HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- A Southland Conference title for Trecey Rew and a school-record time and runner-up finish by Chad Leath highlighted Northwestern State's efforts Sunday on the closing day of the 2008 Southland Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Rew, rebounding from a subpar third-place finish Saturday in her speciality, the shot put, pulled a mild upset as the second seed in the women's discus Sunday. The sophomore from Garland, Texas, threw 151-6 to prevail over favorite Katy Hanie of Texas State (147-10). Leath, a senior from Hallsville, Texas, led a talent-laden field until the final 100 meters when defending champion Lane Dennis of meet host Sam Houston State overtook him to win the 400 meter hurdles in 50.63, the nation's 10th-fastest time this spring. Leath's second-place 50.85 ranks 18th nationally and carved up his previous best, 51.56 last month, which ranked 39th nationally and had erased a 15-year-old school record by 0.09. Mike Green, a sophomore from Alexandria, got on the medal stand with a third-place 47.59 in the 400 meter dash, won in 46.86 by Michael Courtney of Sam Houston State. NSU's Jeremy Thomas earned seventh place in 48.33. Leath, Thomas and Green joined Jamie Emery on the Demons' 4x400 meter relay team that finished the meet with a second-place 3:10.04 clocking. The Lady Demons' 4x100 meter relay team, clocking a season-best 45.89, took third place with freshman Amanda Freeman on the lead leg followed by sophomores Jazmen Williams, Whitney Smith and Anna Forest. Sam Houston State won in 45.61 followed by Texas-Arlington (45.85). Forest ran seventh in the 100 (12.06) and Williams was eighth (12.09). Forest took eighth in the 200 (24.80). The Demons' 4x100 relay team finished fifth, clocking 41.36. The Lady Demons' 4x400 relay team was seventh in 3:53.64, a season-best mark. Leath ran the lead leg on the 4x400 relay that nearly finished the meet with a victory. Freshmen Emery and Thomas and sophomore Green were second in 3:10.04, almost half a second behind their time last week at UTA, and just on the heels of Sam Houston, which rallied in the final 100 meters to win with a 3:09.90 time. Leath's opening 47.7 leg on the relay came about 80 minutes after his record time in the 400 meter hurdles. "It was pretty close to the perfect race for me," he said. "I stuttered my steps over a couple of hurdles on the back stretch so I believe I can get closer to 50-flat by regionals, but this was really good. It had to be. This was as strong a 400 hurdles field at a conference meet as there will be in the country -- six (NCAA) regional qualifiers in the top eight." Rew started Sunday's competition on a high note for Northwestern. After struggling Saturday in an event she has dominated all year long, her second throw Sunday in the three-round preliminaries lifted her on top to stay. She added another two feet to her margin with her second throw in the final round, while Hanie fouled four straight times after she took a quick lead with her opening throw and failed to better it in round two. Instead of dwelling on Saturday's frustration, Rew -- an Academic All-America nominee -- said she relaxed Sunday. "The first two days here, things haven't gone too well and we all were pretty disappointed," she said. "I just decided to come out here today, relax and have fun and everything worked better. It wasn't my best throw, it's not a regional qualifier, but I have another chance to do that. This was what I wanted to do today." The Texas-San Antonio men and Sam Houston State women won the team championships. Northwestern was 10th in both divisions, scoring 37 in the women's standings and 35 in the men's division. Of the 34 men and women competing for NSU over the weekend, 29 should return next season. Sixteen of the 20 men's entrants and 11 of the 14 Lady Demon competitors were sophomores or freshmen. Rew, in the discus, will be among those competing May 21 at the Walter Ledet Track Complex in the NSU Last Chance Qualifier before the NCAA Mideast Regional May 30-31.