic National Championships held in Wichita, Kansas, while jumping 39-11 ¼ in the event final … Also competed in the long jump at the USATF Junior Olympics in the 2011 and 2012 seasons … Set a career-best wind-aided long jump mark of 19-9 ½ in a seventh-place finish for Team Missouri at the 2012 Great Southwest Classic held at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque … Also finished runner-up in the triple jump at the Great Southwest Classic after jumping 39-10 into a strong headwind of -2.4 meters per second … Had an eighth-place finish in the
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long jump at the 2012 USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships while jumping a wind-legal PR of 19-4 ¾ (-0.5) in the event held at the University of Indiana in Bloomington … A four-time Class 4A state champion in the state of Missouri during her prep career at Holt High School … Swept Class 4A long jump (18-11 ½) and triple jump (39-11 ¼) titles as a sophomore in 2011 before defending her state crown in the triple jump as a junior in 2012 with a jump of 39-0 ¾ and as a senior in 2013 with a jump of 39-1 ½ … Overcame an injuryplagued senior season outdoors to win her third-straight Class 4A state championship in the triple jump with a wind-legal seasonal best of 39-1 ½ (+1.8) … Won a pair of Class 4A silver medals with runner-up finishes in the triple jump in 2010 and long jump in 2012 at the state meet … A seven-time District 4-4A champion and four-time Section 2-4A champion in the state of Missouri during her prep career … Jumped an impressive 40-1 to win the District 4-4A triple jump crown as a junior in 2012 … Posted a 2011 seasonal-best jump of 40-2 ¼ in winning the triple jump title at the Warrenton Invitational to highlight her sophomore season … Also a standout sprinter at the prep level while setting personal bests of 11.93 in the 100 meters and 25.10 in the 200 meters … Ran both PRs in a pair of fourth-place finishes at the Section 2-4A Championships as a junior in 2012. PERSONAL Full name is Nataliyah Donyelle Friar … Born on April 3, 1995 … Mother is Danita Evans … Has a young brother named Terryll Collins … Mother played college basketball at Lindenwood University … An honor roll student at Wentzville Holt High School with a 3.54 grade-point average during her prep career … Majoring in psychology.
Daeshon Gordon So./So. – 5-6 – Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Northeast HS Major: Pre-Human Science & Education Events: 60H (8.20), 100H (12.97), 400H (57.24)
All-American All-SEC 2015 Pan Am Junior Bronze Medalist (100 Hurdles) 2015 Emerged as one of the nation’s top young talents in the hurdles with an All-American outdoor campaign in 2015 … An NCAA finalist in the 100-meter hurdles during her debut season with the Lady Tigers … Earned All-America honors by running a wind-legal time of 13.26 seconds (+1.7) for an eighth-place finish in the sprint hurdle final at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Oregon’s Hayward Field … Raced to a wind-aided career-best time of 13.04 (+2.7) to grab the eighth and final spot into the national final from the semifinal round at the NCAA Championships … Nearly advanced to the national final in the 400-meter hurdles in her debut at the NCAA Outdoor Championships when she clocked a personal-best time of 57.24 for 10th place overall in the semifinal round in Eugene … Ended the 2015 season as the No. 8-ranked Lady Tiger in program history in the 400 hurdles with her personal-best time of 57.24 … Also ran the leadoff leg for the Lady Tigers in the 4x400-meter relay that finished in ninth place in the semifinal round at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 3 minutes, 34.78 seconds … Just missed advancing to the eight-team NCAA final in the 4x400 relay by one place in the semifinal round … Helped the Lady Tigers advance to the national semifinals in the mile relay by running the leadoff leg on the team that posted a seasonal-best time of 3:30.74 for sixth place in the field at the NCAA East Preliminary Round in Jacksonville, Florida … Raced to a wind-legal personal best of 13.10 (+0.6) for sixth place in the quarterfinal round of the 100-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Also posted a previous PR of 57.52 for 11th place in the national quarterfinal of the 400 hurdles to advance to the NCAA semifinals in both hurdle events … Scored 4.5 points for the Lady Tigers in an All-SEC debut at the SEC Outdoor Championships held at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex … Led off the Lady Tigers to a bronze-medal-winning third-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay at the SEC Outdoor Championships, clocking 3:33.92 for an All-SEC finish … Added three points with a sixth-place finish in the final of the 100-meter hurdles at the SEC Championships where she ran back-to-back windlegal times of 13.21 (+1.5) in the semifinal and 13.24 (+1.8) in the final … Lined up in the SEC final of the 400-meter hurdles, clocking 59.16 for a ninth-place finish overall after advancing with a run of 58.03 in the semifinal round … Medalist in the 100 hurdles with a second-place finish at the Jim Click Shootout (13.26) and third-place finish at the Penn Relays (13.26) … Placed fourth in a strong final at the Texas Relays with a season-opening wind-aided time of 13.09 (+3.7) in her first collegiate final in the 100-meter hurdles … Was named the SEC Women’s Freshman of the Week for the second time on the season following her performance at the Texas Relays … Earned three-straight bronze medals in
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the 400-meter hurdles with third-place finishes at the Battle on the Bayou (59.77), LSU Alumni Gold (58.60) and LSU Invitational (58.14) … An NCAA Championships qualifier in the 60-meter hurdles during her debut season indoors … Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships with a personal-best run of 8.20 in a fifth-place finish in the final of the 60-meter hurdles at the SEC Indoor Championships … Clocked 8.23 in the preliminary round at the SEC Indoor meet to qualify for her first career SEC final … Also ran the third leg on LSU’s 4x400-meter relay team that clocked an indoor seasonal best of 3:39.09 for fifth place at the SEC Indoor Championships … Won her first collegiate title in the 60-meter hurdles at the Razorback Invitational after clocking 8.30 in the final … Named the SEC Women’s Freshman of the Week for the first time on the season following her victory at the Razorback Invitational … Finished runner-up in the 60 hurdles in her collegiate debut at the LSU Indoor Invitational (8.50) … Followed with a third-place finish at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (8.50) … Earned a pair of fourth-place finishes at the New Mexico Classic (8.34) and LSU Twilight (8.48) … Finished in ninth place overall at the Tyson Invitational with a strong run of 8.30 … Added a 12th-place finish at Kentucky’s Rod McCravy Memorial with a time of 8.55 … Twice ran the 200-meter dash indoors posting a seasonal-best time of 25.00 at the New Mexico Classic … Followed the collegiate season by smashing the Jamaican junior record in the 100-meter hurdles as she dropped her personal best to 12.97 for a fourth-place finish in the final at the Jamaican National Senior Championships to earn her spot on Jamaica’s team for the Pan American Junior Championships … Broke the 6-year-old Jamaican junior record of 13.06 set by Shermaine Williams in 2009 … Went on to win the Pan Am Junior Championships bronze medal in the sprint hurdles in the meet held in Edmonton, Ontario, Canada. PRIOR TO LSU One of the premier dual hurdlers nationally and the top-ranked hurdler in the state of Florida at the prep level in the Class of 2014 … Joined the Lady Tigers with impressive personal bests of 13.61 in the 100 hurdles, 41.45 in the 300 hurdles and 58.70 in the 400 hurdles … Set personal bests in each event during her senior season at Northeast High School in 2014 … Raced to a personal best of 58.70 in a silver-medal-winning second-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2014 Jamaican Junior Championships … Emerged from the Jamaican Junior Championships as the No. 1-ranked 400-meter hurdler at the prep level in the United States for the Class of 2014 … Also the No. 2-ranked performer nationally at the high school level regardless of class with her personal record of 58.70 … Broke her previous PR of 58.92 she set in winning the Jamaican Junior title in the event as a high school junior in 2013 … Was also the No. 1-ranked 400-meter hurdler nationally among members of the Class of 2014 during the 2013 outdoor season with her seasonal best of 58.92 … Also crowned the 2014 Jamaican Junior Champion in the 100-meter hurdles after clocking a winning time of 14.06 into a staggering headwind of -6.1 meters per second … Competed for Jamaica at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships held in Eugene, Oregon … Was a semifinalist in the 100 hurdles at the IAAF World Junior Championships in her final prep season … Set her PR in the 300 hurdles in her 2014 season debut with back-to-back runs of 41.85 in the prelims and 41.45 in the final to take the event title at the Sam Burley Hall of Fame Invitational in Miami … Was the No. 9-ranked prep performer in the 300 hurdles in the United States among all classifications and the No. 5-ranked performer among her graduating class in 2014 … Followed the high school season by clocking a wind-legal PR of 13.61 (+0.4) in winning the 100 hurdles at the Golden South Classic held in Orlando, Florida … PR of 13.61 earned her a No. 9 national
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ranking among all classes and a No. 5 national ranking among the Class of 2014 for the 2014 outdoor season … Clocked a previous wind-legal PR of 13.77 in winning the 100-meter hurdles at the 2014 Broward County Athletics Association Track & Field Championships early in her senior season … Defended both of her BCAA titles in the 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles as a senior in 2014 while leading Northeast High School to a runner-up team finish for their best county finish in school history … Clocked a career-best wind-aided time of 13.46 (+2.5) in winning the 2014 Region 4-4A crown to qualify for the state meet … Swept Florida Class 4A state titles in the 100 hurdles (13.88) and 300 hurdles (42.15) to cap her senior season outdoors in 2014 … Honored as the Sun Sentinel’s Florida Class 4A-3A Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year with her performance as a senior in 2014 … Earned a fourth-place finish in the U-18 final of the 100-meter hurdles at the 2013 Jamaican National Championships while running 13.70 (+1.0) over the youth hurdles at 76.2 centimeters to finish up her junior season in 2013 … Ended the 2013 outdoor season ranked No. 12 nationally and No. 6 among the Class of 2014 in the 100 hurdles (13.77) and ranked No. 14 nationally and No. 6 among the Class of 2014 in the 300 hurdles (42.15) at the high school level … Was crowned the Florida Class 4A state champion in the 300-meter hurdles during her junior season at Boyd Anderson High School in 2013 while running 42.16 in the state final … Also helped lead Boyd Anderson High School to the Class 4A state title in the 4x100-meter relay and captured the Florida Class 4A state silver medal in the 100-meter hurdles with a runner-up time of 13.99 in the state final in 2013 … Dropped her seasonal best in the 300 hurdles to 42.15 while finishing second at the 2013 Great Southwest Classic held in Albuquerque, New Mexico … Clocked her 2013 seasonal best of 13.77 (+1.4) in winning the 100 hurdles at the 2013 Golden South Classic in Orlando … Completed the hurdle sweep at the 2013 Golden South Classic with a win in the 400-meter hurdles in running 1:00.92 in her first ever appearance in the event … Swept event titles in the 100 hurdles (13.89) and 300 hurdles (42.84) at the BCAA Track & Field Championships during her junior season at Boyd Anderson High School … Helped lead Boyd Anderson High School to the Class 4A team state championship during the 2012 outdoor season … Was crowned the Class 4A state champion in the 100-meter hurdles with her winning time of 14.37 (-1.7) in the state final at the 2012 FHSAA Class 4A State Outdoor Championships to highlight her sophomore season … Took home the Class 4A bronze medal in the 300 hurdles while running 43.85 in her first state championship during the 2012 season … Swept District 11-4A and Region 3-4A titles in both the 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles in back-to-back seasons at Boyd Anderson High School in 2012 and 2013 … Transferred to Northeast High School for her senior season. PERSONAL Born on Aug. 20, 1996 … Parents are Deron and Miranda Gordon … Has a twin brother, Deron Jr. … Majoring in pre-human science and education.
Rushell Harvey Jr./Jr. – 5-7 – Houston, Texas Fort Bend Bush HS Major: Pre-Human Science & Education Events: 60M (7.39), 100M (11.44w/11.62), 200M (IN: 24.09; OUT: 23.58w/23.67)
All-American All-SEC 2015 An All-American and All-SEC performer for the first time in her collegiate career as a member of LSU’s 4x100-meter relay team … Ran the leadoff leg on LSU’s sprint relay team throughout the outdoor season … Led off the Lady Tigers to a fifth-place finish with a time of 43.69 seconds in the national final at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Oregon’s Hayward Field … Combined with Aleia Hobbs, Jada Martin and Mikiah Brisco to earn All-America honors in the event … Clocked 43.32 for the fourthfastest time in the national semifinal as she lined up in the NCAA final for the secondstraight season … Helped the Lady Tigers post the second-fastest time in the national quarterfinal with a time of 43.14 at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Jacksonville, Florida … Ran leadoff for the Lady Tigers in a bronze-medal-winning third place finish at the SEC Outdoor Championships held at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex … Posted their seasonal-best time of 42.80 at the SEC Championships to earn All-SEC honors in the event … Seasonal-best time of 42.80 tied for the seventh-fastest time in school history in the 4x100-meter relay … Ran on three winning sprint relay teams at the Louisiana Classics (44.63), Jim Click Shootout (43.23) and LSU Alumni Gold (43.88) during the outdoor season … An NCAA Championships qualifier in the 100-meter dash for the second-straight season … Finished in 22nd place overall in the national quarterfinals with a time of 11.69 (-1.4) after qualifying with a time of 11.66 (-0.2) in the first round … Finished
Lady Tiger All-Americans in 13th place in the semifinals of both the 100 meters (11.44w) and 200 meters (23.93) at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Opened the outdoor season by winning the 100-meter title at the Louisiana Classics with a time of 11.88 (-1.1) … Won a pair of 200-meter titles outdoors in 2015 at the Battle on the Bayou (23.89w) and LSU Alumni Gold (23.88w) … Ran seasonal-best wind-legal times in both the 100 meters (11.66) and 200 meters (23.82) at Arizona’s Jim Click Shootout, finishing in seventh place and sixth place, respectively … Ran on LSU’s 4x200-meter relay team that finished in fifth place at the Texas Relays with a time of 1 minute, 36.36 seconds and third place at the Penn Relays with a time of 1:32.38 … Lined up in the 60 meters and 200 meters during the indoor season … Smashed her career-best time in the 60-meter dash with an altitude-adjusted run of 7.39 for sixth place at the New Mexico Classic in Albuquerque … Raced to an indoor personal best of 24.09 for 15th place overall in the 200-meter dash at Arkansas’ Tyson Invitational … Crossed the finish line in a time of 7.49 for 16th place in the 60-meter semifinal at the Tyson Invitational … Placed fifth in the 60 meters at the LSU Twilight (7.54) … Also placed 12th in the event at the Razorback Invitational (7.57) and 16th at the Rod McCravy Memorial (7.51) … Opened up her indoor season by winning the 200-meter title at the LSU Indoor Invitational with a banked-track-converted time of 24.71 … Placed fourth at the LSU Twilight (24.77) … Added finishes of sixth at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (24.39), 13th at the New Mexico Classic (24.16), 14th at the Razorback Invitational (24.19) and 20th at Kentucky’s Rod McCravy Memorial (24.39) in the 200 meters during the indoor season. 2014 An NCAA finalist as a member of LSU’s 4x100-meter relay in her debut season with the Lady Tigers in 2014 … Ran the second leg on the team that clocked 43.95 in the semifinal round to advance to the national final in the sprint relay at the NCAA Outdoor Championships held in Eugene, Oregon … Also ran the second leg on the team that did not finish in the final at the NCAA Championships … A national semifinalist in the 100-meter dash in her NCAA Championships debut during the outdoor season … Clocked her secondfastest time under all conditions with a wind-aided run of 11.49 (+2.3) for 20th place in the national semifinal of the 100 meters … Clocked a wind-legal 11.74 (-0.6) in the first round of qualifying and a career-best wind-aided time of 11.46 (+2.5) in the quarterfinal round for ninth place overall at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Jacksonville, Florida … Helped lead the Lady Tigers into the national semifinals of the 4x100-meter relay as the third leg on the team that ran 43.94 for third place overall at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Finished in 17th place in the 100 meters (11.71) and 20th place in the 200 meters (24.11) in her first career appearance at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Clocked wind-legal personal bests of 11.62 (+0.9) in a third-place finish in the 100 meters at the Battle on the Bayou and 23.67 (+1.4) in an eighth-place finish in the 200 meters at the LSU Alumni Gold … Ran the 100 meters at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational (11.79), LSU Alumni Gold (11.56w) and LSU Invitational (11.81) … Also ran the 200 meters at the Battle on the Bayou (23.78w), Hurricane Alumni Invitational (23.95w) and LSU Invitational (24.00) … Ran the anchor leg of LSU’s 4x100-meter relay team that clocked a seasonal-best time of 43.72 in a runner-up finish at the LSU Alumni Gold … Earned 26th-place finishes in both the 60 meters (7.60) and 200 meters (24.45) in the preliminary rounds at the SEC Indoor Championships … Raced to an indoor personal best of 24.43 for 30th place in the 200-meter dash at the Tyson Invitational … Won the 60-meter title at the New Mexico Team Invitational with a personal-best time of 7.48 in the final after tying her previous personal best with a run of 7.49 in the qualifying round … Captured a third-place finish in the 60-meter final in her collegiate debut at the Auburn Indoor Invitational with a time of 7.57 … Also ran the 60 meters at the Texas A&M Triangular (7.67), Tyson Invitational (7.61) and LSU Twilight (7.58) during the indoor season. PRIOR TO LSU One of the top sprint talents in the state of Texas to sign a National Letter of Intent in the Class of 2013 … Swept Texas Class 5A state championships in the 100 meters (11.57w) and 200 meters (23.58w) at the 2013 University Interscholastic League Class 5A Outdoor State Track & Field Championships during her senior season at Fort Bend Bush High School … Also claimed a pair of Region 3-5A titles in the 100 meters (11.55w) and 200 meters (24.03w) to qualify for the state meet … One of the nation’s top-ranked sprinters in both events in 2013 … Wind-aided seasonal best of 11.55 in the 100 meters was the No. 8-ranked performance nationally under all conditions in the Class of 2013 … Wind-aided seasonal best of 23.58 in the 200 meters was the No. 3-ranked performance nationally under all conditions in the Class of 2013 … Wrapped up her senior year indoors in 2013 as the nation’s No. 11-ranked sprinter in the 60-meter dash with a personal best of 7.49 set in a seventh-place finish at the Brooks PR Invitational held at the University of Washington in Seattle … PR of 7.49 also ranked No. 9 in the country among members of the Class of 2013 … Signed with the Lady Tigers with wind-legal personal bests of 11.72 seconds in the 100-meter dash and 23.96 in the 200-meter dash … Raced to a wind-legal PR of 23.96 (+1.8) in a runner-up finish in the 200-meter final at the AAU Area 19 National Qualifier held in Houston to earn her spot in the field at the 2012 AAU Junior Olympic Games … Was a two-time sprint finalist at the 2012 AAU Junior Olympic Games
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while ending the 2012 outdoor season with a fourth-place finish in the 200 meters and an eighth-place finish in the 100 meters in the event held in Humble, Texas … Wrapped up the high school season in 2012 by claiming the Texas Class 5A bronze medal in the 200 meters and earning a fourth-place finish in the 100 meters at the 2012 UIL Class 5A Outdoor State Championships … Posted wind-legal times of 11.77 (+1.0) in the 100-meter final and 24.30 (-1.7) in the 200-meter final at the Class 5A state meet during her junior season in 2012 … Kicked off her summer track slate in 2012 with a runner-up finish in both the 100 meters and 200 meters at the Golden West Invitational held at Folsom High School in Folsom, California … Clocked a career-best wind-aided time of 11.51 in the 100-meter final at the 2012 Golden West Invitational … Clocked a wind-legal PR of 11.72 (+1.3) in the qualifying round of the 100-meter dash en route to a silver-medal-winning runner-up finish at the 2012 UIL Region 3-5A Championships … Made her debut at the UIL Class 5A Outdoor State Championships during her sophomore season in 2011, claiming a sixth-place finish in the 100-meter final with a time of 11.97. PERSONAL Full name is Rushell Jenee Harvey … Born on Sept. 9, 1995 … Mother is Sheila LaBome … Has one older sister named Jasmine LaBome … An honor student who maintained a 3.5 grade-point average during her prep career at Fort Bend Bush High School … Majoring in pre-human science and education.
Aleia Hobbs So./So. – 5-8 – New Orleans, La. Eleanor McMain HS Major: Pre-Human Science & Education Events: 60M (7.29), 100M (11.13), 200M (IN: 24.40; OUT: 23.80)
2-time All-American All-SEC 2015 Pan Am Junior Champion (4x100 Relay) 2015 Pan Am Junior Silver Medalist (100 Meters) 2015 Emerged as one of the NCAA’s elite sprinters in her debut seasons with the Lady Tigers in 2015 … Enjoyed one of the most decorated freshman seasons for a Lady Tiger in recent memory … Twice an All-American during the outdoor season as a national finalist in both the 100-meter dash and 4x100-meter relay … Earned her first career All-America honor as the second leg of LSU’s 4x100-meter relay team that clocked 43.69 seconds for a fifth-place finish nationally in the final … Advanced to the national final of the sprint relay after clocking 43.32 in the semifinal round at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships … Clocked a personal-best time of 11.13 (+2.0) for the sixth-fastest time in the semifinal round to advance to her first career NCAA final in the 100 meters … Followed by clocking a wind-aided 11.16 (+3.1) for an All-American sixth-place finish in the 100-meter final at the NCAA Championships … Advanced to the NCAA semifinals at Oregon’s Hayward Field after clocking 11.41 (-1.4) for third place in the 100 meters and 43.14 for second place in the 4x100 relay in the national quarterfinals at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Ran 11.43 (-0.2) in the first round of qualifying in the 100-meter dash at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Jacksonville, Florida … An All-SEC performer in her debut appearance at the SEC Outdoor Championships held at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex … Ran the second leg of LSU’s sprint relay team that turned in an All-SEC third-place finish with a seasonal-best time of 42.80 at the conference meet … Bronze-medal-winning time of 42.80 at the SEC Championships tied for the seventhfastest time in school history in the 4x100-meter relay … Ran the third-fastest time in the 100-meter prelims at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a wind-legal time of 11.26 (+1.6) … Did not run in the SEC final of the 100 meters … Won the 100-meter title at the LSU Invitational while running 11.39 (-0.5) in LSU’s regular-season finale … Honored as the SEC Women’s Freshman of the Week following her win at the LSU Invitational … Earned a pair of runner-up finishes in the 100 meters at the Battle of the Bayou (11.61) and LSU Alumni Gold (11.40) during the outdoor season … Placed fourth at the Jim Click Shootout (11.60) … Ran the second leg of LSU’s 4x100-meter relay team that won back-to-back titles at the Jim Click Shootout (43.23) and LSU Alumni Gold (43.88) … An NCAA Championships qualifier in the 60-meter dash in her debut season indoors with the Lady Tigers … Struggled to a 15th-place finish in the 60-meter semifinal at the NCAA Indoor Championships while nursing an injury heading into the meet … Clocked 7.68 in the national semifinals … Qualified for the NCAA Championships by running a personal-best and seasonal-best time of 7.29 in a third-place finish at the New Mexico Classic … Suffered an injury after running in the first round of qualifying in the 60 meters at the Tyson Invitational … Did not run again until she lined up in the preliminary round at the SEC Indoor Championships, where
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she jogged a time of 8.09 for 30th place overall … Kicked off her collegiate career by earning back-to-back runner-up finishes at the LSU Indoor Invitational (7.49) and Auburn Indoor Invitational (7.34) … Placed fourth at the Razorback Invitational (7.33) and eighth at the Rod McCravy Memorial (7.43) … Ran the 200-meter dash three times during the indoor season … Set an indoor PR of 24.40 for 20th place at the New Mexico Classic … Also ran the 200 meters at the Rod McCravy Memorial (24.48) and Razorback Invitational (24.75) … Followed the collegiate season by earning her spot on Team USA for the Pan American Junior Championships held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada … Crowned the USA Junior Silver Medalist in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.38 (+0.6) in the final to earn her spot on Team USA … Ran 11.23 (+1.4) in the preliminary round at the USA Junior Championship held at Oregon’s Hayward Field … Won two medals for the United States at the Pan Am Juniors with a gold medal in the 4x100-meter relay and silver medal in the 100-meter dash. PRIOR TO LSU One of the dominant sprinters in the history of high school track and field in the state of Louisiana … Capped her prep career as the 100-meter champion at the 2014 USA Track & Field National Junior Olympics held in Humble, Texas … Clocked a time of 11.77 into a very strong headwind of -1.8 meters per second to win the USATF Junior Olympics gold medal … Also led off New Era Track Club to a gold-medal-winning performance in the 4x100-meter relay at the 2014 USATF National Junior Olympics … A 13-time Louisiana state champion during her prep career at McMain High School … Sprinted to a personal best of 7.49 to win the Division II state title in the 60-meter dash at the Louisiana High School Athletics Association Indoor State Championships held at LSU’s Carl Maddox Field House during her senior season in 2014 … Cracked the Top 10 of the national rankings in the 60 meters in 2014 as the nation’s No. 10-ranked sprinter among all classifications and No. 8-ranked performer in the Class of 2014 with her PR of 7.49 … Continued her momentum into her senior season outdoors in 2014 when she sprinted to a wind-legal personal best of 11.58 (+1.7) to win the 100-meter title at the Sugar Bowl Track & Field Classic at Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans … Set the new Sugar Bowl Classic meet record and was named the Most Outstanding Performer of the Meet after setting her PR of 11.58 … Then dropped her 100-meter PR to 11.49 (+1.2) in defending her Class 3A state title and breaking her own state record at the 2014 LHSAA Outdoor State Championships … Emerged from the state meet as the nation’s No. 5-ranked wind-legal 100-meter sprinter in the United States for the 2014 outdoor season … Also capped her prep career at Eleanor McMain High School by defending her Class 3A state title in the 200 meters (23.86w) and leading off her high school team to a state title in the 4x200-meter relay … Capped her junior season outdoors in 2013 by winning four Class 3A state titles with a sweep of the 100 meters, 200 meters, 4x100 relay and 4x200 relay … Set a previous wind-legal PR and a Class 3A state record with a winning time of 11.68 (+1.8) in the state final in 2013 … Ended the 2013 outdoor season as the nation’s No. 15-ranked sprinter at 100 meters in her graduating class … Defended her Class 3A title in the 200 meters with a winning time of 23.99w in the state final … Followed the high school season in 2013 by competing with New Era Track Club at the USATF National Junior Olympic Championships held in Greensboro, North Carolina … Matched her wind-legal PR with a run of 11.68 (-0.3) to win the young women’s silver medal in the 100-meter dash at the 2013 USATF National Junior Olympics … Also set her wind-legal PR of 23.80 (+1.6) in the first round of qualifying before running 24.17 (-0.5) in the semifinals and 24.23 (-0.6) in the final for a fifth-place finish in the young women’s 200-meter dash … Ended the 2013 outdoor season as the nation’s No. 8-ranked sprinter at 200 meters among members of the Class of 2014 … Also won a silver medal with New Era Track Club in the young women’s 4x100-meter relay with a time of 45.39 in the relay final at the 2013 USATF National Junior Olympics … Also earned a fifth-place finish in the 100-meter final at the 2013 USATF World Youth Track & Field Trials held in Edwardsville, Illinois … Won a silver medal in both the 100 meters (11.75) and 200 meters (24.44) at the 2013 Sugar Bowl Classic at Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans … Took third place in the 100 meters (11.74) at the 2013 Golden West Invitational in Berkley, California … Emerged as one of the nation’s top short sprinters after sweeping 100-meter and 200-meter gold medals in the intermediate girls’ division at the 2012 USATF Youth Outdoor Track & Field Championships held in Arlington, Texas … Set 2012 seasonal bests of 11.77 (+1.5) in the 100 meters and 24.19 (+1.0) in the 200 meters at the 2012 USATF Youth Outdoor Championships … Anchored New Era Track Club to the intermediate girls’ silver medal in the 4x100-meter relay … Also competed in both the 100 meters and 200 meters at the AAU Junior Olympic National Championships and AAU Club Nationals during the 2011 and 2012 outdoor seasons … Won the bronze medal in the 100 meters (12.01) at the 2011 AAU Junior Olympics … Set her 2011 seasonal best of 11.75 (+1.5) in the qualifying round of the 100 meters at the 2011 AAU Junior Olympics … Also won the silver medal in the 100 meters (11.83) at the 2011 AAU Club Nationals … Won back-to-back Class 3A state titles in the 100 meters as a freshman in 2011 (11.84w) and as a sophomore in 2012 (11.85) while competing for McMain High School … Also won the Class 3A state crown in the 200 meters with a winning time of 24.75 as a sophomore in 2012 … Captured back-to-back LHSAA Division II state titles in the 55-meter dash with winning times of 6.96 in 2012 and 7.01 in 2013 … Winning time of 6.96 in the state final in 2012 was the No. 14-ranked time
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nationally among all classes and the No. 2-ranked time among members of the Class of 2014 … Also an all-district and all-metro performer on the basketball court while averaging 17 points per game. PERSONAL Full name is Aleia Jonquel Hobbs … Born on Feb. 24, 1996 … Parents are Margaret Hobbs and Arthur Mason … Has four sisters, Aireal, Artrevia, DaJasia and Mya, and one brother, AJ … Majoring in pre-human science and education.
Jada Martin Jr./Jr. – 5-7 – Lithonia, Ga. Martin Luther King, Jr. HS Major: Pre-Human Science & Education Events: 60M (7.32), 100M (11.27w/11.34), 200M (IN: 23.30; OUT: 22.76)
2-time All-American 2-time All-SEC 2014 World Junior Champion (4x100 Relay) 2015 Emerged as one of the NCAA’s leading 200-meter sprinters in an All-American sophomore season in 2015 … An NCAA finalist in the 200 meters for the first time in her collegiate career at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships … Crossed the finish line with an All-American eighth-place finish in the 200-meter final at the national meet with a wind-legal time of 22.97 (+1.9) … Qualified for her first career national final after running a personal-best time of 22.76 (+1.8) for the eighth-fastest time of the NCAA semifinals … Ran the third leg on LSU’s 4x100-meter relay team that earned an AllAmerican fifth-place finish nationally with a time of 43.69 in the final … Advanced to the sprint relay final with a time of 43.32 in the semifinal round at the NCAA Championships … Ran the second leg for the Lady Tigers in the national semifinal of the 4x400-meter relay as they clocked 3 minutes, 34.78 seconds for ninth place nationally … Just missed advancing to the NCAA final of the 4x400 relay by a single place in the semifinal round … Qualified for the national semifinals by running the seventh-fastest time in the 200 meters at 22.94 (+1.5), second-fastest time in the 4x100 relay at 43.14 and sixth-fastest time in the 4x400 relay with a seasonal best of 3:30.74 in the quarterfinal round at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Ran 23.08 (+1.3) for the sixth-fastest time in the first round of qualifying in the 200-meter dash at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Jacksonville, Florida … An All-SEC performer at the SEC Outdoor Championships held at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex … Ran the third leg of LSU’s sprint relay team that turned in an All-SEC third-place finish with a seasonal-best time of 42.80 at the conference meet … Bronze-medal-winning time of 42.80 at the SEC Championships tied for the seventh-fastest time in school history in the 4x100-meter relay … Also ran the second leg of LSU’s All-SEC 4x400-meter relay team that won the bronze medal in 3:33.92 … Added a pair of sixth-place finishes in the 100 meters and 200 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Posted a wind-aided 11.39 (+2.5) in the preliminary round and 11.45 (+0.9) in the final en route to a sixth-place finish in the 100-meter dash at the SEC Championships … Ran 23.25 (-1.1) in the prelims and 23.20 (+0.9) in the final for sixth place in the 200 meters at the conference meet … Ran her first personal best in the 200-meter dash during the outdoor season at Arizona’s Jim Click Shootout where she won the event title with a wind-legal clocking of 23.00 (+0.0) … Also ran the third leg of LSU’s 4x100-meter relay team that clocked 43.23 for the win and the second leg of their 4x400-meter relay team that posted a time of 3:32.97 for second place at the Jim Click Shootout … Was honored as the Women’s Athlete of the Meet at the Jim Click Shootout for her performance … Won the 100-meter title at the LSU Alumni Gold with a wind-legal PR of 11.34 (+0.1) … Placed sixth in the 100-meter final in her outdoor opener at the Texas Relays with a career-best wind-aided time of 11.27 (+5.1) in the final … Ran the third leg of LSU’s 4x100-meter relay team that took home the title at the LSU Alumni Gold with a time of 43.88 … Added a relay title in the 4x400-meter relay at the LSU Alumni Gold with a time of 3:35.18 … An NCAA Championship qualifier in the 200-meter dash in her debut season indoors with the Lady Tigers … Nearly earned a spot in the national final at the NCAA Indoor Championships after running 23.38 for ninth place in the semifinal round at Arkansas’ Randal Tyson Track Center … Just missed earning All-SEC honors in the event with a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter final at the SEC Indoor Championships … Clocked 23.34 in the preliminary round and 23.40 in the final for fourth place at the SEC Indoor meet … Also scored a point for the Lady Tigers with an eighth-place finish in the 60-meter final at the SEC Indoor Championship with a time of 7.44 … Posted a personal best of 7.32 for the sixth-fastest time in the preliminary round of the 60-meter dash at the conference meet … Won the 200-meter title at the Rod McCravy Memorial with a
Lady Tiger All-Americans time of 23.44 … Finished second at the Auburn Indoor Invitational with a time of 24.06 … Earned back-to-back sixth-place finishes at the Razorback Invitational with a time of 23.86 and Tyson Invitational with an indoor PR of 23.30 … Opened her sophomore season by winning the 60-meter title at the LSU Indoor Invitational with her first personal best of the season at 7.34 in the final … Placed third in the 60 meters at the LSU Twilight (7.40) … Finished fifth at the New Mexico Classic (7.38), seventh at the Razorback Invitational (7.40), ninth at the Rod McCravy Memorial (7.43) and 12th at the Tyson Invitational (7.43). 2014 One of the team’s leading sprinters during her true freshman season in 2014 … An NCAA quarterfinalist in the 100-meter dash during the outdoor season … Finished in 15th place overall in the national quarterfinals of the 100 meters with a run of 11.57 (+1.0) at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Advanced to the quarterfinal after running 11.63 (-0.6) in the first round of qualifying … Also lined up in the first round of qualifying in the 200 meters at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds, clocking 23.82 (+1.1) for 28th place overall … Split 54.4 on the leadoff leg of LSU’s foursome that finished in 15th place with a time of 3:35.79 in the 4x400-meter relay at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Helped lead the Lady Tigers into the NCAA final of the 4x100-meter relay at the NCAA Outdoor Championships held in Eugene, Oregon … Ran the third leg on the foursome that clocked 43.95 for seventh place overall in the NCAA semifinals … Ran the third leg on the team that did not finish in the national final … Ran the third leg on LSU’s sprint relay team that clocked a seasonal-best time of 43.72 in a runner-up finish at the LSU Alumni Gold … Won the 100-meter title at the Battle on the Bayou while running a wind-legal personal best of 11.35 (+1.5) … Also clocked a wind-legal time of 23.19 (+0.2) in a third-place finish in the 200 meters at the Battle on the Bayou … Honored as the SEC Women’s Freshman of the Week with her performance at the Battle on the Bayou … Opened the outdoor season by clocking 11.58 (+0.0) for 10th place in the preliminary rounds of the 100 meters at the Texas Relays … Led off LSU’s 4x400-meter relay team that clocked 3:36.47 for a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico … Also led off LSU’s 4x400-meter relay that scored four points with a fifth-place finish at the SEC Indoor Championships, clocking 3:37.29 in the conference final … Ran the leadoff leg for the team that ran a seasonal-best time of 3:34.89 in a sixth-place finish at the Tyson Invitational … Split a seasonal-best time of 53.64 on the second leg of the foursome that finished runner-up at the Texas A&M Triangular with a time of 3:38.22 … Finished in 16th place in the 60 meters (7.47) and 22nd place in the 200 meters (24.17) at the SEC Indoor Championships … Posted a PR of 7.36 in a runner-up finish in the 60 meters at the LSU Twilight … Ran an indoor PR of 23.85 in a fourth-place finish at the
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Aggie Invitational … Won the 200-meter title at the New Mexico Team Invitational with an altitude-adjusted run of 23.97 … Also lined up in the 200 meters at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (24.03), Texas A&M Triangular (23.90) and Tyson Invitational (23.87) during the indoor season … Ran the 60 meters at the Texas A&M Triangular (7.57), New Mexico Team Invitational (7.55), Aggie Invitational (7.53) and Tyson Invitational (7.56) in her debut season … Followed the collegiate season by running the 200 meters for the United States at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon … Earned her spot on Team USA by winning the silver medal as the runner-up in the 200-meter final at the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships also held in Eugene … Clocked a wind-legal PR of 23.02 (+1.3) for second place in the 200-meter final at the USA Junior Championships … Qualified for the USA Junior final with a qualifying run of 23.23 (+1.2) in the preliminary round … Also earned a fifth-place finish in the 100-meter dash at the USA Junior Championships, clocking 11.51 (+0.8) in the preliminary round and 11.55 (+0.9) in the final … Helped lead the United States to a gold medal in the final of the 4x100-meter relay at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships held in Eugene, Oregon … Ran the third leg of the team that clocked a world-junior-leading 43.46 in the championship final to win the gold medal … Also earned a fifth-place finish in the 200-meter final at the IAAF World Junior Championships with a wind-aided run of 23.35 (+2.4). PRIOR TO LSU Enjoyed an outstanding prep career at Martin Luther King, Jr. High School and Sprint Athletics Track Club … Signed with the Lady Tigers as the nation’s No. 2-ranked sprinter in the 55-meter dash for the 2012-13 indoor season with a PR of 6.94 in a victory at Chicago’s Ted Haydon Holiday Classic … Also set a personal best of 7.47 in the 60-meter dash in 2013 at the Brooks PR Invitational held at the University of Washington in Seattle … Tied as the No. 6-ranked performance nationally among all classes and No. 5-ranked in the Class of 2013 in the 60 meters … Also ended the 2013 indoor season as the nation’s No. 8-ranked senior in the United States in the 200-meter dash with an indoor seasonal best of 24.23 in a fifth-place finish at the New Balance Indoor Nationals in New York … Enjoyed a stellar senior season in 2013 while winning her second career Georgia Class 5A state title in the 200-meter dash with a winning time of 23.88 (+0.3) in the state final … Ran a wind-legal 11.76 (+1.1) to claim the Class 5A silver medal in the 100 meters in 2013 … Sprinted to a 2013 seasonal best of 23.75 (-0.4) to win the high school 200-meter title at the Atlanta Grand Prix with the No. 9-ranked performance nationally under all conditions in the Class of 2013 … Won a pair of Georgia Class 5A sectional silver medals in the 100 meters (11.76) and 200 meters (24.53) as a high school senior … One of the top sprinters at the 2013 New Balance Outdoor Nationals held in Greensboro, North Carolina … Won the bronze medal in the girl’s 200-meter final at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals with a time of 23.96 (-2.5) while running into a strong headwind … Finished in fifth place in the 100-meter final at the New Balance meet with a time of 11.86 (+0.4) … Emerged as one of the nation’s top young talents with a brilliant sophomore season as arguably the nation’s leading sprinter in the Class of 2013 … Crowned the USA Track & Field Junior Olympic 200-meter champion and 100-meter silver medalist in the intermediate girl’s division at the 2011 USATF Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships held at Wichita State’s Cessna Stadium … Ran a career-best wind-aided time of 23.60 (+3.4) to win the 200-meter title at the 2011 USATF Junior Olympics … Clocked a wind-legal 11.79 (+0.8) to win the silver medal in the 100-meter final after running a best of 11.78 (+0.5) in the semifinal round at the 2011 USATF Junior Olympics … Was the nation’s No. 1-ranked 200-meter sprinter under all conditions among high school sophomores for the 2011 outdoor season … Wind-aided best of 23.60 also ranked No. 9 nationally under all conditions among all high school sprinters regardless of classification … Captured four Georgia High School Association Class 5A state titles as a sophomore in 2011 … Swept Class 5A state titles in the 100 meters (11.83) and 200 meters (24.09) and led Martin Luther King, Jr. High School to a sweep of state titles in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays during her sophomore season … Was the nation’s No. 1-ranked sprinter indoors in the 200-meter dash among the Class of 2013 as a junior in 2012 after setting an indoor PR of 23.97 at the 2012 New Balance Indoor Nationals held at The Armory in New York … Indoor PR of 23.97 also ranked No. 6 nationally among all classifications for the 2012 indoor season … Ran 24.17 to claim a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter final at the 2012 New Balance Indoor Nationals … Anchored Sprint Athletics Track Club to the silver medal in the 4x200-meter relay while earning All-America honors at the New Balance Indoor Nationals … Wrapped up the 2012 indoor season by winning the 55 meters and finishing runner-up in the 200 meters at the USA Track & Field South Zone Indoor Championships held at the Birmingham Crossplex in Alabama … Carried that momentum into the 2012 outdoor season as one of the nation’s leading 200-meter sprinters during her junior campaign … Set a wind-legal PR of 23.65 in winning the Region 2-5A silver medal in the 200 meters to rank No. 12 nationally and No. 4 for the Class of 2013 in the event … Also captured the Region 2-5A championship in the 100-meter dash along with a silver medal in the 200 meters in 2012 … Won the silver medal in the 200 meters and bronze medal in the 100 meters at the Class 5A sectionals in 2012 en route to a berth in the GHSA Class 5A Outdoor State Championships for the second-straight season … Ran the third leg for Martin Luther King, Jr. High School on two state champion relay teams as she helped the team defend its Class 5A crown in both the
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4x100 and 4x400 relays as a junior … Ran a 2012 seasonal best of 11.80 in winning the 100 meters at the McEachern Invitational held at McEachern High School in Powder Springs, Georgia … Earned a sixth-place finish in the 200-meter final at the 2012 New Balance Outdoor Nationals after running a wind-aided 24.34 in the national final held at North Carolina A&T’s Irwin Belk Track in Greensboro, North Carolina … Also ran for the 100-meter dash at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals to wrap up the 2012 outdoor season.
series-best throw of 164-7 for a silver-medal-winning runner-up finish in the javelin final at the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships also held in Eugene, Oregon … Earned her spot on Team USA with her second-place finish at the USA Junior Championships … Finished in 24th place overall in the qualifying round of the javelin at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships with her top throw of 154-2 in the preliminary round … Honored for her academic performance with a selection to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
PERSONAL Full name is Jada Mackenzie Martin … Born on June 8, 1995 … Parents are James Martin and Monique Atkins … Has two siblings, Justin and Jordan … Maintained a 3.0 grade-point average during her prep career at Martin Luther King, Jr. High School … Majoring in prehuman science and education.
PRIOR TO LSU One of the nation’s premier prep prospects in the javelin throw after opening up her senior season in 2013 by throwing a personal best of 158-3 in her victory at West Monroe’s Van Leigh Relays … Was the nation’s No. 5-ranked girl’s javelin thrower at the prep level with her season-opening performance … Also ranked No. 4 nationally among members of the Class of 2013 … Ended her junior season in 2012 with a previous personal best of 157-2 as the nation’s No. 5-ranked javelin thrower among all classifications and No. 3-ranked member of the Class of 2013 … Launched a 2012 seasonal best of 157-2 to defend her District 2-5A championship for a Top 5 national ranking for the 2012 outdoor season … Smashed the Louisiana Class 5A state meet record in the javelin by more than 10 feet as she captured her first career state title in the event with a throw of 152-6 at the 2012 Louisiana High School Athletics Association Class 5A Outdoor State Track & Field Championships held at LSU’s Bernie Moore Track Stadium … Defended her Class 5A state title by matching her state meet record of 152-6 at the 2013 LHSAA Class 5A Outdoor State Championships … Followed her first career state title in 2012 by throwing 152-7 for second place in the girl’s javelin at the 2012 Great Southwest Classic held at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque … Won back-to-back javelin silver medals in the 17-18 age group at the USA Track & Field National Junior Olympic Championships in 2012 and 2013 … Threw 148-5 to take home the young women’s silver medal and earn All-America honors at the 2012 USATF Junior Olympic National Championships held at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland … Threw 142-4 to defend her silver medal with a second career All-America honor at the 2013 USATF Junior Olympic National Championships held at North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro, North Carolina … Wrapped up her junior campaign in 2012 with a ninth-place finish in the javelin at the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships while throwing 140-2 in the event held at Indiana University in Bloomington … Swept District 2-5A (135-3) and Region 1-5A (130-0) championships during her sophomore season at West Monroe High School in 2012 before capturing the Class 5A state silver medal with a top throw of 132-1 at the state meet … Was the Class 5A bronze medalist as a freshman in 2010 … A four-time Region 1-5A javelin champion during her prep career at West Monroe High School as she took the title in 2010-13.
Rebekah Wales So./Jr. – 5-10 – West Monroe, La. West Monroe HS Major: General Business Event: Javelin (179-11)
All-American SEC Champion All-SEC 2015 One of the nation’s leading javelin throwers during her sophomore season in 2015 … Became the first Lady Tiger to earn All-America honors in the javelin throw in 27 years with a fourth-place finish nationally at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Oregon’s Hayward Field in Eugene … Threw a series-best of 178 feet, 0 inches on her third attempt to secure All-America honors with a fourthplace national finish … Was the first Lady Tiger to score in the javelin at the NCAA Championships since Cheryl Coker in 1988, and became just the third javelin All-American for the Lady Tigers as she also joined the likes of 1987 NCAA Champion Laverne Eve … Qualified for the NCAA semifinals for the second-straight season after unleashing a personal-best throw of 179-11 for the second-best performance at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Jacksonville, Florida … Became the No. 2-ranked javelin thrower in school history with her best of 179-11 on the season … Crowned the SEC Champion in the javelin after opening her series with a winning throw of 177-0 in the first round at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex … Became just the fourth Lady Tiger to win the SEC javelin title in the program’s history … Opened the outdoor season by eclipsing the 170-foot mark for the first time in her career with a throw of 176-5 in a third-place finish at the Texas Relays … Also cleared 170 feet in a second-place finish at the 121st Penn Relays with a series-best throw of 172-3 … Finished runner-up at the Battle on the Bayou (156-9) and LSU Invitational (168-1) … Added her fourth-place finish at the LSU Alumni Gold meet with a series-best throw of 145-4 … Followed the collegiate season by earning a 12th-place finish in the javelin competition at the USA Outdoor Championships with a top throw of 172-5 … Recognized for her academic performance with a selection to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the first time in her career. 2014 Was the NCAA’s No. 4-ranked freshman and No. 19-ranked performer regardless of class while throwing the javelin in her debut season with the Lady Tigers in 2014 … An NCAA Championships qualifier in the javelin as a freshman in 2014 … Threw a series-best of 154-2 in a 19th-place finish at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships held in Eugene, Oregon … Qualified for the NCAA semifinals with a top throw of 162-7 for 11th place in the national quarterfinals at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Jacksonville, Florida … Scored five points for the Lady Tigers with a fourth-place finish in the javelin final at the SEC Outdoor Championships in Lexington, Kentucky … Posted a series-best throw of 164-10 in her debut at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Won her first career javelin title in her collegiate debut at Louisiana Tech’s Jim Mize Invitational with a personal-best throw of 166-11 … Moved into the No. 5 spot on LSU’s all-time outdoor performance list with her victory in her collegiate debut … Also won the javelin title at Miami’s Hurricane Alumni Invitational with a mark of 158-8 … Also finished in third place at the LSU Alumni Gold (158-5), third place at the LSU Invitational (163-4), fifth place at the Penn Relays (155-10) and sixth place at the Texas Relays (165-1) in her first outdoor season with the Lady Tigers … Did not compete during the 2014 indoor season … Followed the collegiate season by throwing the javelin for the United States at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships held in Eugene, Oregon … Nearly matched her personal best with a
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PERSONAL Full name is Rebekah Francis Wales … Born on Oct. 2, 1995 … Parents are Hal Andrew “Andy” Wales III and Stacy Griggs … Has one older brother, Drew, and one older sister, Hannah … An honor student while compiling a 3.86 grade-point average during her prep career at West Monroe High School … Was a member of the National Honor Society … Honored as a Sophomore of Distinction, Junior of Distinction and Senior of Distinction at West Monroe High School … Majoring in business administration.
Lady Tigers Camille Arceneaux Fr./Fr. – 5-4 – Lafayette, La. St. Thomas More HS Major: Economics Events: Javelin PRIOR TO LSU A standout cross country runner and javelin thrower during her prep career at St. Thomas More High School in Lafayette … Member of two state championship cross country teams in 2013 and 2014 … Also played softball at St. Thomas More High School, winning a state championship with her team in 2013. PERSONAL
Full name is Camille Alyce Arceneaux … Born on Nov. 1, 1996 … An active member of the student body at St. Thomas More High School during her prep career … Served as the Student Council Executive Program Director … Member of the Beta Club … Active in Campus Ministry at her high school … Majoring in economics.
Danielle Avery Jr./So. – 5-2 – Naples, Fla. Naples HS Major: Business Administration Events: 800M (IN: 2:12.60; OUT: 2:12.84), 1,500M (4:47.79) All-SEC
2015 Enjoyed an All-SEC campaign in her sophomore season indoors with the Lady Tigers in 2015 … Ran the 800-meter leg of LSU’s distance medley relay team that clocked the fifth-fastest time in school history at 11 minutes, 25.24 seconds for an All-SEC runner-up finish at the SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships held at Kentucky’s Nutter Field House … Also lined up in the 800 meters at the SEC Indoor Championships, clocking 2:13.51 for 15th place in the qualifying round … Ran an indoor personal best of 2:12.60 in a third-place finish in the 800 meters at the LSU Twilight … Opened the indoor season by running 2:13.05 in a fourth-place finish in the 800 meters at the LSU Indoor Invitational … Also ran the 800 meters indoors at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (2:15.70), Rod McCravy Invitational (2:12.71), Razorback Invitational (2:16.78) and Iowa State Classic (2:13.80) … Ran the 800-meter leg of LSU’s distance medley relay team that won the event title at the LSU Indoor Invitational with a time of 11:45.08 … Also ran the 800-meter leg of the DMR that took second place at the Iowa State Classic with the second-fastest time in school history at 11:19.10 … Followed outdoors by running a seasonal-best time of 2:13.39 for 18th place in the qualifying round of the 800 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships held in Starkville, Mississippi … Was sixth in the B section final of the 800 meters at the LSU Alumni Gold with a time of 2:14.95 … Also ran the 800 meters outdoors at the Louisiana Classics (2:18.67), Jim Click Shootout (2:21.09) and LSU Invitational (2:18.23) … Raced to a PR of 4:47.79 in the 1,500 meters to claim fourth place in the race at LSU’s Battle on the Bayou … Anchored the Lady Tigers to an 11th-place finish in the Championship of America distance medley relay at the 121st Penn Relays … Led off their 4x800-meter relay team to a third-place finish at the 88th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a time of 8:49.83 … Recognized for her academic performance once again by earning All-Academic honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association and being named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll following the season. 2014 An 800-meter specialist for the Lady Tigers while competing indoors as a true freshman in 2014 … Made her debut at the SEC Indoor Championships, finishing in 26th place in the qualifying round with a time of 2:15.33 in the preliminary round … Split 2:16.04 on the 800-meter leg for the Lady Tigers on the distance medley relay team that finished in 11th place at the SEC Indoor Championships with a time of 11:44.78 … Also ran the 800-meter leg on distance medley relay teams that won back-to-back event titles at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (11:58.73) and Texas A&M Triangular (11:53.18) … Clocked an indoor personal best of 2:13.70 in the 800 meters in a fourth-place finish at the Texas A&M Triangular … Also ran the 800 meters indoors at the Aggie Invitational (2:14.16), LSU Twilight (2:16.23), Auburn Indoor Invitational (2:16.43) and Tyson Invitational (2:17.67) … Received a redshirt during the outdoor season … Ran outdoor seasonal bests of 2:28.01 in the 800 meters and 4:58.12 in the 1,500 meters with her unattached appearance at LSU’s Battle on the Bayou … Honored for her outstanding performance in the classroom in her debut season as a member of the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
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PRIOR TO LSU One of the top middle distance runners in the state of Florida for the Class of 2013 … Lifetime personal record of 2:12.84 in the 800-meter run was set in a third-place finish in the high school final at the 2013 Florida Relays during her senior season … Slashed more than two seconds off of her previous PR of 2:14.94 as she set her 2012 seasonal best in a second-place finish at the 2012 Golden South Classic held in Orlando, Florida … Wrapped up her prep career at Naples High School by winning the Florida Class 3A silver medal in the 800-meter final with a run of 2:17.79 … Was the Naples High School record holder in the 800 meters … Ranked among the top 800-meter runners in the state of Florida for the 2012 outdoor season … Wrapped up her junior season at Naples High School by capturing the Florida Class 3A bronze medal in the 800 meters after running 2:15.09 for third place in the event final at the 2012 Florida Class 3A Outdoor State Championships … Crowned the District 12-3A 800-meter champion as a junior in 2012 after running 2:19.59 in the district final … Claimed three-straight Region 3-3A silver medals in the 800 meters while running 2:18.62 in 2011, 2:15.48 in 2012 and 2:14.49 in 2013 at the regional meet … Won back-to-back Collier County Athletic Conference championships in the 800 meters in 2011 and 2012 … Followed her junior season on the track with an outstanding senior season in cross country in the fall of 2012 … Qualified for the FHSAA Cross Country State Championships for the first time during her senior season in 2012 while earning a 64th-place finish after running 20:13.42 for the state finals … Finished in fifth place at the District 12-3A meet and 27th place at the Region 3-3A meet en route to a berth in the state cross country finals … Ran a 5k cross country personal best of 19:47.70 at the 2012 FLRunners.com Invitational as a high school senior … Earned her first career top-10 finish in the 800 meters at the FHSAA Class 3A Outdoor State Championships with a ninth-place finish as a sophomore in 2011 … A two-time District 12-3A champion in the 4x800-meter relay and a two-time District 12-3A bronze medalist in the 4x400-meter relay in 2011 and 2012 … Helped lead her high school team to back-to-back eighth-place finishes in the 4x800 relay at the FHSAA Class 3A Outdoor State Championship in 2011 and 2012 … Set a personal best of 59.78 in the 400-meter dash in her victory at the Wally Keller Invitational held at Charlotte High School in Punta Gorda, Florida, during her sophomore season in 2011 … A standout in the classroom who won the prestigious 24th-annual Winged Foot Scholar-Athlete Award in 2013 over 11 other finalists from Collier Award following her senior season on the track. PERSONAL Born on April 12, 1995 … Parents are Matthew and Maureen Avery … Has one younger brother named William … Father was an NCAA qualifier on the wrestling team at Lockhaven University during his collegiate career … An honor student who has maintained a weighted 4.7 grade-point average during her prep career at Naples High School to rank among the top 10 percent of her graduating class … A member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society … A recipient of the Student-Athlete Award and Academic Letter at her high school … Majoring in business administration.
Hannah Bourque Fr./Fr. – 5-5 – Youngsville, La. St. Thomas More HS Major: Kinesiology Events: Distance PRIOR TO LSU A standout distance runner during her prep career at St. Thomas More High School … Coached in high school by Kevin Castille … A four-time Class 4A all-state cross country runner during her prep career … Was crowned the Class 4A state cross country champion twice in 2011 and 2012 … Helped lead her team to back-to-back Class 4A state championships in 2013 and 2014 … Also a three-time state champion runner on the track, winning the Class 4A title in the 3,200 meters in 2012 and 2013 and 1,600 meters once in 2013 … Ran personal-best times of 2:18 in the 800 meters, 5:17 in the 1,600 meters, 11:54 in the 3,200 meters and 18:59 in the three-mile race during her prep career. PERSONAL
Full name is Hannah Gabrielle Bourque … Born on July 3, 1997 … Parents are Jed and Monica Bourque … Has three younger brothers, Grant, Noah and John Luke … An honor student at St. Thomas More High School as a Utopian Graduate … Served as secretary on St. Thomas More’s Student Council … Also worked with Campus Ministry while in high school … Majoring in kinesiology.
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Lady Tigers Christian Brennan Jr./Jr. – 5-4 – Waterdown, Ontario, Canada St. Mary’s Catholic HS/Oregon Major: Pre-Humanities & Social Science Events: 200M (IN: 24.22; OUT: 23.38w/23.43), 400M (IN: 53.83; OUT: 52.12)
PRIOR TO LSU An NCAA Champion and All-American 400-meter sprinter in her two-year stint at the University of Oregon in 2014 and 2015 … Member of Oregon’s NCAAtitle-winning 4x400-meter relay team at the 2014 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships, running the third leg on the team that set the collegiate indoor record of 3 minutes, 27.40 seconds in the national final to clinch the NCAA Indoor team title for the Ducks … Also ran on Oregon’s 4x400-meter relay team that earned a third-place national finish at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 3:29.03 in the final … Opened her collegiate career by clocking seasonal bests of 53.83 indoors and 52.81 outdoors in the 400-meter dash in 2014 … Was an NCAA Championships qualifier in the 400-meter dash as a freshman at Oregon while finishing in 33rd place overall at the 2014 NCAA West Preliminary Rounds after running 54.62 in the first round of qualifying … Clocked her 2014 seasonal best of 52.81 in a third-place finish at the Mt. SAC Relays … Swept sprint titles in the 200 meters (23.61) and 400 meters (54.43) at the Oregon Preview in her collegiate debut outdoors in 2014 … Ran her indoor personal-best time of 53.83 in a runner-up finish in the 400 meters at the Don Kirby Elite meet during the 2014 indoor season … Followed in 2015 by clocking seasonal bests of 24.47 in the 200 meters at the UW Indoor Preview at the University of Washington and 55.15 in the 400 meters at the Don Kirby Elite meet … Once again an NCAA Championships qualifier during the 2015 outdoor season as a member of Oregon’s 4x400-meter relay team … Featured for the Ducks at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships where she ran on the team that clocked 3:39.07 for 18th place in the NCAA semifinals … Helped the Ducks qualify from the national quarterfinals with an eighth-place finish in the relay at the 2015 NCAA West Preliminary Rounds with a time of 3:33.69 … Also lined up in the 400 meters at the NCAA West Prelims, finishing in 36th place overall with a time of 54.81 in the first round … Was a Pac-12 Outdoor Silver Medalist in the 4x400-meter relay as a member of Oregon’s team that placed second with a time of 3:34.73 at the conference meet in 2015 … Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in the 400 meters for the secondstraight season after running a 2015 seasonal best of 53.94 in a runner-up finish at the Oregon Relays … Ran 2015 seasonal bests of 24.21 wind-aided at the Oregon Twilight and 24.57 wind-legal at the Trojan Invitational while running the 200 meters … Arrived at the University of Oregon following a distinguished youth career as one of Canada’s top sprint talents … Silver medalist in both the 200 meters and 400 meters at the 2011 IAAF World Youth Championships … Set the Canadian youth record with a personal-best time of 52.12 in the 400-meter final at the IAAF World Youth Championships in 2011 … Clocked a wind-legal 23.47 (+0.1) to win the World Youth silver medal in the 200 meters … Set the Canadian junior record with a personal best of 23.43 (+1.8) at the 2011 Canadian Youth Championships … Bronze medalist in the 400-meter dash with a time of 52.49 at the 2011 Canadian Senior National Championships at the age of 15 … Won three-straight Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) titles in the 400 meters for St. Mary’s Catholic and added 100-meter and 200-meter provincial titles in 2010 and 2011 … Also ran a wind-legal PR of 11.77 in the 100 meters as a youth. PERSONAL Full name is Christian Evelyn Brennan … Born on March 27, 1995 … Parents are Chris and Diane Brennan … Has one older brother, Patrick, and two younger brothers, Austin and Spencer … Majoring in pre-humanities and social science.
Madison Danna RS-Fr./RS-Fr. – 5-7 – Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge Magnet HS Major: Kinesiology Events: Shot Put, Discus, Javelin 2015 Received a redshirt in her debut season with the Lady Tigers in 2015. PRIOR TO LSU A three-year letterwinner during her prep career at Baton Rouge Magnet High School … Threw the shot put, discus and javelin during her high school career … A member of three-straight outdoor state championship teams at Baton Rouge Magnet High School from 2011-13.
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PERSONAL Full name is Madison Suzanne Danna … Born on June 24, 1996 … Parents are Daniel and Patty Danna … Has two older siblings, Taylor and Nicholas … Father attended LSU … Majoring in kinesiology.
Hannah Deworth So./So. – 5-3 – Alexandria, La. Holy Savior Menard Central HS Major: Nutrition & Food Science Events: 800M (IN: 2:15.12; OUT: 2:10.98) 2015 One of the team’s leading 800-meter runners in her first collegiate season with the Lady Tigers in 2015 … Made her SEC Championships debut during the outdoor season as she clocked a lifetime personal best of 2 minutes, 10.98 seconds in a 14th-place finish in the qualifying round at the 2015 SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships held in Starkville, Mississippi … Opened the outdoor season by taking third place at the Louisiana Classics with a time of 2:15.84 … Placed fourth at the LSU Alumni Gold with a run of 2:11.22 … Finished in seventh place at the LSU Invitational (2:12.12) and ninth place at the Jim Click Shootout (2:11.99) during the outdoor season … Ran an indoor personal best of 2:15.12 in a 35th-place finish at the Iowa State Classic … Clocked 2:18.10 in her collegiate debut in the 800 meters at the LSU Indoor Invitational where she finished in sixth place overall … Followed with a 10th-place finish at the Auburn Indoor Invitational with a time of 2:16.85 … Also ran the 800 meters indoors at the Rod McCravy Memorial (2:16.27), Razorback Invitational (2:15.50) and LSU Twilight (2:15.95). PRIOR TO LSU Joined the Lady Tigers following a standout prep career at Holy Savior Menard Central High School … A two-time Louisiana Class 2A state champion in the 800 meters in 2011 and 2013 … A two-time Class 2A silver medalist in the 1,600 meters in 2012 and 2013 … Helped lead her high school team to the Class 2A team championship at the 2013 Louisiana High School Athletics Association Class 2A State Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at LSU’s Bernie Moore Track Stadium … Set personal bests of 2:19 in the 800 meters and 5:25 in the 1,600 meters during her prep career. PERSONAL Full name is Hannah Katherine Deworth … Born on Dec. 25, 1994 … Parents are Jay and Jackie Deworth … Has two older sisters, Rebecca and Rachel, who both attended LSU … An honor student and member of the National Honor Society during her prep career at Holy Savior Menard Central High School … Majoring in nutrition and food science.
Bria Druilhet So./So. – 5-7 – Sugar Land, Texas Stephen F. Austin HS Major: Psychology Events: Long Jump (IN: 18-11 ¾; OUT: 19-0 ¾w /19-0), Triple Jump (IN: 40-6; OUT: 41-1w /40-5 ¾) 2015 Jumped a lifetime personal best of 40 feet, 6 inches in the triple jump in her debut season with the Lady Tigers in 2015 … Posted her career-best jump of 40-6 in a 10th-place finish in the triple jump competition at the New Mexico Classic during the 2015 indoor season … Competed in both the long jump and triple jump at the SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships held at Kentucky’s Nutter Field House … Posted marks of 18-5 for 18th place in the long jump and 39-1 ¾ for 19th place in the triple jump in her SEC debut as a Lady Tiger … Also eclipsed the 40-foot mark in the triple jump indoors with a jump of 40-0 for third place at the LSU Twilight … Also competed in the triple jump at the LSU Invitational (37-10), Rod McCravy Memorial (38-8 ¼), Razorback Invitational (39-0 ½) and LSU High Performance Meet (38-6 ¼) during the indoor season … Jumped an indoor personal best of 18-11 ¾ in a sixth-place finish in the long jump at the Razorback Invitational … Opened her debut season outdoors by winning the triple jump title at the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette with a season-opening mark of 38-9 ½ (-0.9) … Jumped a seasonal-best all conditions mark with a windy 40-4 ¾ (+3.6) in a third-place finish at LSU’s Battle on the Bayou … Followed with a third-place finish at Arizona’s Jim Click Shootout with a mark of 39-3 … Placed 16th in the triple jump at the SEC Outdoor Championships in Starkville, Mississippi, with a series-best mark of 39-5 ¼ … Also competed in the triple jump at the LSU Alumni Gold (39-9 ¾) and LSU Invitational (39-2 ¼) during the outdoor season … Recognized for her performance in the classroom by picking up All-Academic honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association and earning a selection to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
Lady Tigers PRIOR TO LSU One of the top triple jump prospects in the United States for the Class of 2014 … Wrapped up her prep career at Stephen F. Austin High School by winning the Texas Class 5A bronze medal in the triple jump while jumping a wind-legal personal best of 40-5 ¾ in the state final at the 2014 University Interscholastic League Class 5A Outdoor State Track & Field Championships held at Mike A. Myers Stadium at the University of Texas … … Soared to a wind-aided mark of 40-11 ½ to win the Class 5A state championship in the triple jump to highlight her junior season in 2013 … Jumped a winning wind-aided mark of 40-11 ½ (+2.3) in the fifth round after also jumping a wind-aided 40-8 ¼ (+2.7) in the second round at the 2013 state meet … Also earned fifth place in the long jump at the Class 5A state meet in 2013 with a career-best wind-aided mark of 19-0 ¾ … Recorded a personal-best wind-aided mark of 41-1 in winning the triple jump title in a regular-season meet hosted by Cypress Springs High School during the 2013 season … Ended the 2013 outdoor season as the No. 10-ranked prep triple jumper nationally under all conditions and No. 5-ranked member of the Class of 2014 with her wind-aided best of 41-1 … Also captured the girls’ triple jump title at the 2013 Texas Relays with a winning wind-aided mark of 40-7 ¾ (+2.8) during the competition … Set her wind-legal PR of 40-5 ½ in her series at the 2013 Texas Relays for the No. 17-ranked performance at the high school level in the United States during her junior season … Was also the nation’s No. 7-ranked triple jumper with a wind-legal mark at the prep level among the Class of 2014 … Finished runner-up in her title defense at the Texas Relays as a senior in 2014 when she posted a series-best windaided mark of 40-11 ¾ on her sixth and final attempt of the competition … Also posted a seasonal-best wind-legal mark of 40-4 ¾ in the fifth round at the 2014 Texas Relays … Swept District 23-5A (38-10) and Region 3-5A (40-0 ¾w) in the triple jump during her junior season in 2013 … Also won the District 23-5A (18-3) and Region 3-5A (19-0) silver medals during the 2013 season … Mark of 19-0 at the 2013 regional meet set a wind-legal PR in the long jump … Crowned the young women’s gold medalist in the triple jump with a winning seasonal-best mark of 39-1 ¾ (+1.1) at the 2012 USA Youth Outdoor Track & Field Championships to highlight her sophomore season … The 2012 USA Youth Outdoor Championships was held in Arlington, Texas … Earned back-to-back sixth-place finishes in the triple jump at the UIL Class 5A Outdoor State Championships as a freshman in 2011 and as a sophomore in 2012 … Also swept triple jump titles at the District 23-5A and Region 3-5A meets in the state of Texas during her freshman season in 2011. PERSONAL Full name is Bria Nachell Druilhet … Born on Nov. 11, 1995 … Parents are Anthony Druilhet, Sr., and Rachella Ozan Druilhet … Stepmother is Toni Druilhet … Has four older brothers, Anthony Druilhet, Jr., Michael Frank, Jr., Jarayle Williams and Jamayle Williams … Father was a three-year letterwinner as a member of the LSU Track & Field program from 198587 … An honor student during her prep career at Stephen F. Austin High School while maintaining a 3.5 grade-point average … Majoring in psychology.
Kiersten Duncan Sr./Jr. – 5-5 – Katy, Texas Cypress Springs HS/Texas Major: Interdisciplinary Studies Events: 60M (7.49), 100M (11.70w/11.72), 200M (IN: 24.02; OUT: 23.40w/23.52) 2015 Lined up in both the 60 meters and 200 meters during her junior season indoors in 2015 … Won back-to-back 200-meter titles at the LSU High Performance Meet (24.12) and LSU Twilight (24.09) at the Carl Maddox Field House … Winning time of 24.09 seconds at the LSU Twilight was a seasonal best … Also raced to a personal best of 7.49 in a fourth-place finish in the 60-meter dash at the LSU Twilight … Ended in 25th place in 200-meter qualifying at the SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 24.41 in the preliminary round … Opened the indoor season with a runner-up finish in the 200 meters at the LSU Indoor Invitational with a time of 25.05 … Also ran the 200 meters at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (24.42), Razorback Invitational (24.31) and New Mexico Classic (24.22) during the indoor season … Ran back-to-back times of 7.56 in 60-meter finals in a 13th-place finish at the New Mexico Classic and runner-up finish at the LSU High Performance Meet … Lined up in the 60 meters at the Rod McCravy Memorial (7.57) and Razorback Invitational (7.65) … Did not compete during the outdoor season. 2014 Lettered during both the indoor and outdoor seasons in her debut season with the Lady Tigers in 2014 … An NCAA quarterfinalist in the 200-meter dash during the outdoor season … Finished in 17th place overall in the 200 meters at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Jacksonville, Florida, clocking 23.76 in her quarterfinal heat … Qualified for the national quarterfinals with a run of 23.66 (+0.6) in the first round … Also ran the third leg for the Lady Tigers in the 4x400-meter relay at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds, helping the team to a 15th-place finish in the quarterfinals with its second-fastest time
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of the season at 3 minutes, 35.79 seconds … Ran the third leg on LSU’s mile relay team that set a 2014 seasonal best of 3:35.59 in a runner-up finish in the college section at the Penn Relays … Finished in 25th place in the 100 meters (11.93) and 22nd place in the 200 meters (24.52) in the qualifying round at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships … Clocked personal bests of 11.72 (+1.5) in a sixth-place finish in the 100 meters and 23.60 (+0.2) in a fifth-place finish in the 200 meters at the Battle on the Bayou in her first open races of the 2014 season … Won the B section of the 100 meters at the LSU Alumni Gold with a run of 11.82 (+1.7) … Placed seventh at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational (11.87) and eighth at the LSU Invitational (11.89) in the 100 meters … Raced to a career-best windaided time of 23.40 (+2.4) in a third-place finish in the 200 meters at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational … Dropped her wind-legal PR to 23.52 (+1.4) in a fourth-place finish at the LSU Alumni Gold … Finished in eighth place in the 200-meter final at the LSU Invitational with a time of 24.00 (-0.3) … Opened the outdoor season by running the second leg on LSU’s 4x100-meter relay team that finish in fifth place at the Texas Relays with times of 44.17 in the qualifying round and 44.41 in the final … Ran the second leg on LSU’s foursome that earned three-straight runner-up finishes at the Battle on the Bayou (44.18), Hurricane Alumni Invitational (44.28) and LSU Alumni Gold (43.72) … Ran the second leg on LSU’s 4x200-meter relay teams that took third place at the Texas Relays (1:34.23) and 10th place at the Penn Relays (1:35.43) … Competed in both the 60 meters and 200 meters at the SEC Indoor Championships, running 7.67 for 32nd place and 24.13 for 19th place, respectively … Won the 200-meter title with a banked-track-converted time of 24.06 at the LSU Twilight … Ran an indoor PR of 24.02 in a 16th-place finish in the 200 meters at the Tyson Invitational … Clocked a time of 24.16 in a runner-up finish in the 200 meters at the New Mexico Team Invitational … Also lined up in the 200 meters at the Aggie Invitational (24.19), Texas A&M Triangular (24.20) and Auburn Indoor Invitational (24.42) during the indoor season … Clocked a personal best of 7.57 in a 10th-place finish in her first 60-meter race of the year at the Texas A&M Triangular … Also ran the 60 meters at the LSU Twilight (7.64), New Mexico Team Invitational (7.69), Tyson Invitational (7.69) and Aggie Invitational (7.83). PRIOR TO LSU Competed at the University of Texas during her freshman season in 2013 … Ran the leadoff leg for the Longhorns in winning the 4x200-meter relay at the 2013 Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in a time of 1:32.37 … Also sprinted to a wind-legal personal best of 11.77 in the qualifying round of the 100-meter dash at the Texas Relays in 2013 … Sprinted to a 2013 wind-aided seasonal best of 11.70 in a fifth-place finish in the 100 meters at the Longhorn Invitational … Also ran 24.18 for seventh place in the 200 meters at the Longhorn Invitational … Clocked a seasonal-best time of 23.96 in the 200 meters in a sixth-place finish at the Aztec Invitational … Led off the Texas foursome that finished in fourth place in the 4x100-meter relay at the 2013 Florida Relays with a time of 44.25 … Competed in the 60 meters and 200 meters during the 2013 indoor season … Ran 2013 seasonal bests of 7.61 in the 60 meters and 24.68 in the 200 meters in the qualifying round at the Big 12 Indoor Championships … Was a four-year letterwinner on the track during her prep career at Cypress Springs High School under the direction of coach Ruqayya Gibson … Served as her high school team captain in 2011 and 2012 … Set a windlegal PR of 23.89 in the 200 meters to win the Class 5A bronze medal at the Texas state meet in 2011 … Also ran an indoor PR of 24.24 in the 200 meters at the 2011 New Balance Indoor Nationals held at The Armory in New York. PERSONAL Full name is Kiersten Antoinet Duncan … Born on March 7, 1993 … Parents are Antonne and Schrylean Duncan … Younger sister of former LSU sprint star Kimberlyn Duncan … Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
Elizabeth Dunning Jr./Jr. – 5-4 – Zachary, La. Paul Laurence Dunbar HS Major: Elementary Education Events: 1,500M (5:09.83), Mile (5:40.32), 3,000M (IN: 10:33.23; OUT: 11:03.97), 5,000M (OUT: 18:32.72) 2015 Set personal bests in both the 3,000 meters indoors and 5,000 meters outdoors during her sophomore season in 2015 … Crossed the finish line in fourth place in the 3,000 meters at the LSU High Performance Meet with an indoor personal record of 10 minutes, 33.23 seconds … Placed third in the event at the LSU Indoor Invitational (10:51.71) and LSU Twilight (10:54.95) meets during the indoor season … Also ran the 3k indoors at the Auburn Indoor Invitational, clocking 11:04.30 for 27th place overall … Only ran one 3,000-meter race during the outdoor season with a fifth-place finish at the LSU Invitational in a time of 11:07.92 … Won the 5,000 meters at LSU’s Battle on the Bayou with a run of 18:38.73 … Opened her outdoor season by clocking a lifetime PR of 18:32.72 in a runner-up finish in the 5k race at the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette …
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Also ran 18:49.58 in a fifth-place finish in the 5k at the LSU Alumni Gold meet … Honored for her academic performance with a selection to the SEC Academic Honor Roll. 2014 Competed unattached in her first season with the Lady Tigers in 2014 … Lined up in four meets between the indoor and outdoor seasons … Ran banked-track-converted times of 5:40.32 in a 10th-place finish in the mile and 11:22.31 in a fifth-place finish in the 3,000 meters at the LSU Twilight in her only indoor appearance … Ran outdoor seasonal bests of 5:09.83 in the 1,500 meters and 11:03.97 in the 3,000 meters at the Battle on the Bayou and 19:00.02 in the 5,000 meters at the LSU Alumni Gold while she competed unattached in 2014. PRIOR TO LSU A varsity letterwinner in track and field and cross country during her prep career … Was a member of three regional championship teams during her high school career from 2010-12. PERSONAL Full name is Elizabeth Lee Dunning … Born on July 5, 1993 … Father is Don Dunning … Has two sisters, Ana and Natalee … Sister, Ana, currently attends LSU … Majoring in elementary education.
Breanna Elliott Fr./Fr. – 5-8 – Baton Rouge, La. Christian Life Academy Major: Psychology Events: Distance PRIOR TO LSU A three-sport standout during her high school career at Christian Life Academy … Competed in events ranging from the 300-meter hurdles, 800 meters and 4x400-meter relay on the track during her four years at Christian Life Academy … Also ran the three-mile race in cross country while in high school … An all-state 800-meter runner and cross country standout during her prep career … Was also honored as a four-time all-metro performer in the 800 meters as one of the leading half-milers on the track in the Baton Rouge area … Crowned the state’s 800-meter champion during her sophomore season … Member of Christian Life’s school-recordsetting 4x400-meter relay team as a senior ... Also a four-year letterwinner on the soccer field before joining the Lady Tigers. PERSONAL Full name is Breanna Markae’ Elliott … Born on March 24, 1997 … Parents are Mark Elliott and Kareth Smith … Has one younger sister, Ashley … Father is the former associate head coach at LSU and current head track and field and cross country coach at Clemson … Was an A&B Honor Roll student during her prep career at Christian Life Academy … Majoring in psychology.
Monica Guillot Fr./Fr. – 5-3 – Covington, La. St. Scholastica Academy Major: Chemical Engineering Events: Mile (5:28.67), 3,000M (IN: 11:08.57), 5,000M (OUT: 18:55.63) 2015 Received a redshirt in her debut season with the Lady Tigers in 2015 … Ran personal bests of 5 minutes, 28.67 seconds in the mile at the LSU High Performance Meet and 11:08.57 in the 3,000 meters at the LSU Twilight while competing unattached during the indoor season … Also raced to a PR of 18:55.63 in the 5k at LSU’s Battle on the Bayou while running unattached during the outdoor season. PRIOR TO LSU A three-year letterwinner in track and field and one-year letterwinner in cross country during her prep career at St. Scholastica Academy … Set personal bests of 1:05.26 in the 400 meters on the track and 17:07.08 on the 4k course in cross country before her arrival at LSU … Helped lead St. Scholastica Academy to the Class 4A team title at the 2014 Louisiana High School Athletics Association Class 4A State Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at LSU’s Bernie Moore Track Stadium … Also helped guide her high school team to a runner-up team finish at the 2013 LHSAA Class 4A State Cross Country Championships during her senior season … Was an all-state performer in indoor track and field and an all-district performer in cross country in 2013.
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PERSONAL Full name is Monica Ann Guillot … Born on April 1, 1996 … Parents are Lloyd, Jr. and Lisa Guillot … Both parents attended LSU … Has one older sister, Mallory, and three younger brothers, Lloyd, Christopher and Nathan … An honor student who was co-valedictorian of her graduating class at St. Scholastica Academy … An Alpha Honor Student, AP Scholar and member of the National Honor Society during her high school career … Majoring in chemical engineering.
Shanice Hall Sr./Sr. – 5-7 – St. Catherine, Jamaica Wolmer’s Trust High School for Girls Major: Communication Studies Event: High Jump (IN: 5-9 ¾; OUT: 6-0 ¾) 2015 An SEC Championship scorer for the first time in her collegiate career during both the indoor and outdoor seasons … Was the fifth-place finisher in the high jump at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex … Cleared a seasonal-best height of 5 feet, 8 ¾ inches for fifth place at the SEC Outdoor Championships to score four points for the Lady Tigers … Also earned a spot in the field at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds with her performance at the conference meet … Competed at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds for the second time in her collegiate career where she tied for 33rd place with a clearance of 5-7 in the meet held in Jacksonville, Florida … Finished runner-up in the high jump three times during the outdoor season at the Louisiana Classics (5-7 ¾), Jim Click Shootout (5-7) and LSU Invitational (5-7 ¼) … Tied for seventh in the B section at the Texas Relays with a clearance of 5-7 ¼ … Tied for eighth place at the LSU Alumni Gold (5-5 ¼) and 21st place in the college division at the 121st Penn Relays (5-4 ½) … Scored three points for the Lady Tigers with her career-best finish of sixth place in the high jump at the SEC Indoor Championships held at Kentucky’s Nutter Field House … Matched her indoor personal best with a clearance of 5-9 ¾ at the SEC Indoor meet … Also cleared the bar at 5-9 ¾ in a fourth-place finish at Kentucky’s Rod McCravy Memorial meet during the indoor season … Won the high jump competition in her season opener at the LSU Indoor Invitational with a mark of 5-8 … Finished runner-up in back-to-back meets at the LSU High Performance Meet and LSU Twilight with matching clearances of 5-6 ½ … Placed fourth at the Razorback Invitational with a mark of 5-7 … Also high jumped at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (5-5) and New Mexico Classic (5-4 ½) during the indoor season … Recognized for her academic performance with her second career selection to the SEC Academic Honor Roll following the season. 2014 Cleared an indoor personal best of 5-9 ¾ in winning the college high jump at the Tyson Invitational … Also won the high jump title at the LSU Twilight during the indoor season with a clearance of 5-8 ½ … Finished in 16th place overall in the high jump at the SEC Indoor Championships with her clearance of 5-6 … Earned back-to-back third-place finishes in the high jump at the Texas A&M Triangular (5-6) and New Mexico Team Invitational (5-8) … Also competed in the high jump indoors at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (5-7 ¾) and Aggie Invitational (5-5 ¼) … Ended her outdoor season by taking 12th place overall at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a mark of 5-5 ¾ … Cleared an outdoor seasonal best of 5-7 ¼ in three-straight meets while taking third place at Miami’s Hurricane Alumni Invitational and tying for fourth place at the Battle on the Bayou and LSU Alumni Gold … Also competed in the high jump outdoors at the Texas Relays (5-7), Penn Relays (5-6) and LSU Invitational (5-5 ¼) … Stepped onto the long jump runway in two meets outdoors, jumping a seasonal best of 17-9 (-0.2) for 11th place at the LSU Invitational and 17-5 ¼w (+2.8) for eighth place at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational … Honored for her academic performance as a member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the first time in her collegiate career. 2013 Lettered for the Lady Tigers during both the indoor and outdoor seasons as a leading high jumper on the squad … An NCAA Championship qualifier in the high jump while competing at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds in Greensboro, North Carolina … Tied for 37th place in her final high jump competition of the season at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds while clearing the bar at 5-5 ¾ inches … Placed 15th in the event at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a clearance of 5-7 … Scored a runner-up finish in the event with a seasonal-best clearance of 5-8 ¾ at UCLA’s Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational … Cleared 5-7 ¾ for fourth place in the college high jump at the 119th Penn Relays … Tied for third place at the LSU Alumni Gold and took fourth place at the Battle on the Bayou with heights of 5-7 ¼ … Placed seventh in the B section at the 86th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a mark of 5-7 … Tied for 16th place in the high jump in her SEC Championships debut during the indoor season … Cleared 5-7 at the SEC Indoor meet
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PRIOR TO LSU One of Jamaica’s bright young stars who signed with the Lady Tigers with a personal record of 6-0 ¾ … Cleared her personal-best height of 6-0 ¾ to win the girl’s high jump title at the 2012 Gibson Relays held at the National Stadium in Kingston … A product of Wolmer’s Girls School who cleared the bar at 5-10 ¾ a total of five times in her youth career … Crowned the 2010 Carifta Games Under-20 gold medalist with her first career clearance at 5-10 ¾ … Opened the 2012 season by clearing 5-10 ¾ to win the Under-20 high jump title at the Forrest Invitational in Kingston … Also went up and over the bar at 5-10 ¾ to finish in third place at the 2012 Carifta Games Trials held in Kingston … Wrapped up the 2012 season by clearing 5-10 ¾ to claim the U-20 bronze medal at the Jamaican Junior Championships … Won the silver medal in the girl’s high jump at the 2012 Penn Relays … Won the silver medal in her age group at the Jamaican Boys & Girls Championships as a sophomore at Wolmer’s Girls School with her clearance at 5-8 ¾. PERSONAL Full name is Shanice Merlene Hall … Born on July 21, 1993 … Father is Derrick Hall and mother is Eileen Millen … Has an older brother, Derrick, and an older sister, Latecha … Majoring in communication studies.
Tahlaya Hardin Fr./Fr. – 4-11 – Fresno, Texas Manvel HS Major: Accounting Events: Distance PRIOR TO LSU Ran track and cross country during her prep career at Manvel High School … Coached in high school by Duke Barrier III. PERSONAL Full name is Tahlaya Mikel Hardin … Born on Feb. 23, 1997 … Mother is Shelly Amos … Majoring in accounting.
Keterra Harris So./So. – 5-4 – Marrero, La. St. Mary’s Academy Major: Pre-Human Science & Education Events: 200M (24.56w/24.81), 400M (IN: 55.71; OUT: 55.88), 800M (IN: 2:16.00; OUT: 2:16.23) 2015 Competed primarily in the 400 meters in her debut season with the Lady Tigers in 2015 … Ran a lifetime personal best of 55.71 seconds in a fifth-place finish in the 400-meter dash at the Iowa State Classic during the indoor season … Lined up in the qualifying round at the SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships, clocking 56.63 for 33rd place in her SEC debut … Led off the Lady Tigers to a fifth-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay at the SEC Indoor Championships, clocking 3 minutes, 39.09 seconds … Won the 400-meter title with a time of 56.90 in her collegiate debut at the LSU Indoor Invitational … Placed sixth in the event at the Auburn Indoor Invitational with a time of 56.56 … Clocked a lifetime PR of 2:16.00 for 13th place in the 800 meters in her only appearance in the event at the Razorback Invitational during the indoor season … Also led off LSU’s 4x400-meter relay team to a pair of seventh-place finishes at the Rod McCravy Memorial (3:40.18) and Razorback Invitational (3:47.86) … Ran the 400-meter leg on LSU’s distance medley relay team in four meets during the indoor season … Helped the Lady Tigers run the second-fastest DMR time in school history at 11:19.10 in a runner-up finish at the Iowa State Classic … Followed outdoors by running the 200 meters and 400 meters … Ran a career-best wind-aided time of 24.56 (+2.2) for third place at LSU’s Battle on the Bayou and a wind-legal personal best of 24.81 (+0.2) for 16th place at the LSU Invitational in the 200-meter dash … Clocked an outdoor seasonal-best time of 56.15 in a third-place finish at the Louisiana Classics in her outdoor season debut … Lined up in the 400 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships in Starkville, Mississippi, clocking 56.52 for 23rd place overall in the qualifying round … Ran the third leg on LSU’s winning 4x400-meter relay team at the LSU Invitational in the team’s regular-season finale outdoors with a time of 3:39.02 … Anchored LSU’s B team to a third-place finish in the mile relay at the Battle on the Bayou with a time of 3:48.28 … Also ran the 400-meter leg on LSU’s distance medley
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relay team that clocked 11:53.02 for 11th place in the Championship of America final at the 121st Penn Relays. PRIOR TO LSU Ended her prep career by being named the Most Outstanding Performer of the Meet at the 2014 Louisiana High School Athletics Association Class 2A Outdoor State Track & Field Championships held at LSU’s Bernie Moore Track Stadium … Crowned the Louisiana Class 2A state champion in the 400 meters and 800 meters and the Class 2A state silver medalist in the 200 meters as a senior in 2014 … Raced to a personal best of 2:16.23 to win her second career Class 2A outdoor crown in the 800 meters to cap her senior season … Also won the 800-meter state title outdoors as a sophomore in 2012 … Won back-to-back Class 2A state championships in the 400-meter dash as a junior in 2013 and as a senior in 2014 … Ran her second-fastest 400 meters as a prep with a winning run of 56.66 in the 2014 state final … Added a Class 2A silver medal in the 200-meter dash to wrap up her senior season at St. Mary’s Academy while running 25.20 (-2.3) during the state meet … Swept 800-meter state titles during the indoor and outdoor seasons of her senior year, winning the Division II indoor crown with a winning run of 2:22.04 in the state final at LSU’s Carl Maddox Field House … Competed on a national level after her junior season in 2013 while running the 400 meters at the USA Track & Field National Junior Olympic Championships held in Greensboro, North Carolina … Clocked 56.20 in the first round of qualifying before running a personal best of 55.88 for her 13th-place finish in the semifinal round of the 400 meters at the 2013 USATF National Junior Olympics … Won the 400-meter title at the 2014 Sugar Bowl Track & Field Classic in New Orleans. PERSONAL Full name is Keterra Cord’e Harris … Born on June 11, 1996 … Parents are Terrance and Kiesha Harris … Has three siblings, Terraneka, Te’a and Kiley … Maintained a stellar 3.89 grade-point average during her prep career at St. Mary’s Academy … Member of the National Honor Society as a high school student … Uncle, Tory James, is a former member of the LSU football team from 1992-95 before his NFL career with the Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders and Cincinnati Bengals … Majoring in pre-human science and education.
Shanice Holmes Sr./Sr. – 5-4 – Oakdale, La. Oakdale HS Major: Kinesiology Events: Long Jump (IN: 16-9 ¾; OUT: 17-1 ½), Triple Jump (IN: 38-9 ½; OUT: 39-4w/38-0 ¼) 2015 Set new personal bests in the long jump and triple jump during her junior season in 2015 … Soared to a lifetime personal best of 38 feet, 9 ½ inches in a fourth-place finish in the triple jump at the Auburn Indoor Invitational … Also jumped an indoor PR of 16-9 ¾ for 23rd place in the long jump at the Auburn Indoor Invitational held at the Birmingham Crossplex … Earned back-to-back fifth-place finishes in the triple jump at the LSU High Performance Meet (37-8) and LSU Twilight (37-9 ¼) during the indoor season … Also competed in the triple jump indoors at the LSU Indoor Invitational (36-9) and New Mexico Classic (37-9 ½) … Jumped an outdoor personal best of 38-0 ¼ (+0.0) in a fourth-place finish in the triple jump at Arizona’s Jim Click Shootout … Also placed fourth in the event at LSU’s Battle on the Bayou with a career-best wind-aided mark of 39-4 (+2.9) … Finished runner-up in her outdoor season opener at the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette with a mark of 37-8 ¾ (-1.4) … Posted a seasonal-best mark of 17-0 ¾ (+0.8) in the long jump at the Jim Click Shootout … Also stepped onto the long jump runway at the Battle on the Bayou (16-7 ¼w) during the outdoor season. 2014 Saw action in the long jump and triple jump in four home meets during the 2014 season … Jumped indoor personal bests of 16-4 ½ in an eighth-place finish in the long jump and 36-7 in a ninth-place finish in the triple jump at the LSU Twilight … Leaped to a wind-legal best of 17-1 ½ (+1.3) in an 18th-place finish in the long jump at the LSU Alumni Gold … Also competed in the long jump outdoors at the LSU Invitational (15-7) and Battle on the Bayou … Set a wind-legal PR of 36-9 ¾ (-0.5) in a ninth-place finish in the triple jump at the LSU Invitational … Also leaped to a wind-aided 37-7 ¾ (+3.6) to take fourth place in the triple jump at the Battle on the Bayou. 2013 Competed in the long jump in six meets during the 2013 season … Jumped a lifetime personal best of 16-4 ½ to tie for 14th place at the LSU Twilight during the indoor season … Posted a top mark of 16-2 ¼ for seventh place at the LSU Invitational … Jumped a seasonal-best wind-aided mark of 15-10 ½ (+2.2) for 16th place at the LSU Alumni Gold during the outdoor season … Also competed in the long jump at the Louisiana Classics (14-4), LSU Relays (14-7 ¼) and Battle on the Bayou (15-4 ¾) outdoors.
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PRIOR TO LSU A standout long and triple jumper during her prep career at Oakdale High School … Swept district and regional titles in the long jump and triple jump during the 2011 season … Also claimed a regional crown in the triple jump in 2011 … Honored as her district’s Outstanding Female Field Athlete of the Year after the 2011 season while leading Oakdale High School’s track and field team to a district championship … Also a standout on the basketball court … Helped guide her basketball team to the state semifinals in 2009 … Was a two-time team defensive Most Valuable Player in 2010 and 2011 … Helped guide Oakdale High School to three-straight district championships on the hardwood from 2009-11. PERSONAL Full name is Shanice Shanae Holmes … Born on March 19, 1993 … Parents are Charles Allison and LaToya Holmes … Has one younger brother, James … Graduated from Oakdale High School as her class salutatorian … Served as Student Government President during her prep career … Vice President of Oakdale’s chapter of Fellowship of Christian Athletes … Honored as a LHSAA State Farm Insurance Scholar, Sam Walton Community Scholar, Thomas M. Abrusley Memorial Scholar and Jessye Edwards Scholar … Majoring in kinesiology with a concentration in human movement.
Jalea Jackson Sr./Sr. – 5-4 – Champaign, Ill. Rock Island HS Major: Theatre Events: 60M (7.68), 100M (12.09w/12.13), 200M (25.45) 2015 Raced to a personal-best time of 7.68 seconds in an 18thplace finish in the 60-meter dash at the New Mexico Classic … Clocked 7.80 for 11th place at the LSU Twilight and 7.84 for ninth place at the LSU High Performance Meet while running the 60 meters … Opened the season by running the 60 meters at the LSU Indoor Invitational (8.15) … Ran a career-best wind-aided time of 12.09 (+3.6) in the 100-meter dash at the LSU Alumni Gold during the outdoor season … Placed fourth in the B-section final at the LSU Alumni Gold meet … Opened the outdoor season by running 12.19 (-3.0) for seventh place in the 100 meters at the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette … Posted wind-legal times of 12.24 for ninth place in the 100 meters and 25.67 for 20th place in the 200 meters at the LSU Invitational in the team’s regular-season finale during the outdoor season … Honored for her academic performance with a selection to the SEC Academic Honor Roll following the season. 2014 Saw action in three meets during her sophomore season in 2014 … Opened her outdoor season by sprinting to a wind-legal personal record of 25.45 (+1.1) in the 200 meters for 20th place in the event at the Battle on the Bayou … Also ran a wind-aided time of 12.20 (+2.4) for 16th place in the 100 meters at the Battle on the Bayou … Clocked a wind-legal seasonal best of 12.16 (+1.4) for fifth place in the B section of the 100-meter dash at the LSU Alumni Gold … Placed 17th in the B section of the 200 meters at the LSU Alumni Gold with a career-best wind-aided time of 25.22 … Ran 7.83 in the preliminary round and 7.93 in the final to take seventh place in the B section of the 60-meter dash … Recipient of Jesse Owens Athletic Award in 2014 for having the highest cumulative grade-point average among all minority student-athletes at LSU … The Jesse Owens Athletic Award is presented annually as part of the Black Scholars Award Program. 2013 Competed in four meets for the Lady Tigers as a true freshman in 2013 … Won the B section of the 100-meter dash at the LSU Alumni Gold with a wind-legal PR of 12.13 (+0.1) … Also ran a wind-legal best of 25.93 (+1.4) in the 200 meters for 22nd place in the B section at the LSU Alumni Gold … Ran 12.19 for fourth place in the 100 meters at the Battle on the Bayou and 12.26 for 12th place at the LSU Relays in the 100 meters … Clocked 26.37 (-1.0) for 15th place in the 200 meters at the Battle on the Bayou … Ran a PR of 7.75 in her only 60-meter race of the indoor season for fifth place at the LSU Invitational. PRIOR TO LSU A standout sprinter during her prep career at Rock Island High School … Helped guide her team to an Illinois state championship during the 2009 season … A three-time allconference selection in 2009, 2011 and 2012 … Was also an all-metro performer in high school … Member of the school-record-setting 4x100 relay at Rock Island High School with a time of 47.48 … Also competed in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 4x200-meter relay during her prep career. PERSONAL Full name is Jalea Elise Ruth Jackson … Born on March 22, 1994 … Mother is Kim Armstrong
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… Winner of the Wendy’s High School Heisman award at her high school … Named a Charles O. Austin Junior Scholar … Honored with a Community Hero Award in her hometown … Majoring in theatre with a focus on film and television.
Kortnei Johnson Fr./Fr. – 5-5 – Italy, Texas Italy HS Major: Kinesiology Events: 60M (7.61), 100M (11.26w/11.51), 200M (OUT: 23.39w/23.94) PRIOR TO LSU One of the most decorated sprinters in the state of Texas in the Class of 2015 … Arrived in Baton Rouge as a seven-time state sprint champion during her prep career at Italy High School … Went out with a bang at the 2015 University Interscholastic League Class 2A Outdoor State Track & Field Championships when she ran career-best wind-aided times of 11.26 (+4.1) in the 100-meter dash and 23.39 (+4.0) in the 200-meter dash in the state finals … Posted two of the fastest times by a high school sprinter in the United States under all conditions for the 2015 outdoor season … Also crowned the 100-meter champion at the prestigious Texas Relays (11.63w), Texas Meet of Champions (11.77) and Texas Amateur Athletics Federation Games of Texas (11.84) during her senior season in 2015 … Winning time of 11.77 (-0.1) at the Texas Meet of Champions was a wind-legal seasonal best for 2015 … Also scored the 200-meter silver medal at the 2015 Texas Meet of Champions by clocking a wind-legal seasonal best of 24.22 (+0.3) in the event final … Swept Region 2-2A sprint titles in the 100 meters (12.45) and 200 meters (24.96) to make her return to the UIL Class 2A Outdoor State Championships in 2015 … Ran the 60-meter dash in one meet during her senior season indoors in 2015, clocking a personal best of 7.61 for the win at the Texas A&M High School Indoor Classic … Was first crowned the Texas Class 2A state champion in the 100 meters as a freshman in 2012 when she ran a winning time of 11.97 (+0.0) in the state final for a wind-legal seasonal best … Also won the Class 2A silver medal in the 200 meters (25.03) and finished in fourth place in the long jump (18-1 ½) at the state meet in 2012 … Won her first career Region 2-2A title in the 100 meters as a freshman with a winning time of 12.02 … Crowned the Texas Class 1A-Division I state champion in the 200-meter dash as a sophomore in 2013 after running a wind-legal PR of 23.94 (+1.5) for the top time in the state of Texas for the 2013 outdoor season … Also won her second-straight state title in the 100 meters as a sophomore by sprinting to the Class 1A-Division I crown with a time of 11.52 (+3.6) in the state final … Captured the Texas Relays title in the 100 meters for the first time in 2013 while sprinting to a wind-legal seasonal best of 11.82 (+1.5) in the final … Swept Region 2-1A sprint titles in the 100 meters (11.54) and 200 meters (24.03) during her sophomore season in 2013 … Defended both of her Class 1A-Division I state championships in the 100 meters (11.51) and 200 meters (24.15) during her junior season in 2014 … Winning time of 11.51 (+1.9) in the state final set a wind-legal personal best and ranked her No. 9 nationally and No. 1 in the state of Texas in the 100-meter dash for the 2014 outdoor season … Winning time of 24.15 (+1.9) in the state final of the 200 meters also set a wind-legal seasonal best for 2014 … Advanced to the state meet in 2014 by defending her Region 2-1A titles in both the 100 meters (11.41) and 200 meters (23.65) with no wind indicated for either time … Lined up in the Girls Dream 100 at the IAAF Diamond League’s adidas Grand Prix in New York in June 2014, clocking her wind-legal 11.69 (+1.7) for fifth place in the invitational event. PERSONAL Full name is Kortnei LeAnn Johnson … Born on Aug. 11, 1997 … Has one brother, Kevin Wynne, and one sister Krystal Johnson … Majoring in kinesiology.
Travia Jones Jr./Jr. – 5-9 – Rowlett, Texas Rowlett HS Major: Kinesiology Events: 200M (IN: 24.88; OUT: 24.35w/24.38), 400M (IN: 55.07; OUT: 54.10) All-SEC 2015 An SEC finalist in the 400-meter dash for the first time in her collegiate career … Placed ninth in the 400-meter final at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a time of 55.02 seconds … Earned a lane in the SEC final for the first time in her career after clocking a lifetime personal best of 54.10 for ninth place overall in the qualifying round of the meet held at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex … An All-SEC performer as a member of LSU’s bronze-medal-winning 4x400-meter relay team at the SEC Outdoor
Lady Tigers Championships … Ran the third leg of the team that clocked 3 minutes, 33.92 seconds for third place in the mile relay at the conference meet … Also ran in the NCAA semifinals of the 4x400-meter relay for the first time in her career at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships … Ran the third leg on the team that clocked 3:34.78 for ninth place overall in qualifying at Oregon’s Hayward Field … Advanced to the national semifinals with a sixth-place finish in the quarterfinals at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Also ran the third leg on the team that clocked a seasonal-best time of 3:30.74 at the NCAA East Prelims to advance to the national semifinals … Ran the third leg on LSU’s winning mile relay at the LSU Alumni Gold (3:35.18) … Led off the Lady Tigers to a win at the LSU Invitational where they ran a time of 3:39.02 in the team’s regular-season finale … Member of LSU’s 4x400-meter relay team that finished runner-up at the Battle on the Bayou (3:41.94), Jim Click Shootout (3:32.97) and college division at the Penn Relays (3:35.41) … Placed sixth in the 400-meter dash in back-to-back meets at the LSU Alumni Gold (54.15) and LSU Invitational (54.31) … Opened her outdoor season by running 55.03 for second place at the Louisiana Classics … Clocked a wind-legal PR of 24.38 (-0.3) in an 11th-place finish in the 200-meter dash at Arizona’s Jim Click Shootout … Ran a careerbest wind-aided time of 24.35 (+3.8) in a runner-up finish in the 200 meters at the Battle on the Bayou … Anchored the Lady Tigers to a fifth-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay at the SEC Indoor Championships held at Kentucky’s Nutter Field House … Anchored the team that ran a seasonal-best time of 3:39.09 for fifth place at the conference meet … Finished in 20th place overall in 400-meter qualifying at the SEC Indoor Championships with a time of 55.08 … Posted an indoor personal best of 55.07 in the 400 meters in a 19th-place finish at the Tyson Invitational … Also ran the 400 meters indoors at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (56.78), Rod McCravy Memorial (56.62), Razorback Invitational (55.68) and New Mexico Classic (55.20) … Ran an indoor PR of 24.88 in a sixth-place finish in the 200 meters at the LSU Twilight. 2014 Lettered during both the indoor and outdoor seasons as a true freshman in 2014 … Clocked a seasonal best and indoor personal best of 55.95 in a 22nd-place finish in the 400-meter dash at the SEC Indoor Championships … Finished runner-up in the 400 meters at the LSU Twilight with a time of 56.91 converted to a banked track … Also ran the 400 meters indoors at the Aggie Invitational (56.72), Tyson Invitational (56.93), Texas A&M Triangular (57.07) and New Mexico Team Invitational (57.26) … Ran an indoor best split of 56.18 on the leadoff leg of LSU’s B 4x400-meter relay team that finished in 22nd place at the Tyson Invitational with a time of 3:44.73 … Ran the 400 meters in her debut at the SEC Outdoor Championships, clocking 56.96 for 22nd place in the qualifying round … Led off LSU’s 4x400-meter relay team to a seventh-place finish at the SEC Outdoor Championships while running 3:37.95 at the conference meet … Also led off the team to an outdoor seasonal-best time of 3:35.59 in a runner-up finish in the college relay at the Penn Relays … Anchored the Lady Tigers to a win at the Battle on the Bayou (3:40.71) and led off the team to a victory at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational (3:37.99) … Also ran the 400 meters at the LSU Alumni Gold (56.14), LSU Invitational (56.21), Battle on the Bayou (56.21) and Hurricane Alumni Invitational (56.45) during the outdoor season. PRIOR TO LSU Emerged as one of the leading 400-meter sprinters in the state of Texas during her junior season at Rowlett High School in 2012 … Wrapped up her junior campaign in 2012 with a silver-medal-winning second-place finish in the young women’s 400-meter dash at the USA Track & Field Youth Outdoor Track & Field Championships held in Arlington, Texas … Clocked 55.20 seconds in the final to score the USATF Youth silver medal … Also advanced to the young women’s 200-meter final at the 2012 USATF Youth Outdoor Championships, earning a sixth-place finish while running a wind-legal personal record of 24.76 (+1.0) … Captured back-to-back Texas Class 5A bronze medals in the 400-meter dash as a junior in 2012 and as a senior in 2013 … Ran a previous personal record of 54.53 in the final round at the 2012 University Interscholastic League Class 5A Outdoor State Track & Field Championships to win her first career state bronze medal … Clocked 55.05 to defend her Class 5A bronze medal in the 400 meters … Dropped her personal best to 54.40 in a third-place finish at the Star Athletics Sprint Series meet in Montverde, Florida, on June 8, 2013 … Won back-to-back Region 2-5A championships in the 400 meters in 2012 and 2013 to earn a berth in the state meet … Ran a wind-legal 24.77 (+1.0) in the qualifying round of the 200-meter dash en route to a fourth-place finish overall at the Region 2-5A meet in 2012 … Earned a spot in the 400-meter final in the 17-18 age group at the 2013 USATF Junior Olympic National Championships held in Greensboro, N.C. … Finished in eighth place at the USATF Junior Olympics after running 54.93 in the semifinal and 55.60 in the final … First competed on a national stage following her freshman season in 2010 with an appearance for Dallas Gold Track Club at the USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships held in Sacramento, California … Led off the gold-medal-winning 4x400-meter relay for Dallas Gold Track Club that took the intermediate girl’s title in a time of 3:45.09 … Also led off the sixth-place team from Dallas Gold Track Club in the 4x100 relay and qualified for the intermediate girl’s 400-meter final while earning eighthplace in the event at the 2010 USATF National Junior Olympic Championships … Followed
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her appearance in 2010 by taking home a silver medal in the 4x400 relay (3:48.11) and a bronze medal in the 400 meters (55.87) for Dallas Gold Track Club at the 2011 USATF National Junior Olympic Championships held in Wichita, Kansas … Was also a USATF 4x100 relay finalist and 200-meter semifinalist in 2011 … Also played volleyball for Rowlett High School in 2012 and captured a first-team all-district selection with her performance. PERSONAL Full name is Travia Larren Jones … Born on July 12, 1995, in Saskatchewan, Canada … Parents are Warren and Teresa Jones … Has an older sister, Tenaya … Sister was a former All-SEC hurdler during her collegiate career at LSU … Father played professional football in Canada during his athletics career … An honor student with a 3.5 grade-point average during her prep career at Rowlett High School … Majoring in kinesiology with a concentration in human movement.
Ka’Lynn Jupiter Jr./Jr. – 5-6 – Donaldsonville, La. Donaldsonville HS Major: Pre-Humanities & Social Science Events: 60H (8.59), 100H (14.07), 200M (IN: 24.60), 400M (IN: 55.70), 400H (58.55) 2015 An SEC finalist in the 400-meter hurdles for the first time in her collegiate career … Scored two points for the Lady Tigers with a seventh-place finish in the 400 hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex … Clocked a personal-best time of 58.55 seconds in the conference final … Actually ran back-to-back personal bests at the SEC Championships with a qualifying time of 58.67 for sixth place in the semifinal round … Qualified to run the 400 hurdles at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds for the first time in her collegiate career … Finished in 26th place in the first round of qualifying at the NCAA East Prelims after running 59.23 in the meet held in Jacksonville, Florida … Opened the outdoor season by running 1 minute, 0.32 seconds to win the 400 hurdles at the Louisiana Classics meet in Lafayette … Finished runner-up at the Battle on the Bayou (59.56) and fourth at the LSU Alumni Gold (59.41) in meets held at LSU’s Bernie Moore Track Stadium … Placed seventh in the 400 hurdles at the Texas Relays (59.25), Jim Click Shootout (59.86) and LSU Invitational (59.29) … Competed in the 60-meter hurdles and 200-meter and 400-meter dashes during the indoor season … Ran both the 200 meters and 400 meters at the SEC Indoor Championships held at Kentucky’s Nutter Field House … Finished in 30th place in the 200 meters (24.99) and 35th place in the 400 meters (56.68) at the SEC Indoor Championships … Posted an indoor personal best of 24.60 in a runner-up finish in the 200 meters at the LSU High Performance Meet … Won the unseeded section of the 400 meters at the New Mexico Classic with an indoor PR of 55.70 … Also ran the 400 meters at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (58.26) and Razorback Invitational (56.69) … Ran a seasonal-best time of 8.73 in the prelim before taking second place in the 60 hurdles at the LSU High Performance Meet … Ran 8.74 for seventh place at the LSU Twilight meet. 2014 A letterwinner indoors and outdoors in her debut season with the Lady Tigers in 2014 … Competed in the 400-meter hurdles during the outdoor season … Earned a 14th-place finish with a time of 1:01.89 in the qualifying round of the 400 hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Ran a seasonal-best time of 1:01.49 in a fourth-place finish in the 400 hurdles at the LSU Invitational … Earned back-to-back sixth-place finishes in the 400 hurdles at the Battle on the Bayou (1:02.31) and Miami’s Hurricane Alumni Invitational (1:02.84) … Also lined up in the event at the LSU Alumni Gold as she ran 1:02.03 for 10th place in the “B” section … Competed in both the 60 hurdles and 200 meters during the indoor season … Finished in 16th place in the qualifying round of the 60-meter hurdles at the SEC Indoor Championships with a time of 8.61 … Clocked an indoor personal best of 8.59 in a runner-up finish in the B section of the 60 hurdles at the New Mexico Team Invitational … Placed seventh in the 60 hurdles at the LSU Twilight (8.78) and Texas A&M Triangular (8.81) … Also ran the 60 hurdles at the Aggie Invitational (8.80) and Tyson Invitational (8.89) during the indoor season … Clocked a seasonal-best time of 25.36 in a fourth-place finish in the 200 meters at the LSU Twilight during the indoor season … Ran the 200 meters at five meets in her first indoor season as a Lady Tiger. PRIOR TO LSU Signed with the Lady Tigers as one of the nation’s premier intermediate hurdlers in the Class of 2013 … Was a finalist in both the 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles in the 17-18 age group at the 2013 USA Track & Field Junior Olympic National Championships held in Greensboro, North Carolina … Earned a sixth-place finish in the final of the 400 hurdles after running a personal record of 1:00.97 in the semifinal round … Set back-to-back PRs of 14.22 (+0.9) in the first round and 14.07 (-0.9) in the semifinal round before running
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14.11 (+0.5) for seventh place in the final of the 100 hurdles … Ended her prep career as a 10-time Louisiana Class 2A and Class 3A state champion during her prep career at Donaldsonville High School … Ran high school seasonal bests of 14.43 in the 100-meter hurdles and 42.63 in the 300-meter hurdles during her senior season at Donaldsonville High School … PR of 42.63 in the 300 hurdles was the No. 16-ranked performance nationally by a member of the Class of 2013 … Also ran a wind-legal best of 14.13 in the 100 hurdles in the Class 3A state final at the Louisiana High School Athletics Association Outdoor State Track & Field Championships held at LSU’s Bernie Moore Track Stadium in Baton Rouge … Led Donaldsonville High School to the Class 3A team championship in her final state meet appearance as a high school senior … Captured three individual state championships in the 100 hurdles (14.13w), 300 hurdles (42.63) and triple jump (36-4 ½) en route to claiming Class 3A Most Outstanding Performer of the Meet honors … Set a new Class 3A and composite state meet record in the 300-meter hurdles at the 2013 LHSAA Outdoor State Championships by running a personal best of 42.63 in the Class 3A state final … Anchored Donaldsonville High School to the Class 3A state silver medal in the 4x400-meter relay in 2013 … Followed her performance at the Class 3A state meet by being selected as the Baton Rouge Track & Field Athlete of the Year by NOLA.com/ The Times-Picayune … Broke 43 seconds in the 300 hurdles for the first time in her prep career by earning a third-place finish at the prestigious Mobile Challenge of Champions with a run of 42.82 … Crowned the LHSAA Division 2 indoor state champion in the 55-meter hurdles during her senior season … Clocked a personal best of 8.31 in the preliminary round of the 55 hurdles at the 2013 LHSAA Division 2 Indoor State Championships … Also won a pair of LHSAA Division 2 indoor state silver medals in the 400 meters (59.02) and triple jump (35-11 ¼) in her final indoor state championship with the team at Donaldsonville High School … Swept Class 3A state titles in the 100 hurdles (14.73) and 300 hurdles (44.56) and won the Class 3A silver medal as the state runner-up in the triple jump (36-5) during her junior season outdoors in 2012 … Also won the Division 2 indoor state championship in the 55 hurdles (8.77) as a junior in 2012 … Won a trio of Class 2A outdoor state championships during her sophomore season in 2011 with wins in the 100 hurdles (15.27), 300 hurdles (44.93) and triple jump (36-6 ½) at the LHSAA Class 2A Outdoor State Championships … Was a five-time Region 3-3A and District 7-3A champion during her junior and senior seasons … Also won a pair of Region 2-2A titles during her sophomore season. PERSONAL Full name is Ka’Lynn Alexus Jupiter … Born on Jan. 12, 1995 … Parents are Natalie Williams and Donald Henry, Sr. … Has four younger siblings named Kiyah Delaney, Kyle Delaney, Taylor Henry and Donald Henry, Jr. … Also has a son named Khy … Graduated with honors from Donaldsonville High School as part of the Class of 2013 … Ranked No. 8 in her graduating class … Majoring in pre-humanities and social science.
Briana Kelly Jr./Jr. – 6-0 – Clarksville, Tenn. Northeast HS/Austin Peay Major: Pre-Humanities & Social Science Event: High Jump (IN: 5-7; OUT: 5-7 ¼) 2015 Nearly scored for the Lady Tigers in her debut appearance in the high jump at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Starkville, Mississippi … Cleared the bar at 5 feet, 7 inches to tie for ninth place at the SEC Outdoor meet … Matched her outdoor personal best of 5-7 ¼ in back-to-back meets while tying for fifth place at the LSU Alumni Gold and finishing in third place at the LSU Invitational at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium … Tied for second in the high jump at Arizona’s Jim Click Shootout with a clearance of 5-7 … Also cleared 5-3 ¾ to tie for fourth place at LSU’s Battle on the Bayou … Earned a 13th-place finish in the high jump at the SEC Indoor Championships after jumping 5-5 ¾ … Equaled her indoor personal best of 5-7 in a pair of fifth-place finishes at the Auburn Indoor Invitational and Razorback Invitational … Cleared 5-6 ½ for seventh place at the New Mexico Classic and fourth place at the LSU Twilight … Opened the indoor season by jumping 5-6 for second place at the LSU Indoor Invitational with her debut as a Lady Tiger … Also jumped 5-5 ¾ for 10th place at the Rod McCravy Memorial. PRIOR TO LSU Transferred to LSU following her freshman season at Austin Peay State University … Set personal bests in the high jump of 5-7 indoors and 5-7 ¼ outdoors during her rookie season at Austin Peay … Crowned the 2014 Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Champion in the high jump … Won the high jump title at the 2014 OVC Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a winning jump of 5-5 … Also won the women’s high jump crown at the Battle of the Cumberland during the 2014 outdoor season with a clearance of 5-7 … Had a lifetime PR of 5-7 ¼ in tying for fifth place at the 2014 Georgia Tech Invitational … Earned a fourth-place finish at the OVC Indoor Championships with an indoor PR of 5-7 …
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Coached by Christina Webb at Northeast High School … Was Tennessee’s Class 3A state high jump champion with a winning leap of 5-6 in her senior season in 2013 … Helped lead Northeast High School to the Class 3A state title in 2013 with a winning performance in the high jump. PERSONAL Full name is Briana Alexis Kelly … Born on Dec. 10, 1994, in Neuendettelsau, Germany … Parents are Thomas and Tammy Kelly … Has three younger sisters, Brittany, Bethany and Bryleigh … Sister, Brittany, is a pentathlete and heptathlete with the Lady Tigers … Was an honor roll student during her prep career at Northeast High School … Served as President of the Health Occupational Students of America and editor of her high school yearbook … Majoring in pre-humanities and social science.
Brittany Kelly So./So. – 5-5 – Clarksville, Tenn. Northeast HS/Ole Miss Major: Pre-Medicine Events: Heptathlon (5,531), Pentathlon (3,830) PRIOR TO LSU
One of the NCAA’s leading multi-event athletes during her freshman season at Ole Miss in 2015 … Qualified for the field of 24 athletes competing in the heptathlon at the 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon … Finished in 21st place nationally as a freshman with her score of 5,394 points in her NCAA Championships debut … Scored one point for the Rebels with an eighth-place finish in the heptathlon at the SEC Outdoor Championships by scoring a personal best of 5,531 points during the competition … Set outdoor personal bests of 13.65 in the 100 hurdles, 24.61 in the 200 meters, 2:11.95 in the 800 meters, 5-9 ¼ in the high jump, 19-2 ½ in the long jump, 31-1 in the shot put and 88-4 in the javelin … Nearly scored for her team at the SEC Indoor Championships while scoring a personal best of 3,830 points for a 10th-place finish in the pentathlon … Ran an indoor personal best of 8.57 in the 60-meter hurdles while at Ole Miss … Was a two-time Gatorade Track & Field Athlete of the Year in the state of Tennessee in 2013 and 2014 during her prep career at Northeast High School … Won the heptathlon bronze medal in her age group at the 2014 New Balance Outdoor Nationals with a score of 4,804 points … Led Northeast High School to back-to-back TSSAA Class 3A state championships and won eight individual state titltes during her prep career … Set state records in the pentathlon (3,493), 100 hurdles (13.95) and 300 hurdles (43.98) during her senior season in 2014 … Named the Tennessean All-Midstate Track Athlete of the Year in 2013 and 2014 … Was also the LeafChronicle Female Field Athlete and Female Track & Field Athlete of the Year in 2012 and 2013 … Ranked nationally in the high jump, 100 hurdles and heptathlon during her high school career … Set school records at Northeast High School in seven different events. PERSONAL Born on Dec. 5, 1995, in Germany … Parents are Thomas and Tammy Kelly … Has one older sister, Briana, and two younger sisters, Bethany and Bryleigh … Father is a command sergeant major in the U.S. Army ... Sister, Briana, is a high jumper at LSU … Lived in Germany until she was four years old … Graduated from Northeast High School with honors … Was a member of Beta Honor Society and French Club in high school … Also volunteered as an official at local youth track meets while in high school … Majoring in pre-medicine.
Oksana Lawrence RS-Fr./RS-Fr. – 5-10 – Dayton, Ohio Meadowdale HS Major: Sport Administration Events: 200M (OUT: 24.76), 400M (IN: 56.86; OUT: 53.61) 2015 Competed in only two meets as a true freshman before missing the remainder of the season through injury … Helped the Lady Tigers win the 4x400-meter relay in their season opener at the LSU Indoor Invitational with a time of 3 minutes, 49.46 seconds … Ran 56.86 seconds for ninth place in her only 400-meter race of the indoor season at the Auburn Indoor Invitational … Received a medical redshirt following the season to preserve her freshman season of indoor eligibility … Did not compete during the outdoor season. PRIOR TO LSU One of the premier 400-meter recruits at the prep level in the United States for the Class of 2014 … Capped her junior season in 2013 by winning the young women’s silver medal in the 400-meter final at the USA Track & Field National Junior Olympics Championships held
Lady Tigers in Greensboro, North Carolina … Sprinted to a personal best of 53.61 in the final to win the USATF National Junior Olympics silver medal … Clocked the fastest time of the preliminary round at 53.79 to advance to the national final … Ended the 2013 outdoor season as the No. 9-ranked 400-meter runner among all classifications and the No. 3-ranked member of the Class of 2014 at the prep level in the United States … Crowned the Ohio Division II outdoor state champion in the 400 meters during her junior season at Meadowdale High School in 2013 … Clocked a winning time of 54.04 in the state final to win her first career state championship in Ohio … Also anchored Meadowdale High School to the Division II outdoor state title in the 4x400-meter relay in 2013 … Defended her Ohio Division II outdoor state championships in the 400 meters (53.98) and 4x400-meter relay during her senior season in 2014, leading Meadowdale High School to the Ohio Division II team title … Anchored Meadowdale High School to a state championship in the 4x400 relay during the 2014 indoor season … Swept 400-meter titles at the district and regional meets en route to winning the state championship in 2013 … Won the Division 2-Region 8 crown in the state of Ohio with a time of 54.25 … Had a winning run of 56.05 at the 2013 district meet … Captured the Ohio Division II state silver medal in the 400 meters during her sophomore season in 2012 with a seasonal-best time of 55.77 in the state final … Took home the Region 5 title in the 400 meters in the qualifying process for the 2012 USATF National Junior Olympics in the summer of her sophomore season … Made her debut at the Ohio Division II Outdoor State Championships as a freshman in 2011 while winning the 400-meter bronze medal with a seasonal-best time of 55.32 in the state final … Won three-straight district titles in the 400 meters during her high school career from 2011-13 … Also won her first career district title as a freshman in 2011 … Set her wind-legal PR of 24.76 (+0.4) in the 200 meters in winning the event at the USATF Junior Olympics Region 5 meet in 2011. PERSONAL Full name is Oksana Estrianna Louriana Lawrence … Born on Feb. 7, 1996 … Parents are Sherdon Smith and Wayne Lawrence … Has two younger brothers, Wayne, Jr. and Fredireck, and two younger sisters, Casana and LeeAnna … Both parents ran track in college at Central State University in Ohio … An honor student during her prep career at Meadowdale High School … An international baccalaureate while maintaining a 3.86 cumulative gradepoint average during her high school career … Majoring in sport administration with a concentration in sport leadership.
Erika Lewis Fr./Fr. – 5-6 – West Des Moines, Iowa Waukee HS Major: Biology Events: 400H (1:01.76), 800M (IN: 2:18.73; OUT: 2:12.38), 1,500M (4:40.73) PRIOR TO LSU One of the leading middle distance runners in the Midwest during her time at Waukee High School … A two-time medalist at the Iowa Class 4A State Championships during her senior season in 2015 … Iowa’s Class 4A silver medalist in the 400-meter hurdles for 2015 while running a personal-best time of 1 minute, 1.76 seconds in the state final … Also Iowa’s Class 4A bronze medalist in the 800 meters with a time of 2:15.48 at the state meet … Finished in 11th place overall in the 1,500 meters at the state meet during her senior season with a time of 4:49.18 … Won two District 6-4A titles in the 400 hurdles (1:03.52) and 800 meters (2:18.95) ahead of her appearance at the state meet in 2015 … Placed fourth in the 1,500 meters at the district meet in 2015 with a time of 4:56.83 … Silver medalist in the 400-meter dash with a time of 59.59.53 at the 2015 Central Iowa Conference Championships hosted by Waukee High School … Also placed third as the bronze medalist in the 800 meters at the CIC Championships in 2015 … Twice a Drake Relays bronze medalist in her senior season in 2015, taking third in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:03.23 and 800 meters with a personal-best time of 2:12.38 … Swept District 3-4A titles in both the 400 hurdles (1:07.26) and 800 meters (2:19.40) as a junior in 2014 en route to a berth in the state championships … Was the Iowa Class 4A bronze medalist in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:04.42 at the 2014 Iowa Class 4A Outdoor State Championships to highlight her junior season … Went on to finish eighth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:16.11 at the 2014 state meet … Also crowned the CIC Champion in the 400 hurdles as a junior in 2014 with a time of 1:06.13 at the conference meet … Appeared in both the 400 hurdles and 800 meters at the Drake Relays in 2014, finishing fourth in the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:05.40 and eighth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:15.26 … A three-time district silver medalist during her sophomore season in 2013 as the second-place finisher in the 400 hurdles(1:06.97), 800 meters(2:22.29) and 1,500 meters (4:58.62) … Followed with the 10th-place finish in the 800 meters (2:16.52) and 17th-place finish in the 1,500 meters (4:55.00) at the state championships for the 2013 season … Medaled at the district meet as a freshman as the third-place finisher in the 800 meters.
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PERSONAL Full name is Erika Michelle Lewis … Born on Aug. 26, 1997 … Parents are Keri and Dan Lewis … Has a younger brother named Jackson … Graduated from Waukee High School as the valedictorian of her senior class … Maintained a weighted 4.315 grade-point average for her high school career … Recipient of the Governor’s Scholar Award while at Waukee High School … Was also a National AP Scholar and Des Moines Register All-Academic selection during her prep career … An accomplished musician who played piano in her school’s jazz band, helping lead her school to a state championship in 2012 and state runner-up finish in 2013 … Played clarinet in a concert band and was a four-year all-state performer … Majoring in biology.
Rebecca Little RS-Fr./RS-Fr. – 5-9 – Austin, Texas Westlake HS Major: International Trade & Finance Events: Distance 2015 Received a redshirt during her true freshman season with the Lady Tigers in 2015 … Recognized for her performance in the classroom with a selection to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll. PRIOR TO LSU A standout distance and cross country runner during her prep career at Westlake High School in Austin, Texas … Earned a 15th-place individual finish at the District 15-5A Championships during her senior cross country season in 2013 … Finished the 5,000-meter course in 21 minutes, 17.20 seconds to take home a 15th-place finish … Helped lead Westlake High School to the District 15-5A team title with her performance … Westlake High School earned a fifth-place team finish at the University Interscholastic League Region 2-5A Championships during the 2013 season … Ran a 2013 seasonal-best 5k time of 20:48.55 for 21st place at the Seven Lakes Showcase … Also ran 21:34.80 at the 5,000-meter course at the Gerald Richey XC Invitational for 46th place in the event … Clocked a 2013 seasonal-best three-mile time of 19:43.40 for 33rd place at the Austin Westlake Chaparral Invitational … Finished in 18th place at the 2013 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islander Splash Meet after finishing the three-mile course in 20:45.70 … Helped lead Westlake High School to three team titles during her senior campaign in 2013 at the AISD XC Invitational, Gerald Richey XC Invitational and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islander Splash Meet … Made her debut at the UIL Region 2-5A Championships as a freshman in 2010, finishing in 88th place overall with a two-mile time of 13:05.63 … Named to the Academic All-State Cross Country Team and Academic All-District 15-5A Cross Country Team in 2013. PERSONAL Full name is Rebecca Ann Little … Born on Jan. 16, 1996 … Parents are Lee and Carrie Little … Has an older sister, Katie, and an older brother, Scott … Mother, Carrie, attended LSU and brother, Scott, currently attends LSU … Uncle, Chris Little, ran track and cross country at Duke University … Was an active member of the student body at Westlake High School … Named to the NSPA Journalism Honor Roll from 2012-14 and the Quill & Scroll Honor Society for High School Journalists from 2013-14 … Served with the National Charity League for seven years … Recipient of the Presidential Service Award at the silver level … Was an active member of the Peer Assistances & Leadership Program for two years while serving as a mentor and group leader for elementary and middle school students … Was also a member of the French Club, Spanish Club and Journalism Club at Westlake High School … An active member of the youth group and member of the Student Leader Team at Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church … Majoring in international trade and finance.
Madison McDaniel Fr./Fr. – 5-6 – Covington, La. St. Scholastica Academy Major: Finance Events: Distance PRIOR TO LSU An all-state, all-district and all-metro runner at St. Scholastica Academy … School-record holder in the 800 meters with a high school personal best of 2:17 set during her junior season … Crowned an outdoor state champion in the 800 meters and 4x400-meter relay while running for St. Scholastica Academy … Also a four-time Class 4A state silver medalist in high school while finishing runner-up individually in cross country as well as the 800 meters outdoors and twice in the 4x800-meter relay indoors before joining the Lady Tigers … Was a member of the Class 4A Outdoor state championship team for St. Scholastica Academy.
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PERSONAL Full name is Madison Bryce McDaniel … Born on June 8, 1997 … Parents are Keith and Lorraine McDaniel … Has one older sister, Alexandra … An honor roll student during her prep career at St. Scholastica Academy … Participated in Student Ministry and was a member of the color guard at her high school … Majoring in finance.
Rachel Misher Fr./Fr. – 5-4 – Baton Rouge, La. Episcopal HS Major: Biology Events: 60M (7.59), 100M (11.73), 200M (OUT: 24.64), 400M (IN: 57.68) PRIOR TO LSU One of the premier sprinters in the state of Louisiana throughout her prep career at Episcopal High School … A 12-time state champion on the track between the indoor and outdoor seasons … Swept Class 2A state titles in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes in three-straight seasons from 2013-15 while competing at the Louisiana High School Athletics Association Class 2A Outdoor State Track & Field Championships held at LSU’s Bernie Moore Track Stadium … First crowned the Class 2A state champion in both events as a sophomore in 2013 with winning wind-aided times of 11.87 (+5.1) and 24.68 (+3.2) in the state finals … Defended her titles as a junior in 2014 while setting her wind-legal personal records of 11.73 (+1.2) and 24.64 (-2.3) to rank among the top sprinters in the state of Louisiana during the 2014 outdoor season … Wind-legal PR of 11.73 in the 100-meter dash ranked No. 36 nationally in the event for the 2014 season … Finished off her high school career by sweeping Class 2A state titles in the 100 meters and 200 meters for the third-straight season as a senior in 2015 with winning times of 11.74w (+2.7) and 24.71 (+1.9), respectively, in the state finals … Also a four-time state champion in the relays during the outdoor season during her time at Episcopal High School … Helped lead the team to three-straight state titles in the 4x400-meter relay from 2013-15 … Also a member of Episcopal’s state-title-winning 4x100-meter relay team during her sophomore season in 2013 … Captured a pair of Region 2-2A titles in the 100 meters (12.14) and 200 meters (25.27) during her senior season in 2015 … Enjoyed a strong senior season indoors as the LHSAA Division II Indoor state champion in both the 60-meter and 400-meter dashes for the first time in her prep career … Clocked 7.66 in the prelims and 7.74 in the final to claim the Division II Indoor state title in the 60 meters in 2015 … Qualified for the state meet with a personal-best time of 7.59 at the LSU High School Last Chance Qualifier to rank No. 36 nationally in the event for the 2015 indoor season … Added the Division II Indoor state title in the 400 meters with an indoor PR of 57.68 in the prelims and 57.96 in the final at the 2015 state meet … Scored the LHSAA Division II Indoor silver medal in the 55 meters as a sophomore in 2013 with a time of 7.26 in the state final and bagged the LHSAA Division II Indoor bronze medal in the 60 meters as a junior in 2014 with a time of 7.72. PERSONAL Full name is Rachel Nicole Misher … Born on Feb. 4, 1997 … Parents are Allen and Eunice Misher … Has five siblings, Jared, Quentin, Jhaelyn, Cameron and Peyton … Father is a former national champion and All-American hurdler at LSU, winning the NCAA Indoor Championship in the 60-yard hurdles in 1976 … An award winning ballet dancer who has been a recipient of the Award of Merit … Majoring in biology.
Danielle Mitchell Jr./Jr. – 5-7 – Natick, Mass. Natick HS Major: Curriculum & Family Studies Events: 60M (7.73), 100M (12.08w/12.13), 200M (IN: 26.20; OUT: 25.20) 2015 Lined up in the 60-meter dash in five meets during the indoor season … Clocked a seasonal-best time of 7.74 seconds for 23rd place in the event at the New Mexico Classic … Followed by running 7.75 in the prelims and 7.86 in the final in a seventh-place finish at the LSU High Performance Meet … Ran 26.58 for 11th place in her only 200-meter race of the indoor season at the LSU High Performance Meet … Also ran the 60 meters at the LSU Indoor Invitational (7.86), Rod McCravy Memorial (7.80) and LSU Twilight (7.83) during the indoor season … Clocked a career-best wind-aided time of 12.08 (+4.6) in a seventh-place finish in the 100-meter dash in her outdoor season debut at the Battle on the Bayou … Posted times of 12.29 (+3.6) for 10th place in the B section at the LSU Alumni Gold and 12.53 (-1.6) for 12th place at the LSU Invitational … Ran a wind-legal time of 26.11 (+0.2) in her only 200-meter race outdoors at the LSU Invitational in the team’s regular-season finale.
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2014 Competed in four meets in her debut season with the Lady Tigers in 2014 … Finished in fifth place in the 60 meters (7.73) and eighth place in the 200 meters (26.20) in her only indoor appearance at the LSU Twilight … Clocked a wind-legal personal best of 12.13 (+1.4) in a fourth-place finish in the B section of the 100 meters at the LSU Alumni Gold … Placed 10th in the 100 meters at the LSU Invitational with a run of 12.14 (-0.7) and 15th in the event with a wind-aided run of 12.18 (+2.4) at the Battle on the Bayou … Set a wind-legal PR of 25.20 (+1.6) for 15th place in the 200 meters at the LSU Invitational … Ran a wind-aided seasonal best of 25.19 (+2.2) for 15th place in the B section at the LSU Alumni Gold … Ran 25.45 (+1.1) for 21st place in the 200 meters at the Battle on the Bayou. PRIOR TO LSU A standout sprinter as a four-year letterwinner during her prep career at Natick High School in Natick, Massachusetts … Served as captain of her high school team … Helped lead her high school team to three state championships in the state of Massachusetts during her prep career, including back-to-back outdoor state titles in 2012 and 2013 and an indoor state title in 2012 … Also a member of three-straight conference championship teams from 2011-13 … Ran bests of 7.36 in the 55 meters and 12.13 in the 100 meters while at Natick High School. PERSONAL Full name is Danielle Alecia Mitchell … Born on Dec. 7, 1994 … Parents are Lloyd Mitchell and Sheron Coore … Has three younger siblings, Mikhal, Tyrique and Kayla … Graduated with high honors as an honor roll student during her tenure at Natick High School … Majoring in curriculum and family studies.
Cayla Nikodemus Fr./Fr. – 5-9 – Las Vegas, Nev. Faith Lutheran HS Major: Undecided Events: Multi-Events PRIOR TO LSU One of the top performers at the Nevada Division 1A Outdoor State Track & Field Championships during her prep career at Faith Lutheran High School … Wrapped up her high school career as the 2015 state champion in both the 200-meter dash and long jump … Sprinted to her wind-legal personal best of 24.75 seconds (+0.5) in the state final of the 200 meters in 2015 … Also jumped a winning 16-11 ¼ (-1.0) to claim the state crown in the long jump … Bagged the state bronze medal in the 100-meter dash as a senior in 2015 after clocking a career-best wind-aided time of 11.86 (+3.6) in the state final … Helped lead Faith Lutheran High School to the Class 1A team championship to highlight her 2015 season … Qualified for the state meet in 2015 by sweeping regional titles in all three events in the 100 meters (12.46), 200 meters (24.41w) and long jump (17-5) … A third-place finisher in the 100 meters with a time of 12.46 (-0.3) and a fifth-place finisher in the 200 meters with a time of 25.11 (+2.0) at the prestigious Arcadia Invitational during her senior season … Clocked her fastest wind-legal time in the 100 meters during the 2015 season of 12.28 (+1.3) in a victory at the Las Vegas Track Classic … Ended her senior season ranked No. 3 in the 100 meters and No. 2 in the 200 meters among all high school sprinters in the state of Nevada … Enjoyed a breakout junior season in 2014 as the double gold medalist in the 100 meters (12.12) and 200 meters (24.86) at the Nevada Division 1A State Championships … Both times were her wind-legal seasonal bests for the 2014 seasons and ranked No. 2 and No. 3, respectively, in the state high school event rankings … Also scored the Nevada Division 1A silver medal in the long jump as a junior with her top mark of 17-1 ¼ (-0.5) in the state final … Her performance also helped propel Faith Lutheran High School to the Nevada Division 1A state title as a team during the 2014 outdoor season … Qualified for the 2014 state meet as the regional champion in all three events in the 100 meters (12.23), 200 meters (25.31) and long jump … Competed in the young women’s division of the 200-meter dash at the 2014 USA Track & Field National Junior Olympics … Placed 42nd in the national competition after running 25.74 (+0.0) in the preliminary round … Qualified for the 2014 USATF National Junior Olympics as the 200-meter silver medalist at the USATF National Junior Olympics Region 15 Championships with a time of 25.75 … Also won the long jump bronze medal with a jump of 17-0 ½ at the USATF National Junior Olympics Region 15 Championships in 2014 … Crowned the Nevada Division 1A state champion in the long jump for the first time as a sophomore in 2013 after jumping a career-best wind-aided mark of 19-0 ½ (+6.2) at the state meet … Also won regional long jump titles as a freshman in 2012 with a mark of 17-1 ¼ and as a sophomore in 2013 with a mark of 18-3 ¼. PERSONAL Full name is Cayla D’Anne Nikodemus … Born on Feb. 24, 1997 … Parents are Donna and Anton Nikodemus … Has two older siblings, Croix and Cole … Member of the Scholar Honor
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Hollie Parker Fr./Fr. – 5-7 – Cambridge, England Kings School/Coleridge CC Major: Textile, Apparel Design & Merchandising Events: 800M (IN: 2:12.32; OUT: 2:08.47), 1,500M (4:27.66) PRIOR TO LSU One of the leading middle distance runners at the youth level in the United Kingdom prior to her arrival in Baton Rouge … Joined the Lady Tigers with personal bests of 2:08.47 in the 800 meters and 4:27.66 in the 1,500 meters … Ran her two fastest 800-meter times as a youth at the Watford Open Graded Meeting where she clocked a best of 2:08.47 in 2014 and 2:08.55 in 2015 … Also clocked her personal-best 1,500-meter time of 4:27.66 during the same meet in 2014 … Nearly matched her 1,500-meter PR with a seasonal-best time of 4:27.72 at the BMC Grand Prix meet also held in Watford in June 2015 … Experienced in championship meets throughout the United Kingdom … Competed for England in the 1,500 meters at the Welsh International during the 2014 and 2015 indoor seasons … Clocked a 2015 indoor seasonal best of 2:12.35 in the 800 meters while running at the Sainsbury’s British Indoor Championships held in Sheffield … Followed by finishing in fifth place overall in the 800 meters at the 2015 England Athletics Under-20 Indoor Championships also held in Sheffield, running 2:13.27 in the semifinals and 2:15.92 in the final … Crowned the 1,500-meter champion at the England Athletics U-20 Indoor Championships after clocking a winning time of 4:38.51 to close out her 2015 indoor season … Won the 800-meter title indoors with a time of 2:13.71 and scored the 800-meter silver medal outdoors with a time of 2:11.35 while competing at the South of England U-20 Athletics Championships in 2015 … Added a bronze-medal-winning third-place finish in the 1,500 meters outdoors at the South of England U-20 Athletics Championships after running 4:40.15 in the final … Posted her second-fastest 800-meter time of the 2015 season at the English Schools Championships where she ran 2:10.99 for fourth place in her division … Placed 12th overall in the 1,500 meters at the 2015 England Athletics U-20 Championships after running 4:32.52 in the preliminary round and 4:48.15 in the final … Lined up in the 1,500 meters at the 2015 England Athletics Senior Championships, clocking 4:34.42 for eighth place in her qualifying heat … Recorded her indoor PR in the 800 meters of 2:12.32 while competing at the British Indoor Athletics Championships in Sheffield in 2014 … Later finished runner-up in the 1,500 meters (4:39.75) and fifth in the 800 meters (2:13.49) at the 2014 England Athletics U-20 Indoor Championships also held in Sheffield … Clocked 2:13.60 indoors to finish fifth overall at the London U-20 Games during the 2014 indoor season … Was the 800-meter champion with a time of 2:13.15 at the UK Youth Development U-20 League Division Southern Premier 2 meet held in Newham in April 2014 … Also finished second in the 800 meters (2:20.8) and first in the 1,500 meters (4:41.7) at the UK Youth Development U-20 League Division Southern Premier 2 meet held in Stevenage in June 2014 … Placed fourth in the 800 meters (2:12.39) and third in the 1,500 meters (4:46.00) at the 2014 South of England U-20 Athletics Championships at Crystal Palace … Added semifinals appearance in the 800 meters while running 2:13.76 at the England Athletics U-20 Championships in June 2014 … Finished fifth overall in the 800 meters with a time of 4:30.98 while competing at the 2014 England Schools Championships … 2013 season was highlighted by running seasonal-best times of 2:09.41 in the 800 meters at the Watford Open Graded Meeting and 4:37.90 in the 1,500 meters at the English Schools Championships … Crowned the 800-meter champion at the London U-17 Games (2:17.43) and Eastern Counties Championships (2:15.19) during the 2013 indoor season … Also captured 800-meter titles during the 2013 outdoor season at the Cambridgeshire County Championships (2:17.43) and Southern Counties U-17 Championships (2:13.93) … Won the 1,500 meters at the 2013 England Athletics U-17 Indoor Championships with a time of 4:45.61 … Added a 1,500-meter crown at the Cambridgeshire Schools Championships with a time of 4:47.3 during the 2013 outdoor season. PERSONAL Full name is Hollie Sarah-Jane Parker … Born on Dec. 20, 1996 … Father is Graham Parker and mother is Jane Packman … Has one older sister, Katie, and one younger sister, Lucy … Sister, Lucy, is a standout soccer player with the Arsenal Ladies Under-18s and England Ladies Under-18s teams … Majoring in textile, apparel design and merchandising.
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Kymber Payne So./So. – 5-6 – Compton, Calif. Long Beach Poly HS Major: Interdisciplinary Studies Events: 60H (8.63), 100H (13.80/13.74w), 400M (IN: 57.64), 400H (58.14) 2015 An NCAA Championships qualifier in the 400-meter hurdles in her debut season with the Lady Tigers in 2015 … Raced to a personal best of 58.14 seconds to finish in 14th place in the national quarterfinals of the 400 hurdles at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Clocked 59.19 in the first round of qualifying at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Jacksonville, Florida … Just missed earning a spot in her first SEC final as the 10th-place finisher in the qualifying round with a time of 59.41 in the conference meet held at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex … Won the 400-meter hurdles at LSU’s Battle on the Bayou with a time of 59.48 … Placed fifth in the event at the LSU Invitational while running 58.46 in the team’s regular-season finale … Ran the second leg on LSU’s winning 4x400-meter relay team that clocked 3 minutes, 39.02 seconds at the LSU Invitational … Also placed fifth in the 400 hurdles at the Jim Click Shootout (59.40) and LSU Alumni Gold (59.50) … Opened her outdoor season by running 59.73 for 10th place in qualifying at the Texas Relays … Indoor season limited by injuries … Ran a seasonal-best time of 57.64 in a fourth-place finish in the 400-meter dash at the LSU Twilight meet … Clocked 58.49 for 52nd place at the Tyson Invitational … Finished in 13th place in the 600 meters at the New Mexico Classic with a time of 1:39.12. PRIOR TO LSU One of the elite dual hurdlers at the prep level to join the NCAA Division I ranks in the Class of 2014 … Named to the Track & Field News High School Girls All-American Team and American Family Insurance All-USA Girls Track & Field Team following her junior season in 2013 … A product of Long Beach Poly High School in Long Beach, California … Signed with the Lady Tigers with personal bests of 8.63 in the 60-meter hurdles, 13.80 in the 100-meter hurdles and 41.32 in the 300-meter hurdles … Set her PRs of 13.80 in the 100 hurdles and 41.32 in the 300 hurdles in a pair of silver-medal-winning second-place finishes in the high school hurdles at the 2013 Mt. Sac Relays … Ended her junior season as the No. 3-ranked 300-meter hurdler at the prep level in the United States among all classifications with her PR of 41.32 … Also ranked No. 2 nationally among the Class of 2014 … Was also the No. 15-ranked hurdler nationally and the No. 8-ranked member of the Class of 2014 at the prep level in the 100-meter hurdles during the 2013 outdoor season … Was the California state silver medalist in the 300-meter hurdles during her junior season at Long Beach Poly High School in 2013 … Raced to times of 41.96 in the prelims and 42.06 in the final to win the silver medal at the 2013 California CIF State Track & Field Championships held in Clovis, California … Broke 42 seconds with a second-place time of 41.82 at the CIF Southern Section Finals held in Walnut, Calif., to qualify for the 2013 state meet … Followed by scoring the silver medal in the 300 hurdles at the 2013 CIF Southern Sectionals Master’s Meet the following week … Bagged the California state bronze medal in the 300-meter hurdles during her senior season in 2014 with a time of 41.62 in the prelims and 42.01 in the final … Clocked a seasonal-best time of 41.35 in the 300 hurdles at the CIF Southern Section Masters meet to rank No. 5 nationally among all classifications and No. 2 nationally among members of the Class of 2014 for the 2014 outdoor season … Raced to a career-best wind-aided time of 13.74 (+2.5) in the preliminary rounds of the 100-meter hurdles at the CIF State Track & Field Championships before finishing in eighth place in the state final with a time of 14.03 (+2.4) as a senior in 2014 … Won the 300-meter hurdles with her run of 42.08 at the 2013 Great Southwest Classic in Albuquerque, N.M. … Ran a wind-aided 13.82 to take third place in the 100-meter hurdles at the Great Southwest Classic during her junior season … Was second in the 300 hurdles (42.47) and seventh in the 100 hurdles (14.19) in her opening meet of the 2013 outdoor season … Highlighted her 2013 indoor season by winning the gold medal in the emerging elite division of the 60-meter hurdles at the New Balance Indoor Nationals while running a personal best of 8.63 in the event held at The Armory Track & Field Center in New York City … Clocked a seasonal-best time of 42.60 in the 300 hurdles to qualify for her first career state final at the 2012 California CIF State Championships during her sophomore season … Finished eighth in the state final as a sophomore … Ran a 2012 seasonal-best time of 14.17 (+0.4) in the 100 hurdles to win the bronze medal in the divisional finals at the California CIF Southern Section Finals en route to a berth in the state championships in the event … Claimed a fifth-place finish statewide in the 55-meter hurdles at the 2012 California Indoor State Championships. PERSONAL Full name is Kymber Tiar Payne … Born on June 4, 1996 … Parents are Kenyan Payne, Sr., and Kimberly Ball … Has two siblings, Kenyan Payne, Jr., and Kenya Payne … Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.
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So./So. – 5-7 – Cocoa, Fla. Rockledge Senior HS Major: Psychology Events: 60H (8.82), 100H (13.97w/14.10), Long Jump (IN: 18-5 ¾; OUT: 20-5 ½w/20-0), Triple Jump (38-3)
Jr./Jr. – 5-3 – New Orleans, La. Helen Cox HS Major: Kinesiology Events: 60H (8.53), 100H (14.04), 400M (IN: 55.69), 400H (58.61)
2015 Competed in both the long jump and sprint hurdles during her rookie season with the Lady Tigers in 2015 … Debuted in the 100-meter hurdles and long jump at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships held in Starkville, Mississippi … Jumped a wind-legal mark of 18 feet, 1 ¾ inches (+1.1) for 20th place in the long jump at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Hurdled a wind-legal 14.25 (+1.3) for 21st place in the qualifying round of the 100 hurdles at the conference meet … Jumped an outdoor seasonal best of 19-1 ½ (-1.0) in a sixth-place finish in the long jump at the LSU Invitational in the team’s regular-season finale … Hurdled a seasonal-best wind-aided time of 13.97 (+2.3) for 16th place in the 100 hurdles at the LSU Alumni Gold … Raced to a wind-legal seasonal best of 14.15 (-0.1) in a 10th-place finish at Arizona’s Jim Click Shootout … Also ran the 100-meter hurdles at the Louisiana Classics (14.61), Battle on the Bayou (14.29w) and LSU Invitational (14.86) during the outdoor season … Finished runner-up in the long jump at the Battle on the Bayou with a wind-aided jump of 18-5 ¾ (+4.0) … Bagged the bronze medal at the Jim Click Shootout with a mark of 18-3 ¾ (+1.6) … Outdoor season was highlighted by running the leadoff leg of LSU’s winning shuttle hurdle relay team that clocked 54.22 in the Championship of America final at the 121st Penn Relays … Competed in the 60-meter hurdles and long jump during the indoor season … Clocked back-to-back personal bests of 8.82 in the preliminary and semifinal rounds in a 10th-place finish in the 60 hurdles at the Razorback Invitational … Hurdled at the LSU Invitational (9.10), Auburn Indoor Invitational (9.00), Rod McCravy Memorial (8.88), New Mexico Classic (8.97), LSU High Performance Meet and LSU Twilight during the indoor season … Jumped a seasonalbest mark of 18-5 ¾ for an eighth-place finish in her long jump debut with the Lady Tigers at the Auburn Indoor Invitational … Also eclipsed the 18-foot mark at the Razorback Invitational with a jump of 18-0 ½ for eighth place overall. PRIOR TO LSU An outstanding prospect in the hurdles and jumps during her prep career at Rockledge Senior High School … Signed with the Lady Tigers with a wind-legal personal best of 14.10 in the 100-meter hurdles and a wind-aided personal best of 20-5 ½ in the long jump … Crowned the Class 2A state champion in the long jump in the state of Florida during her senior season after jumping a wind-legal seasonal best of 19-5 in the state final at the 2014 Florida High School Athletics Association Outdoor State Track & Field Championships … Also capped her prep career by winning the Florida Class 2A state silver medal in the 100 hurdles as a senior in 2014 … Captured a pair of Florida Class 2A state silver medals in both the 100 hurdles (14.10) and long jump (19-2 ½) to wrap up her junior season for Rockledge Senior High School … Led Rockledge Senior High School to a runner-up finish for the Class 2A state championship in 2013 … Swept District 12-2A and Region 3-2A titles in the 100-meter hurdles to qualify for the Class 2A state meet in the event … Also followed a silver-medal-winning runner-up finish at the District 12-2A meet with a gold-medal-winning jump of 20-0 at the Region 3-2A meet en route to a berth in the state meet in 2013 … Jumped her wind-aided seasonal best and personal best of 20-5 ½ in winning the long jump title at the 2013 Cape Coast Conference Championships … Ended the 2013 outdoor season as the nation’s No. 5-ranked long jumper under all conditions at the prep level among all classifications and the No. 2-ranked member in the Class of 2014 with her best of 20-5 ½w … Ran a career-best wind-aided time of 14.06 (+2.7) in the 100 hurdles during 2014 outdoor season at the Bob Hayes Invitational in Jacksonville, Florida. … Emerged as one of Florida’s top young track and field prospects with an outstanding sophomore season outdoors in 2012 … Crowned the Florida Class 2A state champion in the triple jump with a personal best and seasonal best of 38-3 (+1.0) at the 2012 state meet … Also won a pair of Class 2A silver medals in the 100 hurdles and long jump during her sophomore season at Rockledge High School … Swept District 12-2A and Region 3-2A titles in each of the 100 hurdles, long jump and triple jump during the 2012 season en route to an appearance in each event at the 2012 FHSAA Class 2A Outdoor State Championships … Jumped a seasonal best of 19-11 ½ in winning the long jump during the 2012 Region 3-2A Championships. PERSONAL Full name is Danielle Linda Phillips … Born on July 18, 1995 … Parents are Willie Phillips and Shannon Floyd … Has two older siblings, Chad Kendall and Korey Kendall … An honor student during her prep career at Rockledge Senior High School while maintaining a grade-point average of 3.5 or better … Was also a member of the prestigious International Cambridge Program … Majoring in psychology.
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2015 An NCAA Championships qualifier in the 400-meter hurdles for the second-straight season … Clocked 1 minute, 0.48 seconds to finish in 39th place in the first round of qualifying at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Jacksonville, Florida … Finished in 15th place in qualifying at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships where she ran 1:00.10 at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex … Raced to a seasonalbest time of 59.14 in a sixth-place finish at the LSU Invitational in the team’s regularseason finale … Also broke one minute in the event at LSU’s Battle on the Bayou, clocking 59.97 for fifth place in the event … Clocked 1:00.11 for 13th place in qualifying at the Texas Relays and 1:01.67 for eighth place at Arizona’s Jim Click Shootout … Competed primarily in the 400-meter dash during the indoor season … Finished the event in 36th place overall at the SEC Indoor Championships held at Kentucky’s Nutter Field House … Clocked 56.11 in the preliminary round at the conference meet … Ran an indoor personal best of 55.69 for 14th place at the Razorback Invitational … Also ran the 400 meters at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (57.30), New Mexico Classic (56.79) and Tyson Invitational (56.73) during the indoor season … Placed eighth in the 60 hurdles (8.75) and seventh in the 200 meters (25.00) at the LSU Twilight meet … Ran a seasonal-best time of 8.58 in the preliminary round of the 60 hurdles at the LSU Twilight … Ran the second leg on LSU’s winning 4x400meter relay team with a winning time of 3:49.46 at the LSU Indoor Invitational … Also ran the 4x400 relay at the Razorback Invitational (3:47.86) and New Mexico Classic (3:42.48) during the indoor season … Honored for her academic performance with her first career selection to the SEC Academic Honor Roll. 2014 An NCAA quarterfinalist in the 400-meter hurdles in her debut season with the Lady Tigers as a true freshman in 2014 … Clocked her two fastest times of the collegiate season in the first round of qualifying and the quarterfinal round at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Jacksonville, Florida … Raced to a time of 58.63 in the first round before clocking 58.64 in the quarterfinal round to finish in 20th place at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Nearly qualified for the conference final in her debut at the SEC Outdoor Championships, earning an 11th-place finish with a run of 59.90 in the preliminary round … Opened the outdoor season by running 59.49 in her very first race in the 400-meter hurdles as a collegian at the Texas Relays … Finished in fifth place at the Texas Relays after running 1:00.61 in the university final … Finished runner-up in the 400 hurdles at the Battle on the Bayou with a time of 59.82 … Won the B section of the event at the LSU Alumni Gold with a time of 59.06 that earned her a spot in the field at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Even set a wind-legal PR of 14.04 (-0.6) in the 100-meter hurdles at the LSU Alumni Gold … Competed in the 60-meter hurdles during the indoor season … Finished in 18th place overall in the qualifying round at the SEC Indoor Championships with a time of 8.63 … Clocked a personal best of 8.53 in the preliminary round at the Tyson Invitational before clocking 8.54 for a 17th-place finish in the semifinal round in the event held at the University of Arkansas … Also ran the 60 hurdles at the New Mexico Team Invitational (8.58), LSU Twilight (8.70), Texas A&M Triangular (8.77) and Auburn Indoor Invitational (9.73) … Followed the collegiate season by advancing to the final of the 400-meter hurdles at the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Oregon’s Hayward Field … Raced to a personal best of 58.61 in a fifth-place finish in the championship final of the 400 hurdles at the USA Junior Championships … Advanced to the final with a qualifying run of 59.53 in the preliminary round at the USA Junior Championships … Recognized by the Southeastern Conference for her performance in the classroom as a selection to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll … Also picked up all-academic honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. PRIOR TO LSU One of the top recruits in the state of Louisiana for the Class of 2013 … Cracked the Top 10 of the high school national rankings in the 400-meter hurdles with a silver-medal-winning performance at the 2013 USA Track & Field Junior Olympic National Championships held in Greensboro, North Carolina … Broke the one-minute mark in the 400 hurdles for the first time in her prep career with a personal record of 59.64 to claim the silver medal in the 17-18 age group … Emerged from the meet as the No. 9-ranked 400-meter hurdler nationally and No. 5-ranked member of the Class of 2013 in the event … Raced out to a fast start in her senior season outdoors in 2013 by setting back-to-back personal records in the 300-meter hurdles at the Sugar Bowl Track Classic (42.73) and Mobile Challenge of Champions (42.69) … Set her personal best of 42.69 in a runner-up finish at the Mobile Challenge of Champions for the No. 18-ranked performance nationally in the high school ranks by a member of the Class of 2013 … Slashed nearly two seconds from her PR in
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of Christian Athletes while in high school … Also served as co-editor of her high school yearbook and was a member of her school newspaper staff while at Menard High School … Majoring in biology.
Morgan Schuetz Jr./Jr. – 5-7 – Baton Rouge, La. Parkview Baptist HS Major: Kinesiology Events: 800M (IN: 2:04.53; OUT: 2:03.12), 1,500M (4:22.83), Mile (4:43.52) 2-time All-SEC 2015 An NCAA semifinalist in the 800-meter run during both the indoor and outdoor seasons in 2015 … Clocked 2 minutes, 4.82 seconds in her semifinal heat at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Oregon’s Hayward Field in Eugene … Officially the 11th-place finisher in the 800-meter semifinals at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … Ran 2:05.32 for third place in the first round of qualifying and her second-best time of the season at 2:03.93 for seventh place in the quarterfinal round at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds to advance to the NCAA semifinals in Eugene for the first time in her collegiate career … An All-SEC performer in the 800 meters during the outdoor season as the SEC Outdoor Bronze Medalist … Crossed the finish line with a career-best third-place finish in the SEC Outdoor final with a time of 2:05.09 … Earned a lane in the final with the second-fastest qualifying time at the conference meet at 2:04.29 … Won the 800-meter title at the LSU Invitational with a career-best run of 2:03.12 in the team’s regularseason finale … Became the No. 8-ranked 800-meter runner outdoors in school history with her winning time of 2:03.12 at the LSU Invitational … Also won the 800-meter title at Arizona’s Jim Click Shootout with her season-opening time of 2:06.86 in the event … Slashed her personal best in the 1,500 meters by nearly seven seconds in winning the event at the LSU Alumni Gold meet with a time of 4:22.83 … Also became the No. 8-ranked 1,500-meter runner in the history of the Lady Tiger program in her PR of 4:22.83 … Took third in the 1,500 meters at the Jim Click Shootout with a time of 4:26.43 … Anchored LSU’s sprint medley relay teams on the 800-meter leg to a third-place finish at the Texas Relays (3:48.13) and fifth-place finish at the Penn Relays (3:54.78) … Also ran the second leg of LSU’s 4x800-meter relay team that placed third at the Texas Relays with a time of 8:49.83 … Anchored LSU’s distance medley relay to an 11th-place finish at the Penn Relays with a time of 11:53.02 … Ended the indoor season by running an indoor personal best of 2:04.53 for a ninth-place finish in the semifinal round at the NCAA Indoor Championships
Mallory Robichaux Fr./Fr. – 5-5 – Woodworth, La. Menard HS Major: Biology Events: Distance PRIOR TO LSU A standout distance runner during her prep career at Holy Savior Menard Central High School … Winner of the Wendy’s High School Heisman Award in the state of Louisiana in 2014 … Twice a Junior Olympic Cross Country All-American in 2011 and 2013 … Six-time all-state cross country runner from 2009-14 … Also a six-time All-Cenla performer in track and cross country from 2009-15 … Captured four individual state championships while in high school … Crowned the state’s cross country champion as a freshman in 2011 … Was a two-time indoor state champion in the 1,600 meters 2012 and 2014 … Also crowned an outdoor state champion in the 3,200 meters in 2011 … Also a former state silver medalist and three-time state bronze medalist while running for Menard High School … Finished her high school career with bests of 5:20.52 indoors and 5:27.36 outdoors in the 1,600 meters, 11:45.05 indoors and 11:39.54 outdoors in the 3,200 meters and 18:17.00 in the three-mile in cross country … Was Menard’s school-record holder in five individual events in the indoor 1,600 meters, indoor and outdoor 3,200 meters, high jump and three-mile in cross country … Also ran on two school-record relay teams in the indoor 4x400 relay (4:24.87) and indoor 4x800 relay (10:57.30). PERSONAL Full name is Mallory Noel Robichaux … Born on Dec. 20, 1996 … Parents are Kevin and Stephanie Robichaux … Has one younger brother, Cole, and one younger sister, Regan … An honor student during her prep career at Holy Savior Menard Central High School … Member of the National Honor Society, National Junior Honor Society, Beta Club, Key Club, Student Council, Jr. Catholic Daughters, Music Ministry, Spanish Club and Fellowship
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at Arkansas’ Randal Tyson Track Center … Became the No. 6-ranked 800-meter runner indoors in school history with her PR of 2:04.53 … Anchored LSU’s All-SEC distance medley relay team to the silver medal at the SEC Indoor Championships with the fifth-fastest DMR time in school history at 11:25.24 … Scored five points for the Lady Tigers with a fourth-place finish in the 800-meter final at the SEC Indoor Championships while running 2:04.87 at Kentucky’s Nutter Field House … Advanced to the SEC Indoor final with a run of 2:06.72 in the semifinal round … Won 800-meter titles at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (2:06.32) and LSU Twilight (2:07.42) … Placed third in the 800 meters at the Rod McCravy Memorial (2:07.37) and sixth at the Iowa State Classic (2:06.75) … Opened her indoor season by running a personal best of 4:43.64 as the top collegian in the mile at the LSU Indoor Invitational … Honored as the SEC Women’s Runner of the Week following her season-opening run in the mile … Lowered her personal best to 4:43.52 in a runner-up finish in the invitational mile at Arkansas’ Razorback Invitational … Cracked the school’s all-time Top 10 list in the mile as the No. 6-ranked Lady Tiger in the event in team history … Ran on LSU’s winning distance medley relay teams at the LSU Indoor Invitational (11:45.08) and Auburn Indoor Invitational (11:35.51) … Also anchored LSU’s DMR to the second-fastest indoor time in school history in a second-place finish at the Iowa State Classic … Followed the collegiate season by being named a second-team All-American in the 800 meters for both the indoor and outdoor seasons by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association … Honored for her academic performance once again by picking up USTFCCCA All-Academic honors and being named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the second-straight season. 2014 An NCAA Championships qualifier in the 800 meters in her debut season outdoors with the Lady Tigers … Ran 2:08.03 to finish in 38th place in the first round of qualifying at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Jacksonville, Florida … Scored three points for the Lady Tigers with a sixth-place finish in the 800-meter final at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Raced to a lifetime personal best of 2:07.02 in the SEC final after qualifying with a time of 2:08.79 in the preliminary round … Also lined up in the 1,500 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships, finishing in 21st place in qualifying with a run of 4:34.67 … Won the 1,500-meter title at Miami’s Hurricane Alumni Invitational with a personal best of 4:29.59, moving her into the No. 10 spot on LSU’s all-time outdoor performance list in the event … Finished runner-up in the B section of the 1,500 meters at the Texas Relays with a time of 4:32.50 … Opened the outdoor season with back-to-back runner-up finishes in the 800 meters at the Jim Mize Invitational (2:08.67) and Battle on the Bayou (2:09.18) … Also earned back-to-back fifth-place finishes in the 800 meters at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational (2:09.82) and LSU Alumni Gold (2:08.02) … Competed primarily in the 800 meters during the indoor season … Earned a 13th-place finish in the event at the SEC Indoor Championships with a run of 2:10.12 in qualifying … Anchored the Lady Tigers to an 11th-place finish in the distance medley relay at the SEC Indoor Championships with a 4:56.81 split on the mile leg … Ran the 400-meter leg on LSU’s DMR that won back-to-back titles at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (11:58.73) and Texas A&M Triangular (11:53.18) … Clocked an indoor PR of 2:08.86 in a third-place finish in the college section at the Tyson Invitational … Placed second at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (2:11.33), third at the Texas A&M Triangular (2:10.59) and sixth at the Aggie Invitational (2:10.39) … Ran a personal best of 4:56.19 converted to a banked track in a third-place finish in the mile at the LSU Twilight in her only appearance in the event of the season … Recognized for her performance in the classroom as a member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the first time in her collegiate career … Also received all-academic honors by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. 2013 Did not compete for the Lady Tigers during the 2013 season … Received a redshirt during both the indoor and outdoor seasons. PRIOR TO LSU The top distance prospect in the state of Louisiana for the Class of 2012 … Displayed her versatility during her prep career while winning three-straight Class 3A state titles in the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters from 2010-12 at the Louisiana High School Athletics Association Class 3A Outdoor State Track & Field Championships held at LSU’s Bernie Moore Track Stadium … Captured back-to-back Class 3A state titles in the 800 meters in 2010 and 2011 … Twice honored as the Most Outstanding Athlete of the Meet for Class 3A at the state meet in 2010 and 2011 with a sweep of state titles in the 800 meters, 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters … Clocked personal records of 2:19.20 in the 800 meters, 5:21.50 in the 1,600 meters and 12:11.34 in the 3,200 meters during her prep career at Parkview Baptist High School … Wrapped up her prep career by running a PR of 5:21.50 in the Class 3A final of the 1,600 meters in winning the state title in 2012 … Recorded her PR of 12:11.34 in the 3,200 meters in taking home the state championship as a junior in 2011 … Set her 800-meter PR of 2:19.20 at the 2011 Dutchtown Invitational … Added a Division 2 indoor state crown in the 800 meters during her junior season in 2011 after running 2:22.77 at the LHSAA Division 2 Indoor State Championships held at LSU’s Carl Maddox
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Field House … Wrapped up her high school career as a three-time district and regional champion in the 800 meters, 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters from 2010-12 … Proved herself as one of the premier cross country runners in the state of Louisiana during her prep career … A two-time Baton Rouge metro champion in her age group in 2006 and 2007 … Was the Class 3A state runner-up in cross country in 2009 and 2010 … Claimed seventh place at the LHSAA Class 3A Cross Country State Championships as a senior in the fall of 2010 … Earned all-metro honors in cross country in each of her last three seasons from 2009-11 … Diagnosed with a stress fracture following the state cross country meet in 2011 that caused her to miss the 2012 indoor season as a senior … Competed internationally as part of the LA-TX-NM-CO cross country team in the Sports Down Under program … Competed at the 2010 Gold Coast Bulletin 5K Challenge held in Brisbane, Australia, finishing in 15th place out of 2,169 women and 80th place overall among men and women out of the 3,208 finishers with her time of 20:30 in the road race event … Also ran at the 2010 All-American Down Under Meet held at Pizzey Park in Queensland, Australia, posting a time of 21:05.54 in the varsity girls 5,000 meters while earning a 10th-place finish. PERSONAL Full name is Morgan Layne Schuetz … Born on Jan. 8, 1994 … Parents are Alan and Lisa Schuetz … Has a one younger sister, Madison … Parents are both LSU alumni … On track to graduate with honors from Parkview Baptist High School … Has maintained a 3.94 cumulative grade-point average during her prep career … Named a Junior Marshall at Parkview Baptist High School as one of the Top 12 students in her graduating class … Has been a member of the National Honor Society and Beta Club … Also participated in Literary Rally and Advanced Placement classes in high school … Volunteers at Baton Rouge Physical Therapy during the summers … Majoring in kinesiology with a concentration in human movement.
Annie Simoneaux Sr./Sr. – 5-7 – Rayne, La. Rayne HS Major: Kinesiology Event: Javelin (157-11) All-SEC
2015 An NCAA semifinalist in the javelin throw for the first time in her collegiate career … Nearly earned a spot in the javelin final at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Oregon’s Hayward Field in Eugene … Finished in 10th place overall in the national semifinals with a series-best throw of 163 feet, 6 inches on her third attempt of the qualifying round … Qualified for the NCAA semifinals by throwing a personal best of 165-6 for a fifth-place finish in the field of 48 throwers at the NCAA East Preliminary
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PRIOR TO LSU One of the top javelin throwers in the state of Louisiana for the Class of 2010 … Set a personal best of 150-5 to win the Class 3A state title during her senior season in 2010 … Also captured the Region 2-3A title during her senior season … Ranked No. 2 in the state during the 2009 outdoor season with a then personal-best mark of 142-10 set in winning the Class 3A state title during her junior season … Was also crowned the Class 3A state champion in the discus as a junior in 2009, throwing the implement 118-8 at the state meet … Won Region 2-3A titles in both the discus and javelin in 2009 … Won a bronze medal in the javelin with a third-place finish at the state meet in 2008 … Also finished runner-up at the state meet as a freshman in 2007 … Won the National AAU Youth championship in the javelin in 2006 … Is also a standout volleyball player at Rayne High School … Has competed on the varsity volleyball team in each of the past four seasons … A two-time all-district selection as a junior in 2008 and as a senior in 2009. PERSONAL Full name is Annie Belle Simoneaux … Born on Aug. 9, 1992 … Parents are Peter and Daphne Simoneaux … Has an older sister, Meghan, who is a graduate of LSU … Mother played volleyball at Northwestern State University … Has an uncle, John Morgan, who played football at LSU … Has an aunt, Stephanie Garrett, who played softball and volleyball at Mississippi University for Women … An honor student at Rayne High School with a 3.8
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cumulative grade-point average … A member of the National Honor Society … Named to the 2009-10 Academic All-State Volleyball Team … Served as a Student Council representative during her high school career … Also served as an officer for Future Farmers of America for the last four years of high school … A delegate to the 2009 Louisiana Girls State … Graduated from LSU in May 2014 with her degree in kinesiology.
Savannah Sledd Fr./Fr. – 5-4 – Highland Park, Ill. Highland Park HS Major: Biology Events: Throws PRIOR TO LSU A three-year letterwinner while throwing the shot put and discus during her prep career at Highland Park (Ill.) High School … Coached in high school by Sarah Palmberg … Was a three-time all-conference performer … Crowned the Lake County Champion for her performance as a senior in 2015. PERSONAL Full name is Savannah Yvonne Sledd … Born on Sept. 11, 1996 … Parents are Andrew, Jr. and Marie Sledd … Has one brother, Andrew III, and three sisters, Chloe, Sophia and Skylar … Majoring in biology.
Naomi Smith Fr./Fr. – 5-3 – Lake Charles, La. Barbe HS Major: English Event: Javelin (137-7) PRIOR TO LSU A four-year letterwinner as a member of the track and field team at Barbe High School in Lake Charles … Coached in high school by Steven Richard … Posted a high school personal best of 137 feet, 7 inches in the javelin during her prep career … Scored the state silver medal in the javelin at the 2015 LHSAA Outdoor State Track & Field Championships … Earned all-state honors in the event as a senior in 2015 … Three times an all-district performer in the javelin in 2012, 2013 and 2015 … Helped lead her high school team to a district championship as a junior in 2014 … Also earned four letters in volleyball, two letters in soccer and one letter in golf as a multisport standout at Barbe High School … An honorable mention all-district selection as a goalkeeper while playing soccer at the high school level. PERSONAL Full name is Naomi Maria Smith … Born on March 11, 1997 … Parents are Mike and Joni Smith … Has three siblings, Callen, Cole and Nykell … Father was a 1998 World Champion Steer Wrestler as a professional rodeo rider … Mother attended LSU … An honor student during her prep career at Barbe High School … Member of the National Honor Society and Future Business Leaders of America … Majoring in English.
Amy Stelly Fr./Fr. – 5-3 – Washington, La. Opelousas Catholic HS Major: Kinesiology Event: Pole Vault (IN: 11-6; OUT: 12-0) PRIOR TO LSU A four-year letterwinner with the track and field team at Opelousas Catholic High School during her prep career … Competed in events ranging from the 200 meters, 400 meters and 4x200-meter relay on the track to the pole vault in the field … Was a two-time state bronze medalist in the pole vault during the indoor and outdoor seasons in 2015 … Set an indoor personal best of 11 feet, 6 inches at the 2015 National Pole Vault Summit … Set a Rebel Relays meet record with a lifetime personal best of 12-0 during the 2015 outdoor season … Scored the silver medal in the pole vault at the district and regional meets in back-to-back seasons as a junior in 2014 and senior in 2015 … Qualified for the state meet for the first time in 2014 … Nearly medaled with a fourth-place finish in the pole vault in her state championship debut, clearing the bar at 10-0 … Coached in high school by Dane Charpentier and Connie Thierry. PERSONAL Full name is Amy Claire Stelly … Born on May 7, 1997 … Parents are Chuck and Joyce Stelly … Has three older siblings, Attie, Gabe and Alia … Is the fifth member of her family to attend
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Marvalyn Vernon So./So. – 5-11 – Hammond, La. Ponchatoula HS Major: Biology Events: Weight Throw (51-7), Discus (130-10), Hammer Throw (133-9) 2015 Ended her debut season indoors by throwing a personal best of 51 feet, 7 inches in a sixth-place finish in the weight throw at the LSU Twilight … Opened the indoor season by throwing 48-5 ½ in an eighth-place finish at the LSU Indoor Invitational … Also posted matching throws of 46-7 ½ for eighth place at the LSU High Performance Meet and 17th place at the Razorback Invitational during the indoor season … Competed in both the discus and hammer throws during the outdoor season … Wrapped up her freshman season by throwing personal bests in both events with marks of 130-10 for sixth place in the discus and 133-9 for ninth place in the hammer throw in the team’s regular-season finale at the LSU Invitational … Earned back-to-back seventh-place finishes in the hammer throw at the Louisiana Classics (132-11) and Battle on the Bayou (128-6) … Also placed ninth in the event at the Jim Click Shootout (130-11) … Threw the discus at the Battle on the Bayou (115-4), Jim Click Shootout (122-7) and LSU Alumni Gold (126-4) … Recognized for her performance in the classroom with a selection to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll. PRIOR TO LSU A standout shot putter and discus thrower during her prep career at Ponchatoula High School … Crowned district champion in the shot put during her senior season in 2014. PERSONAL
Full name is Marvalyn Allenesha Vernon … Born on March 10, 1996 … Parents are Marvin and Centry Vernon … Has five siblings, Gilbert, Miranda, Coco, Leon and Marvin, Jr. … Was an honor roll student at Ponchatoula High School … Served as Vice President of her senior class at Ponchatoula High School … A member of the Key Club and Bible Club during her prep career … Majoring in biology.
Jenna Walker So./So. – 5-4 – Stafford, Va. Colonial Forge HS Major: Petroleum Engineering Events: 1,500M (5:41.80), Mile (5:29.04), 3,000M (IN: 10:40.14) 2015
Won the 3,000 meters in the team’s indoor season opener at the LSU Indoor Invitational with a lifetime personal best of 10 minutes, 40.14 seconds … Was her only appearance with the Lady Tigers during the 2015 season … Did not compete during the outdoor season. 2014
Received a redshirt during her true freshman season in 2014 … Competed unattached in two meets on the year … Clocked banked-track-converted times of 5:29.04 in the mile and 11:11.37 in the 3,000 meters at the LSU Twilight indoors … Ran a seasonal-best time of 5:41.80 in the 1,500 meters in her only outdoor appearance of the season. PRIOR TO LSU Was a four-year letterwinner in track and field and three-year letterwinner in cross country during her prep career at Colonial Forge High School in Stafford, Virginia … A member of eight district championship teams at Colonial Forge High School … Helped lead her track and field team to three district titles indoors in 2010, 2012 and 2013 and three district titles outdoors in 2010, 2011 and 2012 … Also helped guide her cross country team to back-to-back district championships in 2011-12 and 2012-13 … Team earned a third-place finish at the state cross country championships in 2010 … Earned multiple first-team all-area, all-district and all-region selections in high school … Ran on nationally-ranked distance medley relay and 4x1,600-meter relay teams at Colonial Forge High School … Competed at indoor nationals during her junior season … Also ran at the Penn Relays during her junior and senior seasons … Competed at the state championship in each of her four seasons at the prep level … One of three freshmen to compete in the 1,600 meters at the state meet in 2010, finishing in 20th place overall with a time of 5:14 … Was the regional runner-up in the 3,200 meters and 4x800-meter relay before placing
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eighth at the state meet in the relay in 2011 … Won the indoor district silver medal in the 1,000 meters in 2012 … Ran on school record 4x400 (4:05.54) and 4x800 (9:32.96) relays as a junior in 2012 … Also helped her 4x400-meter relay run the outdoor school record of 4:01.85 during her junior season … Limited in her performance as a high school senior in 2013 after having a stress fracture in her foot. PERSONAL Full name is Jenna Stephanie Walker … Born on Oct. 25, 1994 … Mother is Laura Bronesky … Has two younger sisters, Karina and Shanna … Was Distinguished Honor Graduate at Colonial Forge High School … A member of the National Honor Society and Latin Club during her prep career … Majoring in petroleum engineering.
Kaitlyn Walker Fr./Fr. – 5-8 – Gonzales, La. Episcopal HS Major: Marketing Event: High Jump (5-6) PRIOR TO LSU A two-time state champion high jumper during her prep career at Episcopal High School in Baton Rouge … Won back-to-back Class 2A state titles in 2014 and 2015 while helping lead Episcopal High School to the team state championship both seasons … Also crowned the district and regional high jump champion as a junior in 2014 and senior in 2015 … Set the district record with a personalbest clearance of 5-6 to highlight her senior season … Scored the Class 2A state silver medal in the high jump as a freshman in 2012. PERSONAL Full name is Kaitlyn Mallory Walker … Born on June 30, 1997 … Parents are Kevin and Kim Walker … Has a brother, Kevin, Jr. … Uncle, Thomas Walker, Jr., played college football at Southern … An honor student during her prep career at Episcopal High School … Member of the National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society and was a Peer Leader while in high school … Recipient of the Citizenship Award at Episcopal High School … Majoring in marketing.
Ashley Welborn So./So. – 5-3 – Knoxville, Tenn. Knoxville Catholic HS Major: Mathematics Events: Mile (5:09.39), 3,000M (IN: 10:12.74; OUT: 10:52.57), 5,000M (IN: 17:59.28; OUT: 18:45.81) 2015 Appeared in four meets during her redshirt freshman season outdoors in 2015 … Opened the season by running the 5,000 meters at the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette … Clocked an outdoor personal best of 18 minutes, 45.81 seconds in a runner-up finish in the 5k at LSU’s Battle on the Bayou … Clocked 10:52.57 in an 11thplace finish in the 3,000 meters at Arizona’s Jim Click Shootout … Did not finish the 3k at the LSU Invitational in the team’s regular-season finale … Did not compete during the indoor season … Earned her first career selection to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for her outstanding performance in the classroom. 2014 Lettered in her debut season indoors after running the 5,000 meters at the SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships … Finished in 31st place in the 5k at the SEC Indoor Championships after running a time of 18:16.48 … Set a lifetime personal best of 17:59.28 in a sixth-place finish in the 5k at Texas A&M’s Aggie Invitational … Also ran a PR of 10:12.74 in a fifth-place finish in the 3k at the Aggie Invitational … Ran the 800 meters (2:24.30) and mile (5:09.39) at the New Mexico Team Invitational … Redshirted during the 2014 outdoor season … Competed unattached in two meets during the outdoor season … Ran a seasonal best and personal best of 18:55.38 in a third-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the LSU Invitational … Placed 10th in the 5k at the LSU Alumni Gold, clocking 19:19.60 in the race. PRIOR TO LSU A letterwinner in track and field and cross country during her prep career at Knoxville Catholic High School … Coached in high school by Sean O’neil … Was a four-time state championship qualifier in cross country from 2009-12 … Was also a state championship qualifier on the track in the two-mile and 4x800-meter relay during her junior season in 2012 … Competed at the New Balance Indoor Nationals in 2012 … Was a three-time allregion selection in cross country from 2010-12 and a two-time all-region selection on the
Lady Tigers track in 2011 and 2012 … Won an outdoor state championship as a member of the winning 4x800-meter relay team in 2012 … Helped lead her high school cross country team to the runner-up finish at the state meet during her freshman season in 2009. PERSONAL Full name is Ashley Lanier Welborn … Born on July 22, 1995 … Parents are Matt and Nancy Welborn … Both parents attended LSU … An honor roll student who graduated in the top 10 percent of her graduating class at Knoxville Catholic High School … Was a member of the National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta during her prep career … Majoring in mathematics.
Sidnie Wilder So./So. – 5-7 – Cameron, Wisc. Cameron HS Major: Psychology Event: Weight Throw (58-10 ¼), Hammer Throw (181-8)
2015 Just missed earning a spot in the finals of both the weight throw and hammer throw at the SEC Championships in her debut season with the Lady Tigers in 2015 … Threw a series-best mark of 56 feet, 11 ¼ inches in a 10th-place finish in the weight throw at the SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships in Lexington, Kentucky … Threw 173-3 for a 10th-place finish in the hammer throw at the SEC Outdoor Championships in Starkville, Mississippi … Cracked LSU’s all-time Top 10 performance list in the weight throw with a seasonal-best and personal-best mark of 58-10 ¼ in a fourth-place finish at the LSU Twilight … Became the No. 8-ranked weight thrower in program history with her performance … Opened the indoor season with back-to-back fifth-place finishes at the LSU Indoor Invitational (53-3 ¾) and Auburn Indoor Invitational (50-6 ¼) … Placed third at the LSU High Performance Meet with a throw of 56-9 ¼ and eighth at the New Mexico Classic with a throw of 56-7 ½ … Recorded a seasonal-best throw of 180-8 in an eighth-place finish in the hammer throw final at the Texas Relays … Cracked LSU’s all-time Top 10 performance list in the hammer throw as the No. 9-ranked Lady Tiger in program history with her seasonal best … Won the hammer throw title with a season-opening mark of 177-8 at the Louisiana Classics in her outdoor season debut … Finished runner-up in the event at Arizona’s Jim Click Shootout (178-9) … Placed fifth in both the college division at the 121st Penn Relays (172-3) and LSU Invitational (179-3) during the outdoor season … Also threw the hammer at the LSU Alumni Gold, throwing 170-2 for eighth place … Recognized for her performance in the classroom with a selection to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll. PRIOR TO LSU Emerged as one of the top hammer throw prospects at the high school level in the United States during her prep career at Cameron High School … Honored by Track & Field News as a 2012 TFN High School All-American following her sophomore season in 2012 … Arrived in Baton Rouge with a personal best of 181-8 in the hammer throw that she set at the end of her senior season in 2014, ranking No. 5 nationally and No. 3 among prep throwers in the Class of 2014 in the United States … Threw a seasonal best of 177-11 in taking sixth place in the hammer throw final at the 2013 USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa … Ended her junior season outdoors in 2013 as the No. 5-ranked prep performer nationally regardless of class and the No. 2-ranked member of the Class of 2014 in the hammer throw … Also had back-to-back throws of 1764 in the fifth round and 176-0 in the sixth round at the USA Junior Outdoor Championships to eclipse her previous PR of 173-5 entering the meet … Posted a winning mark of 173-5 to take home the hammer throw title at the 2013 Wisconsin Junior Olympic Championships sponsored by USA Track & Field … Set the Wisconsin girls’ hammer throw record with her 2013 seasonal best of 177-11 … Was also the nation’s No. 5-ranked hammer thrower regardless of class and the No. 1-ranked performer in the Class of 2014 during the 2012 outdoor season … Set a 2012 seasonal best of 166-4 to finish in third place in the hammer throw final at an open meet held at the University of Wisconsin … Earned an 11th-place finish in the hammer throw with a series-best mark of 162-0 in her debut appearance at the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 2012 … Won the silver medal in the hammer throw in the intermediate girls’ division at the 2011 USA Track & Field National Junior Olympic Championships held in Wichita, Kansas, with a mark of 142-3 … Threw a seasonal best of 145-11 during her freshman year in 2011 for a fifth-place finish at the USATF World Youth Track & Field Trials held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
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Honor Society during her high school career … Was also a member of the yearbook staff and newspaper staff at Cameron High School … Also a Forensics state finalist for threestraight years from 2012-14 and a Future Business Leaders of America state finalist in 2014 before moving on to college … Majoring in psychology.
Shayna Yon Fr./Fr. – 5-6 – Denver, Colo. Cherokee Trail HS Major: Kinesiology Events: 60M (7.48), 100M (11.50), 200M (OUT: 24.17), Long Jump (IN: 18-11 ¾; OUT: 19-6 ¼) PRIOR TO LSU A standout sprinter and jumper during her prep career at Cherokee Trail High School … Will compete primarily in the jumps with the Lady Tigers … Ended her time at Cherokee Trail High School as the 2015 Colorado Class 5A state champion in the long jump while soaring to a seasonal-best wind-legal mark of 18 feet, 9 ¼ inches (+0.0) in the state final … Jumped an indoor personal best of 18-11 ¾ at the CSM Twilight Open during her junior season indoors in 2014 … Leaped to a lifetime personal best of 19-6 ¼ in a runner-up finish at the Houston Meet of Champions during her sophomore season outdoors in 2013 … Placed fourth in the long jump at the 2013 Great Southwest Classic in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with a wind-legal jump of 18-9 ¼ (-1.5) … Crowned a three-time Colorado state champion in the sprints during her senior season in 2015 … Swept Class 5A state titles during the 2015 outdoor season in the 100 meters (11.79) and 200 meters (24.17) … Winning wind-legal time of 24.17 (-0.3) in the Class 5A state final in the 200-meter dash during the 2015 outdoor season set a new personal best in the event … Also crowned a state champion indoors for the first time in her prep career in 2015 as the Colorado sprint champion in the 60-meter dash with a winning time of 7.54 in the state final at the Colorado Indoor State Championships … A Class 5A bronze medalist in 2013 with a time of 11.83 (+0.0) and fourth-place finisher in 2014 with a matching time of 11.83 (+2.0) while competing at the Colorado Class 5A Outdoor State Track & Field Championships … Earned back-to-back fifth-place finishes in the 200-meter final at the Class 5A state meet as a sophomore in 2013 with a time of 24.76 (-2.0) and as a junior in 2014 with a time of 24.53 (-0.3) … Clocked her 2013 seasonal best of 24.58 (+0.1) in the preliminary round at the state meet … Highlighted her senior season outdoors by winning the girls’ 100-meter title at the Kansas Relays with a winning time of 11.79 (-2.0) and finishing in sixth place in the Girls’ Dream 100 at the IAAF Diamond League adidas Grand Prix with a time of 11.97 (-1.5) … Finished runner-up in the 60-meter dash at the prestigious Simplot Games during her senior season in 2015 after running an indoor seasonal-best time of 7.49 in the sprint final … Seasonal-best time of 7.49 ranked No. 14 nationally among all classifications for the 2015 indoor season … Also lined up in the Girls’ Dream 100 at the adidas Grand Prix as a junior in 2014, finishing in eighth place in the race with a time of 11.82 (+1.7) … Captured the 100-meter title with a seasonal-best time of 11.66 (+1.7) at the 2014 USA Track & Field Colorado Junior Olympics Championships … Clocked her indoor PR of 7.48 in the 60-meter dash at the CSM Twilight Open during the 2014 indoor season … Ended the 2014 indoor season as the No. 10-ranked sprinter nationally in the 60-meter dash regardless of class … Emerged as a top sprint talent in a breakout sophomore season in 2013 when she sprinted to the 100-meter title at the Great Southwest Classic where she ran a lifetime PR of 11.50 (+0.7) in the event final … Cracked the Top 10 of the national high school rankings in the 100-meter dash as the No. 6-ranked sprinter nationally at the prep level in 2013 … Also the 60-meter champion at the Great Southwest Indoor Classic in 2013 with a winning time of 7.74 in the final … A veteran of the New Balance Indoor Nationals, competing in the meet for three-straight seasons from 2013-15. PERSONAL Full name is Shayna Natalyn Yon … Born on March 29, 1997 … Parents are Terry and Shirllynn Yon … Has one older brother, Solomon, and one older sister, Shayla … An honor roll student during her prep career at Cherokee Trail High School while maintaining a 3.5 cumulative grade-point average during her senior season … Majoring in kinesiology.
PERSONAL Full name is Sidnie K. Wilder … Born on Sept. 15, 1995 … Parents are Deren and Karen Wilder … Has one younger brother, Gunner … Father was an NCAA Division II All-American in the hammer throw … An honor student during her prep career at Cameron High School while maintaining a perfect 4.0 grade-point average … Was a member of the National
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5,000 METERS 14:36.26 14:47.23 c 14:58.60 15:05.24 c 16:03.57 c
Philip Primeaux Travis Pope Joseph St. Cyr DC Lipani Bryan Mutell
Iowa State Classic (2/13) LSU Invitational (1/9) Razorback Invitational (1/30) LSU Invitational (1/9) LSU Invitational (1/9)
60 HURDLES 7.73 Joshua Thompson 7.80 aa Jordan Moore
SEC Championships (2/28) New Mexico Classic (2/7)
4X400 RELAY 3:04.28 3:05.05 3:06.66 3:07.65 3:10.67 c 3:16.69
Bush, Downing, Grayson, Norwood Downing, Bush, Grayson, Norwood Bush, Downing, Dunkley, Grayson Grayson, Norwood, Downing, Bush Grayson, Bush, Downing, Norwood Bush, Dunkley, Ernest, Rhorer
Rod McCravy Memorial (1/24) SEC Championships (2/28) Tyson Invitational (2/14) Auburn Indoor Invitational (1/17) LSU Invitational (1/9) Razorback Invitational (1/31)
DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY
Quincy Downing 60 METERS 6.65 aa Tremayne Acy 6.67 Aaron Ernest
New Mexico Classic (2/7) Tyson Invitational (2/13)
Aaron Ernest Tremayne Acy Vernon Norwood Darrell Bush Fitzroy Dunkley Quincy Downing Morgan Wells
SEC Championships (2/27) Razorback Invitational (1/30) Tyson Invitational (2/14) New Mexico Classic (2/6) LSU Invitational (1/9) Auburn Indoor Invitational (1/17) LSU Twilight (2/20)
Vernon Norwood Quincy Downing Darrell Bush Cyril Grayson Fitzroy Dunkley Marcus Tiner Morgan Wells
NCAA Championships (3/14) NCAA Championships (3/14) Tyson Invitational (2/13) SEC Championships (2/27) New Mexico Classic (2/7) LSU Twilight (2/20) LSU High Performance Meet (2/14)
Blair Henderson Jack Wilkes Julian Parker Matthew Rhorer Joseph St. Cyr
LSU Twilight (2/20) Razorback Invitational (1/31) LSU Invitational (1/9) Razorback Invitational (1/31) Razorback Invitational (1/31)
Philip Primeaux Jack Wilkes Blair Henderson Philip Dempsey DC Lipani Joseph St. Cyr
Razorback Invitational (1/31) Auburn Indoor Invitational (1/17) LSU Invitational (1/9) LSU High Performance Meet (2/14) Rod McCravy Memorial (1/24) LSU Invitational (1/9)
Philip Primeaux Joseph St. Cyr Travis Pope DC Lipani Bryan Mutell
LSU Twilight (2/20) Auburn Indoor Invitational (1/17) LSU High Performance Meet (2/14) Razorback Invitational (1/31) Auburn Indoor Invitational (1/17)
400 METERS 45.31 46.13 46.59 46.93 46.94 aa 51.56 c 51.65 c
800 METERS 1:49.70 c 1:50.86 1:52.31 c 1:52.93 1:53.82
MILE 4:12.23 4:14.73 4:16.20 c 4:17.47 c 4:18.17 4:19.48 c
3,000 METERS 8:16.75 c 8:28.76 8:37.13 c 8:37.67 9:05.70
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Henderson, Dunkley, Wilkes, Primeaux Henderson, Wilkes, Rhorer, Primeaux Wilkes, Rhorer, Parker, Henderson Henderson, Dunkley, Wilkes, Primeaux
SEC Championships (2/28) Razorback Invitational (1/30) Auburn Indoor Invitational (1/17) LSU Invitational (1/9)
HIGH JUMP No marks
POLE VAULT
200 METERS 20.67 20.85 20.92 21.46 aa 21.63 c 21.77 22.90 c
9:47.84 10:01.22 10:06.66 10:28.07 c
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17-4 1/2 (5.30) 16-4 (4.98) 16-1 1/4 (4.91)
Andreas Duplantis Cameron Robichaux Jonathan Nelsen
LSU Twilight (2/20) LSU Twilight (2/20) LSU Invitational (1/9)
LONG JUMP 22-6 1/2 (6.87)
Da’Quan Bellard
New Mexico Classic (2/6)
Jonathan Pitt Da’Quan Bellard
LSU Twilight (2/20) LSU Twilight (2/20)
TRIPLE JUMP 50-0 1/2 (15.25) 47-4 1/4 (14.43)
SHOT PUT 45-9 3/4 (13.96)
Jeremy Octeau
LSU Invitational (1/9)
Rodney Brown David Collins Patrick Geers Jeremy Tuttle
New Mexico Classic (2/6) LSU High Performance Meet (2/14) SEC Championships (2/27) SEC Championships (2/27)
WEIGHT THROW 69-3 1/4 (21.11) 64-6 1/2 (19.67) 63-8 1/4 (19.41) 62-6 (19.05)
HEPTATHLON No Scores
SYMBOL KEY aa = Altitude Adjusted c = Converted time to banked track
2015 Women’s Indoor Perfomance List 60 METERS 7.23 7.29 aa 7.32 7.39 aa 7.49 7.60 7.68 aa 7.71 7.74 aa 7.75
DISTANCE MEDLEY RELAY Mikiah Brisco Aleia Hobbs Jada Martin Rushell Harvey Kiersten Duncan Nataliyah Friar Jalea Jackson Mariah Georgetown Danielle Mitchell Tiffany George
NCAA Championships (3/13) New Mexico Classic (2/7) SEC Championships (2/27) New Mexico Classic (2/7) LSU Twilight (2/20) Auburn Indoor Invitational (1/17) New Mexico Classic (2/7) LSU High Performance Meet (2/14) New Mexico Classic (2/7) LSU Twilight (2/20)
Jada Martin Rushell Harvey Kiersten Duncan Aleia Hobbs Ka’Lynn Jupiter Travia Jones Daeshon Gordon Bryiana Richardson Chanice Chase Danielle Mitchell
Tyson Invitational (2/14) Tyson Invitational (2/14) LSU Twilight (2/20) New Mexico Classic (2/6) LSU High Performance Meet (2/14) LSU Twilight (2/20) New Mexico Classic (2/6) LSU Twilight (2/20) Tyson Invitational (2/14) LSU High Performance Meet (2/14)
Travia Jones Chanice Chase Bryiana Richardson Ka’Lynn Jupiter Keterra Harris Oksana Lawrence Kymber Payne
Tyson Invitational (2/13) Tyson Invitational (2/13) Razorback Invitational (1/31) New Mexico Classic (2/6) Iowa State Classic (2/14) Auburn Indoor Invitational (1/17) LSU Twilight (2/20)
400 METERS 55.07 55.57 55.69 55.70 aa 55.71 56.86 57.64 c
Morgan Schuetz Andria Aguilar Danielle Avery Hannah Deworth Keterra Harris
NCAA Championships (3/13) LSU Invitational (1/9) LSU Twilight (2/20) Iowa State Classic (2/14) Razorback Invitational (1/31)
Morgan Schuetz Andria Aguilar Chaiss Matthews
Razorback Invitational (1/31) Auburn Indoor Invitational (1/17) Auburn Indoor Invitational (1/17)
Andria Aguilar Chaiss Matthews Elizabeth Dunning Jenna Walker
LSU Twilight (2/20) Razorback Invitational (1/31) LSU High Performance Meet (2/14) LSU Invitational (1/9)
Daeshon Gordon Mariah Georgetown Mikiah Brisco Bryiana Richardson Chanice Chase Ka’Lynn Jupiter Danielle Phillips
SEC Championships (2/28) Rod McCravy Memorial (1/24) Razorback Invitational (1/31) LSU Twilight (2/20) New Mexico Classic (2/7) LSU High Performance Meet (2/14) Razorback Invitational (1/31)
MILE 4:43.52 4:49.86 5:01.36
Matthews, Harris, Aguilar, Schuetz Matthews, Harris, Aguilar, Schuetz Schuetz, Harris, Avery, Aguilar Aguilar, Deworth, Avery, Matthews
Rod McCravy Memorial (1/23) Auburn Indoor Invitational (1/17) LSU Invitational (1/9) Razorback Invitational (1/30)
HIGH JUMP Shanice Hall Briana Kelly
SEC Championships (2/28) Razorback Invitational (1/30)
POLE VAULT No Marks
LONG JUMP 21-0 (6.40) 18-11 3/4 (5.78) 18-5 3/4 (5.63) 17-11 3/4 (5.48) 16-9 3/4 (5.12)
Nataliyah Friar Bria Druilhet Danielle Phillips Shanice Hall Shanice Holmes
NCAA Championships (3/13) Razorback Invitational (1/30) Auburn Indoor Invitational (1/17) LSU High Performance Meet (2/14) Auburn Indoor Invitational (1/17)
Nataliyah Friar Bria Druilhet Shanice Holmes
Tyson Invitational (2/14) New Mexico Classic (2/7) Auburn Indoor Invitational (1/17)
TRIPLE JUMP 42-6 (12.95) 40-6 (12.34) 38-9 1/2 (11.83)
SHOT PUT 60-7 1/4 (18.42)
sr Tori Bliss
NCAA Championships (3/14)
WEIGHT THROW
800 METERS 2:04.53 2:07.44 c 2:12.60 c 2:15.12 2:16.00
11:25.98 11:35.51 11:45.08 c 11:52.69
5-9 3/4 (1.77) 5-7 (1.70)
200 METERS 23.30 24.09 24.09 c 24.40 aa 24.60 c 24.88 c 25.00 aa 25.00 c 25.23 26.58 c
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61-1 1/4 (18.62) 58-10 1/4 (17.94) 51-7 (15.72)
Gabby Figueroa Sidnie Wilder Marvalyn Vernon
LSU Twilight (2/20) LSU Twilight (2/20) LSU Twilight (2/20)
PENTATHLON No scores
SYMBOL KEY aa = Altitude Adjusted c = Converted time to banked track sr = School Record
3,000 METERS 10:00.81 c 10:01.99 10:33.23 c 10:40.14 c
5,000 METERS No times
60 HURDLES 8.20 8.40 8.42 8.58 8.61 aa 8.73 8.82
4X400 RELAY 3:39.09 3:40.18 3:42.48 aa 3:43.41 3:47.86 3:49.46 c
Harris, Martin, Gordon, Jones Harris, Martin, Gordon, Chase Chase, Jones, Richardson, Jupiter Gordon, Martin, Duncan, Chase Harris, Duncan, Richardson, Jupiter Jones, Richardson, Lawrence, Jupiter
SEC Championships (2/28) Rod McCravy Memorial (1/24) New Mexico Classic (2/7) Auburn Indoor Invitational (1/17) Razorback Invitational (1/31) LSU Invitational (1/9)
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3,000 STEEPLECHASE 9:20.38 10:06.90
Christian Johnson Philip Dempsey
LSU Alumni Gold (4/18) Battle on the Bayou (4/4)
4X100 RELAY 38.62 38.78 38.92 38.93 38.95
Thompson, Norwood, Acy, Ernest Thompson, Norwood, Acy, Ernest Thompson, Norwood, Acy, Ernest Thompson, Norwood, Acy, Ernest Thompson, Norwood, Acy, Ernest
NCAA Championships (6/12) SEC Championships (5/16) NCAA Championships (6/10) Texas Relays (3/28) Jim Click Shootout (4/11)
4X400 RELAY
Rodney Brown 100 METERS 10.12 1.4 10.16 1.7 TOP WIND-AIDED TIMES 10.09 2.3 10.12 2.5 10.58 4.7
Aaron Ernest Tremayne Acy Aaron Ernest Tremayne Acy Joshua Thompson
3:01.63 3:01.96 3:02.48 3:02.61 3:02.79
NCAA Championships (6/10) NCAA Championships (6/10)
HIGH JUMP
SEC Championships (5/15) SEC Championships (5/15) Battle on the Bayou (4/4)
POLE VAULT
NCAA Championships (6/10) NCAA East Preliminary Rounds (5/30) Jim Click Shootout (4/11) LSU Alumni Gold (4/18) Jim Click Shootout (4/11)
LONG JUMP
Downing, Grayson, Dunkley, Norwood Downing, Dunkley, Grayson, Norwood Downing, Grayson, Dunkley, Norwood Downing, Dunkley, Norwood, Bush Downing, Bush, Norwood, Grayson
SEC Championships (5/16) NCAA Championships (6/12) NCAA East Preliminary Rounds (5/30) Penn Relays (4/25) LSU Alumni Gold (4/18)
No marks
17-3 (5.26) 16-3 1/4 (4.96) 15-7 1/4 (4.76)
Andreas Duplantis Cameron Robichaux Jonathan Nelsen
LSU Alumni Gold (4/18) LSU Invitational (5/2) LSU Alumni Gold (4/18)
200 METERS 20.17 1.8 20.22 1.3 20.84 -2.3 21.30 1.5 21.49 -2.3 TOP WIND-AIDED TIMES 20.04 2.4 20.11 2.4 21.22 4.2
Tremayne Acy Aaron Ernest Vernon Norwood Darrell Bush Fitzroy Dunkley Tremayne Acy Aaron Ernest Darrell Bush
NCAA Championships (6/12) NCAA Championships (6/12) Battle on the Bayou (4/4)
400 METERS 44.44 45.49 45.70 45.78 46.23
Vernon Norwood Darrell Bush Quincy Downing Fitzroy Dunkley Cyril Grayson
LSU Alumni Gold (4/18) Jim Click Shootout (4/11) LSU Invitational (5/2) SEC Championships (5/16) Jim Click Shootout (4/11)
Julian Parker Blair Henderson Jack Wilkes Matthew Rhorer
SEC Championships (5/16) LSU Invitational (5/2) LSU Alumni Gold (4/18) LSU Invitational (5/2)
Blair Henderson Christian Johnson Philip Dempsey Jack Wilkes Philip Primeaux
LSU Alumni Gold (4/18) LSU Invitational (5/2) LSU Invitational (5/2) Battle on the Bayou (4/4) SEC Championships (5/15)
Philip Primeaux Christian Johnson Travis Pope Joseph St. Cyr Bryan Mutell
LSU Invitational (5/2) SEC Championships (5/16) LSU Invitational (5/2) Battle on the Bayou (4/4) LSU Invitational (5/2)
Travis Pope Joseph St. Cyr
SEC Championships (5/14) Louisiana Classics (3/20)
800 METERS 1:46.17 1:47.03 1:50.66 1:51.41
1,500 METERS 3:46.52 3:53.44 3:54.46 3:54.50 3:55.53
5,000 METERS 14:47.34 14:54.49 15:10.28 15:19.26 15:39.12
10,000 METERS 30:33.11 33:15.66
110 HURDLES 13.47 1.9 Jordan Moore 13.55 1.9 Joshua Thompson TOP WIND-AIDED TIMES 13.34 3.9 Joshua Thompson
SEC Championships (5/16) SEC Championships (5/16) NCAA Championships (6/12)
400 HURDLES 49.63 54.97
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Quincy Downing Morgan Wells
SEC Championships (5/16) Louisiana Classics (3/21)
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22-3 3/4 (6.80) 1.3 Jonathan Pitt TOP WIND-AIDED MARKS 22-4 1/4 (6.81) 3.4 Jonathan Pitt
Battle on the Bayou (4/4) Battle on the Bayou (4/4)
TRIPLE JUMP 50-8 1/4 (15.45) 0.9 Jonathan Pitt TOP WIND-AIDED MARKS 50-10 (15.49) 2.3 Jonathan Pitt
NCAA East Preliminary Rounds (5/30) LSU Alumni Gold (4/18)
SHOT PUT No marks
DISCUS 213-5 (65.04) sr 155-1 (47.26) 153-5 (46.76) 147-7 (44.99)
Rodney Brown Patrick Geers Jeremy Tuttle Terry Hughes
Penn Relays (4/25) Louisiana Classics (3/21) Jim Click Shootout (4/11) Louisiana Classics (3/21)
Jeremy Tuttle David Collins Patrick Geers
SEC Championships (5/14) LSU Alumni Gold (4/18) SEC Championships (5/14)
Jeremy Tuttle Terry Hughes Philip Moody Garret LeBouef
Battle on the Bayou (4/4) Jim Click Shootout (4/11) Louisiana Classics (3/20) Battle on the Bayou (4/4)
HAMMER 211-3 (64.40) 206-5 (62.92) 193-5 (58.96)
JAVELIN 209-6 (63.85) 207-4 (63.21) 195-5 (59.57) 193-6 (58.99)
DECATHLON No Scores
SYMBOL KEY sr = School Record
2015 Women’s Outdoor Performance List 100 METERS 11.13 2.0 11.31 1.2 11.34 0.1 11.66 -0.2 12.04 2.0 12.19 -3.0 12.48 2.0 12.53 -1.6 TOP WIND-AIDED TIMES 11.24 3.0 11.27 5.1 11.44 2.5 12.08 4.6 12.09 3.6 12.25 3.1 12.29 3.6
4X400 RELAY Aleia Hobbs Mikiah Brisco Jada Martin Rushell Harvey Travia Jones Jalea Jackson Tiffany George Danielle Mitchell
NCAA Championships (6/11) SEC Championships (5/15) LSU Alumni Gold (4/18) NCAA East Preliminary Rounds (5/28) Battle on the Bayou (4/4) Louisiana Classics (3/21) Battle on the Bayou (4/4) LSU Invitational (5/2)
Mikiah Brisco Jada Martin Rushell Harvey Danielle Mitchell Jalea Jackson Tiffany George Danielle Mitchell
NCAA Championships (6/11) Texas Relays (3/28) SEC Championships (5/15) Battle on the Bayou (4/4) LSU Alumni Gold (4/18) LSU Alumni Gold (4/18) LSU Alumni Gold (4/18)
Jada Martin Rushell Harvey Travia Jones Keterra Harris Jalea Jackson Danielle Mitchell
NCAA Championships (6/11) Jim Click Shootout (4/11) Jim Click Shootout (4/11) LSU Invitational (5/2) LSU Invitational (5/2) LSU Invitational (5/2)
200 METERS 22.76 1.8 23.82 -1.7 24.38 -0.3 24.81 0.2 25.67 0.2 26.11 0.2 TOP WIND-AIDED TIMES 24.35 3.8 24.56 2.2
Travia Jones Keterra Harris
Battle on the Bayou (4/4) Battle on the Bayou (4/4)
Travia Jones Keterra Harris Hannah Deworth
SEC Championships (5/15) SEC Championships (5/14) Battle on the Bayou (4/4)
Morgan Schuetz Hannah Deworth Danielle Avery
LSU Invitational (5/2) SEC Championships (5/14) SEC Championships (5/14)
Morgan Schuetz Andria Aguilar Chaiss Matthews Danielle Avery
LSU Alumni Gold (4/18) LSU Invitational (5/2) SEC Championships (5/15) Battle on the Bayou (4/4)
Andria Aguilar Elizabeth Dunning Ashley Welborn
Louisiana Classics (3/21) Louisiana Classics (3/21) Battle on the Bayou (4/4)
400 METERS 54.10 56.15 58.36
800 METERS 2:03.12 2:10.98 2:13.39
5,000 METERS 17:15.54 18:32.72 18:45.81
Gordon, Martin, Jones, Chase Gordon, Martin, Jones, Chase Gordon, Martin, Jones, Chase Gordon, Martin, Jones, Chase Gordon, Martin, Jones, Chase
NCAA East Preliminary Rounds (5/30) Jim Click Shootout (4/11) SEC Championships (5/16) NCAA Championships (6/11) LSU Alumni Gold (4/18)
HIGH JUMP 5-8 3/4 (1.75) 5-7 1/4 (1.71)
Shanice Hall Briana Kelly
SEC Championships (5/15) LSU Invitational (5/2)
POLE VAULT No Marks
LONG JUMP 21-0 3/4 (6.42) -0.5 19-1 1/2 (5.83) -1.0 17-9 3/4 (5.43) 1.5 17-0 3/4 (5.20) 0.8 TOP WIND-AIDED MARKS 21-10 3/4 (6.67) 2.5 18-0 1/2 (5.50) 2.7
Nataliyah Friar Danielle Phillips Bria Druilhet Shanice Holmes
World University Games (7/9) LSU Invitational (5/2) Battle on the Bayou (4/4) Jim Click Shootout (4/11)
Nataliyah Friar Bria Druilhet
SEC Championships (5/15) Battle on the Bayou (4/4)
Nataliyah Friar Bria Druilhet Shanice Holmes
SEC Championships (5/16) LSU Alumni Gold (4/18) Jim Click Shootout (4/11)
Bria Druilhet Shanice Holmes
Battle on the Bayou (4/4) Battle on the Bayou (4/4)
TRIPLE JUMP 43-10 (13.36) 0.9 39-9 3/4 (12.13) 0.3 38-0 1/4 (11.59) 0.0 TOP WIND-AIDED MARKS 40-4 3/4 (12.31) 3.6 39-4 (11.99) 2.9
SHOT PUT 60-8 (18.49)
sr
Tori Bliss
LSU Invitational (5/2)
178-4 (54.37) 130-10 (39.88)
Tori Bliss Marvalyn Vernon
Texas Relays (3/28) LSU Invitational (5/2)
Rebekah Wales Mayme Cook Annie Simoneaux Doren Welch Alli Brasuell
NCAA East Preliminary Rounds (5/28) Texas Relays (3/27) NCAA East Preliminary Rounds (5/28) NCAA East Preliminary Rounds (5/28) Louisiana Classics (3/20)
Gabby Figueroa Sidnie Wilder Marvalyn Vernon
Penn Relays (4/23) Texas Relays (3/26) LSU Invitational (5/2)
JAVELIN 179-11 (54.85) 165-11 (50.57) 165-6 (50.44) 154-6 (47.11) 136-3 (41.54)
HAMMER
10,000 METERS
184-1 (56.12) 180-8 (55.08) 133-9 (40.77)
No Times
100 HURDLES 12.95 1.7 12.97 -1.1 14.15 -0.1 14.45 1.0 TOP WIND-AIDED TIMES 13.97 2.3
3:30.74 3:32.97 3:33.92 3:34.78 3:35.18
DISCUS
1,500 METERS 4:22.83 4:39.54 4:45.64 4:47.79
LSU
Chanice Chase Daeshon Gordon Danielle Phillips Mariah Georgetown Danielle Phillips
NCAA Championships (6/13) Jamaican Senior Championships (6/28) Jim Click Shootout (4/11) LSU Invitational (5/2) LSU Alumni Gold (4/18)
HEPTATHLON No scores
SYMBOL KEY sr = School Record
400 HURDLES 57.01 57.24 58.14 58.55 59.14
Chanice Chase Daeshon Gordon Kymber Payne Ka’Lynn Jupiter Bryiana Richardson
SEC Championships (5/16) NCAA Championships (6/11) NCAA East Preliminary Rounds (5/29) SEC Championships (5/16) LSU Invitational (5/2)
3,000 STEEPLECHASE No Times
4X100 RELAY 42.80 43.14 43.23 43.32 43.41
Harvey, Hobbs, Martin, Brisco Harvey, Hobbs, Martin, Brisco Harvey, Hobbs, Martin, Brisco Harvey, Hobbs, Martin, Brisco Harvey, Hobbs, Martin, Brisco
SEC Championships (5/16) NCAA East Preliminary Rounds (5/30) Jim Click Shootout (4/11) NCAA Championships (4/11) LSU Invitational (5/2)
Aleiah Hobbs
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2015 Cross Country Rosters
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MEN’S ROSTER NAME
YEAR
HEIGHT
Dajour Braxton Jackson Fountain Blair Henderson Christian Johnson Hayden Kingfisher DC Lipani Felipe Pelaez Austin Santacruz Joseph St. Cyr Bryan Stamey Daniel Tanner Jack Wilkes
Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. So. So. So.
6-1 5-10 6-0 6-0 5-7 6-1 5-7 5-11 5-9 5-10 5-10 6-0
HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)
Las Vegas, Nev. (Centennial HS) Argyle, Texas (Liberty Christian School) Lake Charles, La. (St. Louis Catholic HS) Baton Rouge, La. (Episcopal HS/Emory) Bossier City, La. (Parkway HS) Mandeville, La. (St. Paul’s School) New Orleans, La. (Brother Martin HS) Winnetka, Ill. (New Trier Township HS) Baton Rouge, La. (Catholic HS) Baton Rouge, La. (Episcopal HS) Shreveport, La. (C. E. Byrd HS) Bossier City, La. (Airline HS)
WOMEN’S ROSTER NAME
YEAR
HEIGHT
Danielle Avery Mallory Bartow Hannah Bourque Carley Boyce Hannah Deworth Elizabeth Dunning Breanna Elliott Monica Guillot Tahlaya Hardin Keterra Harris Erika Lewis Rebecca Little Madison McDaniel Hollie Parker Mallory Robichaux Morgan Schuetz Jenna Walker Ashley Welborn
Jr. So. Fr. So. So. Jr. Fr. So. Fr. So. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr.
5-2 5-6 5-5 5-7 5-3 5-4 5-7 5-3 4-11 5-4 5-6 5-9 5-6 5-7 5-5 5-7 5-4 5-3
HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)
Naples, Fla. (Naples HS) Woodworth, La. (Holy Savior Menard Central HS) Youngsville, La. (St. Thomas More HS) Covington, La. (St. Scholastica Academy) Alexandria, La. (Holy Savior Menard Central HS) Zachary, La. (Paul Laurence Dunbar HS) Baton Rouge, La. (Christian Life Academy) Covington, La. (St. Scholastica Academy) Fresno, Texas (Manvel HS) Marrero, La. (St. Mary’s Academy) West Des Moines, Iowa (Waukee HS) Austin, Texas (Westlake HS) Covington, La. (St. Scholastica Academy) Cambridge, England (Kings School/Coleridge CC) Woodworth, La. (Menard HS) Baton Rouge, La. (Parkview Baptist HS) Stafford, Va. (Colonial Forge HS) Knoxville, Tenn. (Knoxville Catholic HS)
Dajour Braxton
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2015 Cross Country Results McNeese State XC Relays Sept. 4, 2015 Men - 8K • Women - 6K Enos Derbonne Sports Complex Lake Charles, La. MEN’S RESULTS 1. McNeese A (ames, Bor) 2. McNeese B (Soto, Hamilton) 3. LSU A (Lipani, Braxton) 4. LSU C (Henderson, Johnson) 5. ULL A (Robinson, Bergeron) 6. LSU B (Kingfisher, St. Cyr) 7. ULL B (Chicola, Robinson) 8. LSU D (Stamey, Fountain) 9. ULL C (Heck, Bonin) 10. SLU A (Wiggins, Johnson)
25:37.2 25:41.4 25:53.3 26:02.3 26:11.7 26:49.7 26:56.0 26:59.1 27:17.2 27:20.6
WOMEN’S RESULTS 1. LSU A (Schuetz, Lewis) 2. McNeese A (Bridge, Woelfl) 3. ULL D (Musgrove, Hesterman) 4. ULL B (Devitt, Lyons) 5. LSU B (Welborn, Bourque) 6. ULL A (Hodges, LaBarde) 7. McNeese B (Dawes, Smegal) 8. LSU C (Walker, Deworth) 9. SLU C (Gregoire, Gregoire) 10. LSU D (Avery, Little)
20:26.8 20:37.9 21:02.4 21:16.3 21:58.7 22:15.3 22:22.1 22:29.5 22:44.5 22:50.8
Allstate Sugar Bowl Festival Sept. 12, 2015 Men - 5K • Women - 5K Lafreniere Park New Orleans, Louisiana MEN’S TEAM RESULTS 1. LSU 2. New Orleans 3. Mississippi Valley State MEN’S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1. Dajour Braxton, LSU 2. Chrstian Johnson 3. Hayden Kingfisher 4. Bryan Stamey 5. Austin Santacruz 6. Blair Henderson 7. DC Lipani 8. Jack Wilkes WOMEN’S TEAM RESULTS 1. LSU 2. Mississippi Valley State WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1. Morgan Schuetz, LSU 2. Erika Lewis 3. Hannah Bourque 4. Rebecca Little 5. Jenna Walker 6. Elizabeth Dunning 7. Ashley Welborn 8. Hannah Deworth 9. Monica Guillot 10. Hollie Parker
15 55 73
16:11.0 16:27.0 16:30.9 16:34.0 16:35.9 16:38.2 16:41.0 16:44.0
15 50
19:40.6 20:24.6 20:25.7 20:40.9 20:45.3 20:45.5 20:52.2 21:02.5 21:17.6 21:19.0
15:20.65 15:38.65 15:51.65 15:52.57 15:54.59 15:57.63 16:13.15 16:14.67
WOMEN’S TEAM RESULTS 1. Southern Mississippi 2. LSU 3. Southeastern Louisiana WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1. Rebecca Ulrich, Southern Miss 3. Morgan Schuetz 7. Hannah Bourque 8. Hollie Parker 9. Rebecca Little 10. Erika Lewis
18 37 93
17:44.99 18:02.74 18:56.37 19:09.49 19:13.63 19:18.49
Texas A&M Invitational Sept. 26, 2015 Men - 8K • Women - 6K Watts Cross Country Course College Station, Texas MEN’S TEAM RESULTS 1. Texas 2. North Texas 3. Missouri 4. Texas A&M 5. Stephen F. Austin 12. LSU MEN’S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1. Brian Barraza, Houston 42. Dajour Braxton 56. Christian Johnson 78. Hayden Kingfisher 84. Austin Santacruz 87. Joseph St. Cyr 89. DC Lipani 91. Blair Henderson WOMEN’S TEAM RESULTS 1. Texas 2. Missouri 3. Abilene Christian 4. Texas A&M 5. Stephen F. Austin 9. LSU WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1. Karis Jochen, Texas A&M 9. Morgan Schuetz 60. Erika Lewis 66. Danielle Avery 71. Hollie Parker 80. Elizabeth Dunning 86. Jenna Walker 91. Monica Guillot
Sept. 20, 2014 Men - 5K • Women - 5K Highland Road Park Baton Rouge, Louisiana
37 72 106 116 126 347
23:28.4 24:49.9 25:08.1 25:54.3 26:07.6 26:08.5 26:11.6 26:14.2
87 92 107 119 135 286
20:05.0 20:52.1 22:32.5 22:41.5 22:49.4 23:11.4 23:24.3 23:46.5
Chile Pepper Festival
18 64 69
MEN’S TEAM RESULTS 1. Arkansas 2. Tulsa 3. Wichita State 4. Baylor 5. Texas Tech 11. LSU
MEN’S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1. Marc Scott, Tulsa 29. Dajour Braxton 89. Christian Johnson 122. jackson Fountain 151. Bryan Stamey 171. DC Lipani 172. Hayden Kingfisher 177. Austin Santacruz WOMEN’S TEAM RESULTS 1. Arkansas 2. Abilene Christian 3. Tulsa 4. Wichita State 5. Texas Tech 13. LSU WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1. Dominique Scott, Arkansas 63. Morgan Schuetz 139. Hannah Bourque 149. Erika Lewis 180. Jenna Walker 187. Elizabeth Dunning 197. Monica Guillot 254. Hannah Deworth
SEC Championships 23:30.90 24:34.18 25:28.34 25:45.92 26:02.76 26:12.40 26:12.90 26:15.92
18 99 113 120 160 349
16:07.18 17:58.09 18:40.32 18:44.08 19:02.57 19:05.54 19:11.11 19:49.48
Crimson Classic
Oct. 3, 2015 Men - 8K • Women - 5K Agri Park XC Course Fayetteville, Arkansas
LSU Invitational
MEN’S TEAM RESULTS 1. LSU 2. New Orleans 3. Southeastern Louisiana
MEN’S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1. Dajour Braxton, LSU 2. Christian Johnson 4. Blair Henderson 5. Jack Wilkes 6. Austin Santacruz 7. Hayden Kingfisher 9. DC Lipani 10. Jackson Fountain
Oct. 16, 2015 Men - 8K • Women - 5K Harry Pritchett Running Course Tuscaloosa, Alabama MEN’S TEAM RESULTS 1. Oklahoma State 2. Texas A&M 3. Lipscomb 4. Auburn 5. North Florida 10. LSU MEN’S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1. Cerake Geberkidane, OSU 12. Dajour Braxton 39. Christian Johnson 86. DC Lipani 87. Hayden Kingfisher 102. Jackson Fountain 129. Bryan Stamey 133. Austin Santacruz WOMEN’S TEAM RESULTS 1. Oklahoma State 2. Alabama 3. Auburn 4. Ole Miss 5. Texas A&M 15. LSU WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1. Karis Jochen, Texas A&M 27. Morgan Schuetz 111. Erika Lewis 138. Rebecca Little 141. Jenna Walker 149. Hollie Parker 152. Hannah Bourque 155. Elizabeth Dunning
LSU
27 95 131 146 170 294
Oct. 30, 2015 Men - 8K • Women - 6K Watts Cross Country Course College Station, Texas MEN’S TEAM RESULTS 1. Arkansas 2. Texas A&M 3. Ole Miss 4. Kentucky 5. Georgia 12. LSU
25 96 122 129 142 322
MEN’S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1. Antibahs Kosgei, Alabama 30. Dajour Braxton 51. Christian Johnson 86. Hayden Kingfisher 95. Daniel Tanner 99. Blair Henderson 104. Jackson Fountain 111. DC Lipani WOMEN’S TEAM RESULTS 1. Arkansas 2. Mississippi State 3. Vanderbilt 4. Alabama 5. Ole Miss 14. LSU
23:24.2 24:29.2 24:53.9 25:46.7 25:58.1 26:09.7 26:28.7 27:05.4
38 95 112 143 147 436
WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1. Dominique Scott, Arkansas 69. Morgan Schuetz 118. Hannah Bourque 119. Hollie Parker 124. Jenna Walker 125. Elizabeth Dunning 131. Rebecca Little 132. Monica Guillot
19:23.6 21:41.3 23:02.3 23:05.7 23:15.0 23:20.5 23:40.5 24:11.3
NCAA South Central Regional 23:40.78 24:49.61 25:36.97 26:18.24 26:18.81 26:27.99 26:55.51 26:58.52
30 71 74 117 166 442
16:46.23 17:46.13 18:57.34 19:17.28 19:20.84 19:28.91 19:29.72 19:33.12
Nov. 13, 2015 Men - 10K • Women - 6K Watts Cross Country Course College Station, Texas MEN’S TEAM RESULTS 1. Arkansas 2. Texas 3. Texas A&M 4. Lamar 5. Stephen F. Austin
51 69 85 95 139
MEN’S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1. Brian Barraza, Houston 28. Dajour Braxton 36. Christian Johnson WOMEN’S TEAM RESULTS 1. Arkansas 2. Texas 3. SMU 4. Baylor 5. Rice
30:07.3 31:13.9 31:26.3
40 105 132 134 145
WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1. Dominique Scott, Arkansas 19:35.3 12. Morgan Schuetz 20:23.5 108. Hannah Bourque 23:01.3
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MEN’S INDOOR
SEC WOMEN’S RUNNER OF THE WEEK Morgan Schuetz Jan. 20
NCAA CHAMPIONS Vernon Norwood
400 Meters
ALL-AMERICANS Quincy Downing Aaron Ernest
400 Meters 200 Meters
SEC CHAMPIONS Aaron Ernest
200 Meters
ALL-SEC Darrell Bush Quincy Downing Cyril Grayson Joshua Thompson Vernon Norwood
4x400 Relay 4x400 Relay 4x400 Relay 60 Hurdles 400 Meters 4x400 Relay
WOMEN’S INDOOR ALL-AMERICANS Tori Bliss Mikiah Brisco Nataliyah Friar
Shot Put 60 Meters Long Jump
SEC CHAMPIONS Tori Bliss
Shot Put
ALL-SEC Andria Aguilar Danielle Avery Kiersten Duncan Lynnika Pitts Morgan Schuetz Jasmin Stowers
Distance Medley Distance Medley Distance Medley Triple Jump Distance Medley 60 Hurdles
USTFCCCA NATIONAL ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Tori Bliss Jan. 13
SEC WOMEN’S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Tori Bliss Jan. 13 SEC WOMEN’S FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK Mikiah Brisco Jan. 13 Daeshon Gordon Feb. 3
MEN’S OUTDOOR WORLD CHAMPION Vernon Norwood
4x400 Relay
BOWERMAN AWARD SEMIFINALIST Vernon Norwood NCAA CHAMPIONS Quincy Downing Fitzroy Dunkley Cyril Grayson Vernon Norwood
4x400 Relay 4x400 Relay 4x400 Relay 400 Meters 4x400 Relay
ALL-AMERICANS Tremayne Acy Quincy Downing Aaron Ernest Vernon Norwood Joshua Thompson
200 Meters 4x100 Relay 400 Hurdles 200 Meters 4x100 Relay 4x100 Relay 60 Hurdles 4x100 Relay
SEC CHAMPIONS Rodney Brown Julian Parker
Discus 800 Meters
ALL-SEC Tremayne Acy Quincy Downing Fitzroy Dunkley Aaron Ernest Cyril Grayson Jordan Moore Vernon Norwood Joshua Thompson
200 Meters 4x100 Relay 4x400 Relay 4x400 Relay 4x100 Relay 4x400 Relay 110 Hurdles 400 Meters 4x100 Relay 4x400 Relay 4x100 Relay
USTFCCCA SOUTH CENTRAL REGION MEN’S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Rodney Brown USTFCCCA NATIONAL ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Vernon Norwood April 21 SEC MEN’S RUNNER OF THE WEEK Vernon Norwood April 21 SEC MEN’S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Rodney Brown March 24, 31; April 28 SEC COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM Julian Parker
WOMEN’S OUTDOOR ALL-AMERICANS Tori Bliss Mikiah Brisco Chanice Chase Nataliyah Friar Daeshon Gordon Rushell Harvey Aleia Hobbs
Shot Put 4x100 Relay 100 Hurdles Triple Jump 100 Hurdles 4x100 Relay 100 Meters 4x100 Relay
Jada Martin Rebekah Wales SEC CHAMPIONS Rebekah Wales ALL-SEC Tori Bliss Mikiah Brisco Chanice Chase Nataliyah Friar Daeshon Gordon Rushell Harvey Aleia Hobbs Travia Jones Jada Martin Jasmin Stowers
200 Meters 4x100 Relay Javelin
Javelin
Shot Put 4x100 Relay 4x400 Relay Long Jump Triple Jump 4x400 Relay 4x100 Relay 4x100 Relay 4x400 Relays 4x400 Relay 100 Hurdles
SEC WOMEN’S RUNNER OF THE WEEK Jada Martin April 14 SEC WOMEN’S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Tori Bliss May 5 SEC WOMEN’S FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK Daeshon Gordon March 31 Aleia Hobbs May 5 SEC COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM Tori Bliss PAN AM JUNIOR CHAMPIONS Mikiah Brisco 4x100 Relay Aleia Hobbs 4x100 Relay
Tremayne Acy
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Golden
Dating back to Sid Bowman earning a spot on the 1928 U.S. Olympic team, LSU Track & Field has a long-standing tradition among the forefront of track and field, not only at the collegiate level, but also on the international scene. The following is a list of athletes who have competed in the Olympic Games.
TIGERS
Kelly Willie’s gold medal from the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Willie was a member of the United States’ 4x400-meter relay team.
Richard Thompson
Kelly Willie
LSU Olympians
Lolo Jones
Muna Lee
1932, The X Olympiad - Los Angeles, California
Walter Davis (United States) Peta-Gaye Dowdie (Jamaica) Laverne Eve (Bahamas) Glenroy Gilbert (Canada) Keisha Spencer (Jamaica) Astia Walker (Jamaica)
Sid Bowman (United States) Glenn “Slats” Hardin (United States)
2004, The XXVIII Olympiad - Athens, Greece
1928, The IX Olympiad - Amsterdam, The Netherlands Sid Bowman (United States)
6th-Triple Jump
7th-Triple Jump 2nd-400 Hurdles
1936, The XI Olympiad - Berlin, Germany Billy Brown (United States) Glenn “Slats” Hardin (United States) Jack Torrance (United States)
Triple Jump 1st-400 Hurdles 5th-Shot Put
1964, The XVIII Olympiad - Tokyo, Japan Billy Hardin (United States)
400 Hurdles
1988, The XXIV Olympiad - Seoul, South Korea Sheila Echols (United States) Laverne Eve (Bahamas) Angela Phipps (Canada) Mikael Olander (Sweden) Robin van Helden (The Netherlands) Schowonda Williams (United States)
1st-4x100 Relay Javelin 4x100 Relay Decathlon 800 Meters 400 Hurdles
1992, The XXV Olympiad - Barcelona, Spain Kym Carter (United States) Dahlia Duhaney (Jamaica) Donalda Duprey (Canada) Sheila Echols (United States) Esther Jones (United States) Lotfi Khaida (Algeria) Simon Williams (United Kingdom)
11th-Heptathlon 4x100 Relay 400 Hurdles 8th-Long Jump 1st-4x100 Relay Triple Jump Discus
1996, The XXVI Olympiad - Atlanta, Georgia Kirk Cummins (Barbados) Laverne Eve (Bahamas) Glenroy Gilbert (Canada) D’Andre Hill (United States) Sharon Jaklofsky (The Netherlands) David Kiptoo (Kenya) Suzette Lee (Jamaica) Joyce Melendez (Puerto Rico) Debbie Parris (Jamaica)
100 Meters Javelin 1st-4x100 Relay, 100 Meters 100 Meters 12th-Long Jump 6th-800 Meters Triple Jump 400 Hurdles 4th-400 Hurdles
2000, The XXVII Olympiad - Sydney, Australia Valma Bass (St. Kitts & Nevis) Claston Bernard (Jamaica) Celena Clarke (Jamaica)
100 Meters, 200 Meters, 4x100 Relay Decathlon 4x400 Relay
Claston Bernard (Jamaica) Bennie Brazell (United States) Derrick Brew (United States) Marian Burnett (Guyana) Walter Davis (United States) Nadia Davy (Jamaica) Laverne Eve (Bahamas) Alleyne Francique (Grenada) Muna Lee (United States) John Moffitt (United States) Debbie Parris (Jamaica) Hazelann Regis (Grenada) LeJuan Simon (Trinidad & Tobago) Ronetta Smith (Jamaica) Kelly Willie (United States)
Triple Jump 100 Meters, 4x100 Relay Javelin 4x100 Relay Triple Jump 200 Meters, 4x100 Relay
9th-Decathlon 8th-400 Hurdles 1st-4x400 Relay, 3rd-400 Meters 22nd-800 Meters 11th-Triple Jump, 23rd-Long Jump 3rd-4x400 Relay, 25th-400 Meters 6th-Javelin 4th-400 Meters 7th-200 Meters 2nd-Long Jump 10th-400 Hurdles 15th-400 Meters 36th-Triple Jump 3rd-4x400 Relay 1st-4x400 Relay
2008, The XXIX Olympiad - Beijing, China Kelly Baptiste (Trinidad & Tobago) Neisha Bernard-Thomas (Grenada) Marian Burnett (Guyana) Laverne Eve (Bahamas) Sherry Fletcher (Grenada) Alleyne Francique (Grenada) Lolo Jones (United States) Muna Lee (United States) Isa Phillips (Jamaica) Richard Thompson (Trinidad & Tobago) Siraj Williams (Liberia) Nickiesha Wilson (Jamaica)
22nd-100 Meters, 4x100 Relay 21st-800 Meters 27th-800 Meters 20th-Javelin 41st-100 Meters 35th-400 Meters 7th-100 Hurdles 4th-200 Meters, 5th-100 Meters 9th-400 Hurdles 2nd-100 Meters, 2nd-4x100 Relay 52nd-400 Meters 9th-400 Hurdles
2012, The XXX Olympiad - London, England Ade Alleyne-Forte (Trinidad & Tobago) 3rd-4x400 Relay Kelly Baptiste (Trinidad & Tobago) 6th-100 Meters, 4x100 Relay Neisha Bernard-Thomas (Grenada) 16th-800 Meters Damar Forbes (Jamaica) 19th-Long Jump Semoy Hackett (Trinidad & Tobago) 16th-100 Meters, 8th-200 Meters, 4x100 Relay Samantha Henry-Robinson (Jamaica) 2nd-4x100 Relay Riker Hylton (Jamaica) 4x400 Relay Lolo Jones (United States) 4th-100 Hurdles Richard Thompson (Trinidad & Tobago) 7th-100 Meters, 2nd-4x100 Relay Nickiesha Wilson (Jamaica) 13th-400 Hurdles
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World-Class Tigers
World Championships 1987 Indoor - Indianapolis, Indiana Angela Phipps (Canada)
6th-200 Meters
1987 Outdoor - Rome, Italy Sheila Echols (United States) Long Jump Laverne Eve (Bahamas) Javelin Robin van Helden (The Netherlands) 800 Meters Mikael Olander (Sweden) Decathlon Angela Phipps (Canada) 100 Meters, 4x100 Relay Schowonda Williams (United States) 7th-400 Hurdles
1991 Outdoor - Tokyo, Japan Dawn Bowles (United States) 100 Hurdles Kym Carter (United States) 20th-Heptathlon Edgar Diaz (Puerto Rico) Pole Vault Dahlia Duhaney (Jamaica) 1st-4x100 Relay, Long Jump Donalda Duprey (Canada) 400 Hurdles, 4x400 Relay Sheila Echols (United States) Long Jump Laverne Eve (Bahamas) Javelin Sharon Jaklofsky (Australia) 19th-Heptathlon Esther Jones (United States) 200 Meters, 4x100 Relay Lotfi Khaida (Algeria) Long Jump, Triple Jump Simon Williams (United Kingdom) Discus
1993 Indoor - Toronto, Canada Kym Carter (United States) Donalda Duprey (Canada)
5th-Pentathlon 400 Meters, 4x400 Relay, DMR
1993 Outdoor - Stuttgart, Germany Dawn Bowles (United States) 100 Hurdles Kym Carter (United States) Heptathlon Dahlia Duhaney (Jamaica) 200 Meters, 4x100 Relay Donalda Duprey (Canada) 400 Hurdles Sheila Echols (United States) Long Jump, 4x100 Relay Laverne Eve (Bahamas) Javelin Glenroy Gilbert (Canada) 2nd-100M, 200M, 4x100 Relay Reggie Jones (United States) Triple Jump Lotfi Khaida (Algeria) Triple Jump Joyce Melendez (Puerto Rico) 100 Hurdles Fabian Muyaba (Zambia) 100M, 200M, 4x100 Relay Debbie Parris (Jamaica) 400 Hurdles Daphnie Saunders (Bahamas) Long Jump Cheryl Taplin (United States) 4x100 Relay Youlanda Warren (United States) 4x400 Relay
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1995 Outdoor - Goteborg, Sweden
2001 Outdoor - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Kirk Cummins (Barbados) Dahlia Duhaney (Jamaica) Laverne Eve (Bahamas) Passmore Furusa (Zimbabwe) Glenroy Gilbert (Canada) D’Andre Hill (United States) Lotfi Khaida (Algeria) Danyel Mitchell (United States) Debbie Parris (Jamaica)
Valma Bass (St. Kitts & Nevis) 100M, 200M, 4x100 Relay Derrick Brew (United States) 1st-4x400 Relay Russ Buller (United States) Pole Vault Walter Davis (United States) 5th-Triple Jump Alleyne Francique (Grenada) 7th-400 Meters Glenroy Gilbert (Canada) 4x100 Relay Debbie Parris (Jamaica) 1st-4x400, 5th-400 Hurdles Astia Walker (Jamaica) 100 Meters, 4x100 Relay
100 Meters 200 Meters, 400 Meters Javelin 800 Meters, 1,500 Meters 100 Meters 4x100 Relay Long Jump Discus 400 Hurdles
1997 Indoor - Paris, France Rohsaan Griffin (United States)
5th-200 Meters
1997 Outdoor - Athens, Greece Dawn Bowles (United States) Kym Carter (United States) Edgar Diaz (Puerto Rico) Donalda Duprey (Canada) Laverne Eve (Bahamas) Zundra Feagin (United States) Glenroy Gilbert (Canada) D’Andre Hill (United States) Sharon Jaklofsky (The Netherlands) Suzette Lee (Jamaica) Debbie Parris (Jamaica) Kathy Rounds (United States) Cheryl Taplin (United States) Astia Walker (Jamaica)
100 Hurdles Heptathlon Pole Vault 400 Hurdles Javelin 200 Meters 1st-4x100 Relay 4x100 Relay Long Jump Triple Jump 5th-400 Hurdles 800 Meters 200 Meters 100 Hurdles
1999 Indoor - Maebashi, Japan Zundra Feagin-Alexander (United States) Rohsaan Griffin (United States)
200 Meters 6th-200 Meters
1999 Outdoor - Seville, Spain Derrick Brew (United States) 4x400 Relay Peta-Gaye Dowdie (Jamaica) 3rd-4x100, 100 Meters Glenroy Gilbert (Canada) 4x100 Relay Rohsaan Griffin (United States) 200 Meters Sharon Jaklofsky (The Netherlands) Long Jump Suzette Lee (Jamaica) Triple Jump Debbie Parris (Jamaica) 8th-400 Hurdles Curtis Perry (United States) 200 Meters Gunnar Pfingsten (Germany) Shot Put Kathi Rounds (United States) 800 Meters Cheryl Taplin (United States) 4th-4x100 Relay, 100 Meters Claudine Williams (Jamaica) 5th-4x400 Relay, 400 Meters
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2003 Indoor - Birmingham, United Kingdom Derrick Brew (United States) 1st-4x400 Relay Lueroy Colquhoun (Jamaica) 2nd-4x400 Relay Walter Davis (United States) 2nd-Triple Jump Alleyne Francique (Grenada) 400 Meters Ronetta Smith (Jamaica) 2nd-4x400 Relay, 400 Meters
2003 Outdoor - Paris, France Claston Bernard (Jamaica) 9th-Decathlon Derrick Brew (United States) 1st-4x400 Relay Walter Davis (United States) 7th-Long Jump Laverne Eve (Bahamas) 8th-Javelin Alleyne Francique (Grenada) 8th-400 Meters Hazelann Regis (Grenada) 400 Meters Ronetta Smith (Jamaica) 2nd-4x400, 13th-400 Meters
2004 Indoor - Budapest, Hungary Valma Bass (St. Kitts & Nevis) 27th-60 Meters Marian Burnett (Guyana) 13th-800 Meters Lueroy Colquhoun (Jamaica) 1st-4x400 Relay Alleyne Francique (Grenada) 1st-400 Meters Ronetta Smith (Jamaica) 5th-4x400 Relay, 13th-400 Meters
2005 Outdoor - Helsinki, Finland Kelly Baptiste (Trinidad & Tobago) 18th-100 Meters Claston Bernard (Jamaica) Decathlon Neisha Bernard-Thomas (Grenada) 27th-800 Meters Derrick Brew (United States) 1st-4x400 Relay Marian Burnett (Guyana) 33rd-800 Meters Walter Davis (United States) 1st-Triple Jump, 19th-Long Jump Laverne Eve (Bahamas) 10th-Javelin Alleyne Francique (Grenada) 13th-400 Meters Muna Lee (United States) 1st-4x100, 7th-100 Meters Debbie Parris (Jamaica) 14th-400 Hurdles Hazelann Regis (Grenada) 28th-400 Meters Ronetta Smith (Jamaica) 2nd-4x400, 25th-400 Meters
LSU 2015 Outdoor - Beijing, China Kelly Baptiste (Trinidad & Tobago) Rodney Brown (United States) Damar Forbes (Jamaica) Natoya Goule (Jamaica) Vernon Norwood (United States) Cassandra Tate (United States)
6th-100 Meters, 3rd-4x100 Relay Discus 26th-Long Jump 33rd-800 Meters 18th-400 Meters, 1st-4x400 Relay 3rd-400 Hurdles
World Record Holders * = also American record
INDOOR
Derrick Brew (far right) was a member of the gold-medal- winning 4x400-meter relay teams at both the World Championships and Goodwill Games in 2001, the World Championships in 2003 and the Olympic Games in 2004. 2006 Indoor - Moscow, Russia Marian Burnett (Guyana) Walter Davis (United States) Alleyne Francique (Grenada) Ronetta Smith (Jamaica)
19th-800 Meters 1st-Triple Jump 1st-400 Meters 5th-4x400 Relay, 15th-400 Meters
2007 Outdoor - Osaka, Japan Marian Burnett (Guyana) Walter Davis (United States) Laverne Eve (Bahamas) Sherry Fletcher (Grenada) Alleyne Francique (Grenada) Lolo Jones (United States) Isa Phillips (Jamaica) Hazelann Regis (Grenada) Richard Thompson (Trinidad & Tobago) Nickiesha Wilson (Jamaica)
20th-800 Meters 3rd-Triple Jump, Long Jump 21st-Javelin 10th-200 Meters 17th-400 Meters 6th-100 Hurdles 17th-400 Hurdles 39th-400 Meters 31st-100 Meters 4th-400 Hurdles
Jack Torrance (1935)* Sheldon Blockburger (1987)* Tananjalyn Stanley, Cheryl Wilson, Schowonda Williams, Julie Lewis (1987)* Cheryl Wilson, Opal Cunningham, Sylvia Brydson, Dawn Sowell (1989)
Shot Put (53-1 1/2) Pentathlon (4,451 points) 4x60-Yard Hurdle Relay (31.1) 4x400 Relay (3:33.98)
OUTDOOR Glenn “Slats” Hardin (1932)* Al Moreau (1933)* Glenn “Slats” Hardin (1934)* Glenn “Slats” Hardin (1934)* Glenn “Slats” Hardin (1934)* Jack Torrance (1934)* Jack Torrance (1934)* Jack Torrance (1934)* Jack Torrance (1934)* Jack Torrance (1934)* Al Moreau (1935)* Schowonda Williams, Cheryl Wilson, Carlette Smith, Alicia Bass (1986)* Mikael Olander (1986) Mikael Olander (1987) Mikael Olander (1987) Enno Tjepkema (1989) Donalda Duprey, Mary Cobb, Dawn Bowles, Cinnamon Sheffield (1991)
400 Hurdles (51.9) 120 Hurdles (14.2) 220 Hurdles (22.7) 400 Hurdles (51.8) 400 Hurdles (50.6) Shot Put (53-5 3/4) Shot Put (53-6 1/2) Shot Put (55-1 1/2) Shot Put (55-5) Shot Put (57-1) 110 Hurdles (14.2) 4x100 Shuttle Hurdle Relay (56.2) Decathlon Javelin (244-3) Decathlon Javelin (247-0) Decathlon Javelin (247-11) Decathlon Javelin (248-10) 4x100 Shuttle Hurdle Relay (53.0)
2008 Indoor - Valencia, Spain Marian Burnett (Guyana) Alleyne Francique (Grenada) Lolo Jones (United States) John Moffitt (United States)
800 Meters 400 Meters 1st-60 Hurdles Long Jump
2009 Outdoor - Berlin, Germany Kelly Baptiste (Trinidad & Tobago) Neisha Bernard-Thomas (Grenada) Marian Burnett (Guyana) Walter Davis (United States) Muna Lee (United States) Gabriel Mvumvure (Zimbabwe) Isa Phillips (Jamaica) Richard Thompson (Trinidad & Tobago) Nickiesha Wilson (Jamaica)
9th-100 Meters, 13th-200 Meters 28th-800 Meters 21st-800 Meters 22nd-Triple Jump 4th-200 Meters, 10th-100 Meters 59th-200 Meters 9th-400 Hurdles 2nd-4x100 Relay, 5th-100 Meters 10th-400 Hurdles
2010 Indoor – Doha, Qatar Lolo Jones (United States)
1st-60 Hurdles
2011 Outdoor - Daegu, South Korea Kelly Baptiste (Trinidad & Tobago) Walter Davis (United States) Damar Forbes (Jamaica) Semoy Hackett (Trinidad & Tobago) Riker Hylton (Jamaica) Gabriel Mvumvure (Zimbabwe) Isa Phillips (Jamaica) Richard Thompson (Trinidad & Tobago) Nickiesha Wilson (Jamaica)
3rd-100 Meters, 4th-4x100 Relay 22nd-Triple Jump 20th-Long Jump 4th-4x100 Relay, 10th-100 Meters 3rd-4x400 Relay, 24th-400 Meters 28th-200 Meters, 43rd-100 Meters 10th-400 Hurdles 10th-100 Meters, 6th-4x100 Relay 17th-400 Hurdles
2013 Outdoor - Moscow, Russia Kimberlyn Duncan (United States) Damar Forbes (Jamaica) Natoya Goule (Jamaica) Gabriel Mvumvure (Zimbabwe) Isa Phillips (Jamaica) Richard Thompson (Trinidad & Tobago) Nickiesha Wilson (Jamaica)
13th-200 Meters 8th-Long Jump 18th-800 Meters 19th-100 Meters 13th-400 Hurldes 18th-100 Meters, 7th-4x100 Relay 8th-400 Hurdles
2014 Indoor - Sopot, Poland Damar Forbes (Jamaica) Gabriel Mvumvure (Zimbabwe) Cassandra Tate (United States)
15th-Long Jump 11th-60 Meters 1st-4x400 Relay
Lady Tiger great Lolo Jones became the new American record holder in the 60-meter hurdles on March 13, 2010, as she clocked 7.72 to defend her IAAF World Indoor Championships gold medal in the event. She broke Gail Devers’ 7-year-old record of 7.74 held since 2003.
American Record Holders In addition to asterisked record holders above, these athletes hold or have held records at one time.
INDOOR Danyel Wofford-Simmons, Sylvia Brydson, Wendy Truvillion, Schowonda Williams (1987) Bruce Reid (1989) Dawn Sowell (1989) Dawn Sowell (1989) Rohsaan Grifffin (1999) Zundra Feagin (1999) Lolo Jones (2010)
4x400 Relay (3:35.49) Pentathlon (4,399) 60 Meters (7.16) 200 Meters (22.87) 200 Meters (20.32) 4x400 Relay (3:27.59) 60 Hurdles (7.72)
OUTDOOR Lana Zimmerman (1983) Tananjalyn Stanley, Sylvia Brydson, Esther Jones, Dawn Sowell (1989) D’Andre Hill, Karen Boone, Eureka Hall, Cheryl Taplin (1994)
Heptathlon 800 Meters (2:08.15) 4x200 Relay (1:32.57) 4x200 Relay (1:32.55)
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Alleyne Francique
MEN’S NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONS 1965 Leland Albright 1976 Allen Misher 1987 Robin van Helden 1992 Tom Lange 2000 Russ Buller 2001 Lueroy Colquhoun Walter Davis Alleyne Francique Robert Parham Pedro Tunon 2002 Walter Davis Alleyne Francique 2003 Bennie Brazell Pete Coley Marlon Greensword Kelly Willie 2004 John Moffitt LeJuan Simon 2006 Xavier Carter Reggie Dardar Melville Rogers
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600 Yards (1:10.0)
60 Hurdles (7.29)
1,000 Meters (2:20.51)
High Jump (7-6 1/2)
Pole Vault (18-8 1/4)
4x400 Relay (3:04.44) Triple Jump (55-5) 4x400 Relay (3:04.44) 4x400 Relay (3:04.44) 4x400 Relay (3:04.44)
Triple Jump (56-6 1/2) 400 Meters (45.58)
4x400 Relay (3:04.79) 4x400 Relay (3:04.79) 4x400 Relay (3:04.79) 4x400 Relay (3:04.79)
Long Jump (26-9 3/4) Triple Jump (55-11 3/4)
400 Meters (45.28) 4x400 Relay (3:04.01) 4x400 Relay (3:04.01) 4x400 Relay (3:04.01)
LeJuan Simon
Dawn Sowell
2010 Walter Henning
Weight Throw (77-3 3/4)
1993 Dahlia Duhaney Indira Hamilton Danyel Mitchell Daphnie Saunders Heather Van Norman Youlanda Warren
2011 Walter Henning
Weight Throw (72-8 1/2)
1994 Daphnie Saunders
Kelly Willie 2008 Richard Thompson
4x400 Relay (3:04.01)
60 Meters (6.51)
2014 Darrell Bush Quincy Downing Cyril Grayson Vernon Norwood
4x400 Relay (3:04.01) 4x400 Relay (3:04.01) 4x400 Relay (3:04.01) 4x400 Relay (3:04.01)
2015 Vernon Norwood
400 Meters (45.31)
WOMEN’S NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONS 1985 Christine Slythe 1987 Sylvia Brydson Sheila Echols Wendy Truvillion Schowonda Williams Danyel Wofford 1989 Sylvia Brydson Opal Cunningham Dawn Sowell Tananjalyn Stanley Cheryl Wilson 1991 Mary Cobb
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1,000 Meters (2:42.23)
4x400 Relay (3:35.49) Long Jump (21-6) 4x400 Relay (3:35.49) 4x400 Relay (3:35.49) 4x400 Relay (3:35.49)
4x400 Relay (3:33.98) 4x400 Relay (3:33.98) 55 Meters (6.62) 200 Meters (22.96) 4x400 Relay (3:33.98) 55 Hurdles (7.47) 4x400 Relay (3:33.98)
55 Hurdles (7.61)
1995 Youlanda Warren 1996 Kim Carson D’Andre Hill Charlene Maulseed Sheila Powell LaTarsha Stroman Astia Walker 1997 Suzette Lee LaTarsha Stroman 1998 Kwajalein Butler 1999 Joyce Bates Peta-Gaye Dowdie
Astia Walker
4x400 Relay (3:33.63) 4x400 Relay (3:33.63) Shot Put (55-5 3/4) Long Jump (21-2 3/4) 4x400 Relay (3:33.63) 4x400 Relay (3:33.63)
Long Jump (22-1)
400 Meters (52.39)
55 Hurdles (7.44) 55 Meters (6.69) 4x400 Relay (3:32.53) 4x400 Relay (3:32.53) 4x400 Relay (3:32.53) 4x400 Relay (3:32.53)
Triple Jump (46-9) 400 Meters (52.77)
55 Meters (6.78)
60 Hurdles (8.02) 200 Meters (22.83)
2000 Keisha Spencer
Triple Jump (46-1 1/2)
2002 Marian Burnett Muna Lee Nicole Toney
800 Meters (2:05.33) 200 Meters (22.82) Triple Jump (45-0 1/4)
NCAA Champions
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Muna Lee
2003 Lolo Jones Muna Lee 2004 Muna Lee
60 Hurdles (8.00) 60 Meters (7.17) 200 Meters (22.61)
60 Meters (7.21)
2006 Juanita Broaddus Deonna Lawrence Brooklynn Morris Cynetheia Rooks
4x400 Relay (3:29.33) 4x400 Relay (3:29.33) 4x400 Relay (3:29.33) 4x400 Relay (3:29.33)
2008 Kelly Baptiste Deonna Lawrence Brooklynn Morris LaTavia Thomas Nickiesha Wilson
60 Meters (7.17) 4x400 Relay (3:31.14) 4x400 Relay (3:31.14) 800 Meters (2:05.07) 4x400 Relay (3:31.14) 4x400 Relay (3:31.14)
2011 Kimberlyn Duncan 2012 Rebecca Alexander Jonique Day Kimberlyn Duncan Siedda Herbert Cassandra Tate 2013 Kimberlyn Duncan Natoya Goule
200 Meters (22.85)
4x400 Relay (3:31.89) 4x400 Relay (3:31.89) 200 Meters (22.74) 4x400 Relay (3:31.89) 4x400 Relay (3:31.89)
200 Meters (22.58) 800 Meters (2:02.00)
MEN’S NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONS 1933 Matt Gordy Glenn “Slats” Hardin Jack Torrance
Pole Vault (14-0) 440 Yards (47.1) 220 Hurdles (22.9) Shot Put (52-10)
1934 Glenn “Slats” Hardin Jack Torrance
Simon Williams
440 Yards (47.0) 220 Hurdles (22.7) Shot Put (54-6 9/16)
1941 Billy Brown
Long Jump (24-7 3/8)
1964 Billy Hardin
400 Hurdles (50.2)
1967 Delmon McNabb 1975 Larry Shipp 1979 Efrem Coley Greg Hill Pearson Jordan ReVey Scott 1987 Eric Reid 1988 Mikael Olander 1989 John Nichols 1990 Llewellyn Starks 1991 Terry Thornton Simon Williams 1992 Reggie Jones Chris King
Javelin (263-5)
120 Hurdles (13.91)
4x400 Relay (3:04.67) 4x400 Relay (3:04.67) 4x400 Relay (3:04.67) 4x400 Relay (3:04.67)
110 Hurdles (13.51)
Decathlon (8,021)
Discus (208-1)
Long Jump (26-5 3/4)
10,000 Meters (28:25.92) Shot Put (61-4)
4x100 Relay (38.70) 4x100 Relay (38.70)
Jason Sanders Bryant Williams
4x100 Relay (38.70) 4x100 Relay (38.70)
1993 Reggie Jones Glenroy Gilbert Chris King Fabian Muyaba
4x100 Relay (38.70) 4x100 Relay (38.70) 4x100 Relay (38.70) 4x100 Relay (38.70)
1994 Eddie Kennison Fabian Muyaba Derrick Thymes Bryant Williams
4x100 Relay (38.91) 4x100 Relay (38.91) 4x100 Relay (38.91) 4x100 Relay (38.91)
1995 Mario Sategna
Decathlon (8,172)
1996 Rohsaan Griffin
200 Meters (20.24)
1998 Curtis Perry
200 Meters (20.40)
1999 LeVar Anderson 2000 Russ Buller 2001 Walter Davis 2002 Claston Bernard Bennie Brazell Pete Coley Walter Davis Robert Parham
Triple Jump (56-2)
Pole Vault (18-4 1/2)
Triple Jump (54-4)
Decathlon (8,094) 4x100 Relay (38.48) 4x100 Relay (38.48) Long Jump (26-6 1/4) Triple Jump (56-10 3/4) 4x100 Relay (38.48) 4x100 Relay (38.48)
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NCAA Champions
In 2006, Xavier Carter won four individual titles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, joining Ohio State’s Jesse Owens in 1935 and 1936 as the only collegiate athletes to accomplish the feat.
2003 Bennie Brazell Pete Coley Robert Parham Kelly Willie
In 2008, Kelly Baptiste became the fifth Lady Tiger in the program’s storied history to win the 100-meter title at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Gabriel Mvumvure Richard Thompson
4x100 Relay (38.42) 100 Meters (10.12) 4x100 Relay (38.42)
1987 Sheila Echols Laverne Eve
Long Jump (22-9 1/4) Javelin (182-5 1/4)
2009 Trindon Holliday
100 Meters (10.00)
1988 Schowonda Williams
400 Hurdles (55.53)
2010 Walter Henning
Hammer Throw (238-10)
Long Jump (27-6 3/4)
2011 Barrett Nugent
110 Hurdles (13.28w)
2005 Bennie Brazell Xavier Carter Reggie Dardar Kelly Willie
4x400 Relay (2:59.59) 4x400 Relay (2:59.59) 4x400 Relay (2:59.59) 4x400 Relay (2:59.59)
2012 Shermund Allsop Aaron Ernest Barrett Nugent Keyth Talley
4x100 Relay (38.38) 4x100 Relay (38.38) 4x100 Relay (38.38) 4x100 Relay (38.38)
1989 Esther Jones Cinnamon Sheffield Dawn Sowell Tananjalyn Stanley
4x100 Relay (42.50) 4x100 Relay (42.50) 100 Meters (10.78) 200 Meters (22.04) 4x100 Relay (42.50) 100 Hurdles (12.70) 4x100 Relay (42.50)
2006 Xavier Carter Reggie Dardar Melville Rogers Marvin Stevenson Richard Thompson Siraj Williams Kelly Willie
100 Meters (10.09) 400 Meters (44.53) 4x100 Relay (38.44) 4x400 Relay (3:01.58) 4x400 Relay (3:01.58) 4x400 Relay (3:01.58) 4x100 Relay (38.44) 4x400 Relay (3:01.58) 4x100 Relay (38.44) 4x400 Relay (3:01.58) 4x100 Relay (38.44) 4x400 Relay (3:01.58)
1990 Dawn Bowles Esther Jones Cinnamon Sheffield Tananjalyn Stanley
4x100 Relay (43.99) 100 Meters (11.14w) 200 Meters (22.49) 4x100 Relay (43.99) 4x100 Relay (43.99) 4x100 Relay (43.99)
1991 Dawn Bowles Sharon Jaklofsky
100 Hurdles (12.70) Heptathlon (5,732)
1992 Dawn Bowles Dahlia Duhaney Cinnamon Sheffield Cheryl Taplin
4x100 Relay (43.03) 200 Meters (22.80) 4x100 Relay (43.03) 4x100 Relay (43.03) 4x100 Relay (43.03)
2004 John Moffitt
4x100 Relay (38.65) 4x400 Relay (3:02.01) 4x100 Relay (38.65) 4x400 Relay (3:02.01) 4x100 Relay (38.65) 4x400 Relay (3:02.01) 4x100 Relay (38.65) 4x400 Relay (3:02.01)
2007 Isa Phillips
400 Hurdles (48.51)
2008 Armanti Hayes Trindon Holliday
4x100 Relay (38.42) 4x100 Relay (38.42)
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2013 Damar Forbes
Long Jump (27-4 3/4w)
2015 Quincy Downing Fitzroy Dunkley Cyril Grayson Vernon Norwood
4x400 Relay (3:01.96) 4x400 Relay (3:01.96) 4x400 Relay (3:01.96) 400 Meters (45.10) 4x400 Relay (3:01.96)
WOMEN’S NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONS 1985 Camille Cato Sheila Echols Michelle King Michele Morris Angela Phipps Wendy Truvillion Schowonda Williams
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4x400 Relay (3:30.29) 4x100 Relay (43.82) 4x100 Relay (43.82) 4x100 Relay (43.82) 4x400 Relay (3:30.29) 4x100 Relay (43.82) 4x400 Relay (3:30.29) 4x400 Relay (3:30.29)
1993 Indira Hamilton Danyel Mitchell Debbie Parris
4x400 Relay (3:27.97) Discus (186-6) 400 Hurdles (56.37) 4x100 Relay (43.49) 4x400 Relay (3:27.97)
LSU
Neisha Bernard-Thomas
D’Andre Hill
Daphnie Saunders Cheryl Taplin Heather Van Norman Youlanda Warren 1994 Zundra Feagin D’Andre Hill Gai Kapernick Danyel Mitchell Debbie Parris Cheryl Taplin 1995 Kwajalein Butler Zundra Feagin D’Andre Hill Marita Hunt Charlene Maulseed Sheila Powell LaTarsha Stroman Youlanda Warren
Long Jump (22-2 1/2) 4x100 Relay (43.49) 4x100 Relay (43.49) 4x400 Relay (3:27.97) 4x100 Relay (43.49) 4x400 Relay (3:27.97)
4x100 Relay (43.26) 4x100 Relay (43.26) High Jump (6-2 1/4) Discus (193-10) 400 Hurdles (55.54) 4x100 Relay (43.26) 4x100 Relay (43.26) 4x100 Relay (43.10) 4x100 Relay (43.10) 100 Meters (11.11) 4x100 Relay (43.10) 4x100 Relay (43.10) 4x400 Relay (3:28.26) 4x400 Relay (3:28.26) 4x400 Relay (3:28.26) 4x400 Relay (3:28.26)
1996 Kwajalein Butler Kim Carson Zundra Feagin D’Andre Hill Suzette Lee Astia Walker
4x100 Relay (43.03) 100 Hurdles (12.82) 200 Meters (22.44) 4x100 Relay (43.03) 100 Meters (11.03) 4x100 Relay (43.03) Triple Jump (45-1) 4x100 Relay (43.03)
1997 Kwajalein Butler Peta-Gaye Dowdie
4x100 Relay (43.17) 4x100 Relay (43.17)
Suzette Lee LaTarsha Stroman Sa’Donna Thornton Astia Walker
Triple Jump (45-8) 400 Meters (50.60) 4x100 Relay (43.17) 100 Hurdles (12.85) 4x100 Relay (43.17)
Brooklynn Morris Cynetheia Rooks
4x400 Relay (3:25.78) 4x400 Relay (3:25.78)
2007 Sherry Fletcher Deonna Lawrence Cynetheia Rooks LaTavia Thomas Nickiesha Wilson
100 Meters (11.20) 4x400 Relay (3:28.07) 4x400 Relay (3:28.07) 4x400 Relay (3:28.07) 4x400 Relay (3:28.07)
1999 Claudine Williams
800 Meters (2:03.38)
2000 Joyce Bates Peta-Gaye Dowdie Keisha Spencer
100 Hurdles (12.85) 200 Meters (22.51) Triple Jump (45-10)
2008 Kelly Baptiste Nickiesha Wilson
100 Meters (11.20) 400 Hurdles (54.45)
2001 Myra Combs Stephanie Durst Muna Lee Sa’Donna Thornton
4x100 Relay (43.35) 4x100 Relay (43.35) 4x100 Relay (43.35) 4x100 Relay (43.35)
2011 Rebecca Alexander Kimberlyn Duncan Semoy Hackett Kenyanna Wilson
4x100 Relay (42.64) 200 Meters (22.24) 4x100 Relay (42.64) 4x100 Relay (42.64) 4x100 Relay (42.64)
2003 Stephanie Durst Monique Hall Lolo Jones Muna Lee
4x100 Relay (42.55) 4x100 Relay (42.55) 4x100 Relay (42.55) 4x100 Relay (42.55)
2012 Kimberlyn Duncan Cassandra Tate
200 Meters (22.86) 400 Hurdles (55.22)
2013 Kimberlyn Duncan Natoya Goule
200 Meters (22.04w) 800 Meters (2:00.06)
2004 Neisha Bernard-Thomas Nadia Davy Stephanie Durst Monique Hall Lolo Jones Muna Lee Hazelann Regis
800 Meters (2:02.86) 4x400 Relay (3:25.26) 4x400 Relay (3:25.26) 4x100 Relay (42.61) 4x100 Relay (42.61) 4x400 Relay (3:25.26) 4x100 Relay (42.61) 4x100 Relay (42.61) 4x400 Relay (3:25.26)
2006 Meisue Francis Deonna Lawrence
4x400 Relay (3:25.78) 4x400 Relay (3:25.78)
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NCAA Champions Women’s Career NCAA Titles
Men’s Career NCAA Titles NAME (YEARS)
INDOOR OUTDOOR
TOTAL
Xavier Carter (2005-06) Kelly Willie (2003-06) Walter Davis (2001-02) Bennie Brazell (2002-05) Pete Coley (2001-05) Glenn “Slats” Hardin (1933-34) Vernon Norwood (2014-15) Robert Parham (2001-04) Richard Thompson (2005-08) Reggie Dardar (2005-08) Walter Henning (2009-11) Russ Buller (1997-2000) Quincy Downing (2012-15) Alleyne Francique (2001-02) Cyril Grayson (2013-present) Trindon Holliday (2006-09) Reggie Jones (1992-93) Chris King (1992-93) John Moffitt (2003-04) Fabian Muyaba (1993-94) Barrett Nugent (2009-12) Melville Rogers (2006-07) Marvin Stevenson (2004-07) Jack Torrance (1933-34) Bryant Williams (1992, 1994)
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There are 39 Tigers tied with one NCAA title each.
NAME (YEARS)
INDOOR OUTDOOR
TOTAL
Kimberlyn Duncan (2010-13) Muna Lee (2001-04) D’Andre Hill (1994-96) Dawn Sowell (1989) Debbie Parris (1993-94) Youlanda Warren (1991-95) Kwajalein Butler (1995-98) Zundra Feagin (1992, 1994-96) Esther Jones (1989-90) Deonna Lawrence (2005-08) Tananjalyn Stanley (1989-90) LaTarsha Stroman (1994-97) Astia Walker (1996-98) Dawn Bowles (1990-92) Peta-Gaye Dowdie (1997-2000) Dahlia Duhaney (1992-93) Stephanie Durst (2001-04) Sheila Echols (1985-87) Monique Hall (2003-04) Lolo Jones (2001-04) Suzette Lee (1996-97) Danyel Mitchell (1993-94) Brooklynn Morris (2005-08) Cynetheia Rooks (2006-07) Daphnie Saunders (1993-94) Cinnamon Sheffield (1989-90) Cheryl Taplin (1992-94) LaTavia Thomas (2007-10) Heather Van Norman (1993) Schowonda Williams (1987-88) Nickiesha Wilson (2007-08) Rebecca Alexander (2011-12) Kelly Baptiste (2005-08) Joyce Bates (1999-2000) Neisha Bernard-Thomas (2003-04) Juanita Broaddus (2006-08) Sylvia Brydson (1987-88) Kim Carson (1993-96) Natoya Goule (2013) Indira Hamilton (1993) Charlene Maulseed (1995-96) Michelle Morris (1985) Sheila Powell (1994-96) Keisha Spencer (1999-2000) Cassandra Tate (2009-12) Sa’Donna Thornton (1997-98, 2000) Wendy Truvillion (1985-87)
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There are 28 Lady Tigers tied with one NCAA title each.
Seven-Time National Champions Xavier Carter, Kelly Willie (left), Kimberlyn Duncan (right) and Muna Lee hold the LSU career record for individual NCAA event championships with seven national titles during their collegiate careers.
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SEC Champions The following is a list of LSU athletes who have captured first-place honors at the SEC Championships in program history. In parenthesis is the winning time or distance of each champion.
MEN’S SEC INDOOR CHAMPIONS 1957 Joe Blanchard Harry Carpenter Tommy Dukes Robert Mack Jerry Moore King Mott Ernest Wall 1961 Joe Harris
60 Low Hurdles (7.3) 300 Yards (32.1) Mile Relay (3:33.5) High Jump (6-0) Long Jump (22-10) Mile Relay (3:33.5) Pole Vault (13-5 1/2) 880 Yards (2:04.4) Mile Relay (3:33.5) Mile Relay (3:33.5)
1965 Leland Albright Pete Boudreaux Randy Geyer 1966 Robert Cavanaugh Randy Geyer 1967 David Eckert
600 Yards (1:13.6) Pole Vault (15-1 1/2) High Jump (6-4)
600 Yards (1:14.2) High Jump (6-4)
Pole Vault (15-0 1/2)
1969 Al Coffee
60 Meters (6.3)
1970 Al Coffee
60 Meters (6.2)
1971 Al Coffee James Epps Marc Spangenberg Lloyd Wills
Mile Relay (3:17.00) 600 Yards (1:11.7) Mile Relay (3:17.00) Mile Relay (3:17.00) Mile Relay (3:17.00)
Passmore Furusa 1972 James Epps Ted Heroman Bob Smith
600 Meters (1:10.8) High Jump (6-8) 800 Meters (1:52.4)
1973 Bob Smith
1,000 Meters (2:08.3)
1974 Larry Shipp Bob Smith
60 Hurdles (7.1) 1,000 Meters (2:10.1)
1975 Larry Shipp Bob Smith
60 Hurdles (7.0) 1,000 Meters (2:09.4)
1976 Jim Davis Larry Shipp
880 Yards (1:52.5) 60 Hurdles (7.0)
1978 Jim Davis Willie Turner
880 Yards (1:52.5) 60 Meters (6.25)
1979 ReVey Scott
440 Yards (48.22)
1980 Chris Duhon Eugene McCain Mike Quigley ReVey Scott
Pole Vault (16-3) Long Jump (25-7) Two-Mile (8:45.00) 440 Yards (48.20)
1981 Joe Maciejczyk Eugene McCain
Shot Put (66-0 1/4) Long Jump (25-3 1/4)
1982 Larey Weaver
1987 Sheldon Blockburger Bob Dielis Mark Fowler Paul Marmaro Robin van Helden
Pentathlon (4,451) 4x800 Relay (7:27.66) 4x800 Relay (7:27.66) 4x800 Relay (7:27.66) 1,000 Meters (2:21.47) 4x800 Relay (7:27.66)
Shot Put (60-0 1/4) Pentathlon (4,147) Mile (4:09.56)
1989 Bruce Reid Terry Thornton
Pentathlon (4,399) 5,000 Meters (14:06.39)
1990 Mark Elliott Bruce Reid Llewellyn Starks Slip Watkins Simon Williams
5,000 Meters (13:46.14) Pentathlon (4,182) Long Jump (25-8 3/4) 55 Meters (6.25) 200 Meters (21.31) Shot Put (63-1 1/4)
1991 Sherman Morris
55 Hurdles (7.31)
1992 Chris King Tom Lange Earl Marcelle David Singoei Derrick Thymes
4x400 Relay (3:08.96) High Jump (7-2 1/2) 4x400 Relay (3:08.96) 4x400 Relay (3:08.96) 4x400 Relay (3:08.96)
1994 Passmore Furusa
Mile (4:10.36)
High Jump (7-0 1/4)
1983 Mark Rose
Pole Vault (17-0)
1984 Bobby Beck Greg Rappe
Mile (4:06.70) Pole Vault (17-3)
1985 Robin van Helden
Larry Shipp
4x800 Relay (7:32.93) 4x800 Relay (7:32.93) 4x800 Relay (7:32.93) Three-Mile (13:46.98) 880 Yards (1:50.31) 4x800 Relay (7:32.93) 440 Yards (47.47) Pole Vault (17-5 1/2)
1988 Frank Mazza Bruce Reid Robin van Helden
Pole Vault (13-6)
1963 (BEGINNING OF SEC INDOOR) James Andrews Pole Vault (14-0) Ron Hernandez Shot Put (55-11 1/2) Larry Shirey Mile (4:26.7)
1986 Bob Dielis Mark Fowler Raven Lewis Mike Smith Robin van Helden Bernard Whyte Ricky Wright
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880 Yards (1:50.31)
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SEC Champions 2003 John Moffitt Daniel Trosclair
Long Jump (26-6 1/4) Pole Vault (17-6 1/2)
2004 Bennie Brazell Pete Coley Siraj Williams Kelly Willie
4x400 Relay (3:06.79) 4x400 Relay (3:06.79) 4x400 Relay (3:06.79) 400 Meters (46.12) 4x400 Relay (3:06.79)
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Bennie Brazell 1995 Rohsaan Griffin Eddie Kennison Milton Mallard Regan Nichols
200 Meters (21.00) 4x400 Relay (3:10.87) 4x400 Relay (3:10.87) 4x400 Relay (3:10.87) 4x400 Relay (3:10.87)
1996 Rohsaan Griffin Eddie Kennison Regan Nichols Steve Pettes Bert Rareshide
200 Meters (20.76) 4x400 Relay (3:07.72) 4x400 Relay (3:07.72) 4x400 Relay (3:07.72) 4x400 Relay (3:07.72) 60 Hurdles (7.77)
60 Meters (6.69)
2006 Edwin Billot Xavier Carter Reggie Dardar Melville Rogers Kelly Willie
Heptathlon (5,504) 400 Meters (46.98) 4x400 Relay (3:09.67) 4x400 Relay (3:09.67) 4x400 Relay (3:09.67) 200 Meters (21.01) 4x400 Relay (3:09.67)
2007 Reggie Dardar Jamaal James
400 Meters (46.11) 800 Meters (1:49.08)
WOMEN’S SEC INDOOR CHAMPIONS 2008 Elkana Kosgei John Kosgei Richard Thompson
800 Meters (1:48.18) Mile (3:59.85) 3,000 Meters (7:57.76) 60 Meters (6.59)
2009 Walter Henning Trindon Holliday Robert Simmons
Weight Throw (74-5 1/2) 60 Meters (6.58) 400 Meters (46.22)
200 Meters (21.29)
2010 Walter Henning Richard Jones Barrett Nugent
Weight Throw (78-1) 800 Meters (1:47.78) 60 Hurdles (7.65)
1998 Jermaine Grant
200 Meters (21.21)
2011 Walter Henning
Weight Throw (73-8)
1999 LeVar Anderson Derrick Brew Russ Buller
Triple Jump (54-8 1/4) 400 Meters (46.69) Pole Vault (18-2 1/2)
2000 Derrick Brew Russ Buller Lueroy Colquhoun Wynand Dempers Deryell Patterson Marcus Thomas
4x400 Relay (3:08.40) Pole Vault (18-4 1/2) 4x400 Relay (3:08.40) 4x400 Relay (3:08.40) 4x400 Relay (3:08.40) Long Jump (26-3 3/4)
2001 Lueroy Colquhoun Walter Davis Alleyne Francique Robert Parham Pedro Tunon
4x400 Relay (3:06.73) Long Jump (26-8 1/2) Triple Jump (53-7 1/4) 4x400 Relay (3:06.73) 4x400 Relay (3:06.73) 4x400 Relay (3:06.73)
2002 Claston Bernard Pete Coley Lueroy Colquhoun Walter Davis Alleyne Francique Robert Parham
Pentathlon (4,350) 4x400 Relay (3:04.75) 4x400 Relay (3:04.75) Triple Jump (56-2 1/2) 400 Meters (45.35) 4x400 Relay (3:04.75) 4x400 Relay (3:04.75)
1997 Byron Logan
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4x400 Relay (3:06.48) 4x400 Relay (3:06.48) 4x400 Relay (3:06.48) 4x400 Relay (3:06.48)
200 Meters (20.53)
200 Meters (20.69)
Walter Henning
1985 Camille Cato Sharon Clarke Sheila Echols Muffy McLeod Leslie Nixon Christine Slythe Danyel Wofford Lana Zimmerman
4x800 Relay (8:51.66) Triple Jump (40-8 1/2) Long Jump (20-4 1/2) Distance Medley Relay (11:37.24) 4x800 Relay (8:51.66) Distance Medley Relay (11:37.24) 1,000 Meters (2:27.13) Mile (4:38.67) 4x800 Relay (8:51.66) Distance Medley Relay (11:37.24) Distance Medley Relay (11:37.24) 4x800 Relay (8:51.66)
1986 Sharon Clarke Claire Connor Schowonda Williams Teresa Williford
Triple Jump (42-7) Long Jump (20-2 1/2) 600 Meters (1:19.22) Shot Put (55-2 1/2)
1987 Sylvia Brydson Kym Carter Sheila Echols Teresa Williford Cheryl Wilson
500 Meters (1:11.74) High Jump (6-0 3/4) Long Jump (21-11 3/4) Shot Put (51-10) Pentathlon (3,994)
1988 Sylvia Brydson Opal Cunningham Rhonda Phillips Schowonda Williams Danyel Wofford
4x400 Relay (3:38.70) 4x400 Relay (3:38.70) Pentathlon (3,677) 500 Meters (1:12.21) 4x400 Relay (3:38.70) 4x400 Relay (3:38.70)
1989 Sylvia Brydson Opal Cunningham Roslyn Rucker Dawn Sowell Tananjalyn Stanley Cheryl Wilson
500 Meters (1:11.84) 800 Meters (2:07.68) 4x400 Relay (3:40.02) 400 Meters (54.55) 4x400 Relay (3:40.02) 4x400 Relay (3:40.02) 55 Meters (6.58) 200 Meters (22.87) 4x400 Relay (3:40.02) 55 Hurdles (7.68) Pentathlon (4,002)
SEC Champions 1990 Esther Jones Cinnamon Sheffield Laurie Trapp 1991 Dahlia Duhaney Camille Jackson Esther Jones 1992 Sharon Jaklofsky Danyel Mitchell Heather Van Norman
200 Meters (23.45) 55 Hurdles (7.69) Shot Put (46-11 1/2)
Long Jump (20-10 3/4) Triple Jump (42-0 3/4) 200 Meters (23.95)
Pentathlon (4,212) Shot Put (50-3 1/2) 400 Meters (53.05)
1993 Gai Kapernick Danyel Mitchell Daphnie Saunders Cheryl Taplin Youlanda Warren
High Jump (6-0) Shot Put (51-10) Long Jump (20-10) Triple Jump (42-8 1/4) 55 Meters (6.76) 400 Meters (54.19)
1994 Danyel Mitchell Debbie Parris Daphnie Saunders
Shot Put (54-5 1/2) 400 Meters (54.05) Long Jump (22-4 1/2) Triple Jump (43-5 3/4)
1995 Karen Boone Zundra Feagin Gai Kapernick Sheila Powell LaTarsha Stroman Youlanda Warren 1996 Kim Carson D’Andre Hill Suzette Lee 1997 Carmis Franks Eureka Hall Suzette Lee LaTarsha Stroman Astia Walker
Long Jump (19-11 3/4) 4x400 Relay (3:37.40) High Jump (5-9 1/4) 4x400 Relay (3:37.40) 4x400 Relay (3:37.40) 4x400 Relay (3:37.40)
60 Hurdles (8.05) 60 Meters (7.21) 200 Meters (23.42) Triple Jump (44-8 1/4)
4x400 Relay (3:35.72) 4x400 Relay (3:35.72) Triple Jump (45-10 1/2) 400 Meters (52.45) 4x400 Relay (3:35.72) 200 Meters (23.23) 4x400 Relay (3:35.72)
2005 Neisha Bernard-Thomas Deonna Lawrence Brooklynn Morris Hazelann Regis
4x400 Relay (3:29.06) 4x400 Relay (3:29.06) 4x400 Relay (3:29.06) 200 Meters (23.02) 4x400 Relay (3:29.06)
2006 Megan Akre Juanita Broaddus Deonna Lawrence Brooklynn Morris Cynetheia Rooks
Pentathlon (3,971) 4x400 Relay (3:32.20) 4x400 Relay (3:32.20) 4x400 Relay (3:32.20) 4x400 Relay (3:32.20)
2007 Shaunette Davidson Pentathlon (3,896) Deonna Lawrence 4x400 Relay (3:29.86) Brooklynn Morris 4x400 Relay (3:29.86) Jessica Ohanaja 60 Hurdles (8.03) Cynetheia Rooks 4x400 Relay (3:29.86) LaTavia Thomas 800 Meters (2:05.76) 4x400 Relay (3:29.86)
Andrea Linton
1998 Myra Combs Peta-Gaye Dowdie Gretchen Francois Carmis Franks Somalia Lindsay Astia Walker
4x400 Relay (3:40.95) 4x400 Relay (3:40.95) High Jump (6-0) 4x400 Relay (3:40.95) 4x400 Relay (3:40.95) 200 Meters (23.15)
1999 Joyce Bates Celena Clarke Myra Combs Peta-Gaye Dowdie Monique Freeman Keisha Spencer Claudine Williams
55 Hurdles (7.61) 4x400 Relay (3:32.06) 4x400 Relay (3:32.06) 200 Meters (22.99) 4x400 Relay (3:32.06) Long Jump (21-2) High Jump (5-11 1/4) Triple Jump (43-3) 4x400 Relay (3:32.06)
2000 Peta-Gaye Dowdie Keisha Spencer
60 Meters (7.28) 200 Meters (23.06) Triple Jump (46-0 1/2)
2001 Muna Lee Bianca Rockett Sa’Donna Thornton
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200 Meters (23.36) Triple Jump (43-3) 60 Meters (7.29)
2002 Marian Burnett Lolo Jones Muna Lee
800 Meters (2:06.20) 60 Hurdles (8.21) 60 Meters (7.26) 200 Meters (22.91)
2003 Marian Burnett Lolo Jones Muna Lee Hazelann Regis
800 Meters (2:05.42) 55 Hurdles (7.57) 200 Meters (23.26) 400 Meters (52.80)
2004 Neisha Bernard-Thomas Nadia Davy Monique Hall Lolo Jones Muna Lee Hazelann Regis
2008 Kelly Baptiste Deonna Lawrence Andrea Linton Brooklynn Morris Jessica Ohanaja LaTavia Thomas Nickiesha Wilson
60 Meters (7.13) 4x400 Relay (3:31.89) Triple Jump (44-6 1/4) 4x400 Relay (3:31.89) 60 Hurdles (8.11) 800 Meters (2:06.56) 4x400 Relay (3:31.89) 4x400 Relay (3:31.89)
2009 Samantha Henry Rachel Laurent
60 Meters (7.21) 200 Meters (23.45) Pole Vault (14-0 1/2)
2010 Brittani Carter
High Jump (5-11 1/4)
2011 Brittani Carter Jen Clayton Kimberlyn Duncan Jasmin Stowers
High Jump (6-0 3/4) Long Jump (20-3 1/2) 200 Meters (22.78) 60 Hurdles (8.12)
2012 Rebecca Alexander Jonique Day Kimberlyn Duncan Siedda Herbert Jasmin Stowers Cassandra Tate
400 Meters (52.77) 4x400 Relay (3:34.02) 200 Meters (23.07) 4x400 Relay (3:34.02) 4x400 Relay (3:34.02) 60 Hurdles (8.03) 4x400 Relay (3:34.02)
2013 Laura Carleton Kimberlyn Duncan Denise Hinton Charlene Lipsey Jasmin Stowers
5,000 Meters (16:18.20) 60 Meters (7.24) 200 Meters (22.54) Weight Throw (69-6 1/4) 800 Meters (2:02.48) 60 Hurdles (8.06)
2014 Denise Hinton 2015 Tori Bliss
4x400 Relay (3:29.42) 4x400 Relay (3:29.42) 4x400 Relay (3:29.42) 60 Hurdles (8.08) 60 Meters (7.17) 400 Meters (51.13) 4x400 Relay (3:29.42)
Weight Throw (73-11)
Shot Put (60-1)
MEN’S SEC OUTDOOR CHAMPIONS 1933 Johnny Boughton Bill David Matt Gordy
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Mile Relay (3:21.6) High Jump (6-3) Pole Vault (13-3 1/8)
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Al Moreau Glenn “Slats” Hardin Al Moreau Ted O’Neal E. Scarborough Jack Torrance
440 Yards (47.3) 220 Hurdles (23.3) Mile Relay (3:21.6) 120 Hurdles (14.4) Mile Relay (3:21.6) Mile Relay (3:21.6) Shot Put (49-5 5/8) Discus (149-0 1/2)
1934 Buddy Blair Johnny Boughton George Fisher Glenn “Slats” Hardin Red Lehman Ted O’Neal John Sanders E. Scarborough Jack Torrance
Javelin (199-2 3/4) Mile Relay (3:22.6) 120 Hurdles (14.7) 440 Yards (46.8) 220 Hurdles (23.4) 880 Yards (1:55.6) Mile Relay (3:22.6) Mile Relay (3:22.6) Two-Mile (9:51.5) Mile Relay (3:22.6) Shot Put (53-6 1/2) Discus (147-5 1/2)
1935 Buddy Blair Glenn “Slats” Hardin Hiney Kent Ted O’Neal John Sanders
Broad Jump (23-4 1/2) Javelin (195-2 3/4) 440 Yards (47.2) 220 Hurdles (23.4) High Jump (6-4) 880 Yards (1:55.2) Two-Mile (9:54.3)
1936 Arnold Bryan Ben Friend
Pole Vault (12-6) Shot Put (47-3 3/4)
1937 Arnold Bryan Hiney Kent Gordon Lester
Pole Vault (13-4 1/4) High Jump (6-3) Shot Put (47-11 5/8)
1938 Dick Burge Frank Church Dan Rachal Fred Shelton Sal Torros Halliburton Ware Jake Waterer
1939 Billy Brown Dick Burge Frank Church Dan Rachal Sal Torros
Broad Jump (23-8 1/4) Mile Relay (3:19.7) 880 Yards (1:56.2) Mile Relay (3:19.7) Mile Relay (3:19.7) Mile Relay (3:19.7)
1940 Billy Brown Frank Church J.C. Devall Don Siple
100 Meters (9.9) 220 Yards (22.5) Broad Jump (22-0) 440 Yards (47.0) 880 Yards (1:57.1) High Jump (5-11) Pole Vault (13-0)
1941 Billy Brown Oris Erwin Jim Gilliland Woodrow Holland Al Sanders
100 Meters (9.5) 220 Yards (20.6) 220 Hurdles (24.1) Broad Jump (24-2 1/2) Mile Relay (3:18.4) 880 Yards (1:58.2) Mile Relay (3:18.4) 120 Hurdles (14.7) Mile Relay (3:18.4) Mile Relay (3:18.4)
1942 Oris Erwin Jim Gilliland Woodrow Holland Felix Jumonville Delwin Laguens Al Sanders
440 Yards (48.3) Mile Relay (3:26.4) 120 Hurdles (14.7) Mile Relay (3:26.4) Mile Relay (3:26.4) Broad Jump (22-4 3/4) Mile Relay (3:26.4)
1943 Jeff Burkett Buddy Frank Robert Percy Leo Pourciau 1944 Al Bourgeois Marty Broussard Fabio DeOliverio
High Jump (6-0) Pole Vault (11-8) 100 Meters (10.2) 220 Yards (22.8) Pole Vault (11-8)
Mile Relay (3:27.6) Broad Jump (22-0 3/4) Two-Mile (10:13.2)
Mile Relay (3:16.5) Mile Relay (3:16.5) Mile Relay (3:16.5) High Jump (6-3 13/16) Mile Relay (3:16.5) 220 Yards (21.8) 120 Hurdles (14.5)
Nathan “Buddy” Blair
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Billy Brown Clyde Love James Pickett Willard Bill Yerger
Mile Relay (3:27.6) High Jump (5-11) Mile Relay (3:27.6) 220 Yards (21.9) 220 Hurdles (24.9) Mile Relay (3:27.6)
1945 Tom Dickey Gene Knight James Pickett
100 Meters (9.8) 220 Yards (21.8) Javelin (188-5 3/4) High Jump (5-11 3/4)
1946 Tom Dickey Ronnie Knecht Bobby Lowther James Pickett
100 Meters (9.8) 220 Yards (21.6) Broad Jump (22-2 1/4) High Jump (5-11 3/4) Pole Vault (12-6) Javelin (195-7) High Jump (5-11 3/4)
1947 John Breathwit Carroll Butler Tom Dickey Herb Graves Jim Loflin Bobby Lowther Bill Yerger
Mile Relay (3:20.1) Mile Relay (3:20.1) 440 Yards (48.2) Mile Relay (3:20.1) Discus (149-1) Javelin (187-6) Pole Vault (12-6) Mile Relay (3:20.1)
1948 Carroll Butler Bill Covington Tom Dickey Herb Graves Ronnie Knecht Bobby Lowther Frank Sullwood
Mile Relay (3:19.5) Mile Relay (3:19.5) 440 Yards (48.4) Mile Relay (3:19.5) Discus (152-5 1/4) High Jump (6-5 7/8) Javelin (195-5 1/4) Mile Relay (3:19.5)
1949 Al Bourgeois
Mile Relay (3:18.9)
SEC Champions John Breathwit Bill Covington Frank Sullwood Harold Voss
Mile Relay (3:18.9) Mile Relay (3:18.9) 440 Yards (48.1) Mile Relay (3:18.9) Shot Put (45-6)
1950 John Breathwit Bill Covington Frank Sullwood John Venable
Mile Relay (3:18.8) 440 Yards (48.7) Mile Relay (3:18.8) Mile Relay (3:18.8) Mile Relay (3:18.8)
1951 John Brock Bill Covington Bob Holleman Joe Preston John Venable
Mile Relay (3:21.7) 440 Yards (48.7) Mile Relay (3:21.7) Mile Relay (3:21.7) 100 Meters (9.8) 220 Yards (21.3) Mile Relay (3:21.7)
1952 Charles Johnson Fred Nordier
100 Meters (9.9) Broad Jump (21-11 1/4) Pole Vault (13-3)
1953 Clayton James Paul Adams Charles Smith Herman Sweeney
Mile Relay (3:20.4) Mile Relay (3:20.4) Mile Relay (3:20.4) Mile Relay (3:20.4)
1954 Joe Childress Charles Henningan Clayton James Charles Smith Lee Yoder 1955 Joe May 1956 Harry Carpenter
Javelin (196-3 3/4) Mile Relay (3:20.6) Mile Relay (3:20.6) Mile Relay (3:20.6) Mile Relay (3:20.6)
Javelin (192-6)
220 Yards (21.0) 220 Hurdles (23.1) 440 Relay (43.0)
Billy Hardin John Davis Bobby Mack Joe May Bob Westerman
Broad Jump (23-1 1/4) 440 Relay (43.0) 440 Relay (43.0) 440 Relay (43.0)
1957 Nathan Blair Harry Carpenter Tommy Dukes Jerry Moore King Mott Ernest Wall
Mile Relay (3:20.4) 220 Yards (21.5) 220 Hurdles (23.7) Mile Relay (3:20.4) High Jump (6-3 1/2) Broad Jump (24-1 1/2) Pole Vault (13-6) 440 Yards (47.9) Mile Relay (3:20.4) Mile Relay (3:20.4)
1958 Billy Cannon Jack Griswold King Mott Carl Seefield Ernest Wall Wayne Young 1959 Lloyd Engerson Ralph Fabian Jesse Featheree
100 Meters (9.9) Discus (140-4 1/2) Mile Relay (3:19.2) Mile Relay (3:19.2) 880 Yards (1:55.4) Mile Relay (3:19.2) Mile Relay (3:19.2)
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Jack O’Neil Roy Tregre
440 Relay (41.7) Mile Relay (3:17.8) Javelin (206-4)
1962 Billy Hardin Ron Hernandez
100 Meters (10.0) 120 Hurdles (14.3) 220 Hurdles (23.0) Shot Put (56-0)
1963 Leland Albright James Andrews Randy Geyer Billy Hardin Ron Hernandez Jack O’Neil Larry Shirey Robert Yates
Mile Relay (3:13.5) Pole Vault (14-0) High Jump (6-4 3/4) 330 Hurdles (37.1) Mile Relay (3:13.5) Shot Put (54-2) Discus (157-7) 440 Yards (46.8) Mile Relay (3:13.5) Mile (4:14.7) Mile Relay (3:13.5)
1964 Leland Albright Buddy Hamic Billy Hardin Ron Hernandez
880 Yards (1:52.9) Javelin (219-4 1/2) 120 Hurdles (13.9) 330 Hurdles (36.9) Shot Put (55-11 3/4) Discus (163-11 1/2)
1965 Leland Albright Robert Cavanaugh Mike Dougherty David Eckert Randy Geyer Delmon McNabb George Porter
Mile Relay (3:13.3) Mile Relay (3:13.3) Mile Relay (3:13.3) Pole Vault (14-7) High Jump (6-10 1/2) Javelin (225-11) Mile Relay (3:13.3)
1966 Sammy Grezaffi
100 Meters (9.5)
1967 Carl Hight Delmon McNabb
100 Meters (9.8) 220 Yards (21.4) Javelin (224-7)
1968 Carl Hight
100 Meters (9.6)
Broad Jump (22-5 1/2) 100 Meters (10.0) 220 Yards (21.4) 220 Hurdles (22.8) Pole Vault (13-4)
1960 Doug Constant Ralph Fabian Jim Fornaris Joe Harris Ross LeFevre
220 Yards (21.8) 440 Relay (42.1) 440 Relay (42.1) 440 Relay (42.1) Pole Vault (14-1 1/2) 440 Relay (42.1)
1961 Bo Campbell Doug Constant Jesse Featheree Jim Fornaris Joe Harris Dave McDonald
Mile Relay (3:17.8) 100 Meters (9.6) 220 Yards (21.0) 440 Relay (41.7) Mile Relay (3:17.8) Pole Vault (14-4 1/4) 440 Relay (41.7) Mile Relay (3:17.8) Pole Vault (14-4 1/4) 440 Relay (41.7)
Billy Cannon
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James Andrews
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LSU
SEC Champions
1969 Al Coffee
440 Yards (45.6)
1970 Al Coffee Mark Lumpkin
220 Yards (20.8) 440 Yards (46.2) Discus (177-4)
1971 Al Coffee James Epps Tim Olack Lloyd Wills
Mile Relay (3:09.4) Mile Relay (3:09.4) Mile Relay (3:09.4) 440 Yards (46.7) Mile Relay (3:09.4)
1972 Al Coffee Ted Heroman Bob Smith Greg Stephens John Stewart Lloyd Wills
100 Meters (9.7) High Jump (6-11) 880 Yards (1:47.6) 440 Yards (46.4) Mile (4:03.2) 440 Yards (46.4)
1973 Tim Olack Bob Smith Greg Stephens Lloyd Wills
Mile Relay (3:08.5) Mile Relay (3:08.5) Mile Relay (3:08.5) Mile Relay (3:08.5)
1974 Larry Shipp Bob Smith 1975 Bob Anding Carey Schimpf Larry Shipp Bob Smith 1979 Gray Barrow Eugene McCain 1980 Ernest Marvin Orlando McDaniel
120 Hurdles (13.7) Mile (4:03.0)
Pole Vault (17-2) 440 Hurdles (50.6) 120 Hurdles (13.4) 880 Yards (1:49.4)
Javelin (225-10) Long Jump (26-1 1/2)
Triple Jump (52-5 1/4) 110 Hurdles (13.8)
1982 Greg Duplantis Joe Maciejczyk Larey Weaver
Pole Vault (17-0) Shot Put (65-7) High Jump (7-3 3/4)
1983 Greg Rappe
Pole Vault (17-0 3/4)
Tom Lange 1985 Bernard Williams 1986 Sheldon Blockburger Greg Duplantis Robin van Helden
Decathlon (7,737) Pole Vault (17-8 1/2) 800 Meters (1:48.61)
1987 Stuart Mee Mikael Olander Robin van Helden
3,000 Steeplechase (8:49.26) Decathlon (7,815) 1,500 Meters (3:43.44)
1988 John Nichols Mikael Olander Bernard Williams
Discus (188-0) Decathlon (8,126) 400 Hurdles (50.16)
1989 Mark Elliott Bengt Jarlsjo Frank Mazza John Nichols Llewellyn Starks Robin van Helden 1990 Magnus Bengtsson Tom Lange John Nichols Terry Thornton Simon Williams
10,000 Meters (29:05.56) Decathlon (7,384) Shot Put (59-3 1/2) Discus (205-9) Long Jump (26-3 3/4) 1,500 Meters (3:48.32)
3,000 Steeplechase (8:46.76) High Jump (7-5 3/4) Discus (197-9) 10,000 Meters (28:47.15) Shot Put (60-10 3/4)
1991 Mark Morris Simon Williams
Javelin (229-2) Shot Put (62-10 3/4) Discus (193-8)
1992 Reggie Jones Chris King John Nichols Jason Sanders David Singoei Bryant Williams
4x100 Relay (39.24) 4x100 Relay (39.24) Discus (191-7) 4x100 Relay (39.24) 400 Hurdles (50.69) 4x100 Relay (39.24)
1993 Derrick Farrell Glenroy Gilbert Reggie Jones Chris King Fabian Muyaba
Discus (192-5) 200 Meters (20.88) 4x100 Relay (39.17) Triple Jump (55-7 3/4) 4x100 Relay (39.17) 4x100 Relay (39.17) 100 Meters (10.21) 4x100 Relay (39.17)
John Nichols
130 LSU
110 Hurdles (13.73)
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1994 Passmore Furusa Eddie Kennison Fabian Muyaba Mario Sategna Derrick Thymes Bryant Williams
3,000 Steeplechase (8:51.6) 4x100 Relay (38.92) 4x100 Relay (38.92) Decathlon (7,489) 4x100 Relay (38.92) 4x100 Relay (38.92)
1995 Passmore Furusa Rohsaan Griffin Eddie Kennison Regan Nichols Steve Pettes
1,500 Meters (3:39.71) 4x400 Relay (3:05.94) 4x400 Relay (3:05.94) 400 Hurdles (49.80) 4x400 Relay (3:05.94) 4x400 Relay (3:05.94)
1996 Mike Alridge Chris Cummings Kirk Cummins Rohsaan Griffin Byron Logan Regan Nichols Steve Pettes
4x400 Relay (3:06.37) 4x100 Relay (39.23) 4x100 Relay (39.23) 200 Meters (20.68) 4x100 Relay (39.23) 4x400 Relay (3:06.37) 4x100 Relay (39.23) 400 Hurdles (50.28) 4x400 Relay (3:06.37) 4x400 Relay (3:06.37)
1997 Russ Buller Chris Cummings
Pole Vault (18-4 1/2) 100 Meters (10.26) 200 Meters (20.91)
1998 Mike Alridge Russ Buller Jermaine Grant Byron Logan Curtis Perry
4x100 Relay (38.69) Pole Vault (17-9 3/4) 4x100 Relay (38.69) 100 Meters (10.15) 200 Meters (20.41) 4x100 Relay (38.69) 4x100 Relay (38.69)
1999 Claston Bernard Derrick Brew Russ Buller
Decathlon (7,444) 400 Meters (44.29) Pole Vault (17-4 1/2)
2000 Claston Bernard Derrick Brew Russ Buller Blake Theriot Marcus Thomas
Decathlon (7,706) 400 Meters (44.70) Pole Vault (17-11) Javelin (231-8) Triple Jump (54-6 3/4)
2001 Claston Bernard Pete Coley
Decathlon (8,024) 4x400 Relay (3:03.63)
SEC Champions Lueroy Colquhoun Walter Davis Alleyne Francique Robert Parham
4x400 Relay (3:03.63) Long Jump (26-9 1/4w) Triple Jump (55-11) 4x400 Relay (3:03.63) 4x400 Relay (3:03.63)
2002 Lueroy Colquhoun Walter Davis
400 Hurdles (48.91) Long Jump (26-5 3/4) Triple Jump (56-2 1/2)
2003 John Moffitt
Long Jump (25-10)
2004 Kelly Willie
400 Meters (45.16)
2005 Xavier Carter Kelly Willie
200 Meters (20.16) 400 Meters (45.51)
2006 Xavier Carter Reggie Dardar Melville Rogers Marvin Stevenson Richard Thompson Siraj Williams Kelly Willie
200 Meters (20.20) 400 Meters (45.26) 4x100 Relay (39.35) 4x400 Relay (3:05.98) 4x400 Relay (3:05.98) 4x100 Relay (39.35) 4x400 Relay (3:05.98) 4x100 Relay (39.35) 4x400 Relay (3:05.98) 4x100 Relay (39.35)
2007 Armanti Hayes Trindon Holliday Jamaal James Chad Radgowski Melville Rogers Marvin Stevenson Siraj Williams
4x400 Relay (3:03.62) 100 Meters (10.08) 800 Meters (1:47.00) Javelin (239-8) 4x400 Relay (3:03.62) 4x400 Relay (3:03.62) 4x400 Relay (3:03.62)
2008 Elkana Kosgei Armanti Hayes Trindon Holliday Gabriel Mvumvure Richard Thompson
800 Meters (1:47.05) 4x100 Relay (38.67) 4x100 Relay (38.67) 4x100 Relay (38.67) 100 Meters (9.93) 200 Meters (20.23) 4x100 Relay (38.67)
Hammer Throw (229-5) 100 Meters (10.01)
2010 Walter Henning Richard Jones Barrett Nugent
Hammer Throw (229-5) 800 Meters (1:46.81) 110 Hurdles (13.56)
2011 Walter Henning Barrett Nugent
Hammer Throw (225-4) 110 Hurdles (13.61w)
2012 Barrett Nugent
110 Hurdles (13.40w)
2013 Shermund Allsop Rodney Brown Aaron Ernest Damar Forbes Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake 2015 Rodney Brown Julian Parker
4x100 Relay (38.98) Discus (203-1) 4x100 Relay (38.98) 4x100 Relay (38.98) Long Jump (27-4 1/4w) 4x100 Relay (38.98)
Discus (208-4) 800 Meters (1:46.17)
WOMEN’S SEC OUTDOOR CHAMPIONS 1984 Teresa Williford
Trindon Holliday
Cheryl Taplin
Tananjalyn Stanley 2009 Walter Henning Trindon Holliday
Shot Put (52-6 1/2)
1985 Camille Cato Sharon Clarke Sheila Echols Michelle King Julie Lewis Rose Lofton Angela Phipps Schowonda Williams
800 Meters (2:03.57) Long Jump (21-5 1/2) 4x100 Relay (44.47) 4x100 Relay (44.47) Triple Jump (42-0) 4x100 Relay (44.47) 4x100 Relay (44.47) 400 Hurdles (56.66)
1986 Sharon Clarke Schowonda Williams Teresa Williford Cheryl Wilson
Long Jump (20-7 3/4) Triple Jump (42-8) 400 Hurdles (57.64) Shot Put (48-10 3/4) Heptathlon (5,627)
LSU
1987 Kym Carter Laverne Eve Schowonda Williams
Shot Put (47-9) Javelin (204-9) 400 Hurdles (56.25)
1988 Zina Age Jackie Bobien Sylvia Brydson Cheryl Coker Claire Connor Opal Cunningham Esther Jones Julie Lewis Leslie Nixon Rhonda Phillips Tananjalyn Stanley Schowonda Williams Danyel Wofford Tammie Young
4x100 Relay (44.23) 4x400 Relay (3:34.85) 4x400 Relay (3:34.85) Javelin (165-10) Long Jump (21-3 1/2) 4x400 Relay (3:34.85) 4x100 Relay (44.23) Triple Jump (42-0) High Jump (5-11 3/4) Heptathlon (5,128) 4x100 Relay (44.23) 400 Hurdles (58.17) 4x100 Relay (44.23) 4x400 Relay (3:34.85)
1989 Sylvia Brydson Opal Cunningham Donalda Duprey Esther Jones Roslyn Rucker Cinnamon Sheffield Dawn Sowell Tananjalyn Stanley Cheryl Wilson
800 Meters (2:03.75) 4x400 Relay (3:35.83) 4x400 Relay (3:35.83) 4x400 Relay (3:35.83) 4x100 Relay (43.86) 4x400 Relay (3:35.83) 4x100 Relay (43.86) 100 Meters (11.32) 200 Meters (22.87) 4x100 Relay (43.86) 100 Hurdles (13.26) 4x100 Relay (43.86) Heptathlon (5,671)
1990 Dawn Bowles Esther Jones Cinnamon Sheffield Tananjalyn Stanley
4x100 Relay (44.25) 100 Meters (11.15) 200 Meters (23.19) 4x100 Relay (44.25) 4x100 Relay (44.25) 100 Hurdles (12.92) 4x100 Relay (44.25)
1991 Dawn Bowles Mary Cobb Dahlia Duhaney Sharon Jaklofsky
4x100 Relay (43.77) 100 Hurdles (13.17) Long Jump (20-8) 4x100 Relay (43.77) Heptathlon (5,969)
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LSU
SEC Champions
Esther Jones Danyel Mitchell Cheryl Taplin
100 Meters (11.35) 200 Meters (23.23) 4x100 Relay (43.77) Shot Put (48-0 3/4) 4x100 Relay (43.77)
1992 Dawn Bowles Dahlia Duhaney Sharon Jaklofsky Danyel Mitchell Cinnamon Sheffield Cheryl Taplin
4x100 Relay (43.89) 200 Meters (23.04) 4x100 Relay (43.89) Heptathlon (5,904) Shot Put (53-9) 4x100 Relay (43.89) 4x100 Relay (43.89)
1993 Camille Jackson Sharon Jaklofsky Gai Kapernick Danyel Mitchell Debbie Parris Daphnie Saunders Cheryl Taplin Youlanda Warren
Triple Jump (44-3 1/4) Heptathlon (5,628) High Jump (6-0 1/2) Shot Put (54-1 1/4) Discus (187-2) 400 Hurdles (57.50) Long Jump (22-6 1/4) 100 Meters (11.08) 400 Meters (52.23)
1994 Zundra Feagin Eureka Hall Gai Kapernick Danyel Mitchell Debbie Parris Sheila Powell Cheryl Taplin
4x400 Relay (3:34.72) 4x400 Relay (3:34.72) High Jump (6-0 1/2) Shot Put (53-6 1/2) Discus (194-4) 100 Hurdles (13.11w) 400 Hurdles (56.82) 4x400 Relay (3:34.72) 4x400 Relay (3:34.72) 100 Meters (11.14)
1995 Kwajalein Butler Kim Carson Zundra Feagin D’Andre Hill Marita Hunt Charlene Maulseed Sheila Powell Youlanda Warren
4x100 Relay (43.68) 100 Hurdles (13.23) 200 Meters (22.84) 4x100 Relay (43.68) 4x400 Relay (3:32.67) 100 Meters (11.10) 4x100 Relay (43.68) Long Jump (21-5 1/2) 4x400 Relay (3:32.67) 4x400 Relay (3:32.67) 400 Meters (51.61) 4x100 Relay (43.68) 4x400 Relay (3:32.67)
1996 Kwajalein Butler Kim Carson Zundra Feagin D’Andre Hill Suzette Lee Astia Walker 1997 Hareldau Argyle Peta-Gaye Dowdie Marita Hunt Suzette Lee Sa’Donna Thornton Astia Walker
132 LSU
4x100 Relay (43.19) 100 Hurdles (12.72) 200 Meters (22.71) 4x100 Relay (43.19) 100 Meters (11.19) 4x100 Relay (43.19) Triple Jump (45-10 3/4) 4x100 Relay (43.19)
High Jump (5-10 1/2) 100 Meters (11.28) 4x100 Relay (43.59) 4x100 Relay (43.59) Triple Jump (43-2 1/4) 4x100 Relay (43.59) 200 Meters (22.69) 100 Hurdles (12.82) 4x100 Relay (43.59)
1998 Valma Bass Kwajalein Butler Celena Clarke Myra Combs Peta-Gaye Dowdie Sa’Donna Thornton
4x400 Relay (3:30.89) 4x100 Relay (43.51) 4x400 Relay (3:30.89) 4x100 Relay (43.51) 4x400 Relay (3:30.89) 4x100 Relay (43.51) 4x400 Relay (3:30.89) 4x100 Relay (43.51)
1999 Joyce Bates Myra Combs Peta-Gaye Dowdie Monique Freeman Chenelle Marshall Keisha Spencer Claudine Williams
4x100 Relay (43.80) 4x100 Relay (43.80) 4x100 Relay (43.80) Long Jump (20-11) 4x100 Relay (43.80) Triple Jump (43-8 3/4) 800 Meters (2:02.52)
2000 Valma Bass Joyce Bates Myra Combs Peta-Gaye Dowdie Keisha Spencer
4x100 Relay (43.83) 100 Hurdles (12.89) 4x100 Relay (43.83) 4x100 Relay (43.83) 100 Meters (11.20) 4x100 Relay (43.83) Triple Jump (46-2 3/4w)
2001 Myra Combs Muna Lee
Long Jump (20-7 3/4w) 100 Meters (11.28) 200 Meters (23.13)
2002 Stephanie Durst 200 Meters (22.48) 4x100 Relay (43.06) Lolo Jones 100 Hurdles (13.01) 4x100 Relay (43.06) Muna Lee 100 Meters (11.19) 4x100 Relay (43.06) Bianca Rockett 4x100 Relay (43.06) Nicole Toney Triple Jump (43-7) 2003 Stephanie Durst Monique Hall Lolo Jones Muna Lee Nicole Toney
4x100 Relay (43.22) 4x100 Relay (43.22) 100 Hurdles (13.05) 4x100 Relay (43.22) 100 Meters (11.12) 4x100 Relay (43.22) Triple Jump (43-11 3/4)
2004 Neisha Bernard-Thomas Nadia Davy Stephanie Durst Monique Hall Lolo Jones Muna Lee Hazelann Regis Maria Romero
4x400 Relay (3:27.04) 4x400 Relay (3:27.04) 4x100 Relay (43.15) 4x100 Relay (43.15) 4x400 Relay (3:27.04) 100 Hurdles (12.83) 4x100 Relay (43.15) 4x100 Relay (43.15) 400 Meters (50.64) 4x400 Relay (3:27.04) Javelin (138-3)
2006 Tanya Osbourne
800 Meters (2:06.26)
2007 Andrea Linton Jessica Ohanaja LaTavia Thomas Nickiesha Wilson
Triple Jump (44-1 1/4) 100 Hurdles (13.10) 800 Meters (2:05.07) 400 Hurdles (55.77)
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2008 Kelly Baptiste Juanita Broaddus Samantha Henry Deonna Lawrence Brooklynn Morris LaTavia Thomas Kayann Thompson Nickiesha Wilson
100 Meters (11.09) 4x100 Relay (42.80) 4x100 Relay (42.80) 4x100 Relay (42.80) 4x400 Relay (3:32.09) 4x100 Relay (42.80) 800 Meters (2:03.39) 4x400 Relay (3:32.09) 4x400 Relay (3:32.09) 100 Hurdles (12.81w) 4x400 Relay (3:32.09)
2009 Brittany Hall Samantha Henry Cassandra Tate LaTavia Thomas Kayann Thompson Kenyanna Wilson
4x400 Relay (3:34.11) 200 Meters (23.36) 4x400 Relay (3:34.11) 4x400 Relay (3:34.11) 4x400 Relay (3:34.11) 100 Meters (11.32)
2010 Samia Stokes Cassandra Tate
Discus (168-5) 400 Hurdles (57.12)
2011 Rebecca Alexander Kimberlyn Duncan Semoy Hackett Jasmin Stowers Kenyanna Wilson
4x100 Relay (43.47) 200 Meters (22.27w) 4x100 Relay (43.47) 100 Meters (11.01w) 4x100 Relay (43.47) 100 Hurdles (12.88) 4x100 Relay (43.47)
2012 Rebecca Alexander Jonique Day Kimberlyn Duncan Semoy Hackett Charlene Lipsey Latoya McDermott Takeia Pinckney Jasmin Stowers Cassandra Tate
4x100 Relay (43.27) 4x400 Relay (3:29.25) 4x400 Relay (3:29.25) 100 Meters (10.96) 200 Meters (22.12w) 4x100 Relay (43.27) 4x100 Relay (43.27) 800 Meters (2:02.60) 4x400 Relay (3:29.25) 4x100 Relay (43.27) 100 Hurdles (12.96) 4x400 Relay (3:29.25)
2013 Kimberlyn Duncan Natoya Goule
100 Meters (11.32) 200 Meters (22.35) 800 Meters (2:01.12)
2015 Rebekah Wales
Javelin (177-0)
The SEC Indoor Championships were first held in 1963. From 1957-62, the highestscoring SEC team at the Garrett Coliseum Relays was considered the conference champion.
SEC Champions
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Men’s Career SEC Titles NAME (YEARS)
INDOOR
OUTDOOR
TOTAL
Billy Brown (1939-41) Tom Dickey (1945-48) Robin van Helden (1986-89) Harry Carpenter (1956-57) Al Coffee (1970-72) Rohsaan Griffin (1995-96) Bob Smith (1972-75) Kelly Willie (2003-06) Walter Davis (2001-2002) Billy Hardin (1962-64) Glenn “Slats” Hardin (1933-35) Russ Buller (1997-2000) Xavier Carter (2005-06) Doug Constant (1960-61) Bill Covington (1948-51) Walter Henning (2009-11) Ron Hernandez (1962-64) Regan Nichols (1995-96) Frank Church (1938-40) Lueroy Colquhoun (1999-2002) Byron Logan (1995-98) King Mott (1957) Larry Shipp (1974-76) Richard Thompson (2005-08) Lloyd Wills (1971-73) Leland Albright (1963-65) Claston Bernard (1999-2002) Derrick Brew (1999-2000) Tommy Dukes (1957) James Epps (1971-72) Oris Erwin (1941-42) Ralph Fabian (1959-60) Alleyne Francique (2001-02) Randy Geyer (1963-66) Trindon Holliday (2006-09) Eddie Kennison (1994-96) Bob Lowther (1946-48) John Nichols (1988-92) Barrett Nugent (2009-12) Jack O’Neil (1961-62) Frank Sullwood (1948-50) Jack Torrance (1933-34) Ernest Wall (1957-58) Simon Williams (1990-91) Bill Yerger (1944-47) Buddy Blair (1934-35) Jim Breathwit (1947-49) Pete Coley (2001-05) Chris Cummings (1995-98) Reggie Dardar (2005-08) Aaron Ernest (2012-15) Jim Fornaris (1960-61) Joe Harris (1960-61) Reggie Jones (1992-93) Chris King (1992-93) Eugene McCain (1979-81) Fabian Muyaba (1993-94) Mikael Olander (1987-88) Ted O’Neal (1933-35) Robert Parham (2001-04) Steve Pettes (1995-97) James Pickett (1944-46) Bruce Reid (1988-90) Melville Rogers (2006-07) Marvin Stevenson (2004-07) Siraj Williams (2004-07)
0 0 6 2 3 4 4 5 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 3 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 1
9 9 3 6 5 4 4 3 4 7 7 4 4 6 6 3 5 4 5 2 4 3 2 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 4 4 1 2 3 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 1 3 2 1 3 2 3 3 1 3 3 3 1 2 3 0 2 3 2
9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Kimberlyn Duncan
Women’s Career SEC Titles NAME (YEARS)
INDOOR
OUTDOOR
TOTAL
Peta-Gaye Dowdie (1997-2000) Kimberlyn Duncan (2010-13) Muna Lee (2001-04) Esther Jones (1989-91) Lolo Jones (2001-04) Danyel Mitchell (1991-94) Sylvia Brydson (1987-89) LaTavia Thomas (2007-10) Myra Combs (1998-2001) Hazelann Regis (2003-05) Astia Walker (1996-98) Schowonda Williams (1985-88) Zundra Feagin (1992-96) D’Andre Hill (1994-96) Dawn Sowell (1989) Tananjalyn Stanley (1988-90) Youlanda Warren (1991-95) Sharon Clarke (1985-86) Opal Cunningham (1988-89) Dahlia Duhaney (1991-93) Deonna Lawrence (2005-08) Debbie Parris (1993-94) Daphnie Saunders (1993-94) Keisha Spencer (1999-2000) Jasmin Stowers (2011-14) Cheryl Taplin (1991-94) Rebecca Alexander (2011-12) Joyce Bates (1999-2000) Stephanie Durst (2001-04) Monique Hall (2003-04) Samantha Henry (2007-10) Sharon Jaklofsky (1991-93) Gai Kapernick (1993-95) Suzette Lee (1996-97) Brooklynn Morris (2005-08) Cinnamon Sheffield (1989-92) Christine Slythe (1985) Cassandra Tate (2009-12) Teresa Williford (1984-86) Nickiesha Wilson (2007-08) Kelly Baptiste (2005-08) Neisha Bernard-Thomas (2003-05) Dawn Bowles (1990-92) Kwajalein Butler (1995-99) Kim Carson (1993-96) Semoy Hackett (2011-12) Charlene Lipsey (2010-13) Jessica Ohanaja (2005-08) LaTarsha Stroman (1994-97) Sa’Donna Thornton (1997-2001) Cheryl Wilson (1987-89) Danyel Wofford (1985-88)
5 5 5 2 3 3 5 4 2 5 3 3 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 4 1 4 3 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 4 1 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 2 2
7 7 7 8 6 6 3 4 5 2 4 4 5 4 3 5 4 3 2 4 1 4 1 2 2 4 3 3 4 3 2 3 2 2 1 3 0 3 2 3 2 1 3 3 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 1
12 12 12 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
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LSU
134 LSU
SEC Commissioner’s Trophy
Schowonda Williams
Mikael Olander
Dawn Sowell
1988 Commissioner’s Trophy
1988 Commissioner’s Trophy
Dahlia Duhaney
1989 Commissioner’s Trophy
1991 Commissioner’s Trophy
Sharon Jaklofsky
Astia Walker
Byron Logan
Keisha Spencer
1993 Commissioner’s Trophy
1997 Commissioner’s Trophy
1998 Commissioner’s Trophy
1999 Commissioner’s Trophy
Derrick Brew
John Kosgei
Semoy Hackett
Kimberlyn Duncan
2000 Commissioner’s Trophy
2008 Commissioner’s Trophy
2011 Commissioner’s Trophy
2013 Cliff Harper Trophy 2013 Commissioner’s Trophy
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Men’s All-Americans
LSU
Walter Davis
Rohsaan Griffin
Billy Brown
Russ Buller
Lueroy Colquhoun
Reggie Jones
Mikael Olander
Simon Williams
Pete Coley
Alleyne Francique
Glenn Hardin
Eddie Kennison
Kelly Willie (19) Indoor 200 Meters Indoor 400 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 200 Meters Outdoor 400 Meters 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
4x100 Relay 2006 2003-05 2003-06 2006 2003-05 2003, 2005-06 2003-06
2009-12
Walter Davis (9) Indoor Long Jump Indoor Triple Jump Outdoor Long Jump Outdoor Triple Jump 4x100 Relay
2001-02 2001-02 2001-02 2001-02 2002
2003-05 2002-05 2002-04 2002-05
Quincy Downing (9) Indoor 400 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay 400 Hurldes Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2015 2013-14 2014-15 2012-15
Pete Coley (12) Indoor 400 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 400 Meters 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2002 2001-05 2002 2002-03 2002-04
Rohsaan Griffin (8) Indoor 200 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1995 1995
Aaron Ernest (11) Indoor 200 Meters 100 Meters Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay
2013, 2015 2012-13 2012, 2014-15 2012-15
Trindon Holliday (8) 60 Meters 100 Meters 4x100 Relay
2008-09 2007-09 2007-09
Bennie Brazell (14) Indoor 4x400 Relay 400 Hurdles 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
Xavier Carter (10) Indoor 200 Meters Indoor 400 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay 100 Meters Outdoor 200 Meters Outdoor 400 Meters 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2006 2006 2006 2006 2005 2006 2005-06 2005-06
Armanti Hayes (10) Indoor 4x400 Relay 2007, 2009-10 Distance Medley Relay 2008 Outdoor 400 Meters 2010 4x100 Relay 2008-09 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 2007, 2009-10 Barrett Nugent (10) 60 Hurdles 110 Hurdles
2010-12 2010-12
Vernon Norwood (8) Indoor 400 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 400 Meters 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay Robert Parham (8) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2014-15 2014 2014-15 2015 2014-15
2001-03 2002 2002-03 2001, 2003
Richard Thompson (8) 60 Meters 2008 100 Meters 2007-08 Outdoor 200 Meters 2008 4x100 Relay 2005-08
Billy Brown (7) Long Jump 100 Yards 220 Yards
1939-41 1940-41 1940-41
Russ Buller (7) Indoor Pole Vault Outdoor Pole Vault 4x100 Relay
1997-2000 2000 1997, 2000
Lueroy Colquhoun (7) Indoor 400 Meters 2000, 2002 Indoor 4x400 Relay 2001-02 400 Hurdles 2002 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 2001-02 Reggie Jones (7) Indoor Triple Jump Outdoor Long Jump Outdoor Triple Jump 4x100 Relay
1992-93 1993 1992-93 1992-93
Mikael Olander (7) Javelin 1986-88 Decathlon 1985-88 Marcus Thomas (7) Indoor Long Jump Indoor Triple Jump Outdoor Long Jump Outdoor Triple Jump
2000 2000-01 2000 1998-2000
Caleb Williams (7) Indoor 400 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2012 2010-13 2011, 2013
Simon Williams (7) Indoor Shot Put Outdoor Shot Put Discus Damar Forbes (6) Indoor Long Jump Outdoor Long Jump 4x100 Relay
1990-92 1990-91 1990, 1992
2012-13 2011-13 2013
Alleyne Francique (6) Indoor 400 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 400 Meters Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2001-02 2001-02 2001 2001
Glenn “Slats” Hardin (6) 220 Yards 1933-35 440 Yards 1933-35 Walter Henning (6) Weight Throw Hammer Throw
2009-11 2009-11
Eddie Kennison (6) Indoor 4x400 Relay 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
1995-96 1994-95 1994-95
John Moffitt (6) Indoor Long Jump Indoor Triple Jump Outdoor Long Jump
2003-04 2003-04 2003-04
Robert Simmons (6) Indoor 400 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2009 2009-11 2011-12
Terry Thornton (6) Cross Country Indoor 3,000 Meters Indoor 5,000 Meters 10,000 Meters
1989 1989 1990 1989-91
Slip Watkins (6) Indoor 200 Meters 100 Meters Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay
1988, 1990 1988-89 1989 1989
Ade Alleyne-Forte (5) Indoor 4x400 Relay 2009, 2012 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 2009, 2011-12 Mike Alridge (5) Indoor Long Jump 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
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LSU
Terry Thornton
Slip Watkins
Chris Cummings
Passmore Furusa
Robin van Helden
Robert Parham
Llewellyn Starks
LeVar Anderson
Derrick Brew
Mark Elliott
Byron Logan
Joe Maciejczyk
Chris Cummings (5) 100 Meters 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
1996-97 1995, 1997 1998
Passmore Furusa (5) Indoor Mile Indoor 3,000 Meters 1,500 Meters 3,000-Meter Steeplechase
1995 1994 1994-95 1994
Cyril Grayson (5) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2013-14 2013-15
Richard Jones (5) Indoor 800 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 800 Meters Outdoor 4x400 Relay Chris King (5) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2010 2010 2009-10 2009
1992 1992 1992-93 1990
Michael Lauro (5) Weight Throw Hammer Throw
2010, 2012 2010-12
Regan Nichols (5) Indoor 4x400 Relay 400 Hurdles Outdoor 4x400 Relay
1995-96 1995-96 1995
Llewellyn Starks (5) Indoor Long Jump Outdoor Long Jump 4x100 Relay
1989-90 1989-90 1989
Zedric Thomas (5) Indoor Long Jump Indoor Triple Jump Outdoor Triple Jump
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2010-11 2010-11 2010
Robin van Helden (5) Indoor 1,000 Meters Indoor Mile Outdoor 800 Meters 1,500 Meters
1986-87 1988 1987 1989
Horatio Williams (5) 60 Meters Indoor 200 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay
2011 2011 2011 2011 2011
LeVar Anderson (4) Indoor Triple Jump Outdoor Triple Jump Derrick Brew (4) Indoor 400 Meters Outdoor 400 Meters 4x100 Relay
1998-99 1998-99
1999-2000 1999 2000
Darrell Bush (4) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2013-14 2013-14
Reggie Dardar (4) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2006 2005-07
Mark Elliott (4) 3,000 Meters Indoor 5,000 Meters Outdoor 5,000 Meters 10,000 Meters
1989 1990 1989 1990
Riker Hylton (4) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2011-12 2011-12
Lotfi Khaida (4) Indoor Triple Jump Outdoor Triple Jump
1992-93 1991, 1993
Byron Logan (4) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay Joe Maciejczyk (4) Indoor Shot Put Outdoor Shot Put John Nichols (4) Discus Isa Phillips (4) Indoor 4x400 Relay 400 Hurdles Outdoor 4x400 Relay Jason Sanders (4) Indoor 4x400 Relay 100 Meters 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay Larry Shipp (4) 60-Yard Hurdles 120-Yard Hurdles
1996 1998 1998 1998
1980-81 1980, 1982
1988-90, 1992
2007 2006-07 2007
1991 1992 1992 1994
1975 1973-75
Jermaine Grant (4) 4x100 Relay 1995, 1997-98 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 1998
Marvin Stevenson (4) 4x100 Relay 2006-07 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 2004, 2006
Jeremy Hicks (4) Indoor Long Jump Outdoor Long Jump 4x100 Relay
Derrick Thymes (4) Indoor 4x400 Relay 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2009 2007, 2009 2007
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1991-92 1994 1994
Bernard Williams (4) 55 Hurdles 1988 400 Hurdles 1985-86, 1988 Siraj Williams (4) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 400 Meters Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2007 2007 2006-07
Tremayne Acy (3) Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay
2014-15
Shermund Allsop (3) 4x100 Relay
2012-14
Claston Bernard (3) Decathlon 1999-2000, 2002 Kyron Blaise (3) Indoor Long Jump Outdoor Long Jump Outdoor Triple Jump
2012 2012 2012
Will Coppage (3) Indoor Long Jump 4x100 Relay
2007 2009-10
Glenroy Gilbert (3) 100 Meters Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay Billy Hardin (3) 400 Hurdles Greg Hill (3) Indoor 600 Yards Outdoor 400 Meters Outdoor 4x400 Relay Charles James (3) 55 Hurdles 110 Hurdles
1993 1993 1993
1962-64
1979 1979 1979
1986 1984, 1986
Men’s All-Americans
LSU
John Nichols
Jason Sanders
Larry Shipp
Claston Bernard
Bennie Brazell
Glenroy Gilbert
Billy Hardin
Greg Hil
Charles James
Orlando McDaniel
Fabian Muyaba
Eric Reid
Jamaal James (3) Indoor 800 Meters Distance Medley Relay Rolf Kahles (3) Indoor Shot Put Outdoor Shot Put
2007, 2010 2008
1997 1997-98
Alleyne Lett (3) 60 Hurdles 2007 110 Hurdles 2007 Decathlon 2005 Orlando McDaniel (3) 60-Yard Hurdles 110 Hurdles Fabian Muyaba (3) 100 Meters 4x100 Relay
1980 1980-81
1993 1993-94
Gabriel Mvumvure (3) 4x100 Relay 2008 , 2010-11 Derrick Prentice (3) Indoor Pole Vault Outdoor Pole Vault Eric Reid (3) 55 Hurdles 110 Hurdles Melville Rogers (3) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay Matthew Rose (3) Outdoor Long Jump 4x100 Relay Mario Sategna (3) Decathlon
ReVey Scott (3) 60 Yards 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay LeJuan Simon (3) Indoor Long Jump Indoor Triple Jump Outdoor Triple Jump David Singoei (3) Indoor 800 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 800 Meters
2004 2004 2003
1993 1992 1993
Willie Bradley (2) Indoor Triple Jump Outdoor Triple Jump Efrem Coley (2) 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2004 2004
1979 1979
Eugene McCain (2) Outdoor Long Jump
1979, 1981
Delmon McNabb (2) Javelin
1966-67
Allen Misher (2) 60-Yard Hurdles
1975-76
Tom Dickey (2) 100 Yards 880 Yards
1945 1946
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (2) 4x100 Relay 2013-14
Marlon Greensword (2) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2003 2002
Dino Napier (2) Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay
1989 1989
Keyth Talley (3) Indoor 4x400 Relay 4x100 Relay
2012 2011-12
Maurice Horton (2) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
1991 1990
David Paddison (2) Weight Throw Hammer Throw
1993 1993
Jack Torrance (3) Outdoor Shot Put Discus
1933-34 1933
Jamar Howard (2) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2009 2009
Curtis Perry (2) Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay
1998 1998
Scott Petersen (2) Indoor Shot Put Outdoor Shot Put
1993 1994
1995-96 1996
Willie Turner (3) 60 Yards 100 Meters 4x100 Relay
1987 1986-87
Larry Weaver (3) Indoor High Jump Outdoor High Jump
2006-07 2006
Bryant Williams (3) 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
1988-89 1989
Austin Benton (2) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
1993-95
1978 1979 1979
Buddy Blair (2) Javelin
1978 1979 1979
1980-81 1981
1992, 1994 1994
2005 2004
Bengt Jarlsjo (2) Decathlon
1989-90
Pearson Jordan (2) 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
1979 1979
Gunnar Pfingsten (2) Indoor Shot Put
1997-98
Bob Lowther (2) Outdoor Pole Vault Javelin
1946 1946
Joshua Thompson (2) 110 Hurdles 4x100 Relay
2015 2015
Milton Mallard (2) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
1995 1995
Earl Marcelle (2) Indoor 4x400 Relay
Sheldon Blockburger (2) Decathlon 1986-87
2003-04
Leland Albright (1) Indoor 600 Yards
1965
Dwhyte Barrett (1) 4x100 Relay
2000
1991-92
1933-34 Ernest Marvin (2) Outdoor Triple Jump
Daniel Trosclair (2) Indoor Pole Vault
1980-81
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Men’s All-Americans
LSU
Dino Napier
Leland Albright
Gray Barrow
Tom Lange
Al Moreau
Javier Nieto
Matthew Rose
Mario Sategna
ReVey Scott
Jack Torrance
Willie Turner
Larry Weaver
John Moffitt
Kelly Willie
Al Coffee
Pearson Jordan
Allen Misher
David Paddison
Gabriel Mvumvure
LeJuan Simon
Keyth Talley
Rod Green (1) Indoor 500 Meters
1984
Deryell Patterson (1) 4x100 Relay
Michael Hendry (1) Distance Medley Relay
2008
Darion Powell (1) Heptathlon 2006
Charley Johnson (1) Triple Jump
1952
Chad Radgowski (1) Javelin 2007
John Kosgei (1) Distance Medley Relay
2008
John Sanders (1) 2-Mile Run
1934
2000
Josh Dominguez (1) Outdoor Pole Vault
2010
Tom Lange (1) Indoor High Jump
1992
Bob Smith (1) Indoor 1,000 Yards
1974
Edwin Billot (1) Heptathlon 2006
Fitzroy Dunkley (1) Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2015
Ed Lloyd (1) Indoor Triple Jump
1982
Traun Smith (1) Indoor Triple Jump
2002
Willie Boudloche (1) Javelin
1993
Oris Erwin (1) 440 Yards
1942
Frank Mazza (1) Indoor Shot Put
1989
Blake Theriot (1) Javelin
2000
Andre Brown (1) 4x400 Relay
1990
George Fisher (1) 110 Hurdles
1934
Al Moreau (1) 120-Yard Hurdles
1933
Pedro Tunon (1) Indoor 4x400 Relay
2001
Rodney Brown (1) Discus 2013
Alex Forst (1) Discus
1998
Mark Morris (1) Javelin
1991
Reuben Twijukye (1) Indoor 800 Meters
2008
Shawn Burks (1) Javelin
1985
Mark Fowler (1) Indoor 800 Meters
1988
Javier Nieto (1) Hammer Throw
2002
Troy Twillie (1) Outdoor Long Jump
1995
Preston Chatham (1) Javelin
2008
Randy Geyer (1) High Jump
1965
Bill Yerger (1) 440 Yards
1945
Al Coffee (1) 440 Yards
1969
Matt Gordy (1) Outdoor Pole Vault
1933
Gray Barrow (1) Javelin
138 LSU
1980
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Ted O’Neal (1) 880 Yards Charles Onsare (1) 4x400 Relay
1942 1990
Women’s All-Americans
LSU
Esther Jones
Peta-Gaye Dowdie
Cheryl Taplin
Schowonda Williams
D’Andre Hill
Sylvia Brydson
Myra Combs
Youlanda Warren
Dahlia Duhaney
Astia Walker
Kwajalein Butler
Muna Lee
Esther Jones (21) 55 Meters Indoor 200 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay 100 Meters Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay Muna Lee (20) 60 Meters Indoor 200 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay 100 Meters Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay
1988-91 1988-91 1991 1988-91 1988-91 1988-91
2002-04 2001-04 2002 2001-04 2001-04 2001-04
Peta-Gaye Dowdie (19) 55 Meters 1997-98 60 Meters 2000 Indoor 200 Meters 1998-99 Indoor 4x400 Relay 1998-2000 100 Meters 1997, 1999-2000 Outdoor 200 Meters 1997, 1999-2000 4x100 Relay 1997-98, 2000 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 1999-2000 Cheryl Taplin (16) 55 Meters Indoor 200 Meters 100 Meters Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay
1992-94 1993 1991-94 1991-94 1991-94
Schowonda Williams (16) 55 Hurdles 1988 Indoor 500 Hurdles 1986-87 Indoor 4x400 Relay 1986-87 Indoor 4x800 Relay 1988 100 Hurdles 1986-88 400 Hurdles 1985, 1987-88 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 1985-88 Samantha Henry (15) 60 Meters Indoor 200 Meters 100 Meters
2008-10 2009-10 2008-09
Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2008-10 2007-08, 2010 2009-10
D’Andre Hill (15) 55 Meters Indoor 200 Meters 100 Meters Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay
1994-96 1994-96 1994-96 1994-96 1994-96
Kelly Baptiste (14) 60 Meters 2006-08 Indoor 200 Meters 2006-07 100 Meters 2005, 2008 Outdoor 200 Meters 2005-06, 2008 4x100 Relay 2005-06, 2008 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 2008 Kimberlyn Duncan (14) 60 Meters Indoor 200 Meters 100 Meters Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay Sylvia Brydson (13) Indoor 800 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay Indoor 4x800 Relay Outdoor 800 Meters Outdoor 4x400 Relay Myra Combs (13) Indoor Long Jump Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2012-13 2011-13 2011-13 2011-13 2010-13
1989 1987, 1989 1987-89 1987-89 1986-89
1998-99 1998-2001 2001 1998, 2000-01 1998-2001
Youlanda Warren (13) Indoor 400 Meters 1992-93, 1995 Indoor 4x400 Relay 1991, 1993, 1995 Outdoor 400 Meters 1992-93, 1995 4x100 Relay 1993 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 1992-93, 1995
Dahlia Duhaney (12) 55 Meters Indoor 200 Meters Indoor Long Jump 100 Meters Outdoor 200 Meters Outdoor Long Jump 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
1991-93 1992 1991 1991-92 1992 1989 1991-92 1993
Stephanie Durst (12) Indoor 200 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay 100 Meters Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay
2002-04 2001-03 2002 2002 2001-04
Zundra Feagin (12) 55 Meters 1995 Indoor 200 Meters 1995 Indoor 4x400 Relay 1994 100 Meters 1995-96 Outdoor 200 Meters 1992, 1995-96 4x100 Relay 1994-96 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 1994 LaTavia Thomas (12) Indoor 800 Meters 2008-10 Indoor 4x400 Relay 2008, 2010 Outdoor 800 Meters 2008-10 Outdoor 4X400 Relay 2007-10 Astia Walker (12) 55 Meters 55 Hurdles Indoor 200 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 200 Meters 100 Hurdles 4x100 Relay Lolo Jones (11) 60 Meters 60 Hurdles 100 Hurdles 4x100 Relay
1998 1997-98 1997 1996, 1998 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97
2003 2001-04 2002-04 2002-04
Brooklynn Morris (11) Indoor 200 Meters 2006 Indoor 4x400 Relay 2005-08 Outdoor 200 Meters 2006 4x100 Relay 2006-08 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 2006, 2008 Kwajalein Butler (10) 55 Meters 100 Meters 4x100 Relay
1996-98 1995-97 1995-98
Deonna Lawrence (10) Indoor 400 Meters 2006 Indoor 4x400 Relay 2005-08 Outdoor 400 Meters 2006 4x100 Relay 2005 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 2006-08 Danyel Mitchell (10) Indoor Shot Put Outdoor Shot Put Discus
1992-94 1992-94 1991-94
Hazelann Regis (10) Indoor 200 Meters Indoor 400 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 400 Meters Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2005 2004-05 2003-05 2003-04 2003-04
Cinnamon Sheffield (10) 55 Hurdles 1990, 1992 100 Meters 1992 100 Hurdles 1989-92 4x100 Relay 1989-90, 1992 Nickiesha Wilson (9) 60 Hurdles Indoor 4x400 Relay 100 Hurdles 400 Hurdles Outdoor 4x400 Relay
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Women’s All-Americans
LSU
Danyel Michell
Cinnamon Sheffield
Debbie Parris
Tananjalyn Stanley
LaTarsha Stroman
Dawn Bowles
Kim Carson
Stephanie Durst
Sheila Echols
Camille Cato
Danyel Wofford
Dawn Sowell
Neisha Bernard-Thomas (8) Indoor 800 Meters 2004-05 Indoor 4x400 Relay 2004-05 Outdoor 800 Meters 2003-04 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 2003-04 Debbie Parris (8) Indoor 400 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay 400 Hurdles 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
1994 1994 1993-94 1993-94 1993-94
Tananjalyn Stanley (8) 55 Hurdles 1987-89 100 Hurdles 1989-90 4x100 Relay 1988-90 LaTarsha Stroman (8) Indoor 400 Meters 1997 Indoor 4x400 Relay 1994-96 Outdoor 400 Meters 1995, 1997 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 1994-95 Kenyanna Wilson (8) 60 Meters 2009-11 100 Meters 2009, 2011 4x100 Relay 2008, 2010-11 Dawn Bowles (7) 55 Hurdles 100 Hurdles 4x100 Relay
1991 1990-92 1990-92
Kim Carson (7) 55 Hurdles 100 Hurdles
1994-96 1993-96
Nadia Davy (7) Indoor 400 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 400 Meters Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2003-04 2003-04 2003 2003-04
Sheila Echols (7) 55 Meters Indoor Long Jump
1985, 1987 1987
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100 Meters Outdoor Long Jump 4x100 Relay Monique Hall (7) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay Michele Morris (7) Indoor 400 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay Jasmin Stowers (7) 60 Hurdles 100 Hurdles Nicole Toney (7) Indoor Long Jump Indoor Triple Jump Outdoor Triple Jump Camille Cato (6) Indoor 4x400 Relay Indoor 4x800 Relay Outdoor 800 Meters Outdoor 4x400 Relay
1987 1987 1985, 1987
2003-04 2003 2003-04 2003-04
1985 1985-86 1985, 1987 1985, 1987
2011-14 2012-14
2004 2002-04 2002-04
Outdoor Long Jump Outdoor Triple Jump
2000 1999-2000
Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay
Cassandra Tate (6) Indoor 4x400 Relay 400 Hurdles Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2010-12 2012 2010, 2012
Camille Jackson (5) Indoor Triple Jump 1991 Outdoor Long Jump 1993 Outdoor Triple Jump 1990-91, 1993
Heather Van Norman (6) Indoor 400 Meters 1991 Indoor 4x400 Relay 1991, 1993 4x100 Relay 1993 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 1992-93 Danyel Wofford (6) Indoor 4x400 Relay 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
1986-87 1987-88 1987-88
Rebecca Alexander (5) Indoor 4x400 Relay 2011-12 Outdoor 400 Meters 2012 4x100 Relay 2011 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 2012
2007 2006-07
Sharon Jaklofsky (5) Indoor Long Jump Heptathlon
1992-93 1991-93
Suzette Lee (5) Indoor Long Jump Indoor Triple Jump Outdoor Triple Jump
1997 1996-97 1996-97
Charlene Lipsey (5) Indoor 800 Meters Outdoor 800 Meters
2012-13 2011-13
Sheila Powell (5) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 200 Meters Outdoor 4x400 Relay
1995-96 1996 1994-95
Valma Bass (5) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2000 2000 2000 1998, 2000
Daphnie Saunders (5) Indoor Long Jump 1993-94 Indoor Triple Jump 1994 Outdoor Long Jump 1993-94
Jessica Ohanaja (6) 60 Hurdles 2007-08 100 Hurdles 2007-08 4x100 Relay 2005, 2007
Joyce Bates (5) 60 Hurdles 100 Hurdles 4x100 Relay
1999-2000 1999-2000 2000
Sa’Donna Thornton (5) 60 Meters 2000 100 Meters 2000 4x100 Relay 1997-98, 2001
Dawn Sowell (6) 55 Meters Indoor 200 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay 100 Meters Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay
Brittani Carter (5) Indoor High Jump Outdoor High Jump
2009-11 2009, 2011
Keisha Spencer (6) Indoor Long Jump Indoor Triple Jump
1985 1985, 1987 1987 1985-86
1989 1989 1989 1989 1989 1989
1999 1999-2000
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Claire Connor (5) Indoor Long Jump Outdoor Long Jump Sherry Fletcher (5) 60 Meters 100 Meters
1986-88 1987-88
2007 2007
Wendy Truvillion (5) Indoor 500 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
1985 1985-87 1985
Claudine Williams (5) Indoor 800 Meters 1999 Indoor 4x400 Relay 1999-2000 Outdoor 800 Meters 1999 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 1999
Women’s All-Americans
Keisha Spencer
Joyce Bates
Daphnie Saunders Sa’Donna Thornton Teresa Williford (5) Indoor Shot Put Outdoor Shot Put Discus
1985-87 1986 1987
Lana Zimmerman (5) Indoor 800 Meters 1983 Indoor 4x800 Relay 1985 Heptathlon 1982-83, 1985 Jackie Bobien (4) Indoor 4x400 Meters Indoor 4x800 Meters Outdoor 4x400 Meters
1985 1987-88 1986
Juanita Broaddus (4) Indoor 4x400 Relay 100 Meters 4x100 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2006 2008 2006 2006
Sharon Clarke (4) Indoor Long Jump Indoor Triple Jump Outdoor Long Jump Outdoor Triple Jump
1986 1986 1986 1986
Mary Cobb (4) 55 Hurdles 100 Hurdles Opal Cunningham (4) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 400 Meters Outdoor 4x400 Relay
Gai Kapernick
Clair Connor
Sharon Jaklofsky
Suzette Lee
Sheila Powell
Wendy Truvillion
Claudine Williams
Teresa Williford
Lana Zimmerman
Cynetheia Rooks (4) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2006-07 2006-07
Celena Clarke (3) Indoor 400 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
Ronetta Smith (4) Indoor 400 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 400 Meters
2001 2001-02 2001
Jonique Day (3) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
Natoya Goule (4) Indoor 800 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 800 Meters Outdoor 4x400 Relay Semoy Hackett (4) 60 Meters Indoor 200 Meters Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay
2013 2013 2013 2013
2011 2011 2011 2011
Rachel Laurent (4) Indoor Pole Vault 2009-10, 2012 Outdoor Pole Vault 2011 Andrea Linton (4) Indoor Long Jump Indoor Triple Jump Outdoor Triple Jump
2008 2009 2006-07
Charlene Maulseed (4) Indoor 4x400 Relay 1995-96 Outdoor 400 Meters 1995 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 1995
2011-12 2012
Donalda Duprey (3) Indoor 4x400 Relay Indoor 4x800 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
Nikita Tracey (4) Indoor 4x400 Relay 400 Hurdles Outdoor 4x400 Relay
Monique Freeman (3) Indoor Long Jump 1999-2000 Outdoor Long Jump 2000
2013 2013-14 2013
1991 1989 1989
Cheryl Wilson (4) Indoor 4x400 Relay 1989 Heptathlon 1985-86, 1989
Brittany Hall (3) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 800 Meters Outdoor 4x400 Relay
Tori Bliss (3) Indoor Shot Put Outdoor Shot Put
Indira Hamilton (3) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
1993 1992-93
Siedda Herbert (3) Indoor 4x400 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2012-13 2013
Lynnika Pitts (3) Indoor Triple Jump Outdoor Triple Jump
2013-14 2014
1990-91 1990-91
Marian Burnett (3) Indoor 800 Meters Indoor 4x400 Relay
1989 1989 1988-89
Takeia Pinckney (4) 60 Meters 2010 100 Meters 2010 4x100 Relay 2010, 2013
Kym Carter (3) Indoor High Jump Outdoor High Jump Heptathlon
Angela Phipps
1999 1999 1998
Kayann Thompson (4) Indoor 4x400 Relay 2010 Outdoor 800 Meters 2010 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 2009-10
Latoya McDermott (4) Indoor 4x400 Relay 2011 4x100 Relay 2013 Outdoor 4x400 Relay 2012-13
Michelle King
LSU
Roslyn Rucker
2015 2014-15
2002-03 2002
1987 1987 1987
Muffy McLeod
2010 2009 2009
Marian Burnett
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Women’s All-Americans
LSU
Kym Carter
Sharon Clarke
Mary Cobb
Opal Cunningham
Lolo Jones
Ronetta Smith
Monique Freeman
Nicole Toney
Neisha BernardThomas
Laverne Eve
Julie Lewis-Harris
Christine Slythe
Christine Slythe (3) Indoor 1,000 Meters Indoor 4x800 Relay Outdoor 800 Meters Zina Age (2) 4x100 Relay
1985 1985 1985
1987-88
Alicia Bass (2) 55 Hurdles 100 Hurdles
1986 1988
Mikiah Brisco (2) 60 Meters 4x100 Relay
2015 2015
Chanice Chase (2) 100 Hurdles 400 Hurdles Laverne Eve (2) Indoor Shot Put Javelin
1988 1987
Nataliyah Friar (2) Indoor Long Jump Outdoor Triple Jump Denise Hinton (2) Weight Throw Hammer Throw Aleia Hobbs (2) 100 Meters 4x100 Relay
2015 2015
2014 2014
2015 2015
Keri Emanuel (1) Indoor Triple Jump
2013
Muffy McLeod (1) Indoor 4x800 Relay
1985
Meisue Francis (1) Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2006
Leslie Nixon (1) Indoor 4x800 Relay
1988
Carmis Franks (1) Outdoor 4x400 Relay
1998
Tanya Osbourne (1) Outdoor 4x400 Relay
2004
Daeshon Gordon (1) 100 Hurdles
2015
Ashley Owens (1) 4x100 Relay
2005
Jovennie McDuffie (2) Heptathlon 1991-92
Eureka Hall (1) Indoor 4x400 Relay
1994
Montenae Roye-Speight (1) Indoor 4x400 Relay 2013
Melissa Ogbourne (2) Indoor Triple Jump Outdoor Triple Jump
Kathi Harris (1) Indoor 4x800 Relay
1987
Toshika Sylvester (1) 4x100 Relays
Tina Harris (1) Outdoor Long Jump
2004
Lee Ann Van Landingham (1) Outdoor 800 Meters 1983
Rushell Harvey (1) 4x100 Relay
2015
Rebekah Wales (1) Javelin 2015
Selena Lewis (1) 60 Hurdles
1999
Somalia Lindsay (1) Indoor 4x400 Relay
1998
Brittany Littlejohn (1) 100 Hurdles
2004
Xyllena Lynch (1) Indoor 4x400 Relay
2001
1995 1995
Chenelle Marshall (1) Outdoor Long Jump
2001
Gai Kapernick (2) Outdoor High Jump
Charlotte Mayock (1) Indoor Mile
1993-94
1997
1985 1985
Julie Lewis-Harris (2) Indoor Triple Jump Outdoor Triple Jump Jada Martin (2) Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay
1988 1985
2015 2015
Rhonda Phillips (2) Indoor 4x800 Relay Heptathlon
2011 2010
1989 1988
Angela Phipps (2) Outdoor 200 Meters 4x100 Relay
1985 1985
Bianca Rockett (2) Indoor Triple Jump 4x100 Relay
2002 2002
Roslyn Rucker (2) Indoor 4x800 Relay Outdoor 4x400 Relay April Sams (2) Outdoor 4x400 Relay
Marita Hunt (2) Outdoor Long Jump 4x100 Relay
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Michelle King (2) 100 Meters 4x100 Relay
1989 1989
1999-2000
Eunice Allen (1) Outdoor 4x400 Relay Cheryl Coker (1) Javelin
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1988
2013
Career All-America Honors
Pete Coley
MEN’S CAREER ALL-AMERICA HONORS NAME TOTAL Kelly Willie 19 Bennie Brazell 14 Pete Coley 12 Aaron Ernest 11 Xavier Carter 10 Armanti Hayes 10 Barrett Nugent 10 Walter Davis 9 Quincy Downing 9 Rohsaan Griffin 8 Trindon Holliday 8 Vernon Norwood 8 Robert Parham 8 Richard Thompson 8 Billy Brown 7 Russ Buller 7 Lueroy Colquhoun 7 Reggie Jones 7 Mikael Olander 7 Marcus Thomas 7 Caleb Williams 7 Simon Williams 7 Damar Forbes 6 Alleyne Francique 6 Glenn “Slats” Hardin 6 Walter Henning 6 Eddie Kennison 6 John Moffitt 6 Robert Simmons 6 Terry Thornton 6 Slip Watkins 6 Ade Alleyne-Forte 5 Mike Alridge 5 Chris Cummings 5 Passmore Furusa 5 Cyril Grayson 5 Richard Jones 5 Chris King 5 Michael Lauro 5 Regan Nichols 5 Llewellyn Starks 5 Zedric Thomas 5 Robin van Helden 5 Horatio Williams 5
Walter Davis
LeVar Anderson Derrick Brew Darrell Bush Reggie Dardar Mark Elliott Jermaine Grant Jeremy Hicks Riker Hylton Lotfi Khaida Byron Logan Joe Maciejczyk John Nichols Isa Phillips Jason Sanders Larry Shipp Marvin Stevenson Derrick Thymes Bernard Williams Siraj Williams Tremayne Acy Shermund Allsop Claston Bernard Kyron Blaise Will Coppage Glenroy Gilbert Billy Hardin Greg Hill Charles James Jamaal James Rolf Kahles Alleyne Lett Orlando McDaniel Fabian Muyaba Gabriel Mvumvure Derrick Prentice Eric Reid Melville Rogers Matthew Rose Mario Sategna ReVey Scott LeJuan Simon David Singoei Keyth Talley Jack Torrance Willie Turner Larry Weaver Bryant Williams Austin Benton
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2
Buddy Blair Sheldon Blockburger Willie Bradley Efrem Coley Tom Dickey Marlon Greensword Maurice Horton Jamar Howard Bengt Jarlsjo Pearson Jordan Elkana Kosgei Bob Lowther Milton Mallard Earl Marcelle Ernest Marvin Eugene McCain Delmon McNabb Allen Misher Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake Dino Napier David Paddison Curtis Perry Scott Petersen Gunnar Pfingsten Joshua Thompson Daniel Trosclair
Esther Jones
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
WOMEN’S CAREER ALL-AMERICA HONORS NAME TOTAL Esther Jones 21 Muna Lee 20 Peta-Gaye Dowdie 19 Cheryl Taplin 16 Schowonda Williams 16 Samantha Henry 15 D’Andre Hill 15 Kelly Baptiste 14 Kimberlyn Duncan 14 Sylvia Brydson 13 Myra Combs 13 Youlanda Warren 13 Dahlia Duhaney 12 Stephanie Durst 12 Zundra Feagin 12 LaTavia Thomas 12 Astia Walker 12
Lolo Jones Brooklynn Morris Kwajalein Butler Deonna Lawrence Danyel Mitchell Hazelann Regis Cinnamon Sheffield Nickiesha Wilson Neisha Bernard-Thomas Debbie Parris Tananjalyn Stanley LaTarsha Stroman Kenyanna Wilson Dawn Bowles Kim Carson Nadia Davy Sheila Echols Monique Hall Michele Morris Jasmin Stowers Nicole Toney Camille Cato Jessica Ohanaja Dawn Sowell Keisha Spencer Cassandra Tate Heather Van Norman Danyel Wofford Rebecca Alexander Valma Bass Joyce Bates Brittani Carter Claire Connor Sherry Fletcher Camille Jackson Sharon Jaklofsky Suzette Lee Charlene Lipsey Sheila Powell Daphnie Saunders Sa’Donna Thornton Wendy Truvillion Claudine Williams Teresa Williford Lana Zimmerman Jackie Bobien Juanita Broaddus Sharon Clarke
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Peta-Gaye Dowdie
11 11 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
Mary Cobb Opal Cunningham Natoya Goule Semoy Hackett Rachel Laurent Andrea Linton Charlene Maulseed Latoya McDermott Takeia Pinckney Cynetheia Rooks Ronetta Smith Kayann Thompson Nikita Tracey Cheryl Wilson Tori Bliss Marian Burnett Kym Carter Celena Clarke Jonique Day Donalda Duprey Monique Freeman Brittany Hall Indira Hamilton Siedda Herbert Lynnika Pitts Christine Slythe Zina Age Alicia Bass Mikiah Brisco Chanice Chase Laverne Eve Nataliyah Friar Denise Hinton Aleia Hobbs Marita Hunt Gai Kapernick Michelle King Julie Lewis-Harris Jada Martin Jovennie McDuffie Melissa Ogbourne Rhonda Phillips Angela Phipps Bianca Rockett Roslyn Rucker April Sams
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100 Meters LSU 1978 Revy Scott 1996 2006 2008 2008
Chris Cummings Kelly Willie Trindon Holliday Richard Thompson*
10.22 10.23 10.18 10.20 10.00
1,500 Meters 1979 Mike Quigley
3:46.99
110 Hurdles 1975 Larry Shipp 2011 Barrett Nugent 2012 Barrett Nugent
13.7 13.19w 13.37w
400 Hurdles 1964 Billy Hardin 1983 John Dutton 1986 Bernard Williams 2002 Lueroy Colquhoun 2007 Isa Phillips
50.8 51.01 50.0 50.14 50.71
3,000 Steeplechase 1979 Mark Dobbins 1990 Magnus Bengtsson
8:43.02 8:39.83
High Jump 1938 Fred Shelton 1940 Ivan Devall
6-2 6-3 1/2
Pole Vault 1987 Ricky Wright 1999 Russ Buller 2000 Russ Buller
16-10 18-2 1/2 18-8 3/4
Long Jump 1941 Billy Brown 1981 Eugene McCain 1990 Llewellyn Starks 1998 Mike Alridge 2002 Walter Davis 2004 LeJuan Simon
25-7 24-9 26-3 1/2 25-1 3/4 26-7 3/4 25-8w
Triple Jump 1998 Levar Anderson 2001 Walter Davis 2003 John Moffitt 2012 Kyron Blaise
51-5 3/4 54-11 1/2 54-6 1/2w 53-6 1/2w
Hammer 2010 Walter Henning
236-1
Javelin 1935 1946 1965 1966 1967
Buddy Blair Bob Lowther Delmon McNabb Jack Dyer Delmon McNabb
Discus 1989 1990 1992 2015
John Nichols John Nichols John Nichols Rodney Brown
206-6 197-3 1/2 221-5 1/4 235-4 250-0 204-1 202-3 201-0 209-8
WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONS 100 Meters 1987 Sheila Echols 11.37 1989 Dawn Sowell 10.93 1993 Cheryl Taplin 11.45 1994 Cheryl Taplin 10.99w 1995 Zundra Feagin 11.12w 2003 Muna Lee 10.97w 2004 Muna Lee 11.31 2005 Kelly Baptiste 11.04w 2008 Kelly Baptiste* 11.06 2012 Kimberlyn Duncan 10.94w 2013 Kimberlyn Duncan 11.06w 100 Hurdles 1986 Alicia Bass 1989 Tananjalyn Stanley 1991 Mary Cobb 1992 Dawn Bowles 1996 Kim Carson 2000 Joyce Bates 2003 Lolo Jones 2007 Jessica Ohanaja 2008 Nickiesha Wilson 400 Hurdles 1985 Schowonda Williams 1986 Schowonda Williams 1987 Schowonda Williams 1993 Debbie Parris 2007 Nickiesha Wilson High Jump 2010 Brittani Carter
LSU at the Texas Relays
13.26 12.94 13.15 13.05 12.73w 12.82w 12.90 13.34 12.85 56.57 57.80 58.56 58.02 57.12
Kimberlyn Duncan was named Most Outstanding Performer in 2012
For many collegiate programs across the country, the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays marks the true beginning of the outdoor season as many of the nation’s top teams travel to Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin for one of the most prestigious meets during the regular season. LSU is world famous for the performance of its men’s and women’s relay teams, and its success at the Texas Relays rivals that of any program in the NCAA. The Tigers and Lady Tigers have combined for 74 relay titles and 75 individual titles in the University division at the Texas Relays, and the squads will be looking to add to their impressive resume in 2016.
Texas Relays Most Outstanding Teams 1989 LSU Women 1995 LSU Women 1996 LSU Women 2003 LSU Women 2012 LSU Women Texas Relays Most Outstanding Performers 1987 Schowonda Williams 1989 Dawn Sowell 1992 Dawn Bowles 1994 Cheryl Taplin 2003 Lolo Jones 2012 Kimberlyn Duncan
Men’s University Relay Champions
Women’s University Relay Champions
4x200-Meter Relay (10)
Sprint Medley Relay (13)
1973 (1:23.3), 1978 (1:22.87), 1979 (1:22.37), 1980 (1:22.35), 1996 (1:22.80), 1997 (1:21.78), 1998 (1:21.77), 2007 (1:26.06), 2011 (1:20.45), 2015 (1:22.60)
1987 (1:39.04), 1989 (1:36.81), 1991 (1:38.10), 1992 (1:37.90), 1993 (1:37.95), 1997 (3:50.44), 1999 (3:44.18), 2002 (3:48.54), 2004 (3:44.20), 2009 (3:50.89), 2010 (3:43.98), 2012 (3:43.79), 2013 (3:43.98)
Clyde Littlefield 4x100-Meter Relay (8) 1993 (39.39), 1995 (39.01), 1998 (38.91), 2004 (38.93), 2005 (38.94), 2006 (38.97), 2007 (40.57), 2008 (38.74)
4x100-Meter Relay (10)
Cleburne Price, Jr. 4x400-Meter Relay (6)
1989 (43.33), 1991 (43.82), 1992 (43.98), 1994 (43.25), 1995 (43.68), 1996 (43.31), 2001 (43.43), 2003 (42.63), 2004 (43.34), 2012 (42.99)
1939 (3:18.8), 1940 (3:18.4), 2002 (3:06.41), 2006 (3:02.31), 2007 (3:09.93), 2012 (3:04.54)
4x200-Meter Relay (8)
4x800-Meter Relay (3)
2000 (1:33.77), 2001 (1:31.63), 2002 (1:33.05), 2003 (1:30.07), 2004 (1:30.42), 2006 (1:32.70), 2011 (1:30.88), 2012 (1:30.01)
1935 (7:51.6), 1995 (7:24.64), 2010 (7:30.25)
4x400-Meter Relay (5)
6-0 1/2
Pole Vault 2009 Rachel Laurent
14-1 1/4
1972 (3:18.48), 2010 (3:16.01)
1993 (3:30.81), 1994 (3:31.52), 1995 (3:29.82), 2008 (3:29.72), 2009 (3:31.81)
Long Jump 1993 Daphnie Saunders 2014 Keri Emanuel
20-8 21-6 1/4
4x1,500-Meter Relay (1)
4x800-Meter Relay (5)
Triple Jump 1996 Suzette Lee 1997 Suzette Lee 2000 Keisha Spencer 2002 Nicole Toney Discus 1994
Danyel Mitchell
Sprint Medley Relay (2)
44-6 44-11 1/2 45-10 43-7 1/4
1989 (15:09.74)
Distance Medley Relay (1) 2008 (9:40.66)
183-3
* - Indicates winner of an invitational race
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1985 (8:34.10), 2008 (8:45.04), 2009 (8:46.23), 2011 (8:39.19), 2013 (8:41.25)
Distance Medley Relay (2) 2012 (11:16.82), 2013 (11:23.55)
LSU at the Penn Relays
MEN’S UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONS 100 Meters 2009 Trindon Holliday 10.16 2011 Gabriel Mvumvure 10.36
LSU
110 Hurdles 2010 Barrett Nugent 2015 Jordan Moore
13.58 13.84
400 Hurdles 1935 Glenn Hardin
2011 Penn Relays 4x100 Relay Champions Each year, track athletes from around the world converge on historic Franklin Field in Philadelphia for the annual Penn Relay Carnival to take part in one of the true spectacles in the sport of track and field. The LSU Track & Field program has been one of the featured attractions each season as the Tigers and Lady Tigers put their talent
on display for the more than 100,000 fans that fill the stands to make the Penn Relays one of the unique events in all of sports. The teams have won a combined 70 Championship of America relay titles, while having 70 athletes crowned University champions throughout the storied history of the meet. The Lady Tigers are the winningest women’s program
in meet history as their 46 total relay titles all-time is more than any other women’s program in collegiate track and field. The Tigers have won 24 relay titles of their own. LSU made history in 2008 by winning a combined six relay titles between the men’s and women’s teams, which is a meet record for a combined program.
Cheryl Taplin D’Andre Hill Muna Lee Kelly Baptiste Kellie Willie LaTavia Thomas Rachel Laurent Jeremy Hicks Walter Henning Rodney Brown
College Women’s Outstanding Relay Runner College Women’s Outstanding Relay Runner College Women’s Outstanding Relay Runner College Women’s Individual Athlete of the Meet College Men’s Outstanding Relay Runner College Women’s Outstanding Relay Runner College Women’s Individual Athlete of the Meet College Men’s Individual Athlete of the Meet College Men’s Individual Athlete of the Meet College Men’s Individual Athlete of the Meet
Men’s Championship of America Relay Titles
Women’s Championship of America Relay Titles
4x100-Meter Relay (9)
4x100-Meter Relay (12)
1979 (40.00), 1992 (39.70), 1993 (39.49), 1995 (39.47), 2005 (39.06), 2006 (39.22), 2007 (39.73), 2008 (39.18), 2011 (38.77)
1985 (44.61), 1991 (43.96), 1992 (44.14), 1995 (43.99), 1996 (43.66), 1997 (43.51), 1998 (43.42), 2000 (43.98), 2003 (42.73), 2004 (42.92), 2007 (43.66), 2008 (42.59)
4x200-Meter Relay (5)
4x200-Meter Relay (12)
1992 (1:22.02), 1997 (1:21.50), 1998 (1:22.28), 2006 (1:21.31), 2011 (1:20.62)
4x400-Meter Relay (5) 2002 (3:05.14), 2006 (3:02.21), 2007 (3:07.34), 2012 (3:04.47), 2015 (3:02.61)
Sprint Medley Relay (3) 2008 (3:16.68), 2010 (3:17.65), 2014 (3:17.96)
4x800-Meter Relay (1) 1935 (7:49.0)
1991 (1:32.2), 1994 (1:32.55), 1995 (1:32.61), 1996 (1:31.60), 1997 (1:31.29), 1999 (1:32.46), 2001 (1:31.24), 2002 (1:31.58), 2003 (1:29.78), 2004 (1:30.54), 2006 (1:31.65), 2012 (1:31.86)
Shuttle Hurdle Relay (10) 1991 (53.0), 1992 (53.8), 1999 (54.01), 2000 (54.57), 2003 (53.04), 2004 (53.43), 2006 (54.24), 2008 (52.77), 2012 (54.68), 2015 (54.22)
Sprint Medley Relay (8) 2002 (3:47.48), 2003 (3:44.68), 2007 (3:47.09), 2008 (3:46.65), 2009 (3:47.26), 2010 (3:48.36), 2011 (3:48.45), 2013 (3:44.26)
4x400-Meter Relay (2) Shuttle Hurdle Relay (1) 1987 (55.73)
10,000 Meters 1990 Terry Thornton
28:32.98
Pole Vault 1997 Russ Buller 2000 Russ Buller 2004 Daniel Trosclair 2010 Josh Dominguez
18-0 1/2 18-6 1/2 17-4 1/2 17-8 1/2
Long Jump 2001 Walter Davis 2002 Walter Davis 2004 John Moffitt 2009 Jeremy Hicks 2013 Damar Forbes
25-10 1/4 26-8 1/2 26-5 3/4 26-3 25-11
Triple Jump 1932 Sid Bowman 1935 Buddy Blair 1999 Levar Anderson 2001 Walter Davis 2002 Walter Davis
47-9 3/8 47-6 54-2 3/4 55-0 3/4 54-11 1/2
Shot Put 1997 Gunnar Pfingsten
1987 (3:35.66), 1993 (3:29.91)
4x800-Meter Relay (2) 1987 (8:25.95), 2008 (8:30.98)
61-5 1/2
Discus 1999 2000 2014 2015
Alex Forst Alex Forst Rodney Brown Rodney Brown
184-3 188-11 210-10 213-5
Hammer 2008 2009 2010 2011
Rabun Fox Walter Henning Walter Henning Walter Henning
208-8 225-6 237-9 208-3
Javelin 1991 2008
Mark Morris Chad Radgowski
225-2 228-8
Decathlon 1992 Kanon Vanderhoff
Penn Relays Most Outstanding Athletes 1994 1996 2003 2006 2006 2008 2009 2009 2010 2014
54.7
7,177
WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONS 100 Meters 1985 Michelle King 1991 Esther Jones 1993 Cheryl Taplin 1994 Cheryl Taplin 1995 Kwajalein Butler 1996 D’Andre Hill 1998 Peta Gaye-Dowdie 2001 Muna Lee 2002 Muna Lee 2003 Muna Lee 2006 Kelly Baptiste 2009 Samantha Henry 100 Hurdles 1991 Mary Cobb 1992 Dawn Bowles 1996 Kim Carson 2004 Lolo Jones 2007 Jessica Ohanaja 2008 Nickiesha Wilson 2011 Jasmin Stowers 2012 Jasmin Stowers 2014 Jasmin Stowers 400 Hurdles 1986 Schowonda Williams 1987 Schowonda Williams 1991 Donalda Duprey High Jump 2010 Brittani Carter
11.66 11.33 11.36 11.16 11.40 11.14 11.37 11.24 11.38 11.23 11.10 11.22 13.06 13.06 13.03 13.04w 13.09 13.03 13.16 13.05 12.99 55.78 56.98 56.99 6-0
Pole Vault 2008 Katelyn Rodrigue 2009 Rachel Laurent
13-7 1/4 13-10 1/2
Long Jump 1993 Daphnie Saunders 2015 Nataliyah Friar
20-1 1/2w 20-7 3/4
Triple Jump 1996 Suzette Lee 2002 Nicole Toney 2003 Nicole Toney 2011 Melissa Ogbourne
45-3 43-1 44-4 42-10 3/4
Shot Put 1992 Danyel Mitchell 2015 Tori Bliss
52-6 1/2 56-5 3/4
Discus 1993 1994
Danyel Mitchell Danyel Mitchell
175-7 183-7
Javelin 1987
Laverne Eve
174-2
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ABBREVIATIONS
5,000 Meters
c = converted from equivalent distance y = time achieved at yard equivalent a = time achieved at altitude
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
55 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 9.
Chris Cummings Clyde Bishop Willie Turner Slip Watkins Jermaine Grant Glenroy Gilbert Efram Coley ReVey Scott Rohsaan Griffin Anthony Druilhet
1998 1982 1978 1990 1998 1993 1979 1978 1996 1986
6.13a 6.14y 6.19y 6.21 6.22a 6.24 6.24y 6.24y 6.25 6.25y
2008 2008 2011 2015 2012 2006 2015 2012 2011 1997
6.51 6.54 6.61 6.65 6.66 6.66 6.67 6.67 6.68 6.71
2006 2006 2013 2011 1996 2015 2003 2015 1999 2011
20.30 20.46 20.53 20.68 20.69 20.85 20.91 20.92 20.94 20.96
60 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 9. 10.
Richard Thompson Trindon Holliday Horatio Williams Tremayne Acy Rynell Parson Kelly Willie Aaron Ernest Keyth Talley Gabriel Mvumvure Chris Cummings
200 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Xavier Carter Kelly Willie Aaron Ernest Horatio Williams Rohsaan Griffin Tremayne Acy Robert Parham Vernon Norwood Derrick Brew Gabriel Mvumvure
400 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Xavier Carter Vernon Norwood Alleyne Francique Pete Coley Kelly Willie Caleb Williams Reggie Dardar Derrick Brew Quincy Downing Robert Simmons
2006 2015 2002 2002 2005 2011 2007 2000 2015 2009
45.28 45.31 45.35 45.37 45.41 46.08 46.11 46.12 46.13 46.22
Terry Thornton Mark Elliott Jimmy Wiggins Mike Smith Mark Dobbins Joseph Simuchimba Likhaya Dayile Richard Chautin Cullen Doody Jacob Simmons
Shot Put 1990 1990 2005 1986 1980 2008 2000 2011 2012 2009
13:39.68 13:43.34 14:14.94 14:16.98c 14:21.8c 14:24.46 14:25.85 14:29.11 14:30.25 14:34.75
2004
14:31.39
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Richard Jones Jeffrey Fisher Elkana Kosgei Reuben Twijukye Jamaal James Mark Fowler Passmore Furusa Robin van Helden Sadiki White David Singoei
1.
Sam Mwape
55 Hurdles 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Larry Shipp Bernard Williams Charles James Orlando McDaniel Bert Rareshide Eric Reid Derek Hopkins Allen Misher George Boutte Sherman Morris
1976 1985 1986 1981 1996 1987 1990 1973 1978 1991
7.11y 7.15y 7.16y 7.16y 7.17c 7.19y 7.22 7.24yc 7.26y 7.31
60 Hurdles 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Barrett Nugent Ryan Fontenot Alleyne Lett Joshua Thompson Bert Rareshide Jordan Moore Greg Scott Patrick Lee Joshua Lamers Adrian Mayes
2012 2008 2007 2015 1996 2015 2000 2009 2014 2001
7.55 7.69 7.70 7.73 7.77 7.80 7.82 7.86 7.91 7.98
1992 1986 1983 1999 2002 1987 1989 1995 2013 2007 1994 1990 1988 1981
7-6 1/2 7-3 1/2 7-3 7-3 7-1 3/4 7-1 1/2 6-11 3/4 6-11 6-10 3/4 6-10 3/4 6-10 3/4 6-10 3/4 6-10 3/4 6-10 3/4
High Jump 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Tom Lange Alain Metellus Larey Weaver J.J. Barton Claston Bernard Louis Callaway Bruce Reid John Dupont Fitzroy Dunkley Phillip Malcolm Juan Thomas Dennis Harris Sheldon Blockburger Harry Palles
Pole Vault 2010 2005 2008 2008 2007 1988 1995 1985 2010 1993
1:47.78 1:47.84 1:48.18 1:48.29 1:48.58 1:49.31 1:49.40 1:49.61c 1:49.62 1:49.99
2004
1:48.44
1. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10.
Russ Buller Daniel Trosclair Greg Rappe Andreas Duplantis Derrick Prentice Marcus McGehee Joseph Caraway Ricky Wright Edgar Diaz Greg Duplantis
1999 2004 1984 2013 1995 2011 2014 1987 1991 1986
19-0 1/4 18-1 18-1 17-9 1/4 17-7 3/4 17-7 1/2 17-7 17-7 17-6 1/4 17-5 1/2
2004 2013 2002 1990 2011 2000 2009 1996 1989 1993
27-1 3/4 26-11 1/4 26-9 26-7 1/4 26-6 1/4 26-3 3/4 26-3 1/2 25-10 25-10 25-8 3/4
Oversized Track: 1.
Jeffrey Fisher
Mile 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Passmore Furusa John Kosgei Robin van Helden Patrick Gavin Terry Thornton Bobby Beck Mike Quigley Michael Hendry Mark Elliott Frans Schimper
1995 2008 1988 2006 1990 1982 1980 2008 1989 1999
3:58.77 3:59.85 4:00.42 4:02.73 4:03.06 4:03.14 4:04.29 4:05.03 4:06.31 4:06.85
3,000 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
John Kosgei Terry Thornton Mark Elliott Passmore Furusa Mike Quigley Curtis Conaway Tom Douple Bobby Beck Mark Dobbins Philip Primeaux
146 LSU
2008 1989 1989 1994 1980 1982 1975 1980 1979 2015
7:55.49 7:56.66 8:00.03 8:04.90 8:07.00c 8:08.0 8:10.4c 8:14.14c 8:15.15c 8:16.75
Joe Maciejczyk Simon Williams Rolf Kahles Gunnar Pfingsten Scott Petersen Frank Mazza Christian Nehme Ricky Jean-Francois Alex Forst Tom Marshall
1981 1990 1997 1998 1994 1989 1999 2006 1999 1980
66-0 1/4 63-1 1/4 62-11 1/4 62-10 1/2 62-0 1/4 61-5 3/4 61-5 60-1 1/4 60- 0 1/2 59-8 1/4
2010 2012 1994 2015 2011 2002 2009 1997 2015 2014
78-1 72-6 1/4 69-11 1/2 69-3 1/4 67-0 1/2 66-6 1/2 65-7 1/2 65-5 64-6 1/2 63-9
1987 1989 2002 1989 1988 1988 1992
4,451 4,399 4,350 4,085 4,053 3,925 3,877
2006 2006 2005 2005 2005
5,707 5,652 5,077 5,072 4,822
2006
3:04.01
2014
3:04.04
2001
3:04.44
2014
3:04.54a
2014
3:04.60
Oversized Track:
800 Meters
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Long Jump 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 10.
John Moffitt Damar Forbes Walter Davis Llewellyn Starks Zedric Thomas Marcus Thomas Jeremy Hicks Mike Alridge Matthew Rose Glenroy Gilbert
Triple Jump 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Walter Davis LeJuan Simon John Moffitt LeVar Anderson Willie Bradley Reggie Jones Lotfi Khaida Marcus Thomas Ed Lloyd Kyron Blaise
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56-6 1/2 55-11 1/4 55-1 55-0 3/4 54-5 1/4 54-2 3/4 54-1 1/4 54-0 1/2 53-11 53-8 1/4
Weight Throw 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Walter Henning Michael Lauro Dave Paddison Rodney Brown Ross Roubion Javier Nieto Rabun Fox Nigel Green David Collins Jeremy Tuttle
Pentathlon 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Sheldon Blockburger Bruce Reid Claston Bernard Bengt Jarlsjo Mikael Olander Enno Tjepkema Kanon Vanderhoff
Heptathlon 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Darion Powell Edwin Billot Gavin Fleming Alleyne Lett Kwami Roberts
4x400-Meter Relay 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Kelly Willie, Reggie Dardar, Melville Rogers, Xavier Carter Darrell Bush, Quincy Downing, Cyril Grayson, Vernon Norwood Robert Parham, Lueroy Colquhoun, Pedro Tunon, Alleyne Francique Darrell Bush, Quincy Downing, Cyril Grayson, Vernon Norwood Darrell Bush, Quincy Downing, Cyril Grayson, Vernon Norwood Lueroy Colquhoun, Pete Coley, Robert Parham, Alleyne Francique Pete Coley, Marlon Greensword, Bennie Brazell, Kelly Willie Robert Parham, Pete Coley, Bennie Brazell, Kelly Willie Pete Coley, Reggie Dardar, Bennie Brazell, Kelly Willie Pete Coley, Austin Benton, Bennie Brazell, Kelly Willie
2002
3:04.75
2003
3:04.79
2004
3:04.84
2005
3:04.90
2005
3:04.96
2004
3:03.97
2008
9:35.31
Oversized Track: 1.
Robert Parham, Pete Coley, Bennie Brazell, Kelly Willie
Distance Medley Relay 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Elkana Kosgei, Armanti Hayes, Jamaal James, John Kosgei Michael Hendry, Austin Benton, Isa Phillips, Patrick Gavin Tre Hendry, Kurt Dietrich, James Hook, Passmore Furusa Scott Ainsworth, Calvin Kennon, John Sauerhage, Bobby Beck Blair Henderson, Fitzroy Dunkley, Jack Wilkes, Philip Primeaux Julian Parker, Cyril Grayson, Blair Henderson, Philip Primeaux Blair Henderson, Matthew Rhorer, Julian Parker, Philip Primeaux Ben Shumaker, Anthony Ewers, Tomario Thomas, Andrew Huston Jamaal James, Garrek Thompson, Sadiki White, Alan Sticker Jeffrey Fisher, Austin Benton, Jamison Carter, Patrick Gavin
2006
9:41.04
1995
9:45.64
1982
9:46.24
2015
9:47.84
2014
9:48.01
2014
9:49.26
2003
9:50.79
2010
9:51.57
2005
9:52.30
Women’s All-Time Indoor Records ABBREVIATIONS
3,000 Meters
c = converted from equivalent distance a = time achieved at altitude
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
55 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10.
Dawn Sowell D’Andre Hill Peta-Gaye Dowdie Esther Jones Sheila Echols Cheryl Taplin Kelly Baptiste Muna Lee Dahlia Duhaney Kwajalein Butler
1989 1996 1998 1989 1987 1994 2006 2003 1993 1996
6.58 6.65 6.68a 6.69 6.70 6.72 6.73 6.73 6.76 6.77
2008 2003 2013 2011 2008 1996 2011 2015 1999 2010
7.13 7.15 7.16 7.18 7.18 7.21 7.22 7.23 7.23 7.24
2003 2013 1999 2011 2006 1989 2007 2011 2002 2008
22.49 22.54 22.83 22.84 22.84 22.87 22.90 22.96 23.00 23.01
2005 2004 1995 1997 2005 2002 2012 2007 2011 1992
50.92 52.00 52.39 52.45 52.48 52.59 52.66 52.82 53.03 53.05
2004
51.13
60 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 10.
Kelly Baptiste Muna Lee Kimberlyn Duncan Kenyanna Wilson Samantha Henry D’Andre Hill Semoy Hackett Mikiah Brisco Peta-Gaye Dowdie Takeia Pinckney
200 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Muna Lee Kimberlyn Duncan Peta-Gaye Dowdie Semoy Hackett Brooklynn Morris Dawn Sowell Kelly Baptiste Rebecca Alexander Stephanie Durst Samantha Henry
400 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Hazelann Regis Nadia Davy Youlanda Warren LaTarsha Stroman Deonna Lawrence Ronetta Smith Rebecca Alexander Nickiesha Wilson Rebecca Alexander Heather Van Norman
Oversized Track: 1.
Hazelann Regis
800 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Natoya Goule Charlene Lipsey Claudine Williams LaTavia Thomas Neisha Bernard-Thomas Morgan Schuetz Marian Burnett Nikita Tracey Brittany Hall Kayann Thompson
2013 2013 1999 2010 2005 2015 2003 2014 2011 2009
2:02.00 2:02.47 2:03.38 2:03.77 2:03.93 2:04.53 2:04.57 2:05.28 2:05.50 2:05.88
1985 1985 1997 1997 2012 2015 2013 1987 2015 2013
4:38.67 4:41.54c 4:41.98 4:42.91 4:43.12 4:43.52 4:44.20 4:45.20 4:49.86 4:54.98
Mile 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Christine Slythe Muffy McLeod Charlotte Mayock Silje Rasmussen Laura Carleton Morgan Schuetz Charlene Lipsey Lisa Reed Andria Aguilar Natoya Goule
Lisa Reed Laura Carleton Muffy McLeod Bridget Cusack Susanne Strunz Michelle Gross Andria Aguilar Michelle Hymel Chaiss Matthews Kate Accardo
Triple Jump 1987 2013 1985 2000 2001 1981 2015 2006 2015 2008
9:19.11 9:21.92 9:40.44c 9:51.83 9:52.71 10:00.78c 10:00.81 10:01.13 10:01.99 10:02.43
2013 2000 2005 1984 2011 2008 2011 1985 2007 2014
16:11.58 17:16.95c 17:26.60 17:30.21c 17:33.34 17:35.60 17:36.18 17:36.58c 17:51.08 17:59.28
1996 1998 1989 1992 2003 1999 1992 1991 2006 1986
7.40 7.46a 7.47 7.51 7.57 7.58 7.59 7.61 7.62 7.63y
2014 2000 2007 2004 2007 1996 1998 1999 2012 2011
7.96a 7.99 8.00 8.00 8.01 8.05 8.08 8.09 8.15 8.16
1993 2011 1998 1987 1991 1999 1996 2006 1989 2014 2012 1998
6-1 1/2 6-1 1/4 6-1 1/4 6-0 3/4 5-11 1/2 5-11 1/4 5-10 3/4 5-10 5-10 5-9 3/4 5-9 3/4 5-9 3/4
5,000 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Laura Carleton Bridgette Cusack Katie Denton Elaine Gomez Brea Goodman Kate Accardo Dakota Goodman Lisa Reed Rachael Graham Ashley Welborn
Kim Carson Astia Walker Tananjalyn Stanley Dawn Bowles Lolo Jones Joyce Bates Cinnamon Sheffield Mary Cobb Jessica Ohanaja Alicia Bass
Jasmin Stowers Joyce Bates Jessica Ohanaja Lolo Jones Nickiesha Wilson Kim Carson Astia Walker Selena Lewis Shanekia Hall Tenaya Jones
Gai Kapernick Brittani Carter Gretchen Francois Kym Carter Kelli Flynn Keisha Spencer Hareldau Argyle Shaunette Davidson Kim Fenton Shanice Hall Lynnika Pitts LaTosha Pierce
Rachel Laurent Katelyn Rodrigue Lacey Sanchez Mallory Thompson Randi Opperman Lauren Saucier Brianne Bergeron Calah Young Megan Duet Jackie Dove Margaret Reaves
2010 2008 2012 2008 2002 2008 2012 2005 2005 2005 2002
14-3 1/2 13-6 1/2 12-9 1/2 12-0 11-9 3/4 11-9 11-7 1/4 11-6 1/4 11-3 3/4 10-6 10-6
Long Jump 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Daphnie Saunders Sheila Echols Monique Freeman Tina Harris Dahlia Duhaney Suzette Lee Nataliyah Friar Sharon Jaklofsky Kathy Coleman Andrea Linton
46-9 46-1 1/2 45-2 1/4 44-6 1/4 44-5 1/4 44-2 44-0 3/4 44-0 43-5 42-8 3/4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Tori Bliss Danyel Mitchell Teresa Williford Katie McKeever Laverne Eve Laurie Trapp Brieanna Kennedy Kym Carter Jacqui Sheffield Mallory McDonald
2015 1994 1986 2003 1987 1992 2010 1987 1984 2002
60-7 1/4 55-10 1/2 55-9 1/4 52-1 51-7 3/4 49-8 1/4 49-2 1/4 48-0 47-1 3/4 47-1
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Denise Hinton Mallory McDonald Karen Henning Brieanna Kennedy Gabby Figueroa Samia Stokes Candice Gonzalez Sidnie Wilder Britney Henry Kim Williams
2014 2003 2013 2012 2015 2010 2002 2015 2004 2009
73-11 65-2 3/4 61-10 1/2 61-9 1/2 61-1 1/4 60-8 3/4 60-0 1/2 58-10 1/4 58-8 1/2 58-5 1/4
1. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Sharon Jaklofsky Katarina Hallberg Cheryl Wilson Rhonda Phillips Megan Akre Shaunette Davidson Jovennie McDuffie Therese Jernbeck Alex Gochenour Camilla Strid
1992 1990 1989 1989 2006 2007 1992 2013 2012 1991
4,212 4,002 4,002 3,988 3,971 3,896 3,890 3,864 3,855 3,853
4x400-Meter Relay
Pole Vault 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
1997 2000 2003 2008 1994 2013 2014 2002 2010 2002
Pentathlon
High Jump 1. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 10.
Suzette Lee Keisha Spencer Nicole Toney Andrea Linton Daphnie Saunders Keri Emanuel Lynnika Pitts Bianca Rockett Melissa Ogbourne Andria Booker
Weight Throw
60 Hurdles 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Shot Put
55 Hurdles 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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1994 1987 2000 2005 1991 1997 2015 1992 2008 2008
22-4 1/2 21-11 3/4 21-4 1/2 21-1 1/2 21-1 1/2 21-1 1/4 21-0 20-11 1/4 20-10 1/2 20-10
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Brooklynn Morris, Neisha Bernard-Thomas, Deonna Lawrence, Hazelann Regis 2005 Brooklynn Morris, Juanita Broaddus, Cynetheia Rooks, Deonna Lawrence 2006 Brooklynn Morris, Cynetheia Rooks, LaTavia Thomas, Deonna Lawrence 2007 Hazelann Regis, Neisha Bernard-Thomas, Monique Hall, Nadia Davy 2004 Brooklynn Morris, Nickiesha Wilson, Cynetheia Rooks, Deonna Lawrence 2007 Rebecca Alexander, Cassandra Tate, Latoya McDermott, Jonique Day 2011 Brooklynn Morris, Kelly Baptiste, Juanita Broaddus, Deonna Lawrence 2006 Brooklynn Morris, Nickiesha Wilson, LaTavia Thomas, Deonna Lawrence 2008 Rebecca Alexander, Cassandra Tate, Siedda Herbert, Jonique Day 2012 Brooklynn Morris, Deonna Lawrence, LaTavia Thomas, Nickiesha Wilson 2007
3:29.06 3:29.33 3:29.86 3:30.14 3:30.26 3:30.37 3:30.43 3:31.14 3:31.55 3:31.77
Oversized Track: 1.
Hazelann Regis, Neisha Bernard-Thomas, Monique Hall, Nadia Davy 2004
3:29.42
Distance Medley Relay 1. 2. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Charlene Lipsey, Jonique Day, Samantha Levin, Laura Carleton Andria Aguilar, Keterra Harris, Danielle Avery, Morgan Schuetz Laura Carleton, Montenae Roye-Speight, Nikita Tracey, Charlene Lipsey Andria Aguilar, Latoya McDermott, Nikita Tracey, Charlene Lipsey Andria Aguilar, Kiersten Duncan, Danielle Avery, Morgan Schuetz Chaiss Matthews, Keterra Harris, Andria Aguilar, Morgan Schuetz Silje Rasmussen, Eureka Hall, Tanqueray Hayward, Charlotte Maycok Tanqueray Hayward, Eureka Hall, Emily Blake, Charlotte Maycok Jackie Bobien, Wendy Truvillion, Camille Cato, Lisa Reed Franz Battle, LaTarsha Stroman, Shannon Kvien, Silje Rasmussen
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2012
11:18.75
2015
11:19.10
2013
11:22.74
2013
11:23.01
2015
11:25.24
2015
11:25.98
1997
11:29.72
1997
11:30.71
1987
11:31.22
1995
11:32.76
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ABBREVIATIONS AND NOTES
c = time converted from yard equivalent w = wind-aided decathlon or heptathlon (over 4.0 mps) * = decathlon or heptathlon rescored on 1985 IAAF Tables In running events, hand times are carried in 10ths, while automatic times are carried in 100ths. Hand times are placed with auto times by adding either 0.24 seconds (for events less than 400m), or 0.14 seconds (400m and up) to the hand time. Starting in 1980, only automatic times were accepted for events less than 400 meters. With the exception of the decathlon. Windaided performances are not eligible for these lists.
1. Richard Thompson 2. Trindon Holliday 3. Xavier Carter 4. Aaron Ernest 5. Byron Logan Fabian Muyaba Slip Watkins 8. Tremayne Acy Glenroy Gilbert 10. Chris Cummings
2008 2009 2006 2015 1998 1993 1989 2015 1993 1996
9.89 10.00 10.09 10.12 10.15 10.15 10.15 10.16 10.16 10.17
200 Meters 1. Xavier Carter 2. Aaron Ernest 3. Tremayne Acy 4. Richard Thompson 5. Rohsaan Griffin 6. Curtis Perry 7. Efram Coley 8. Glenroy Gilbert Dino Napier 10. Derrick Brew
2006 19.63 2014 20.14 2015 20.17 2008 20.18 1996 20.21 1997 20.25 1980 20.35 1993 20.37 1989 20.37 1999 20.38
400 Meters Derrick Brew Vernon Norwood Xavier Carter Kelly Willie Alleyne Francique Pete Coley Riker Hylton Al Coffee Darrell Bush Lloyd Wills
1999 2015 2006 2005 2002 2002 2011 1969 2015 1972
44.29 44.44 44.53 44.63 44.87 44.89 45.30 45.44c 45.49 45.54c
1987 1993 2015 2010 1972 2007 2015 2008 2007 2010
1:45.53 1:45.64 1:46.17 1:46.42 1:46.9c 1:47.00 1:47.03 1:47.05 1:47.11 1:47.57
Robin van Helden David Singoei Julian Parker Richard Jones Bob Smith Jamaal James Blair Henderson Elkana Kosgei Reuben Twijukye Sadiki White
1995 1984 1989 1980 1989 2008 1972 1974 1989 2006
3:39.71 3:41.8 3:42.20 3:42.36 3:42.37 3:42.98 3:44.2c 3:44.3c 3:44.52 3:45.03
1,500 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Passmore Furusa Bobby Beck Terry Thornton Mike Quigley Robin van Helden John Kosgei John Stewart Bob Smith Mark Elliott Patrick Gavin
5,000 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Mark Elliott Terry Thornton John Kosgei John Stewart Mike Smith Abderrzak Merchoud Mike Quigley Tom Douple Sam Mwape Jimmy Wiggins
148 LSU
Triple Jump
Terry Thornton Mark Elliott Likhaya Dayile Mike Smith Joseph Simuchimba Jimmy Wiggins Sam Mwape Pablo Presedo Richard Chautin Travis Pope
1990 28:18.68 1989 28:32.44 2001 29:16.82 1986 29:18.88 2007 29:39.83 2005 29:50.94 2005 30:02.83 1988 30:12.65 2010 30:28.04 2015 30:33.11
2012 13.32 2015 13.47 1987 13.50 2015 13.55 1975 13.55 2007 13.57 2008 13.64 1980 13.64 1984 13.67 1985 13.73 1973 13.73
2005 2007 2002 1996 2014 1986 1964 1975 1992 1934
47.67 48.51 48.91 49.43 49.63 49.65 49.94c 50.44c 50.69 50.74c
Magnus Bengtsson Mark Dobbins Terry Thornton Passmore Furusa Bobby Beck Paul Marmaro Stuart Mee David Hall Bob Wyman Jaime Bastidas
2002 1992 1993 2000 2011 2004 2003 1999 2012 1995
57-8 1/2 56-2 55-6 1/4 54-6 3/4 54-5 1/2 54-4 1/2 54-2 3/4 54-2 3/4 54-1 1/4 53-1 3/4
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Joe Maciejczyk Simon Williams Gunnar Pfingsten Rolf Kahles Scott Petersen Alex Forst John Dermody Frank Mazza Tom Marshall Christian Nehme
1982 1991 1997 1997 1993 2000 1996 1989 1980 1998
65-7 62-10 3/4 62-4 1/2 62-3 62-1 60-10 3/4 60-7 1/4 60-4 1/2 59-8 59-7
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Rodney Brown John Nichols Simon Williams Alex Forst Mike Yasolsky Derrick Farrell Dave Paddison Dave Grant Rolf Kahles Frank Mazza
2015 1989 1992 1998 1989 1993 1991 1995 1997 1989
213-5 209-1 200-7 195-7 193-4 192-5 183-11 183-10 181-3 180-2
2010 2011 1994 2014 1999 2008 2015 1998 1996 2011
239-5 223-0 222-3 216-8 216-5 215-11 206-5 202-1 201-8 200-3
Hammer
3,000-Meter Steeplechase 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Walter Davis Reggie Jones Lotfi Khaida Marcus Thomas Zedric Thomas LeJuan Simon John Moffitt LeVar Anderson 9. Kyron Blaise 10. Jermaine Grant
Discus
400 Hurdles Bennie Brazell Isa Phillips Lueroy Colquhoun Regan Nichols Quincy Downing Bernard Williams Billy Hardin Carey Schimph David Singoei Glenn “Slats” Hardin
Shot Put
1. Barrett Nugent 2. Jordan Moore 3. Eric Reid 4. Joshua Thompson Larry Shipp 6. Alleyne Lett 7. Ryan Fontenot Orlando McDaniel 9. Charles James 10. Bernard Williams Allen Misher
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
1990 1979 1991 1994 1981 1987 1987 1986 1993 1998
8:38.14 8:39.72 8:44.19 8:45.33 8:47.35 8:47.83 8:48.26 8:56.01 9:00.40 9:02.64
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Walter Henning Michael Lauro Dave Paddison Jeremy Tuttle Javier Nieto Rabun Fox David Collins John Woosley Nigel Green Ross Roubion
Javelin
800 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
110 Hurdles
100 Meters
1. 2. 3. 4 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
10,000 Meters
1989 13:33.10 1989 13:49.69 2008 13:54.40 1971 14:04.0c 1986 14:10.74 1997 14:12.79 1980 14:13.43 1974 14:13.4 2004 14:14.52 2004 14:14.90
High Jump 1. Tom Lange 2. J.J. Barton 3. Larey Weaver 4. Alain Metellus 5. Claston Bernard 6. Louis Callaway 7. Bruce Reid 8. John Dupont 9. Juan Thomas 10. Ted Heroman
1990 1997 1982 1986 2002 1986 1988 1995 1994 1972
7-5 3/4 7-4 1/2 7-3 3/4 7-3 1/4 7-2 1/4 7-1 7-0 1/4 6-11 3/4 6-11 1/2 6-11
2000 1986 1996 1983 2013 1991 2010 1986 2011 2013
18-8 3/4 18-5 1/4 18-0 1/2 18-0 1/2 17-9 17-9 17-8 1/2 17-8 1/2 17-7 3/4 17-7
2004 2013 1990 2001 1993 2004 2009 1992 1989 2000 1979
27-9 1/2 27-0 3/4 27-0 1/2 26-8 1/4 26-5 3/4 26-3 1/2 26-3 26-2 1/4 26-2 1/4 26-1 1/2 26-1 1/2
Pole Vault 1. Russ Buller 2. Greg Duplantis 3. Derrick Prentice Grey Rappe 5. Thomas Reinecke Edgar Daiz 7. Josh Dominguez Ricky Wright 9. Marcus McGehee 10. Andreas Duplantis
Long Jump 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
John Moffitt Damar Forbes Llewellyn Starks Walter Davis Reggie Jones LeJuan Simon Jeremy Hicks Lotfi Khaida Matthew Rose 10. Marcus Thomas Eugene McCain
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1. Mikael Olander 2. Chad Radgowski 3. Mark Morris 4. Preston Chatham 5. Willie Boudloche 6. Blake Theriot 7. Aaron Moore Craig Nall 9. Jeremy Tuttle 10. Anthony Martel
1987 247-11 2007 239-8 1992 236-1 2008 234-7 1993 231-11 2000 231-8 2012 229-6 2000 229-6 2012 227-6 2009 221-7
Decathlon (1985 IAAF Tables) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Mario Sategna Mikael Olander Claston Bernard Sheldon Blockburger Bruce Reid Bengt Jarlsjo Darion Powell Alleyne Lett Edwin Billot Kanon Vanderhoff
1995 8,172 1988 8,126 2002 8,094 1987 7,964 1988 7,900w 1989 7,733 2006 7,640 2005 7,550 2006 7,468 1992 7,449w
Women’s All-Time Outdoor Records 100 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 9. 10.
10,000 Meters
Dawn Sowell D’Andre Hill Kimberlyn Duncan Peta-Gaye Dowdie Semoy Hackett Muna Lee Kelly Baptiste Cheryl Taplin Sheila Echols Esther Jones
1989 10.78 1996 10.92 2012 10.96 1999 11.03 2012 11.04 2003 11.04 2008 11.06 1994 11.07 1987 11.09 1991 11.11
200 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Dawn Sowell Kimberlyn Duncan Zundra Feagin Muna Lee Stephanie Durst D’Andre Hill Esther Jones 8. Peta-Gaye Dowdie 9. Semoy Hackett 10. Kelly Baptiste Sherry Fletcher
1989 22.04 2012 22.19 1996 22.30 2004 22.47 2002 22.48 1996 22.49 1990 22.49 2000 22.51 2012 22.55 2008 22.67 2007 22.67
400 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
LaTarsha Stroman Hazelann Regis Nadia Davy Rebecca Alexander Claudine Williams Youlanda Warren Ronetta Smith Deonna Lawrence Monique Hall Charlene Maulseed
1997 2004 2003 2012 1999 1992 2002 2006 2004 1995
50.60 50.64 50.66 51.13 51.40 51.55 51.62 51.75 51.93 52.03
Natoya Goule Neisha Bernard-Thomas Charlene Lipsey LaTavia Thomas Claudine Williams Camille Cato Sylvia Brydson Morgan Schuetz Kayann Thompson Lee Ann Van Landingham
2013 1:59.93 2004 2:01.32 2012 2:01.40 2010 2:01.40 1999 2:02.52 1987 2:02.73 1989 2:03.02 2015 2:03.12 2010 2:03.54 1982 2:03.54
Christine Slythe Charlene Lipsey Charlotte Mayock Laura Carleton Muffy McLeod Natoya Goule Silje Rasmussen Morgan Schuetz Andria Aguilar Lisa Reed
1985 2012 1997 2013 1985 2013 1996 2015 2014 1987
4:17.14 4:18.16 4:18.68 4:19.99 4:20.25 4:20.35 4:20.96 4:22.83 4:24.86 4:27.1
1987 2013 1997 1985 2000 1981 1986 2000 1980 2014
9:22.04 9:22.69 9:25.58 9:32.28 9:52.50 9:56.1 9:57.4 9:58.61 10:03.92 10:05.26
2013 1985 1988 2004 2005 2015 1980 2000 2000 1984
15:44.41 16:18.89 16:27.65 17:03.02 17:10.47 17:15.54 17:22.0 17:22.02 17:27.43 17:28.45
3,000 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
34:01.65 35:27.94 35:39.94 36:32.79 36:37.25
1989 2014 1996 2004 1997 1991 2008 2000 2015 1989
12.70 12.71 12.72 12.77 12.82 12.82 12.85 12.85 12.95 12.95
Nickiesha Wilson Schowonda Williams Debbie Parris Nikita Tracey Cassandra Tate Chanice Chase Donalda Duprey Daeshon Gordon Sylvia Brydson Kymber Payne
2007 1987 1994 2014 2012 2014 1991 2015 1989 2015
53.97 54.82 55.17 55.18 55.22 56.27 56.29 57.24 57.69 58.14
2001 2006 2003
10:18.54ht 11:35.10 11:57.98
1994 2010 1993 1987 1997 1998 1989 2007 1991 2013 1988
6-2 1/4 6-0 1/2 6-0 1/2 6-0 1/2 6-0 5-11 1/4 5-10 3/4 5-10 1/2 5-10 1/2 5-10 5-10
100 Hurdles Tananjalyn Stanley Jasmin Stowers Kim Carson Lolo Jones Astia Walker Dawn Bowles Nickiesha Wilson Joyce Bates Chanice Chase Cinnamon Sheffield
400 Hurdles 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
3,000-Meter Steeplechase 1. Susanne Strunz 2. Kate Accardo 3. Sandra Smith
1. 2. 5. 6. 7. 8. 10.
Gai Kapernick Brittani Carter Kelli Flynn Kym Carter Hareldau Argyle Gretchen Francois Kim Fenton Shaunette Davidson Sharon Jaklofsky Lynnika Pitts Leslie Nixon
1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Keisha Spencer Suzette Lee Nicole Toney Lynnika Pitts Andrea Linton Sharon Clarke Nataliyah Friar Melissa Ogbourne Camille Jackson Bianca Rockett
2000 1997 2003 2014 2007 1986 2015 2010 1993 1999
45-10 45-8 44-6 3/4 44-1 1/4 44-1 1/4 43-11 3/4 43-10 43-8 43-6 43-0 1/4
2015 1994 1986 2003 1992 1987 1986 1984 2012 2000
60-8 54-6 1/2 53-5 51-9 3/4 49-0 3/4 48-7 1/4 48-2 47-8 1/2 47-6 1/2 47-0 3/4
1994 2012 2015 1992 2003 1987 2012 2002 1987 1996
194-4 181-0 178-4 175-11 173-10 172-10 163-6 162-9 161-1 157-8
1987 2015 1988 1989 2009 2007 2015 2015 2003 2014
204-9 179-11 179-1 169-11 168-11 166-4 165-11 165-6 157-4 154-9
2014 2004 2012 2013 2003 2010 2002 2015 2015 2011
218-0 205-11 205-3 201-0 197-4 195-9 188-1 184-1 180-8 176-3
1992 1989 1991 1985 1987 1991 1990 2000 1988 2012
6,013w 5,855 5,778 5,606w 5,545 5,532 5,506w 5,366 5,363w 5,354
Shot Put 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Tori Bliss Danyel Mitchell Teresa Williford Katie McKeever Laurie Trapp Kym Carter Laverne Eve Jacqui Sheffield Brieanna Kennedy Jill Lipp
Discus 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Danyel Mitchell Samia Stokes Tori Bliss Laurie Trapp Katie McKeever Teresa Williford Brieanna Kennedy Mallory McDonald Laverne Eve Anyssa Olivarez
Javelin 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Laverne Eve Rebekah Wales Cheryl Coker Wanda Ferster Anna Lyons Amanda Harmata Mayme Cook Annie Simoneaux Maria Romero Doren Welch
Hammer
1,500 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
2013 1988 2005 2001 1984
High Jump
800 Meters 1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Triple Jump
1. Laura Carleton 2. Lisa Reed 3. Katie Denton 4. Bridget Cusack 5. Elaine Gomez
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 9.
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Lisa Reed Laura Carleton Charlotte Mayock Muffy McLeod Suzanne Strunz Michelle Gross Colleen Scanlan Bridget Cusack Ann Quigley Andria Aguilar
Pole Vault 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10.
Rachel Laurent Katelyn Rodrigue Lacey Sanchez Mallory Thompson Calah Young Lauren Saucier Megan Duet Randi Opperman Brianne Bergeron Jackie Dove
2011 2008 2013 2008 2005 2011 2005 2002 2010 2006
14-3 1/4 13-7 1/4 13-1 3/4 12-2 1/2 11-11 3/4 11-10 1/2 11-5 3/4 11-5 3/4 11-1 10-10
1987 1993 1988 2000 1995 2005 1993 1991 1988 2015
22-9 1/4 22-2 1/2 21-9 21-8 1/4 21-5 1/2 21-4 3/4 21-3 1/2 21-3 1/2 21-1 1/4 21-0 3/4
Sheila Echols Daphnie Saunders Claire Connor Keisha Spencer Marita Hunt Tina Harris Camille Jackson Dahlia Duhaney Julie Lewis Nataliyah Friar
Denise Hinton Britney Henry Brieanna Kennedy Karen Henning Mallory McDonald Kim Williams Candice Gonzalez Gabby Figueroa Sidnie Wilder Samia Stokes
Heptathlon
Long Jump 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Sharon Jaklofsky Cheryl Wilson Jovennie McDuffie Lana Zimmerman Kym Carter Camilla Strid Katarina Hallberg Loren Leaverton Rhonda Phillips Alex Gochenour
5,000 Meters 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Laura Carleton Muffy McLeod Lisa Reed Ruth Nanyinza Katie Denton Andria Aguilar Ann Quigley Suzanne Strunz Bridget Cusack Elaine Gomez
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4x100-Meter Relay, (0.2) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Jermaine Grant, Mike Alridge, Byron Logan, Curtis Perry Walter Davis, Robert Parham, Pete Coley, Bennie Brazell Barrett Nugent, Aaron Ernest, Keyth Talley, Shermund Allsop Armanti Hayes, Richard Thompson, Gabriel Mvumvure, Trindon Holliday Richard Thompson, Xavier Carter, Marvin Stevenson, Kelly Willie Joshua Thompson, Vernon Norwood, Tremayne Acy, Aaron Ernest Jermaine Grant, Chris Cummings, Eddie Kennison, Rohsaan Griffin Kelly Willie, Robert Parham, Pete Coley, Bennie Brazell Barrett Nugent, Will Coppage, Armanti Hayes, Trindon Holliday Armanti Hayes, Richard Thompson, Gabriel Mvumvure, Trindon Holliday
4x1,500-Meter Relay 1998
38.24
2002
38.32
2012
38.38
2008
38.42
2006
38.44
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
2015
38.62
4x1,600-Meter Relay, (6.0)
1995
38.64
2003
38.65
2009
38.67
2008
38.67
4x200-Meter Relay, (0.5) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Keyth Talley, Horatio Williams, Tristan Walker, Gabriel Mvumvure Riker Hylton, Horatio Williams, Tristan Walker, Gabriel Mvumvure Eddie Kennison, Milton Mallard, Byron Logan, Rohsaan Griffin Riker Hylton, Horatio Williams, Keyth Talley, Gabriel Mvumvure Reggie Dardar, Bennie Brazell, Kelly Willie, Xavier Carter Melville Rogers, Xavier Carter, Marvin Stevenson, Kelly Willie Darrell Bush, Aaron Ernest, Tremayne Acy, Shermund Allsop Byron Logan, Mike Alridge, Chris Cummings, Curtis Perry Eddie Kennison, Bryant Williams, Kevin Franklin, Fabian Muyaba Kevin Franklin, Bryant Williams, Derrick Thymes, Eddie Kennison
Reggie Dardar, Kelly Willie, Bennie Brazell, Xavier Carter Robert Simmons, Ade Alleyne-Forte, Caleb Williams, Riker Hylton Robert Simmons, Quincy Downing, Ade Alleyne-Forte, Riker Hylton Marvin Stevenson, Bennie Brazell, Kelly Willie, Pete Coley Reggie Dardar, Kelly Willie, Melville Rogers, Xavier Carter Quincy Downing, Darrell Bush, Cyril Grayson, Vernon Norwood Quincy Downing, Cyril Grayson, Fitzroy Dunkley, Vernon Norwood Robert Parham, Lueroy Colquhoun, Pete Coley, Alleyne Francique Quincy Downing, Fitzroy Dunkley, Cyril Grayson, Vernon Norwood Quincy Downing, Robert Simmons, Ade Alleyne-Forte, Riker Hylton
Paul Marmaro, Mark Fowler, Bob Dielis, Robin van Helden Raven Lewis, Robin van Helden, Bob Dielis, Mark Fowler Bobby Beck, Rodney Louis, Rod Green, Raven Lewis Michael Hendry, Jamaal James, Reuben Twijukye, Elkana Kosgei Tim Olack, James Epps, John Stewart, Bob Smith Christian Ladner, Charles Onsare, Andre Brown, Maurice Horton Michael Hendry, Jamaal James, Jeffrey Parker, Reuben Twijukye Michael Hendry, Jamaal James, Jeffrey Parker, Reuben Twijukye Rodney Louis, Rod Green, Travers, Bobby Beck Reuben Twijukye, John Kosgei, Jamaal James, Elkana Kosgei
15:31.41
2010
15:32.74
1991
15:37.95
1999
15:48.41
1989
16:24.67
1980
16:33.26c
1975
16:57.34c
800-Meter Sprint Medley Relay, (100, 100, 200, 400) 1. 2.
Bennie Brazell, Marvin Stevenson, Kelly Willie, Pete Coley Bennie Brazell, Marvin Stevenson, Reggie Dardar, Xavier Carter
2004
1:26.48
2005
1:29.91
2011
1:20.62
1,600-Meter Sprint Medley Relay, (1.2) (200, 200, 400, 800)
1995
1:20.85
2011
1:20.99
2005
1:21.06
2006
1:21.31
2014
1:21.47
1997
1:21.50
1994
1:21.71
1994
1:21.75
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
2005
2:59.59*
2011
3:01.07
2012
3:01.21
2004
3:01.39
2006
3:01.58
2014
3:01.60
2015
3:01.63
2001
3:01.66
2015
3:01.96
2012
3:01.97
1987
7:15.73
1986
7:16.58
1984
7:18.45
2008
7:19.89
1972
7:21.34c
1990
7:22.36
2007
7:23.32
2007
7:23.75
1984
7:24.04
2008
7:24.42
Caleb Williams, Gabriel Mvumvure, Robert Simmons, Richard Jones Lloyd Wills, Allen Misher, Greg Stephens, Bob Smith Bernard Whyte, Anthony Druilhet, Andre Brown, Robin van Helden Trindon Holliday, Richard Thompson, Reggie Dardar, Elkana Kosgei Drake Relays Team Carey Schmipf, Barney Cobb, Gene Mobley, Bob Smith Gabriel Mvumvure, Armanti Hayes, Ade Alleyne-Forte, Richard Jones Darrell Bush, Fitzroy Dunkley, Julian Parker, Blair Henderson Marvin Stevenson, Richard Thompson, Isa Phillips, Jamaal James Richard DeSoto, Al Coffee, Lloyd Willis, James Epps
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3:16.01
1973
3:16.24c
1986
3:16.67
2008 1972
3:16.68 3:17.04c
1974
3:17.14c
2010
3:17.65
2015
3:17.73
2007
3:17.83
1972
3:17.84c
Distance Medley Relay, (3.4) (1200, 400, 800, 1600) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Scott Ainsworth, Greg Davis, Mike Quigley, Bobby Beck Mark Fowler, Andre Brown, Jeff Slater, Robin van Helden Elkana Kosgei, Jamaal James, Reuben Twijukye, John Kosgei Robin van Helden, Dino Napier, Darrin Browder, Mark Elliott Tre Hendry, Steven Pettes, Kurt Dietrich, Passmore Furusa Michael Hendry, Austin Benton, Isa Phillips, Patrick Gavin Bob Dielis, Bernard Whyte, Mark Fowler, Robin van Helden Paper-Tiger Relays Team Mark Elliott, Dino Napier, Charles Onsare, Robin van Helden Kees-Jan Bongaetz, Maurice Horton, Charles Onsare, Christian Ladner
1981
9:35.58
1986
9:40.61
2008
9:40.66
1989
9:40.72
1995
9:41.61
2006
9:41.76
1986 1984
9:43.24c 9:44.62
1989
9:45.53
1990
9:46.75
1986
55.54
1987
55.64c
1984
56.14c
1987
56.34c
1975
56.74c
1995 1985 1985 1975
57.21 57.46c 57.67 58.44c
1984
3:31.64c
4x110-Meter Shuttle Hurdle Relay, (0.2) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Bernard Williams, David Herbert, Eric Reid, Charles James Charles James, David Herbert, Bruce Reid, Eric Reid John Duhon, Bernard Williams, Eric Reid, Charles James Bruce Reid, David Herbert, Charles James, Eric Reid Larry Shipp, Mike Thompson, Allen Misher, Carey Schimpf Troy Twillie, Robert Brickham, James Rainey, Bert Rareshide Penn Relays Team Paper-Tiger Relays Team Drake Relays Team
4x400-Meter Hurdle Relay Team 1.
Domino’s Pizza Relay Team
* Denotes collegiate record
150 LSU
15:09.74
1990
1:20.45
4x800-Meter Relay, (3.0) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Magnus Bengtsson, Mark Elliott, Terry Thornton, Robin van Helden Jim Davis, Mike Vargas, Bobby Beck, Mike Quigley Tom Douple, Paul Meyer, Eric Stuart, Tommy Francise
1989
2011
4x400-Meter Relay, (0.3) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
1. 2. 3.
Magnus Bengtsson, Mark Elliott, Terry Thornton, Robin van Helden Magnus Bengtsson, Christian Ladner, Mark Elliott, Terry Thornton Michael Florek, Sadiki White, Richard Chautin, Alan Sticker Bob Wyman, Magnus Bengtsson, Terry Thornton, Kees-Jan Bongaertz William Bohlke, Brent Martin, Cordelle Seals, Frans Schimper
Women’s All-Time Relay Records 4x100-Meter Relay 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10.
Tananjalyn Stanley, Dawn Sowell, Cinnamon Sheffield, Esther Jones Stephanie Durst, Monique Hall, Lolo Jones, Muna Lee Brooklynn Morris, Samantha Henry, Juanita Broaddus, Kelly Baptiste Lolo Jones, Monique Hall, Stephanie Durst, Muna Lee Kenyanna Wilson, Semoy Hackett, Rebecca Alexander, Kimberlyn Duncan Astia Walker, Kwajalein Butler, Zundra Feagin, D’Andre Hill Rushell Harvey, Aleia Hobbs, Jada Martin, Mikiah Brisco Brooklynn Morris, Samantha Henry, Juanita Broaddus, Kelly Baptiste Brooklynn Morris, Samantha Henry, Juanita Broaddus, Kelly Baptiste Kenyanna Wilson, Samantha Henry, Brooklynn Morris, Kelly Baptiste
800-Meter Sprint Medley Relay, (100, 100, 200, 400) 1989
42.50
2003
42.55
2008
42.59
2004
42.61
2011
42.64
1996
42.76
2015
42.80
2008
42.80
2008
42.84
2008
42.85
4x200-Meter Relay 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Nadia Davy, Monique Hall, Stephanie Durst, Muna Lee Cassandra Tate, Semoy Hackett, Rebecca Alexander, Kimberlyn Duncan Hazelann Regis, Monique Hall, Nadia Davy, Muna Lee Nadia Davy, Monique Hall, Stephanie Durst, Muna Lee Rebecca Alexander, Semoy Hackett, Cassandra Tate, Kimberlyn Duncan Ronetta Smith, Myra Combs, Stephanie Durst, Muna Lee Valma Bass, Kwajalein Butler, Myra Combs, Peta-Gaye Dowdie Eureka Hall, Peta-Gaye Dowdie, LaTarsha Stroman, Astia Walker Sherry Fletcher, Samantha Henry, Brooklynn Morris, Kelly Baptiste Lolo Jones, Ronetta Smith, Stephanie Durst, Muna Lee
Latoya McDermott, Rebecca Alexander, Cassandra Tate, Jonique Day Neisha Bernard-Thomas, Hazelann Regis, Monique Hall, Nadia Davy Brooklynn Morris, Meisue Francis, Cynetheia Rooks, Deonna Lawrence Nadia Davy, Neisha Bernard-Thomas, Monique Hall, Hazelann Regis Nadia Davy, Monique Hall, Neisha Bernard-Thomas, Hazelann Regis Brooklynn Morris, Meisue Francis, Deonna Lawrence, Cynetheia Rooks Debbie Parris, Indira Hamilton, Heather Van Norman, Youlanda Warren Latoya McDermott, Rebecca Alexander, Cassandra Tate, Jonique Day Nickiesha Wilson, Cynetheia Rooks, LaTavia Thomas, Deonna Lawrence LaTarsha Stroman, Sheila Powell, Charlene Maulseed, Youlanda Warren
2003
1:29.78
2012
1:30.01
2004
1:30.42
2004
1:30.54
2011
1:30.88
2001
1:31.24
1998
1:31.27
1997
1:31.29
2007
1:31.58
2002
1:31.58
Samantha Levin, Natoya Goule, Nikita Tracey, Charlene Lipsey Charlene Lipsey, Kayann Thompson, Brittany Hall, LaTavia Thomas Jackie Bobien, Kathi Harris, Sylvia Brydson, Camille Cato Jackie Bobien, Sylvia Brydson, Schowonda Williams, Camille Cato Jackie Bobien, Camille Cato, Muffy McLeod, Christine Slythe Lindsay Day, Kayann Thompson, Brittany Hall, LaTavia Thomas Lana Zimmerman, Jackie Bobien, Camille Cato, Christine Slythe Whitney Mitchell, Ruth Nanyinza, Tanya Osbourne, Neisha Bernard-Thomas Brittany Hall, Charlene Lipsey, Kayann Thompson, LaTavia Thomas Jackie Bobien, Leslie Nixon, Tammie Young, Sylvia Brydson
Tananjalyn Stanley, Cinnamon Sheffield, Esther Jones, Dawn Sowell Kim Carson, Cheryl Taplin, Heather Van Norman, Youlanda Warren Jovennie McDuffie, Cheryl Taplin, Dahlia Duhaney, Youlanda Warren Cheryl Taplin, Dahlia Duhaney, Esther Jones, Youlanda Warren Danyel Wofford, Zina Age, Sheila Echols, Schowonda Williams Sheila Echols, Michelle King, Angela Phipps, Wendy Truvillion Tananjalyn Stanley, Opal Cunningham, Danyel Wofford, Schowonda Williams Lolo Jones, Monique Hall, Brittany Harris, Hazelann Regis RaNysha LeBlanc, Tania Woods, Muna Lee, Nadia Davy Tananjalyn Stanley, Cinnamon Sheffield, Esther Jones, Opal Cunningham
1989
1:36.81
1993
1:37.95
1992
1:37.97
1991
1:38.24c
1987
1:39.04
1985
1:39.10
1988
1:39.55
2004
1:39.78
2004
1:39.87
1989
1:40.29
1. 2. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Semoy Hackett, Kimberlyn Duncan, Cassandra Tate, Charlene Lipsey Latoya McDermott, Kimberlyn Duncan, Siedda Herbert, Natoya Goule Samantha Henry, Kimberlyn Duncan, Cassandra Tate, LaTavia Thomas Myra Combs, Peta-Gaye Dowdie, Celena Clarke, Claudine Williams Monique Hall, Nadia Davy, Hazelann Regis, Neisha Bernard-Thomas Latoya McDermott, Kimberlyn Duncan, Nikita Tracey, Natoya Goule Semoy Hackett, Kimberlyn Duncan, Jonique Day, Charlene Lipsey Stephanie Durst, Monique Hall, Hazelann Regis, Neisha Bernard-Thomas Stephanie Durst, Monique Hall, Hazelann Regis, Neisha Bernard-Thomas Stephanie Durst, Nadia Davy, Hazelann Regis, Neisha Bernard-Thomas
2012
3:43.79
2013
3:43.98
2010
3:43.98
1999
3:44.18
2004
3:44.20
2013
3:44.26
2012
3:44.50
2003
3:44.68
2004
3:44.97
2003
3:45.65
1985
11:10.94c
2012
11:16.82
2011
11:20.15
Distance Medley Relay, (4.0) 2012
3:24.59
2004
3:25.26
2006
3:25.78
2004
3:27.04
2003
3:27.88
2006
3:27.93
1993
3:27.97
2012
3:28.01
2007
3:28.07
1995
3:28.26
2013
8:19.43
4x800-Meter Relay 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
1,600-Meter Sprint Medley Relay, (4.0) (200, 200, 400, 800)
4x400-Meter Relay 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
LSU
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Muffy McLeod, Wendy Truvillion, Camille Cato, Christine Slythe Charlene Lipsey, Montenae Roye-Speight, Samantha Levin, Laura Carleton Charlene Lipsey, Siedda Herbert, Brittany Hall, Laura Carleton Laura Carleton, Latoya McDermott, Andria Aguilar, Charlene Lipsey Andria Aguilar, Montenae Roye-Speight, Samantha Levin, Laura Carleton Silje Rasmussen, LaTarsha Stroman, Tanqueray Hayward, Charlotte Mayock Charlene Lipsey, Latoya McDermott, Kayann Thompson, Jenna Henssler Dakota Goodman, Siedda Herbert, Brittany Hall, Laura Carleton Camille Cato, Sylvia Brydson, Jackie Bobien, Lisa Reed Lindsay Day, Monique Cabral, Kayann Thompson, Katie Dawson
2013
11:22.71
2013
11:23.55
1997
11:27.26
2010
11:32.34
2011
11:34.29
1987
11:34.94
2008
11:38.16
2008
52.77
4x100-Meter Shuttle Hurdle Relay
2010
8:19.77
1987
8:25.95
1986
8:28.74c
1985
8:29.97
2008
8:30.98
1985
8:34.24c
2004
8:34.97
2010
8:35.64
1988
8:36.05
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Tenaya Jones, Angel Boyd, Jessica Ohanaja, Nickiesha Wilson Donalda Duprey, Mary Cobb, Dawn Bowles, Cinnamon Sheffield Zamyal Jackson, Tiffany Robinson, Lolo Jones, RaNysha LeBlanc Brittany Littlejohn, Tiffany Robinson, RaNysha LeBlanc, Lolo Jones Nickiesha Wilson, Shaunette Davidson, Angel Boyd, Jessica Ohanaja Jovennie McDuffie, Sharon Jaklofsky, Dawn Bowles, Cinnamon Sheffield Sharon Jaklofsky, Cinnamon Sheffield, Joyce Melendez, Dawn Bowles Yolanda Brown, Astia Walker, Karen Boone, Kim Carson Jessica Ohanaja, Megan Akre, Angel Boyd, RaNysha LeBlanc Loren Leaverton, Selena Lewis April Sams, Joyce Bates
1991
53.0
2003
53.04
2004
53.43
2007
53.73
1992
53.80
1992
53.8
1996
53.83
2005
53.90
1999
54.01
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EVENT LSU RECORD 55 Meters 6.13, Chris Cummings, 1998
LSU FIELD HOUSE RECORD 6.09, Mel Lattany (Georgia), 1981; Sam Graddy (Tennessee), 1986
SEC RECORD 6.03, Sam Graddy (Tennessee), 1986
COLLEGIATE RECORD 5.99, Obedale Thompson (UTEP), 1997
60 Meters 6.51, Richard Thompson, 2008
6.59, Trell Kimmons (Hinds CC), 2005;
Richard Thompson (Tiger Olympians), 2010
6.51, Richard Thompson (LSU), 2008
6.45, Leonard Myles-Mills (BYU), 1999
200 Meters 20.30, Xavier Carter, 2006
20.89, Lorenzo Daniel (Mississippi State), 1988
20.10, Wallace Spearmon (Arkansas), 2005
20.10, Wallace Spearmon (Arkansas), 2005
400 Meters 45.28, Xavier Carter, 2006
46.37, Clifton Campbell (Auburn), 1988
44.57, Kerron Clement (Florida), 2005
44.57, Kerron Clement (Florida), 2005
500 Meters 1:02.26, Rod Green, 1984
1:02.21, Larry Cantrell (Alabama), 1988
1:01.02, Dennis Mitchell (Florida), 1987
1:00.84, Michael Greene (Navy), 1987
800 Meters 1:47.78, Richard Jones, 2010
1:47.38, George Kersh (Mississippi), 1991
1:46.07, Leoman Momoh (Arkansas), 2013
1:44.84, Paul Ereng (Virginia), 1989
1,000 Meters 2:20.51, Robin van Helden, 1987
2:25.10, Russell Nally (Kentucky), 1988
2:20.51, Robin van Helden (LSU), 1987
2:19.64, Doug Consiglio (Arkansas), 1986
Mile 3:58.77, Passmore Furusa, 1995
3:59.54, Steve Bolt (Alabama), 1976
3:55.72, Graham Hood (Arkansas), 1995
3:52.88, Lawi Lalang (Arizona), 2014
3,000 Meters 7:55.49, John Kosgei, 2008
8:00.04, Mark Elliott (LSU), 1990
7:38.59, Alistair Cragg (Arkansas), 2004
7:38.59, Alistair Cragg (Arkansas), 2004
5,000 Meters 13:39.68, Terry Thornton, 1990
13:53.99, Todd Williams (Tennessee), 1991
13:28.93, Alistair Cragg (Arkansas), 2003
13:08.28, Lawi Lalang (Arizona), 2012
55 Hurdles 7.11, Larry Shipp, 1976
7.04, Mark McKoy (Canada), 1987
6.94, Terrance Trammell (South Carolina), 1999
6.89, Renaldo Nehemiah (Maryland), 1979
60 Hurdles 7.55, Barrett Nugent, 2012
7.67, Ryan Fontenot (Tiger Olympians), 2011
7.45, Omar McLeod (Arkansas), 2015
7.45, Omar McLeod (Arkansas), 2015
High Jump 7-6 1/2 (2.30), Tom Lange, 1992
7-6 1/2 (2.30), Brian Brown (Northwestern State), 1988
7-7 3/4 (2.33), Donald Thomas (Auburn), 2007
7-9 1/4 (2.37), Hollis Conway (Southwestern Louisiana), 1989
Long Jump 27-1 3/4 (8.27), John Moffitt, 2004
27-1 3/4 (8.27), Carl Lewis (Houston), 1981
27-8 (8.43), Erick Walder (Arkansas), 1994
28-2 1/2 (8.59), Miguel Pate (Alabama), 2002
Triple Jump 56-6 1/2 (17.23), Walter Davis, 2002
56-7 1/4 (17.25), Lemark Carter (Unattached), 1998
57-0 (17.37), Marquis Dendy (Florida), 2015
57-5 (17.50), Charlie Simpkins (Baptist), 1986
Pole Vault 19-0 1/4 (5.81), Russ Buller, 1999
18-6 1/2 (5.65), Russ Buller (Unattached), 2002
19-1 1/2 (5.83), Lawrence Johnson (Tennessee), 1994
19-4 3/4 (5.91), Shawn Barber (Akron), 2015
Shot Put 66-0 1/4 (20.12), Joe Maciejczyk, 1981
67-5 1/4 (20.55), Mike Stulce (Texas A&M), 1990
69-3 1/4 (21.11), Stipe Zunic (Florida), 2015
71-3 1/2 (21.73), Ryan Whiting (Arizona State), 2008
Weight Throw 78-1 (23.80), Walter Henning, 2010
76-6 1/4 (23.32), Walter Henning (LSU), 2011
80-2 (24.43), Andras Haklits (Georgia), 2001
83-11 1/4 (25.58), Michael Lihrman (Wisconsin), 2015
Pentathlon 4,451, Sheldon Blockburger, 1987
4,399, Bruce Reid (LSU), 1989
4,451, Sheldon Blockburger (LSU), 1987
4,451, Sheldon Blockburger (LSU), 1987
Heptathlon 5,707, Darion Powell, 2006
5,521, Darion Powell (LSU), 2006
6,175, Kevin Lazas (Arkansas), 2013
6,499, Ashton Eaton (Oregon), 2010
4x400-Meter Relay
3:04.01, 2006 3:09.90, Alabama, 1993 Kelly Willie Reggie Dardar Melville Rogers Xavier Carter
3:02.86, Texas A&M, 2015
3:02.86, Texas A&M, 2015
4x800-Meter Relay
7:25.35, 1986 Raven Lewis (1:52.4) Mark Fowler (1:50.5) Rodney Lewis (1:51.4) Bob Dielis (1:51.0)
7:24.10, Florida, 1993
7:18.23, Florida, 1992
7:17.45, Clemson, 1989
Distance Medley Relay
9:35.31, 2008 Elkana Kosgei Armanti Hayes Jamaal James John Kosgei
9:44.57, Kentucky, 1989
9:28.37, Arkansas, 2015
9:25.97, Texas, 2008
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EVENT LSU RECORD 55 Meters 6.58, Dawn Sowell, 1989
LSU FIELD HOUSE RECORD 6.58, Dawn Sowell (LSU), 1989
SEC RECORD 6.56, Gwen Torrence (Georgia), 1987
COLLEGIATE RECORD 6.56, Gwen Torrance (Georgia), 1987
60 Meters 7.13, Kelly Baptiste, 2008
7.20, Muna Lee (LSU), 2003
7.08, Remona Burchell (Alabama), 2015
7.08, Remona Burchell (Alabama), 2015
200 Meters 22.49, Muna Lee, 2003
22.87, Dawn Sowell (LSU), 1989
22.43, Veronica Campbell (Arkansas), 2004
22.40, Bianca Knight (Texas), 2008
400 Meters 50.92, Hazelann Regis, 2005
52.70, Diane Francis (Alabama), 1991
50.80, Natasha Hastings (South Carolina), 2007
50.46, Phyllis Francis (Oregon), 2014
500 Meters 1:11.08, Schowonda Williams, 1987
1:10.76, Denise Mitchell (Florida), 1998
1:09.35, Ilrey Oliver (Tennessee), 1987
1:09.39, Cathy Rattray (Tennessee), 1984
800 Meters 2:02.00, Natoya Goule, 2013
2:03.92, Hazel Clark (Florida), 1998
2:00.75, Nicole Cook (Tennessee), 2005
2:00.75, Nicole Cook (Tennessee), 2005
1,000 Meters 2:42.23, Christine Slythe, 1985
2:47.87, Jasmin Jones (Tennessee), 1989
2:41.37, Alisa Harvey (Tennessee), 1987
2:41.56, Teena Colebrook (Cal Poly SLO), 1989
Mile 4:38.67, Christine Slythe, 1985
4:35.06, Liz Lynch (Alabama), 1986
4:31.24, Charlotte Browning (Florida), 2010
4:25.91, Jenny Barringer (Colorado), 2009
3,000 Meters 9:19.11, Lisa Reed, 1987
9:06.85, Liz Lynch (Alabama), 1986
8:52.57, Dominique Scott (Arkansas), 2015
8:42.03, Jenny Barringer (Colorado), 2009
5,000 Meters 16:11.58, Laura Carleton, 2013
16:12.23, Valerie McGovern (Kentucky), 1991
15:45.56, Caitlin Phillips (Kentucky), 2003
15:01.70, Jenny Barringer (Colorado), 2009
55 Hurdles 7.40, Kim Carson, 1996
7.49, Tananjalyn Stanley (Unattached), 1991
7.34, Michelle Freeman (Florida), 1992
7.30, Tiffany Lott (BYU), 1997
60 Hurdles 7.96a, Jasmin Stowers, 2014
8.07, Lolo Jones (Tiger Olympians), 2009
7.87, Kendra Harrison (Kentucky), 2015
7.78, Brianna Rollins (Clemson), 2013
High Jump 6-1 1/2 (1.87), Gai Kapernick, 1993
6-2 (1.88), Angie Bradburn (Unattached), 1992
6-4 (1.93), Leontia Kallenou (Georgia), 2015
6-6 (1.98), Destinee Hooker (Texas), 2009
Long Jump 22-4 1/2 (6.82), Daphnie Saunders, 1994 21-10 3/4 (6.67), Carol Lewis (Santa Monica TC), 1987
22-8 (6.91), Elva Goulbourne (Auburn), 2002; Shara Proctor (Florida), 2010
22-8 (6.91), Elva Goulbourne (Auburn), 2002; Shara Proctor (Florida), 2010
Triple Jump 46-9 (14.25), Suzette Lee, 1997
46-5 1/4 (13.56), Suzette Lee (Unattached), 1998
46-9 (14.25), Suzette Lee (LSU), 1997
46-9 (14.25), Suzette Lee (LSU), 1997
Pole Vault 14-3 1/2 (4.36), Rachel Laurent, 2010
13-9 1/4 (4.20), Alicia Warwick (Unattached), 2000; Rachel Laurent (LSU), 2009
15-3 1/2 (4.66), Sandy Morris (Arkansas), 2015
15-7 (4.75), Demi Payne (Stephen F. Austin), 2015
Shot Put 60-7 1/4 (18.42), Tori Bliss, 2015
58-7 1/2 (17.87), Eileen Vanesi (Reebok), 1995
61-0 (18.59), Mariam Kevkhishvili (Florida), 2010
63-0 3/4 (19.22), Tia Brooks (Oklahoma), 2013
Weight Throw 73-11 (22.53), Denise Hinton, 2014
70-10 1/2 (21.60), Kristal Yush (Tiger Olympians), 2008
79-5 1/4 (24.21), Candice Scott (Florida), 2005
83-10 1/4 (25.56), Brittany Riley (Southern Illinois), 2007
Pentathlon 4,212, Sharon Jaklofsky, 1992
4,196, Tonya Lee (Tennessee), 1991
4,678, Kendell Williams (Georgia), 2015
4,678, Kendell Williams (Georgia), 2015
4x400-Meter Relay
3:29.06, 2005 Brooklynn Morris Neisha Bernard-Thomas Deonna Lawrence Hazelann Regis
3:37.40, LSU, 1995 LaTarsha Stroman (54.6) Sheila Powell (54.7) Zundra Feagin (54.4) Youlanda Warren (53.4)
3:28.25, South Carolina, 2003
3:27.40, Oregon, 2014
4x800-Meter Relay
8:26.04, 1987 8:42.27, Florida, 1986 Jackie Bobien (2:07.4) Kathi Harris (2:07.9) Camille Cato (2:04.8) Sylvia Brydson (2:05.9)
8:26.04, LSU, 1987 Jackie Bobien (2:07.4) Kathi Harris (2:07.9) Camille Cato (2:04.8) Sylvia Brydson (2:05.9)
8:25.5, Villanova, 1987
Distance Medley Relay
11:18.75, 2012 Charlene Lipsey Jonique Day Samantha Levin Laura Carleton
10:50.98, Tennessee, 2009
10:50.98, Tennessee, 2009
11:20.87, Alabama, 1986
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BERNIE MOORE STADIUM RECORD
SEC RECORD
COLLEGIATE RECORD
100 Meters 9.89, Richard Thompson, 2008 9.99, Donovan Bailey 9.89, Richard Thompson (Unattached), 1995 (LSU), 2008
9.89, Travis Padgett (Clemson), 2008; Richard Thompson (LSU), 2008; Ngonidzashe Makusha (Florida State), 2011
200 Meters 19.63, Xavier Carter, 2006
19.98, Justin Gatlin (Tennessee), 2002
19.87, Lorenzo Daniel (MSU), 1988; John Capel (Florida), 1999
19.69, Walter Dix (Florida State), 2007
400 Meters 44.29, Derrick Brew, 1999
44.13, Butch Reynolds (Ohio State), 1987
44.29, Derrick Brew (LSU), 1999
43.50, Quincy Watts (Southern California), 1992
800 Meters 1:45.53, Robin van Helden, 1987
1:45.17, Otukile Lekote (South Carolina), 2002
1:43.93, William Wuyke (Alabama), 1984
1:41.77, Joaquim Cruz (Oregon), 1984
1,500 Meters 3:38.41, Passmore Furusa, 1995
3:35.30, Sydney Maree (Villanova), 1981
3:37.23, Senecca Lassifer (Arkansas), 1999
3:30.56, Bernard Lagat (Washington State), 1999
5,000 Meters 13:33.10, Mark Elliott, 1989
13:38.94, Suleiman Nyambui (UTEP), 1981
13:16.98, Alistair Cragg (Arkansas), 2004
13:08.4, Henry Rono (Washington State), 1978
10,000 Meters 28:18.68, Terry Thornton, 1990
28:32.10, Boaz Cheboiywo (Eastern Michigan), 2002
27:52.10, Shawn Forrest (Arkansas), 2009
27:08.39, Sam Chelanga (Liberty), 2010
110 Hurdles 13.32, Barrett Nugent, 2012
13.36, Ron Bramlett (Alabama), 2002
13.20, Wayne Davis III (Texas A&M), 2014
13.00, Renaldo Nehemiah (Maryland), 1979
400 Hurdles 47.67, Bennie Brazell, 2005
48.16, Rickey Harris (Florida), 2002
47.10, Samuel Matete (Auburn), 1991
47.10, Samuel Matete (Auburn), 1991
3,000-Meter 8:38.14, Magnus Bengtsson, 1990 Steeplechase
8:22.34, Daniel Lincoln (Arkansas), 2002
8:23.16, Henry Lelei (Texas A&M), 2013
8:05.40, Henry Rono (Washington State), 1978
High Jump 7-5 3/4 (2.28), Tom Lange, 1990
7-5 3/4 (2.28), Tom Smith (Illinois State), 1987; Dothel Edwards (Georgia), 1987; Troy Kemp (Boise State), 1987
7-8 (2.34), Donald Thomas (Auburn), 2007
7-9 3/4 (2.38), Hollis Conway (Southwestern Louisiana), 1989
Long Jump 27-9 1/2 (8.47), John Moffitt, 2004
27-10 1/4 (8.49), Melvin Lister (Arkansas), 2000
28-8 1/4 (8.74) (a) Erick Walder (Arkansas), 1994
28-8 1/4 (8.74) (a) Erick Walder (Arkansas), 1994
Triple Jump 57-8 1/2 (17.59), Walter Davis, 2002
56-10 3/4 (17.34), Walter Davis (LSU), 2002
57-8 1/2 (17.59), Walter Davis (LSU), 2002
58-7 1/4 (17.89), Charlie Simpkins (Baptist), 1985
Pole Vault 18-8 3/4 (5.71), Russ Buller, 2000
18-9 1/4 (5.72), Russ Buller (Tiger Olympians), 2007; Andrew Irwin (Arkansas), 2012
19-7 1/2 (5.98), Lawrence Johnson (Tennessee), 1996
19-7 1/2 (5.98), Lawrence Johnson (Tennessee), 1996
Shot Put 65-7 (19.99), Joe Maciejczyk, 1982
70-10 1/2 (21.60), Janus Roberts (SMU), 2002
68-6 (20.88), Edis Elkasevic (Auburn), 2005
72-2 1/4 (22.00), John Godina (UCLA), 1995
Discus 213-5 (65.04), Rodney Brown, 2015
208-6 (63.56), Mike Buncic (Kentucky), 1985
219-9 (66.99), Gabor Mate (Auburn), 2003
223-7 (68.16), Julian Wruck (UCLA), 2013
Hammer 239-5 (72.98), Walter Henning, 2010
253-8 (77.32), Andras Haklits (Georgia), 2002
243-2 (74.13), Cory Martin (Auburn), 2008
270-10 (82.56), Balazs Kiss (Southern California), 1995
Javelin 247-11 (75.56), Mikael Olander, 1987
264-5 (80.60), Andreas Linden (Unattached), 1998
273-3 (83.28), Tom Pukstys (Florida), 1990
292-4 (89.10), Patrik Boden (Texas), 1990
Decathlon 8,172, Mario Sategna, 1995
8,166, Sheldon Blockburger (Unattached), 1991
8,463, Tom Pappas (Tennessee), 1999
8,465, Trey Hardee (Texas), 2006
4x100-Meter Relay
38.24, 1998 Mike Alridge, Jermaine Grant, Byron Logan, Curtis Perry
38.32, LSU, 2002 Walter Davis, Robert Parham, Pete Coley, Bennie Brazell
38.24, LSU, 1998 Mike Alridge, Jermaine Grant Byron Logan, Curtis Perry
38.04, TCU, 1998
4x200-Meter Relay
1:20.45, 2011 Keyth Talley, Horatio Williams, Tristan Walker, Gabriel Mvumvure
1:20.99, LSU, 2011 Riker Hylton, Horatio Williams, Keyth Talley, Gabriel Mvumvure
1:20.20, Tennessee, 2002
1:19.67, TCU, 2000
4x400-Meter Relay
2:59:59, 2005 3:00.55, UCLA, 1987 Reggie Dardar, Kelly Willie, Bennie Brazell, Xavier Carter
2:59:59, LSU, 2005 Reggie Dardar, Kelly Willie, Bennie Brazell, Xavier Carter
2:59:59, LSU, 2005 Reggie Dardar, Kelly Willie, Bennie Brazell, Xavier Carter
4x800-Meter Relay
7:15.73, 1987 Paul Marmaro, Mark Fowler, Bob Dielis, Robin van Helden
7:31.86, Akron, 2011
7:13.87, Arkansas, 1999
7:08.96, Arizona State, 1984
4x1,500-Meter Relay
15:09.74, 1989 Magnus Bengtsson, Mark Elliott, Terry Thornton, Robin van Helden
Not yet contested
14:52.81, Arkansas, 1994
14:50.2, Arkansas, 1985
Sprint Medley Relay (200, 200, 400, 800)
3:16.01, 2010 Caleb Williams, Gabriel Mvumvure, Robert Simmons, Richard Jones
3:19.27, LSU, 2008 Armanti Hayes, Gabriel Mvumvure, Reggie Dardar, John Kosgei
3:12.13, Arkansas, 2000
3:12.13, Arkansas, 2000
Distance Medley Relay 9:35.58, 1981 Scott Ainsworth, Bobby Beck, Greg Davis, Mike Quigley
9:40.61, LSU, 1986
9:23.42, Arkansas, 1995
9:20.10, Arkansas, 1989
4x110-Meter Shuttle Hurdle Relay
55.54, LSU, 1986 Bernard Williams, David Hebert, Eric Reid, Charles James
54.40, Tennessee, 1981
54.40, Tennessee, 1981
55.54, 1986 Bernard Williams, David Hebert, Eric Reid, Charles James
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LSU RECORD
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SEC RECORD
COLLEGIATE RECORD
100 Meters 10.78, Dawn Sowell, 1989
10.96, Kimberlyn Duncan (LSU), 2012
10.78, Dawn Sowell (LSU), 1989
10.78, Dawn Sowell (LSU), 1989
200 Meters 22.04, Dawn Sowell, 1989
22.47, Muna Lee (LSU), 2004
22.04, Dawn Sowell (LSU), 1989
22.04, Dawn Sowell (LSU), 1989
400 Meters 50.60, LaTarsha Stroman, 1997
50.83, Allison Beckford (Rice), 2002
49.95, Lillie Leatherwood (Alabama), 1987
49.89, Sanya Richards (Texas), 2004
800 Meters 1:59.93, Natoya Goule, 2013
2:00.77, Neisha Bernard-Thomas (Tiger Olympians), 2010
1:59.93, Natoya Goule (LSU), 2013
1:58.33, Claudette Groenendaal (Oregon), 1985
1,500 Meters 4:17.14, Christine Slythe, 1985
4:09.85, Suzy Favor (Wisconsin), 1987
4:06.75, Tiffany McWilliams (Mississippi State), 2003
3:59.90, Jenny Barringer (Colorado), 2009
3,000 Meters 9:22.04, Lisa Reed, 1987
8:53.07, Vicki Huber (Villanova), 1988
8:58.00, Heidi Olafsdottir (Alabama), 1987
8:47.35, Vicki Huber (Villanova), 1988
5,000 Meters 15:44.41, Laura Carleton, 2013
15:46.00, Anne Schweitzer (Texas), 1987
15:32.55, Dominique Scott (Arkansas), 2015
15:07.56, Cathy Branta (Wisconsin), 1985
10,000 Meters 34:01.65, Laura Carleton, 2013
33:28.27, Patty Murray (Western Illinois), 1987
32:11.60, Dominique Scott (Arkansas), 2015
31:18.07, Lisa Koll (Iowa State), 2010
100 Hurdles 12.70, Tananjalyn Stanley, 1989
12.71, Lolo Jones (Tiger Olympians), 2010
12.50, Kendra Harrison (Kentucky), 2015
12.39, Brianna Rollins (Clemson), 2013
400 Hurdles 53.97, Nickiesha Wilson, 2007
54.85, Lashinda Demus (South Carolina), 2002
53.74, Shamier Little (Texas A&M), 2015
53.21, Kori Carter (Stanford), 2013
3,000-Meter 10:18.54ht, Susanne Strunz, 2001 Steeplechase
9:45.94, Michaela Manova (BYU), 2002
9:49.01, Grace Heymsfield (Arkansas), 2014
9:25.54, Jenny Barringer (Colorado), 2009
High Jump 6-2 1/4 (1.88), Gai Kapernick, 1994
6-2 1/4 (1.88), Mazel Thomas (Abilene Christian), 1987
6-5 (1.96), Jeannelle Scheper (South Carolina), 2015
6-6 1/4 (1.99), Brigetta Barrett (Arizona), 2013
Long Jump 22-9 1/4 (6.94), Sheila Echols, 1987
22-9 1/4 (6.94), Sheila Echols (LSU), 1987
22-9 1/4 (6.94), Sheila Echols (LSU), 1987
23-9 (7.24), Jackie Joyner (UCLA), 1985
Triple Jump 45-10 (13.97), Keisha Spencer, 2000
46-2 3/4 (14.09), Suzette Lee (Unattached), 2000
46-5 1/4 (14.15), Keturah Orji (Georgia), 2015
46-9 (14.25), Kimberly Williams (Florida State), 2011
Pole Vault 14-3 1/4 (4.35), Rachel Laurent, 2011
14-6 3/4 (4.44), Morgann Leleux (Georgia), 2012
15-5 3/4 (4.72), Sandi Morris (Arkansas), 2015
15-5 3/4 (4.72), Sandi Morris (Arkansas), 2015
Shot Put 60-8 (18.49), Tori Bliss, 2015
59-2 (18.03), Meg Ritchie (Arizona), 1983
60-8 1/2 (18.50), Liz Wanless (Florida), 2005
62-3 3/4 (18.99), Meg Ritchie (Arizona), 1983
Discus 194-4 (59.24), Danyel Mitchell, 1994
204-4 (62.28), Meg Ritchie (Arizona), 1983
211-8 (64.52), Shelbi Vaughan (Texas A&M), 2015
221-5 (67.48), Meg Ritchie (Arizona), 1981
Javelin 204-9 (62.42), Laverne Eve, 1987
198-5 (60.48), Laverne Eve (Bahamas), 1989
228-11 (69.79), Candice Scott (Florida), 2003
228-11 (69.79), Candice Scott (Florida), 2003
Hammer 218-0 (66.46), Denise Hinton, 2014
220-10 (67.30), Chelsea Cassulo (Arizona State), 2013
239-4 (72.94), Jennifer Dahlgren (Georgia), 2006
239-4 (72.94), Jennifer Dahlgren (Georgia), 2006
Heptathlon 6,013, Sharon Jaklofsky, 1992
6,068, Jolanda Jones (Houston), 1987
6,250, Erica Bougard (Mississippi State), 2015
6,718, Jackie Joyner (UCLA), 1985
4x100-Meter Relay
42.50, 1989 Esther Jones, Cinnamon Sheffield, Dawn Sowell, Tananjalyn Stanley
42.84, LSU, 2008 Brooklynn Morris, Samantha Henry, Juanita Broaddus, Kelly Baptiste
42.50, LSU, 1989 42.36, Texas A&M, 2009 Esther Jones, Cinnamon Sheffield, Dawn Sowell, Tananjalyn Stanley
4x200-Meter Relay
1:29.78, 2003 Stephanie Durst, Monique Hall, Lolo Jones, Muna Lee
1:32.33, LSU, 2011 Latoya McDermott, Semoy Hackett, Jonique Day, Kimberlyn Duncan
1:29.78, LSU, 2003 1:29.42, Texas A&M, 2010 Stephanie Durst, Monique Hall, Lolo Jones, Muna Lee
4x400-Meter Relay
3:24.59, 2012 3:26.46, South Carolina, 2002 Latoya McDermott, Rebecca Alexander, Cassandra Tate, Jonique Day
3:24.59, LSU, 2012 Latoya McDermott, Rebecca Alexander, Cassandra Tate, Jonique Day
3:23.75, Texas, 2004
4x800-Meter Relay
8:19.43, 2013 Samantha Levin, Natoya Goule, Nikita Tracey, Charlene Lipsey
8:57.72, LSU, 2011 Brea Goodman, Laura Carleton, Dakota Goodman, Charlene Lipsey
8:17.91, Tennessee, 2009
8:17.45, Villanova, 2013
Sprint Medley Relay (200, 200, 400, 800)
3:43.79, 2012 Semoy Hackett, Kimberlyn Duncan, Cassandra Tate, Charlene Lipsey
3:47.55, LSU, 2008 Samantha Henry, Kelly Baptiste, Deonna Lawrence, Brittany Hall
3:41.78, Tennessee, 2004
3:41.78, Tennessee, 2004
Distance Medley Relay
11:10.94, 1985 Camille Cato, Muffy McLeod, Christine Slythe, Wendy Truvillion
11:21.57, Kentucky, 1986
10:50.51, Tennessee, 2008
10:48.38, Villanova, 1988
4x100-Meter Shuttle Hurdle Relay
52.77, 2008 Tenaya Jones, Angel Boyd, Jessica Ohanaja, Nickiesha Wilson
56.34, LSU, 1986 Alicia Bass, Carlette Smith, Schowonda Williams, Cheryl Wilson
52.77, LSU, 2008 Tenaya Jones, Angel Boyd, Jessica Ohanaja, Nickiesha Wilson
52.50, Texas A&M, 2010
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Multi-Event Record Book
Men’s Decathlon EVENT LSU RECORD 100 Meters 10.60, Sheldon Blockburger, 1987
BERNIE MOORE STADIUM RECORD 10.44, Jeff Huggins (Kentucky), 1975
SEC RECORD 10.44, Jeff Huggins (Kentucky), 1975
COLLEGIATE RECORD 10.37, Ashton Eaton (Oregon), 2010
Long Jump 25-2 3/4 (7.69), Sheldon Blockburger, 1986
25-11 (7.90), Dannie Jackson (Arizona State), 1981
25-2 3/4 (7.69), Sheldon Blockburger (LSU), 1986
26-2 3/4 (7.99), Dannie Jackson (Arizona State), 1981
Shot Put 55-7 (16.94), Bengt Jarlsjo, 1989
56-11 1/4 (17.35), Bengt Jarlsjo (Unattached), 1991
55-7 (16.94), Bengt Jarlsjo (LSU), 1989
58-3 1/4 (17.76), Russ Hodge (Foothill CC), 1966
High Jump 7-0 1/4 (2.14), Bruce Reid, 1988; 7-2 1/4 (2.19), Sheldon Blockburger Claston Bernard, 2001 (Unattached), 1991
7-1 3/4 (2.18), Marcel Uibo (Georgia), 2015; Aric Long (Tennessee), 1992
7-3 (2.21), Thomas Eriksson (Lamar), 1985
400 Meters 48.18, Mario Sategna, 1995
47.70, Doug Hedrick (Tennessee), 1987
47.08, Matt Shelton (Tennessee), 1992
46.28, Ashton Eaton (Oregon), 2010
Day 1 4,342, Claston Bernard, 2001
4,266, Sheldon Blockburger (LSU), 1987
4,451, Tom Pappas (Tennessee), 1999
4,500, Ashton Eaton (Oregon), 2010
110 Hurdles 13.88, Alleyne Lett, 2005
14.15, Alleyne Lett (LSU), 2005
13.70, Jangy Addy (Tennessee), 2008
13.68, Ashton Eaton (Oregon), 2010
Discus 174-10 (53.30), Alleyne Lett, 2005
172-10 (52.68), Brian Brophy (Tennessee), 1991
174-10 (53.30), Alleyne Lett (LSU), 2005
174-10 (53.30), Alleyne Lett (LSU), 2005
Pole Vault 17-0 3/4 (5.20), Mario Sategna, 1995
16-10 3/4 (5.15), Kevin Lazas (Arkansas), 2012
19-3 (5.87), Lawrence Johnson (Tennessee), 1996
19-3 (5.87), Lawrence Johnson (Tennessee), 1996
Javelin 247-11 (75.56), Mikael Olander, 1987
247-11 (75.56), Mikael Olander (LSU), 1987
247-11 (75.56), Mikael Olander (LSU), 1987
247-11 (75.56), Mikael Olander (LSU), 1987
1,500 Meters 4:27.23, Chip Troxclair, 1978
4:11.73, Scott Daniels (Utah), 1981
4:10.45, John Crist (Alabama), 1976
3:59.13, Curtis Beach (Duke), 2011
Day 2 4,100, Mikael Olander, 1988
4,070, Tito Steiner (BYU), 1981
4,100, Mikael Olander (LSU), 1988
4,117, Mauricio Bardales (UC Irvine), 1978
Total 8,172, Mario Sategna, 1995
8,166, Sheldon Blockburger (Unattached), 1991
8,463, Tom Pappas (Tennessee), 1999
8,465, Trey Hardee (Texas), 2006
EVENT LSU RECORD 100 Hurdles 13.42, Cheryl Wilson, 1989
BERNIE MOORE STADIUM RECORD 13.64, Sharon Jaklofsky (LSU), 1991; Jovennie McDuffie (LSU), 1991
SEC RECORD 12.99, Kendell Williams (Georgia), 2014
COLLEGIATE RECORD 12.99, Kendell Williams (Georgia), 2014
High Jump 6-0 1/2 (1.84), Kelli Flynn, 1993
6-1 1/4 (1.86), Jolanda Jones (Houston), 1987
6-2 (1.88), Makeba Alcide (Arkansas), 2013
6-4 (1.93), Maryse Ewanje-Epee (Arizona), 1985
Shot Put 46-10 (14.27), Kym Carter, 1987
52-8 3/4 (16.07), Austra Skujyte (Kansas State), 2002
47-9 1/4 (14.56), Quintyunya Chapman (Georgia), 2015
52-8 3/4 (16.07), Austra Skujyte (Kansas State), 2002
200 Meters 23.86, Jovennie McDuffie, 1991
23.84, Tacita Bass (South Carolina), 2002
23.48, Erica Bougard (Mississippi State), 2015
23.40, Lori Smith (San Diego State), 1983
Day 1 4,309, Sharon Jaklofsky, 1991
3,628, Jolanda Jones (Houston), 1987
4,309, Sharon Jaklofsky (LSU), 1991
3,942, Jackie Joyner (UCLA), 1985
Long Jump 20-9 (6.33), Sharon Jaklofsky, 1991
21-6 (6.55), Eva Karblom (BYU), 1987
20-10 1/2 (6.36), Brittany Bozeman (Ole Miss), 2010
21-11 1/2 (6.69), Jackie Joyner (UCLA), 1985
Javelin 141-5 (43.10), Camilla Strid, 1991
153-2 (46.70), Camilla Strid (Unattached), 1992
160-1 (48.80), Jena Hemann (Texas A&M), 2015
179-8 (54.76), Susie Ray (UCLA), 1983
800 Meters 2:08.15, Lana Zimmerman, 1983
2:14.10, Jolanda Jones (Houston), 1987
2:08.15, Lana Zimmerman (LSU), 1983
2:08.15, Lana Zimmerman (LSU), 1983
Day 2 2,433, Lana Zimmerman, 1983
2,440, Jolanda Jones (Houston), 1987
2,433, Lana Zimmerman (LSU), 1983
2,799, Diane Guthrie-Gresham (George Mason), 2006
Total 6,013, Sharon Jaklofsky, 1992
6,068, Jolanda Jones (Houston), 1987
6,250, Erica Bougard (Mississippi State), 2015
6,718, Jackie Joyner (UCLA), 1985
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TOP REGIONAL FINISHES 2nd: Terry Thornton* Passmore Furusa* 3rd: Likhaya Dayile* 6th: Terry Thornton* 7th Likhaya Dayile* 8th: Mark Elliott* Joseph Simuchimba*
1989 1994 2000 1990 2001 1989 2007
TOP 10 SEC FINISHES 4th: Silje Rasmussen 5th: Lisa Reed Charlotte Mayock Susanne Strunz 8th: Lisa Reed 9th: Lisa Reed 10th: Lisa Reed
* In 1997, LSU moved from the District III Region to the District VI Region (currently the South Central Region).
NCAA PERFORMANCES 4th: Terry Thornton# 44th: Likhaya Dayile 68th: Joseph Simuchimba 115th: Likhaya Dayile DNF: Mark Elliott Terry Thornton Passmore Furusa
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* = NCAA Qualifier | # = All-America | DNF = Did Not Finish
TOP REGIONAL FINISHES 6th: Charlotte Mayock* 12th: Morgan Schuetz 13th: Susanne Strunz 17th: Silje Rasmussen 20th Bridget Cusack Laura Carleton 26th: Silje Rasmussen Martina Barkman 28th: Amanda Occhi
Team HIGHEST SEC FINISHES 2nd: 1938 (tie), 1989 3rd: 1939, 1985 (tie) 4th: 1970, 1971, 1984, 2000 HIGHEST REGIONAL FINISHES 5th: 2007 6th: 2000, 2004, 2005 7th: 1999, 2008 8th: 1997 9th: 1989, 2001 10th: 1984, 1998 11th: 2003
TOP 10 SEC FINISHES (SINCE 1965) 2nd: Terry Thornton 1989, 1990 Passmore Furusa 1994 5th: John Stewart 1969, 1970, 1971 Likhaya Dayile 2001 6th: Mark Elliott 1989 Passmore Furusa 1995 9th: Bobby Beck 1981 Likhaya Dayile 2000 10th: Joseph Simuchimba 2007
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TOP NCAA FINISHES 62nd: Charlotte Mayock
Team HIGHEST SEC FINISHES 4th: 1999 5th: 1996 6th: 1983, 1988
1996 1988 1996 2001 1986 1987 1984
1996 2015 2001 1996 1999 2012 1994 1998, 1999 1999
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* = NCAA Qualifier
HIGHEST REGIONAL FINISHES 6th: 1999 8th: 2012 10th: 2005 11th: 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 12th: 2000, 2014
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YEAR
TEAM
TOP INDIVIDUAL
PLACE
YEAR
TEAM
TOP INDIVIDUAL
PLACE
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
6th 8th 6th 4th t3rd 7th 7th 6th 2nd 7th 11th 11th 12th 6th 6th 6th 6th 5th 8th 4th 7th 8th 9th 6th 6th 9th 8th 10th 11th 9th 10th 13th 12th 13th 13th
Bobby Beck Bobby Beck Matt Dobbins Mike Smith Mike Smith Paul Marmaro Pablo Presedo Pablo Presedo Terry Thornton Terry Thornton Magnus Bengstsson Bob Wyman Tre Hendry Passmore Furusa Passmore Furusa Abderrazak Merchoud Robby LeBlanc Frans Schimper Frans Schimper Likhaya Dayile Likhaya Dayile Andrew Huston Jimmy Wiggins Patrick Gavin Drew Haro Drew Haro Joseph Simuchimba Richard Chautin Cullen Doody Richard Chautin Cullen Doody Roger Cooke Philip Primeaux Philip Primeaux Dajour Braxton
9th 12th 20th 13th 11th 17th 5th 16th 2nd 2nd 18th 38th 50th 2nd 6th 14th 14th 17th 29th 9th 5th 41st 28th 22nd 21st 23rd 10th 38th 71st 24th 19th 69th 42nd 36th 30th
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
6th 7th 7th 7th 9th 6th 10th 10th 10th 12th 12th 11th 12th 5th 9th 8th 4th 11th 8th 9th 11th 9th 10th 9th 9th 12th 11th 11th 12th 7th 14th 14th 14th
Elaine Gomez Lisa Reed Anika Lewin Lisa Reed Lisa Reed Lisa Reed Michelle Munson Sally Lanier Sally Lanier Shannon Cox Michelle McDaniel Silje Rasmussen Eunice Flores Silje Rasmussen Bridget Cusack Bridget Cusack Martina Barkman Susanne Strunz Susanne Strunz Marian Burnett Katie Denton Ruth Nanyinza Michelle Hymel Rachael Graham Kate Accardo Christina Porter Charlene Lipsey Laura Carleton Charlene Lipsey Laura Carleton Morgan Schuetz Morgan Schuetz Morgan Schuetz
23rd 10th 11th 8th 8th 5th 34th 59th 64th 59th 71st 31st 60th 4th 29th 23rd 13th 15th 5th 26th 44th 21st 43rd 39th 49th 51st 63rd 37th 60th 12th 102nd 52nd 69th
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BOUDREAUX, Pete (1964-66) BOUGHTON, J.F. (1932-34) BOURG, Avie (1959) BOURGEOIS, James (1949-50) BOUTTE, George (1980) BOUTTE, Harold (2007) BOWMAN, G. (1934-36) BOWMAN, S.S. (1930-32) BRADLEY, Willie (2002-05) BRASHER (1905) BRAZELL, Bennie (2002-05) BREATHWIT, John (1947, 1949-50) BREATHWIT, Mack (1949-50) BRENTS, Jess (1969) BREW, Derrick (1999-2000) BRICKHAM, Robert (1994-95) BRIDGES (1925-26) BRIDGES, Kenneth (1953) BRIEDE, Richard (1974-77) BRIEN, Clark (1968) BROCK, John (1951) BROOKS, Larry (1952, 1954-55) BROUSSARD Carson, (2001-03) BROUSSARD, Francis (1981) BROWDER, Darrin (1989) BROWN, Andre (1985-86) BROWN, Billy (1938-41) BROWN, Ellis (1996) BROWN, H.M. (1925-27) BROWN, Harry (1929) BROWN, J.E. (1917) BROWN, L.P. (1928-30) BROWN, Lorenzo (1990) BROWN, Rodney (2012-15) BRUNER, J.C. (1914-15) BRYAN, A. (1935-37) BRYANT, J.T. (1917) BUELL, N. (1937-38) BULLER, Russ (1997-2000) BURGE, D.P. (1933) BURGE (1938) BURKS, Shawn (1985) BURLEIGH, Joe (Ivan) (1950-51) BURNETT, J. (1927-29) BURRIS, W.B. (1913-16) BURTON, Harry (1952) BURTON, John (1957) BUSBY, Bill (1960) BUSCH, Herman (1953) BUSH, Darrell (2013-15) BUTLER, Carroll (1948) BUTLER, J. (1921-25) BUTLER, King (1961) BUTLER, S.L. (1906-07) BUTLER, W.E. (1931)
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CAILLETEAU, F. (1925-26) CAIN, Chris (1996-97) CALDWELL (1919) CALE, Frederick (1968) CALHOUN, D. (1927) CALLAWAY, Louis (1984-87) CALLOWAY, Jason (1999) CAMPBELL, C.C. (1924-25) CAMPBELL, Charles (1961) CAMPBELL, Steve (1979) CANGELOSI, James (1965) CANNON, Billy (1958-59) CANNON, Harvey (1953-56) CAPDEVILLE (1905) CARAWAY, Gabriel (2001-04) CARAWAY, Joseph (2010-14) CARPENTER, Harry (1954-57) CARROLL, Jason (2000-02) CARROLL, Matthew (2003-04) CARRUTH (1922-23) CARTER, Jamison (2001-04) CARTER, John (1968-69) CARTER, Xavier (2005-06) CASANOVA, Tommy (1970) CASTAGNOS, Leonce (1962-64) CATLETT, W.R. (1905) CAVANAUGH, Robert (1964-66) CAZA, Mike (1995) CHANDLER, W.B. (1924-26) CHAPMAN, Keith (1948)
CHATHAM, Preston (2007-08) CHAUTIN, Richard (2008-11) CHERAISI, Samuel (1998) CHILDRESS, Robert (1953) CHOPPIN, Purnell (1948) CHRETIEN, John (2003-05) CHRISTINA, Carlo (1949-51) CHURCH, F. (1938) CLARK, Fred (1959-60) CLEARMAN, Jerry (1961) COBB, Barney (1973-74) COCKERHAM, J.H. (1911-13) COCKERHAM, S. (1916) COFFEE, Al (1969-72) COLE, Eddie (1971) COLE, Jack (1950) COLEY, Efrem (1979-81) COLEY, Pete (2001-05) COLLINS, David (2015) COLQUHOUN, Lueroy (1999-02) CONSTANT, Doug (1960-61) COOKE, Roger (2009-13) COOLEY, C. (1926-29) COOPER, P. (1915-16) COPPAGE, Will (2007-10) CORKERY, Rip (1965) CORLEY, M.F. (1905) CORREA, Elton (1948) COVINGTON, Bill (1948-51) COVINGTON, W.W. (1920-22) COX, Chris (1984) CRANFORD, Charles (1960) CRASS, W. (1935-36) CREVLING, Bill (1960) CREWS, Eddie (1974-77) CRONAN, Tommy (1965) CULLEN, Bob (1975) CUMMINGS, Chris (1995-98) CUMMINS, Kirk (1995-96) CUPIT, Brad (1997)
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DAFFIN, Tim (1984) DALTON, Jeffery (1958-59) DALY (1923) DAMN, Doug (1973) DARDAR, Reggie (2005-08) DARLING, B. (1938) DASPIT, Woodson (1948) DAUTERIVE, L.J. (1907) DAVIES, Dick (1959) DAVIS, G. (1938) DAVIS, Greg (1981-83) DAVIS, Jim (1976-77, 1979-80) DAVIS, John (1956-57) DAVIS, Walter (2001-02) DAY, J. (1931) DAY, K. (1937) DAY, S. (1925) DAYILE, Likhaya (2000-02) DEAN, Robert (1954) DeBLANC, Mark (2008-11) DEGRAVELLE, G.A. (1924-25) DeHOLLANDER, Robert (1986-87, 89) DEMMICK, O. (1926) DEMPERS, Wynand (1999-2001) DEMPSEY, Philip (2011, 2013-15) DERMODY, John (1996-97) DeSOTO, Richard (1971-72) DESSAUER, Luke (2008-10) DEVALL, Ivan (1970) DIAZ, Edgar (1991) DICKEY, Tom (1948) DIEL, Kendall (1968-69) DIEL, Winston (1973) DIELIS, Albertus (1986-87) DIETRICH, Kurt (1992-95) DILL (1921) DOBBINS, Mark (1978-80) DOBBINS, Matt (1984) DOMINGUEZ, Josh (2007-11) DOODY, Cullen (2009-12) DOUGHERTY, Mike (1965-67) DOUPLE, Tom (1973-75) DOUSAY, Jim (1966) DOWNING, Ben (1968) DOWNING, Quincy (2012-15)
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DRUILHET, Anthony (1985-87) DUHON, Chris (1978-81) DUHON, John (1981-84) DUHON, Phil (1993) DUKES, Tommy (1957) DUNKLEY, Fitzroy (2013-15) DUNN, Jack (1963-64) DUPIGNY, Sean (1993-94, 1996) DUPLANTIS, Andreas (2012-15) DUPLANTIS, Greg (1982, 1984-86) DUPONT, J. (1928-29) DUPONT, John (1994-95) DURHAM, Dickie (1959-61) DURINGER, Darral (1971-73) DUTTON, C. (1925, 1927) DUTTON, T.W. (1911-14) DYER, Jack (1948) DYER, Jack (1965-67)
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EAST, J.L. (1925-27) EASTMAN, John (1966) ECKERT, David (1965-67) EDGERLY, W.S. (1907) EDMOND, Greg P. (1975) EDMOND, Tim (1971) EDMONSTON, M.N. (1923-24) EDWARDS, Courtney (2012) EDWARDS, F.M. (1905) EHRHARDT, Ken (2008-10) ELLIOTT, Mark (1989-90) ELLISON, Dave (1953) ENGERAN, Loyd (1959) ENSLEY, Frank (1997-99) EPPS, James (1971-72) ERNEST, Aaron (2012-15) EUBANK, Neil W. (1987-88) EVANS, J. (1938) EVANS, W.M. (1912) EWERS, Anthony (2003-04)
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FABIAN, Ralph (1958-60) FARQUE, Zach (2012) FARRELL, Derrick (1993-94) FATHEREE, Jesse Jr. (1958-61) FAULK, Ronnie (1966-68) FAUST, Michael (1991-94) FAY, T. (1905) FERRO, R. (1905) FISHER, G. (1932-33, 1935) FISHER, Jeffrey (2001-05) FLEMING, Gavin (2005, 2007) FLESHMAN, Fred (1978-80) FLOREK, Michael (2007-11) FLOYD, J.C. (1920) FONTENOT, M. (1927-29) FONTENOT, Ryan (2005-08) FORBES, Damar (2010-13) FORBES, I.L. (1924) FORNARIS, Jim (1960-62) FORST, Alex (1997-2000) FOTI, Russell (1948) FOWLER, James (1964) FOWLER, Mark (1985-88) FOX, Rabun (2005-06, 2008-09) FRANCIQUE, Alleyne (2001-02) FRANCISE, Tommy (1974) FRANKLIN, Kevin (1995) FREY, F.C. (1917-21) FRIEND, B. (1936-38) FUNK, J.L. (1915-17, 1920) FURUSA, Passmore (1994-95) FUSELIER, Eric (1992-94)
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GALLOWAY, E. (1913-15) GALLOWAY, J.U. (1917) GALLUP, Ryan (1999-2003) GALVAN, Dave (1996) GARCIA, Carlos (1999-2000) GARDNER, Paul (1999) GAVIN, Patrick (2005-06)
GEERS, Patrick (2015) GEORGE, I. (1927-28) GEYER, Randy (1963-66) GIBBENS, D.J. (1953-54) GIBSON, Marvin (1994-95) GIBSON, Tommy (1992) GILBERT, Glenroy (1992-93) GILBERT, Larry (1976) GILFOIL, Billy (1963-66) GODBOLD, H. (1934-35) GOHRES, Jace (2004, 2007) GOODWIN, Randal (1952-53) GORDY, Matt (1932-33) GOTT, Malcolm (1966) GRAHAM, Kevin (1951) GRANT, Carl (1955) GRANT, David (1992-95) GRANT, Jermaine (1995, 1997-98) GRAVES, Carl (1955) GRAYSON, Cyril (2013-15) GREEN, Gerald (2000-01) GREEN, Earnest (2011-12) GREEN, Nigel (1994-97) GREEN, Red (1984) GREENLEY, N. (1928) GREENSWORD, Marlon (2002-03) GREZAFFI, Sammy (1966) GRIFFIN, Rohsaan (1995-96) GRIFFITH, Keith (2011-12) GRISWOLD, Jack (1958-59) GUILLORY, Brandon (2000-03) GUY, Matthew (2007)
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HAGUE, P.G. (1919-20) HALL (1931) HALL, Bobby (1948-50) HALL, David (1986-87) HAMIC, Buddy (1964) HAMILTON, L. (1936-37) HAMMAN, Biff (1965-67) HANCHEY, Gene (1958-59) HARDIN, Billy (1962-64) HARDIN, Glenn (1933-35) HARDIN, J.L. (1938) HARKIN, T.I. (1926-27) HARNANDEZ, Ronald (1961-64) HARO, Drew (2004-05, 2007-08) HARRELL, R. (1926-27) HARRIS, Dennis (1989-90) HARRIS, Joe (1960-62) HARRIS, Steve (1989) HARRIS, Tom (1971) HARTSELL, Glen (1960-61) HASLOM, Reggie (2007-10) HATCHER (1925) HAWKINS, A.M. (1911-12) HAYES, Armanti (2007-10) HAYES, R.S. (1919) HAZLIP, S.W. (1913-14) HEARN, Steve (1971-72) HEBERT, David (1985-87) HECKER, Kyle (2007-10) HELM, N.C. (1920-23) HENDERSON, Blair (2014-15) HENDERSON, Devery (2001-02) HENDRIX, J. (1929-31) HENDRY, Michael (2005-08) HENDRY, Tre (1992-95) HENK, Daniel (1997-99) HENNIGAN, Charles (1954) HENNING, Walter (2009-11) HENRY, Barry (1991) HENRY, Kenny (2000, 2002-03) HEROMAN, Ted (1971-74) HEWETT (1905) HICKS, Jeremy (2006-09) HIGHT, Carroll T. (1967-69) HIGHT, Freddie C. (1967-69) HILL, Greg (1976-79) HILL, Jerel (2010) HILTON, Michael (2000-02) HITCHCOCK (1925) HOFFIELD, Keith (1997) HOLBROOCK, C.S. (1907-08) HOLDERMAN, F.H. (1931-34) HOLLEMAN, Bob (1951-52)
HOLLIDAY, Trindon (2006-09) HOLLIDAY, W.N. (1926-28) HOLMES, Walter (1964) HOOK, James (1995) HOOVER, John (1954-55) HOPKINS, Derek (1989-90) HORNE, Jackie (1957) HORTON, Brett (1996-97) HORTON, Maurice (1990-91) HOTARD, P. (1928) HOWARD, Jamar (2009) HOWARD, Marc (1984) HUGHES, Terry (2015) HUGHS, C.B. (1922) HULL, H. (1920-23) HUNT, Donald (1950-51) HUSTON, Andrew (2002-05) HUTCHINS, T.W. (1930-31) HYLTON, Riker (2011-12)
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IVES, C.A. (1919-22)
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JACKSON, Anthony (1978-79) JACKSON, Chris (2003-05) JAMES, Charles (1984, 86-87) JAMES, Clayton (1952-55) JAMES, Jamaal (2007-10) JARLSJO, Bengt (1988-90) JEAN-FRANCOIS, Ricky (2006, 2008) JEANSONNE, Greg (1989-90) JEFFERSON, Omar (1996) JENKINS, D.B. (1916-17) JENKINS, H. (1905) JENKINS, M.R. (1914-15) JOHNSON, A.R. (1948-49) JOHNSON, Charles (1951-52) JOHNSON, Christian (2015) JOHNSON, F.F. (1921-23) JOHNSON, F.L. (1929-31) JOHNSON, Glenn (1954) JOHNSON, J.C. (1938) JOHNSON, Jaora (2012-14) JOHNSON, Joe (1953-54) JOHNSON, Johnathan (2010) JOHNSON, M.F. (1911) JONES, Billy Gene (1955) JONES, Geno (2011) JONES, Reggie (1992-93) JONES, Richard (2009-10) JORDAN, Pearson (1976-79)
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KAHLES, Rolf (1997-98) KALBAUGH, Steve (1990) KEEN, R.C. (1919-20) KELLY, Don (1948) KENNEDY, K.K. (1951-52) KENNISON, Eddie (1994-96) KENNON, Calvin (1982) KENT, H. (1935-37) KEPLER, Jack (1951-53) KHAIDA, Lotfi (1991-93) KIMES, Nathan (1949) KING, Chris (1989-92) KINNARD, Luke (2002-03) KIRCHNER, Kevin (2013) KLAMKE, A. (1930-31) KLEINPETER, Russell (1955) KLEINPETER, T. (1936) KLESTER, Pat (1995-96) KLOCK, E.L. (1905) KNECHT, Ronald (1948) KNOX, Ken (1950) KOENCK, Aaron (2012-13) KOPFLER, Joe (1970) KOSGEI, Elkana (2008) KOSGEI, John (2008) KRAMER, T.F. (1921)
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LaBAUVE, Randall (1988-90) LACASSAGNE, Herb (1960) LACOSTE (1930-31) LACOSTE, Jay (1959-61) LACY, David (1968) LADNER, Christian (1990) LAINE, Jason (2003) LAMBDIN, Gregg (1976) LAMBERT, S. (1928-29) LAMERS, Joshua (2013-14) LANDRY, Tim (2008-09, 2011) LANE, H. (1938) LANGE, Tom (1989-92) LANIER, H.A. (1929-30) LANSING, Bill (1950-51) LANSING, Fred (1953-54) LASALLE, J. (1935-36) LASALLE, L.J. (1905, 1907) LAURO, Michael (2009-12) LAVIN, James (1954-57) LeBLANC, Lee (1986) LeBLANC, Christen (1995-96) LeBLANC, Phillip (2011-13) LeBLANC, Robby (1997-98) LeBLANC, Roland (2004) LeBLANC, William (2012) LeBLEU, C.A. (1930) LEE, Patrick (2008-09) LeFEVRE, Ross (1960) LeFLEUR (1911) LeFLEUR, L. (1927-29) LeFLEUR, P.G. (1907) LEHMAN, J. (1932-34) LESSOR, Gabriel (1993) LESTER, G. (1935-37) LETT, Alleyne (2005, 2007) LEWIS, R.E. (1911, 1913) LEWIS, Ravin (1984, 1986) LEWIS, Rodney (1983-84, 1986) LEWIS, W.S. (1915, 1917) LIPANI, DC (2014-15) LITTLE, C.W. (1911-12) LLOYD, Edward (1982-83) LOBDELL, W. (1933) LOCHRIDGE, Joe (2003-04) LOE, S.R. (1916-17, 1919) LOFLIN, J.T. (1948) LOGAN, Byron (1995-98) LOGSDON, Steve (1990-91) LORMAND, Ben (1995-96) LOVE, Mickey (1955) LOWRY, James (1949-51) LOWTHER, Charles (1948-49) LOWTHER, Robert (1948) LUMPKIN, Mark (1969-70) LYLES, Melvin (1949)
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MACIEJCZYK, Joe (1979-81) MACK, Bobby (1956-58) MAHLER, Scott (1996-98) MAJOR, H.A. (1907) MALCOLM, Phillip (2007) MALLARD, Milton (1995) MALLOY, Pat (1938) MARCELLE, Earl (1991-94) MARMARO, Paul (1985, 87) MARSHALL, Tom (1976-80) MARTEL, Anthony (2009) MARTIN, Brent (1999-2002) MARVIN, Ernest (1979-81) MASCARO, Nathan (1996-97) MATHEWS, Gerald (1971-74) MATTIA, Raymond (1976) MATTIA, Robert (1976) MAY, Dudley (1965-66) MAY, Joe (1953-56) MAYES, Adrian (2001-02) MAYEUX, Herman (1968-69) MAZZA, Frank S. (1987-90) McARTHUR, Bryan (1992-95) McBRIDE, Homer (1951-53) McCAIN, Eugene (1978-81) McCALL, H.L. (1925-26) McCARRON, Harry (1967-68)
McCOLLISTER, E.P. (1916) McDANIEL, Orlando (1979-81) McDONALD, David (1961) McDONALD, John (1953-55) McFARLAND, R.A. (1919-20) McGAREY, Donald (1983-84) McGEHEE, Marcus (2009-12) McGOWAN, C.L. (1934) McGUINESS, Charles (1985) McHERNY, B.G. (1911) McKELLAR, Fred (1960-62) McKINNON, John (1970-73) McLEOD, Ralph (1951-53) McNABB, Delmon (1965-67) McNASPY, M. (1906) McRAE, G. (1938) MEDLOCK, Recie (2000) MEE, Stuart (1986-87) MELANCON, O.O. (1905) MELENDEZ, Efran (1989-90) MERCHOUD, Abderrazak (1997) METELLUS, Alain (1986-88) METRAILER, Phillip (1970) MEYER, Paul (1974-77) MIELKE, Charles (1970) MILLER, Barrett (2012-13) MILLER, C.S. (1908) MILLER, F.L. (1929-31) MILLER, Paul (1951-53) MILLET, E. (1927-29) MILLS, Robert (1973*) MILLSEPS, P. (1936-38) MILTON, Terry (1986) MIMMS, George (1990) MISHER, Allen (1973-76) MITCHELL, L. (1924-27) MITCHELL-BLAKE, Nethaneel (2013-14) MOBLEY, Gene (1972-74) MOFFITT, John (2003-04) MOODY, Philip (1984-85) MOON, Lynn (1957-58) MOORE, Aaron (2009-12) MOORE, Jerry (1957-58) MOORE, Joey (1999) MOORE, Jordan (2015) MOORE, Robert (1956) MOORE, Ronald (1969) MOREAU, Al (1931-33) MORELAND, J.F. (1921-24) MORGAN, S. (1927) MORGAN, R.B. (1931) MORRIS, Mark (1989-92) MORRIS, Sherman (1991) MOTT, King (1956-58) MOUTON, R.L. (1905-07) MURPHY, P. (1935-37) MUTELL, Bryan (2011-15) MUYABA, Fabian (1993-94) MVUMVURE, Gabriel (2008-11) MWAPE, Sam (2004-05) MYRICK, Don (1964-65)
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NALL, Craig (2000) NALLY, Daniel (2011-12) NAPIER, Dino (1989) NEHME, Christian (1997-2000) NELSON, Trevis (2006) NESOM, G.W. (1927-29) NETTLES, B.J. (1913-14) NEUHAUSER, C.A. (1913-15) NEURIG (1951) NEWELL, R. (1934-35) NEWSOME, Dan (1949-50) NICHOLS, John (1988-90, 1992) NICHOLS, Regan (1995-96) NICHOLS, Tim (1979) NIETO, Javier (1999-2002) NOBLERS, Steve (1972-73) NOBLETT, O.H. (1908) NODIER, Fred (1952-53) NORWOOD, Vernon (2014-15) NUGENT, Barrett (2009-12) NUNEZ, Keith (2000-03)
OBIOHA, Daniel (2011-13) OLACK, Tim (1971-74) OLANDER, Mikael (1985-88) OLIVER, David (1967-70) ONSARE, Charles (1989-90) O’NEAL, T. (1933-35) O’NEIL, Jack (1961-63) O’NEIL, Ted (1965)
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PADDISON, Dave (1991-94) PALLES, Harry (1981-82, 1984-85) PARHAM, Robert (2001-04) PARKER, A.W. (1930) PARKER, Jeffrey (2007) PARKER, Julian (2013, 2015) PARSON, Rynell (2010-13) PASCAL, Robert (1973-76) PASSENTINO, Carl (1997) PATRON, Ron (1997) PEEBLES, L. (1932) PENN, Ryan (2010) PERKINS, B. (1928) PERRIEN, Patrick (2003-05) PERRY, Curtis (1997-98) PETERMAN (1916) PETERSEN, Scott (1991-94) PETTES, Steve (1995-96) PETTIT, Bob (1952-54) PFINGSTEN, Gunnar (1997-98) PHILLIPE, J.C. (1938) PHILLIPS, F.R. (1906) PHILLIPS, Isa (2006-07) PHILLIPS, John (1952-55) PICKENS, F.W. (1917,19) PINNOCK, Marvin (2004) PIPES, D.Y. (1919) PITT, Jonathan (2014-15) PITTMAN, J.S. (1916) POPE, Travis (2012-15) PORTERM, George (1965) POWELL, Darion (2006) POWELL, Erik (2008) POWELL, Keith (1995-97) POWELL, R. (1932) PRENTICE (1925) PRENTICE, Derrick (1993-96) PRESEDO, Pablo (1986, 1988-89) PRESLEY, James (2004) PRESTON, Joe (1948-51) PRIMEAUX, Philip (2011-15) PUGH, Travis (1956-57)
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QUIGLEY, Mike (1979-81)
RABENHORST, O.D. (1920-23) RACCA, Brandon (2003-05, 2007) RACHAL, D. (1938) RADECKER, Eric (2007) RADGOWSKI, Chad (2006-08) RAINEY, James (1993, 1995) RANDOLPH, Dave (1979) RAPEK, Andy (1988-89) RAPPE, Greg (1983-84) RARESHIDE, Bert (1993-96) RASBERRY, Mike (1970-71) RATELLE, E. (1933-34) REA, Butch (1993-96) REID, A.J. (1914-16) REID, Bruce (1987-90) REID, Eric (1984-87) REID, Michael (1984-86) REILEY (1920) REINECKE, Thomas (2010-13) REYES, Felipe (2005) RICE, R.E. (1916) RICHARD, G. (1922-23) RICKEY, David (1959) ROANE, Sanders (1949)
ROBERTS, C. (1934-35) ROBERTS, C.A. (1908) ROBERTS, Kwami (2004-05) ROBERTSON, E.W. (1908) ROBICHAUX, Cameron (2015) ROBINSON, Lester (1952) ROBINSON, W.G. (1935) ROBINSON, W.T. (1933-34) ROCHE’, Jarett (2002-04) ROEBUCK (1908) ROGERS, H. (1937) ROGERS, Melville (2006-07) ROSE, Kyle (2008-09, 2011) ROSE, Mark (1981-83) ROSE, Matthew (1986-89) ROSSBOTTOM, Harold (1953) ROUBION, Ross (2008-11) ROUBION, Ryan (2009-12) ROUSSEL, Keith (1968-69) ROUSSEL, Les (1978-79) RUSSELL, S. (1937-38) RYAN, Scott (1990)
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SANDERS, H. (1911) SANDERS, J. (1933-35) SANDERS, Jason (1991-92, 1994) SANDERS, Joe (1962) SANDOZ, Jeff (1973-75) SANFORD, C. (1935-37) SANFORD, Jim (1951) SANSONE, Trevor (2012) SATEGNA, Mario (1992-95) SAUERHAGE, John (1981-82) SAVOIE, Michael (1994-96) SAXON, H. (1934-35) SCARBOROUGH, D.C. (1905-06) SCARBOROUGH, E. (1933-34) SCHAFFER, Tom (1959) SCHALOW, Terrence (1987) SCHIFFMAN, Kenneth (2009-10) SCHIMPER, Frans (1997-2000) SCHIMPF, Carey (1973-76) SCHLOEGEL (1932) SCHMIDT, G. (1937-38) SCOTT, Greg (1999-2001) SCOTT, ReVey (1977-80) SEALS, Cordelle (1999-2001) SEEFELD, Carl (1958-60) SEGURA, Jennings (1996) SEIP, J.J. (1908) SEVIN, Ty (1990) SHAFER, R.A. (1920) SHAH, Paras (2009) SHELLNUT, Mike (1981-82, 1984) SHELTON, F. (1938) SHEPARD, Howard (2012) SHIPP, Larry (1973-76) SHIREY, Larry (1963) SHIRLEY, Buddy (1966) SHIRLEY, E.M. (1920-23) SHIRLEY, James (1952) SHORT (1929-30) SHUMAKER, Ben (2001-04) SIMMONS, Jacob (2007-09) SIMMONS, M. (1936) SIMMONS, Robert (2009-12) SIMON, LeJuan (2003-04) SIMON, Peter (2001-03) SIMONTON, Sam (1961-63) SIMPSON, Joe (1975) SIMS, Phil (1993-96) SIMUCHIMBA, Joseph (2007-08) SINGLETARY, C.N. (1916) SINGLETARY, Mike (1991-92) SINGOEI, David (1992-93) SIPLE, D. (1938) SLATER, Jeff (1985-86) SLAUGHTER, W.S. (1898) SLOCUM (1917) SMITH, A.F. (1907) SMITH, Bob (1972-75) SMITH, C.I. (1906) SMITH, Charles (1952-54) SMITH, Marc (1998-2000) SMITH, Mike (1984-86) SMITH, N. (1927-28)
SMITH, Traun (2000-03) SMITHERMAN, D.E. (1917) SONGY (1928-30) SOOTER, Jason (1975-76) SOWA, Brad (2004) SPANGENBERG, Marc (1970-71) SPIERS, L. (1926-27) SPRAUL, Gary (1951) ST. AMANT, Eugene (1966) ST. CYR, Joseph (2013-14) STAMEY, Bryan (2014) STARKS, Llewellyn (1989-90) STAYTON, W.D. (1905) STEELE, Sidney (1949-51) STENSON, J. (1938) STEPHENS, Greg (1972-75) STEVENS, B.A. (1935-36) STEVENS, H.G. (1922-25) STEVENSON, Marvin (2004-07) STEWART, Charles (1970) STEWART, G. (1932-34) STEWART, John (1969-72) STICKER, Alan (2007-11) STOCKWELL, E. (1932-34) STOCKWELL, O. (1928) STOKES, David (1966-67) STOVALL, R.F. (1907) STRATFORD, Charles (1952-53) STRUPPECK, Robert (1967-69) STUART, Eric (1974-76) SUHY, Jeff (1984-85) SULLIVAN, Dan (1972) SULLIVAN, W. (1933-35) SULLWOLD, Frank (1948-51) SWANNER, Sean (2008-10) SWAYZE, Taylor (1976) SWEENEY, Herman (1952-53)
T
TADLOCK, Randy (1998) TALLEY, Keyth (2011-12) TANNER, Daniel (2014) TARROSOVIC, George (1952) TAYLOR, Gerald (2004-05) TAYLOR, Jonathan K. (1988) TAYLOR, Michael (1985) TAYLOR, Randall (1987) TERRY, Eddie (1981) THERIOT, Blake (1999-2002) THOM, Jim (1965-66) THOMAS, Anthony (1985) THOMAS, Juan (1994) THOMAS, Marcus (1998-2000) THOMAS, Paul (2002-03) THOMAS, Tomario (2001-03) THOMAS, Zedric (2008-11) THOMPSON, Garrek (2009-10) THOMPSON, John (2005) THOMPSON, Joshua (2013-15) THOMPSON, Paul (2002-04) THOMPSON, Ralph (1955) THOMPSON, Richard (2005-08) THORGERSON, G.H. (1924) THORGERSON, R.C. (1914-17) THORNTON, S. (1921-24) THORNTON, Terry (1989-91) THURN, James (2010, 2012) THYMES, Derrick (1991-94) TJEPKEMA, Enno (1986-88) TORRANCE, J. (1932-35) TORROS, S. (1936-38) TOUSSAINT, Ronnie (1960) TREADWAY, J. (1936-37) TREGRE, Roy (1961) TRIESCHMANN, Wayne (1956) TROSCLAIR, Daniel (2001-04) TROXCLAIR, Chip (1976-79) TUCKER, Ed (1951-53) TUNON, Pedro (2001-03) TURNER, Nathan (1996-98) TURNER, Willie (1978-79) TUTTLE, Jeremy (2012-15) TWIJUKYE, Reuben (2007-08) TWILLIE, Troy (1995, 1997) TYSON, Todd (1996-97)
LSU
U
UFFMAN, Chip (1997-98) UPTON, James (1968) UPTON, M.R. (1911-14)
V
VALE, Louis (1953) VAN HELDEN, Robin (1985-87, 89) VANDERHOFF, Kanon (1991-92) VARAS, Mike (1978-80) VARGAS, Marcell (1978) VENABLE, John (1950-51) VINCENT, Matthew (2002-05) VOLLMER, Larry (1972-74) VONDENSTEIN, Wayne (1969-72) VOSS, Harold (1948-50)
W
WADDLETON, David (1997-98) WAGUESPACK, Todd (1990-91) WALKER, J. (1936) WALKER, Tristan (2011) WALL, Ernest (1957-59) WALTERS, H. (1936-38) WARE, H. (1938) WARNER, T.A. (1924-25) WATERER, J. (1937-38) WATKINS, Slip (1988-90) WATSON, Paul (2007) WEAVER, Larey (1980-81) WEICH, J. (1937) WELLMAN (1930-31) WEMPLE (1921-23) WESTERMAN, Bob (1956-58) WHEATLEY, Mike (1967-69) WHITAKER, Anthony (2013) WHITE, Sadiki (2010) WHITE, W.G. (1948) WHITLATCH, Blake (1975) WHITNEY, Chris (1977-80) WHYTE, Bernard (1985-87) WICH, Michael (1995) WIESLER, William (2011-13) WIGGINS, Jimmy (2001-05) WILCOX, Adam (2007-09) WILKES, Jack (2015) WILKINSON, H. (1934) WILKINSON, Jake (2012) WILKINSON, Ralph (1964) WILLIAMS, Bernard (1984-86, 1988) WILLIAMS, Bryant (1991-94) WILLIAMS, Caleb (2010-13) WILLIAMS, Horatio (2011) WILLIAMS, John (2000) WILLIAMS, Simon (1990-92) WILLIAMS, Siraj (2004-07) WILLIAMSON, Mike (1993-96) WILLIE, Kelly (2003-06) WILLS, Harold (1974) WILLS, Lloyd (1970-73) WILSON, Jerry (1989) WOMACK, Joe (1967-68) WOOD, Glynn (1952-54) WOOD, John (1955) WOODS, Delyle (1995) WOODARD, R.E. (1921) WOOSLEY, John (1996-98) WRIGHT, O.L. (1928-30) WRIGHT, Ricky (1985-87) WYMAN, Bob (1989-92) WYNN, Wallace (1951)
Y
YARBROUGH, Lanis (1970-71) YASLOSKY, Michael (1986-89) YATES, Bob (1962-63) YAWN, F.W. (1930-32) YODER, Lee (1954-55) YOUNG, E.M. (1916, 1921-23) YOUNG, John (1956) YOUNG, Wayne (1958)
2016 TRACK & FIELD MEDIA GUIDE
LSU 159
Lady Tiger Letterwinners
LSU
A
ABBOTT, Amber (2008-09) ACCARDO, Kate (2004, 2007) AGE, Zina (1987-88) AGUILAR, Andria (2011-15) AKRE, Megan (2003-06) ALEMAN, Laura (2010-12) ALEXANDER, Rebecca (2011-12) ALLEN, Eunice (1992-93) ALMOND, Lyndsey (1985) ANDERSON, Jackie (1991) APPLEBERRY, Doria (2002) ARGYLE, Hareldau (1996-97) AVERY, Danielle (2013-15)
B
BAILEY, Sarah (2002-04) BAKER, Jenna (2011) BAPTISTE, Kelly (2005-08) BASS, Alicia (1986, 1988) BASS, Valma (1998, 2000) BATES, Joyce (1999-2000) BATTLE, Franz (1995-96) BENGTSON, Tina (1981) BERNARD-THOMAS, Neisha (2003-05) BETHEL, Ashley (2000) BLAKE, Emily (1995-98) BLISS, Tori (2012-15) BOBIEN, Jackie (1985-88) BOOKER, Andria (2002) BOONE, Karen (1994-96, 1998) BOWLES, Dawn (1990-92) BOYD, Angel (2005-08) BREAUX, Trudy (1981) BRISCO, Mikiah (2015) BROADDUS, Juanita (2006, 2008) BROUSSARD, Megan (2007-08) BROWN, Youlanda (1995-96) BRYDSON, Sylvia (1986-89) BURNETT, Marian (2002-03) BUSH, Andrea (1986-88) BUTLER, Kwajalein (1995-98) BUTLER, Stephanie (2001-04)
C
CABRAL, Monique (2007-09) CAILLOUET, Dianne (1981) CALAIS, Verna (1994) CARLETON, Laura (2009-12) CARLSEN, Kelsey (2013) CARSON, Kim (1993-96) CARTER, Brittani (2008-11) CARTER, Kym (1987) CATO, Camille (1985-87) CHARBONNET, Meghan (2013) CHASE, Chanice (2013-15) CLARKE, Celena (1998-99) CLARKE, Shannon (1985-86) CLAYTON, Jen (2011) COBB, Mary (1990-91) COKER, Cheryl (1986-88) COLEMAN, Kathy (2006-08) COLOSIMO, Sarah (2004, 2007) COMBS, Myra (1998-2000) CONNOR, Claire (1985-88) COOK, Mayme (2014-15) COSTELLO, Eileen (1988) COURVILLE, Amy (2002) COX, Shannon (1993) CUENCA, Christina (1998) CUNNINGHAM, Opal (1987-90) CUSACK, Bridget (1998-2000) CUSIMANO, Katie (1995-96) CUSIMANO, Stacie (2000) CYMEK, Mattie (1994)
D
DAIGLE, Anna-Cherie (2010) DAIGLE, Lindsay (2000-02) DAVIDSON, Shaunette (2006-07) DAVIS, Kristina (2007-10) DAVY, Nadia (2003-04) DAWSON, Katie (2005, 2007-08) DAY, Carolyn (1994) DAY, Jonique (2011-12) DAY, Lindsay (2005, 2007-09)
160 LSU
DENTON, Katie (2002-05) DENTON, Kristi (2007-08) DERBINS, Christine (2011) DEUTSCH, Jessica (2008-09) DEWORTH, Hannah (2014-15) DOWDIE, Peta-Gaye (1997-2000) DRUILHET, Bria (2015) DUHANEY, Dahlia (1989-92) DUNCAN, Kiersten (2014-15) DUNCAN, Kimberlyn (2010-13) DUNNING, Elizabeth (2014) DUPREY, Donalda (1988-91) DURST, Stephanie (2001-04)
E
ECHOLS, Sheila (1983, 1985, 1987) EDWARDS, Patricia (1983-84) ELLIS, Jemia (1999-2002) EMANUEL, Keri (2013-14) ESMAIL, Amal (2009) EVANS, Taylor (2009) EVE, Laverne (1986-88)
F
FALGOUT, Neely (2001-02) FAVORITE, Carolyn (1981) FEAGIN, Zundra (1993-96) FENTON, Kim (1989) FERSTER, Wanda (1989) FIGUEROA, Gabby (2015) FLANDERS, Katrina (2001-04) FLETCHER, Sherry (2006-07) FLORES, Eunice (1995-96) FLYNN, Kelli (1991-94) FOUNTAIN, Rachel (2009) FOUNTAIN, Tina (1996-98) FRANCIS, Meisue (2005-07) FRANCOIS, Gretchen (1996-98) FRANKS, Carmis (1995-98) FREEMAN, Monique (1999-2000) FRIAR, Nataliyah (2014-15)
G
HENNING, Karen (2011-14) HENRY, Britney (2004) HENRY, Chariese (1981-82) HENRY, Samantha (2007-10) HENSSLER, Jenna (2009-10) HERBERT, Siedda (2010-13) HILL, D’Andre (1992-96) HINGLE, Elizabeth (2008) HINTON, Denise (2011-14) HOBBS, Aleia (2015) HORNER, Allison (2009) HOUSEHOLDER, Jennifer (1996) HUNT, Marita (1995-97) HYMEL, Michelle (2003-04)
MOBLEY, Michelle (2011-14) MORANNE, Margie (1981) MOREAU, Kaitlyn (2012-13) MORRIS, Brooklynn (2005-08) MORRIS, Michele (1983, 1985-86) MUNSON, Michelle (1989-90)
J
O
JACKSON, Camille (1990-93) JACKSON, Gabrielle (2010) JACKSON, Zamyal (2001-03) JAKLOFSKY, Sharon (1991-93) JERNBECK, Therese (2013) JILES, Pam (1982) JOHNSON, Jennifer (1999-2000) JOHNSON, Whitney (2010-11) JONES, Esther (1988-91) JONES, Lolo (2001-04) JONES, Tenaya (2008-11) JONES, Travia (2014-15) JUPITER, Ka’Lynn (2015)
K
KAPERNICK, Gai (1993-95) KARIN, Abbey (2011) KAY, Chilli (2000) KELLMAN, Liann (2009-10) KELLY, Briana (2015) KENNEDY, Brieanna (2009-12) KING, Michelle (1983-85) KLIEBERT, Megan (2003-04) KVIEN, Shannon (1993-95)
L
GARDNER, Ashley (2001-04) GARDNER, Kim (1996) GEORGETOWN, Mariah (2014-15) GILFORD, Ja’Launa (1994) GILMORE, Francine (1981-82) GOCHENOUR, Alex (2012) GOMEZ, Elaine (1981-84) GONZALES, Candice (2000-03) GOODMAN, Brea (2010-12) GOODMAN, Dakota (2010-12) GOODWIN, LaShawn (1988) GORDON, Daeshon (2015) GOULE, Natoya (2012-13) GRAHAM, Rachael (2005, 2007) GREGORY, Kelly (1986-87) GRIGGS, Tenisha (2005) GROSS, Michelle (1981-82) GROSS, Nedra (2005, 2007-08) GUTIERREZ, Kristen (1998-2000)
LAURENT, Rachel (2009-12) LAWRENCE, Deonna (2005-08) LEAVERTON, Loren (1999-2000) LeBLANC, Ranysha (2002-04) LEE, Muna (2001-04) LEE, Suzette (1996-97) LEVIN, Samantha (2012-13) LEWIS, Julie (1985-88) LEWIS, Selena (1999) LEWIS, Shamekia (2002-03) LEWIS, Sharon (1989-90) LINDSAY, Somalia (1997-2000) LINTON, Andrea (2005-09) LIPP, Jill (2000) LIPSEY, Charlene (2010-13) LITTLE, Rebecca (2015) LITTLEJOHN, Brittany (2004) LOUIS, Shamekia (2002-03) LUTCHER, Keioike (2001-04) LYONS, Anna (2007-09)
H
M
HACKETT, Semoy (2011-12) HALL, Brittany (2008-11) HALL, Eureka (1994, 1996-97) HALL, Monique (2003-04) HALL, Shanekia (2012-13) HALL, Shanice (2013-15) HALLBERG, Katarina (1990-91) HAMEL, Katie (2009) HAMILTON, Indira (1992-93) HARGETT, Heidi (1991-94) HARMATA, Amanda (2005, 2007) HARRIS, Brittany (2004-05) HARRIS, Kathleen M. (1987) HARRIS, Keterra (2015) HARRIS, Martha (1994-95) HARRIS, Shontae (2002-05) HARRIS, Tina (2004-07) HARRISON, Dianne (2003-05) HARVEY, Rushell (2014-15) HAYWARD, Tanqueray (1997) HEDLUND, Helena (1985-87)
MACK, Dechelle (2001-02) MARSHALL, Chenelle (1998-2000) MARTIN, Jada (2014-15) MATTHEWS, Chaiss (2013-15) MAULSEED, Charlene (1995-96) MAXWELL, Andrea (2014) MAYOCK, Charlotte (1997-98) McDANIEL, Michelle (1992-94) McDERMOTT, Latoya (2010-13) McDONALD, Mallory (2002-03) McDUFFIE, Jovennie (1990-92) McKEEVER, Katie (2003-05) McLEOD, Muffy (1985) MEAKES, Carliesa (2006-07) MEIER, Whitney (1987) MELENDEZ, Joyce (1992) MEQUET, Rachel (1997-98) MIRANTI, Milene (2004-05) MITCHELL, Danyel (1991-94) MITCHELL, Lana (1982) MITCHELL, Whitney (2004)
2016 TRACK & FIELD MEDIA GUIDE
N
NACCARI, Leigh-Ann (2010-12) NANYINZA, Ruth (2004-05) NERO, Sade’ (2005) NIXON, Leslie (1985-88) NUNEZ, Brandi (1992)
OCCHI, Amanda (1997, 1999) OGBOURNE, Melissa (2008-11) OHANAJA, Jessica (2005-08) OLIVAREZ, Anyssa (1995-97) OPPERMAN, Randi (2001-03) OSBOURNE, Tanya (2004-07) OSCAR, Lanelle (1990) OWENS, Ashley (2005)
P
PARRIS, Debbie (1991-94) PAYNE, Kymber (2015) PAYNE, LaToya (2003-05) PETTERSSON, Maria (1997-98) PHELPS, Hope (2010) PHILLIPS, Danielle (2015) PHILLIPS, Rhonda (1988-89) PHIPPS, Angie (1985-86) PIERCE, LaTosha (1998) PINCKNEY, Takeia (2010, 2012-13) PITTS, Lynnika (2011-14) PLAEGER, Mitzi (1991-92) POCHE, Kim (1996-97) PORTER, Brittany (2010-13) PORTER, Christina (2008-09) POWELL, Sheila (1994-96)
Q QUIGLEY, Ann (1981)
R
RADECKER, Jennifer (2004) RASMUSSEN, Silje (1995-97) REAVES, Margaret (1999-2000, 2002) REED, Lisa (1985, 1987-89) REGIS, Hazelann (2003-05) REYNOLDS, Rachel (2000) RICE, Kellee Monet (2001-03) RICHARDSON, Bryiana (2014-15) RIDEAU, Paula (1981) ROBINSON, Tiffany (2001-03) ROCHE, Lynley (2007) ROCKETT, Bianca (1999-2002) RODRIGUE, Katelyn (2007-10) ROE, Lindsay (2011) ROME, Cindy (1994-96) ROME, Stacey (1994-96) ROMERO, Maria (2001-04) ROOKS, Cynetheia (2006-07) RORHBACHER, Jill (1994-95) ROUSSEL, Amanda (2001-03) ROYE-SPEIGHT, Montenae (2012-13)
S
SAMS, April (1998-2000) SANCHEZ, Lacey (2012-13) SAUNDERS, Daphnie (1991-94) SCHNELKER, Suzanne (1990) SCHUETZ, Morgan (2012-15) SCHUMANN, Christa M. (1987) SHAW, Stacy (1985-87) SHEFFIELD, Cinnamon (1989-92) SHEFFIELD, Jacquelyn (1983-84) SHEGOG, Terkeler (1985) SHEPARD, DeVone (1984) SHULER, Sarah (1990) SIMONEAUX, Annie (2011-12, 2015)
SIMPSON, Anne (2003) SLYTHE, Christine (1985) SMITH, Carlette (1985) SMITH, Ronetta (2001-02) SMITH, Sandra (2003) SOMMERSET, Patsy (1984) SOWELL, Dawn (1989) SPENCER, Keisha (1999-2000) STANLEY, Tananjalyn (1987-90) STARK, Jennifer (2007) STOKES, Samia (2010-12) STOWERS, Jasmin (2011-14) STRID, Camilla (1989-91) STROMAN, LaTarsha (1994-97) STRUNZ, Susanne (1999-2000, 2002) SYLVESTER, Toshika (2011-14) SZMAJDA, Megan (2000-02)
T
TAPLIN, Cheryl (1991-94) TATE, Cassandra (2009-12) THOMAS, Althea (2000-03) THOMAS, LaTavia (2007-10) THOMPSON, Kayann (2008-10) THOMPSON, Mallory (2007-09) THORNTON, Sa’Donna (1997-98, 2000) TONEY, Nicole (2002-04) TRACEY, Nikita (2013-14) TRAPP, Laurie (1989-92) TRUVILLION, Wendy (1983-86) TURNER, Lindsey (2009)
V
VANDIVORT, Erin (2004, 2007-08) VAN LANDINGHAM, Lee Ann (1982-83) VAN NORMAN, Heather (1991-93) VANNESTE, Ann Marie (1992-94) VIATOR, Carolyn (1981-83)
W
WALES, Rebekah (2014-15) WALKER, Astia (1996-98) WALKER, Brandy (2002-03) WALKER, Jenna (2013-14) WALPOLE, Phoebe (1992) WARREN, Youlanda (1991-93, 1995) WEBSTER, Felicia (1989-90) WELBORN, Ashley (2014) WELCH, Doren (2013-15) WHITE, Kendra (2012) WHITLOCK, Amanda (2000) WILDER, Sidnie (2015) WILLIAMS, Claudine (1999-2000) WILLIAMS, Devon (2010) WILLIAMS, Kim (2007-10) WILLIAMS, Schowonda (1985-88) WILLIFORD, Theresa (1983-86) WILSON, Cheryl (1985-87) WILSON, Kenyanna (2008-11) WILSON, Nickiesha (2007-08) WOFFORD, Danyel (1985-88) WOODS, Tania (2004)
Y
YBARZABAL, Laruen (2008-10) YOUNG, Calah (2005) YOUNG, Tammie T. (1987-88, 1990)
Z
ZENO, Amy (1992-93) ZIMMERMAN, Lana (1981-83, 85) ZIRKLE, Christy (2007-08)