LSU Tiger Relays Recap

LSU Press Release:

LSU Track & Field Starts Season Strong with LSU Relays

The Tigers and Lady Tigers also featured six silver medalists in their events Saturday afternoon, including Goule (54.62) in the 400 meters, Sylvester (11.74) in the 100 meters, junior Shana-Gaye Tracey (59.27) in the 400 hurdles (59.27), sophomores Joshua Thompson (14.23w) in the 110 hurdles and Doren Welch (146-10) in the javelin and freshman Fitzroy Dunkley (48-6 ¾) in the triple jump.

“It was a tough day for us to get much done as a team with the weather like it was. We fought through some showers here and there, which made for some really heavy air here today,” Shaver said. “But we were able to still get a few things done and feel a little bit better about where we are as we get into the meat of our schedule.

“We’re really looking forward to the Texas Relays next weekend. I expect our athletes to be better focused mentally as we really step up our level of competition. It’s always a lot of fun for our teams.”

The Tigers and Lady Tigers are set to make their annual trip to Austin, Texas, next weekend to compete against a world-class field at the 86th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays running March 27-30 at Mike A. Myers Stadium at the University of Texas. They will then travel to Los Angeles, Calif., to compete at the UCLA Dual Meet being held April 6 at Drake Stadium.

Juniors Leigh-Ann Naccari and Laura Aleman wrapped up Friday’s events for the Lady Tigers by running personal records in the final of the women’s 5,000 meters as Naccari eclipsed her previous best my more than six seconds with a run of 17:42.22 for fourth place and Aleman broke her previous best by five seconds with a run of 18:11.54 for seventh place.

Junior William Wiesler then ended the night with his first collegiate victory as he took the men’s 5,000-meter title in 15:07.86 while slashing nearly 40 seconds off of his previous outdoor PR in the event. Wiesler had run a career-best of 15:46.35 in the 5k outdoors entering Friday’s race as he took home his first title as an LSU Tiger.

Fellow junior Roger Cooke also ran a personal best in the men’s 5,000 meters as he took third place overall with a run of 15:25.26 in the final event of the evening.

BATON ROUGE – Seniors Charlene Lipsey and Laura Carleton opened their outdoor season by running two of the NCAA’s fastest times in a 1-2 finish in the 1,500 meters and 10 athletes set outdoor personal records in Friday’s opening day of competition at the LSU Relays being held this weekend at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium.

In the wake of her bronze-medal-winning third-place finish in the 800-meter final at the 2013 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships two weeks ago, Lipsey opened her outdoor campaign Friday night with a strong performance in defending her 1,500-meter championship at the LSU Relays.

Lipsey raced to an NCAA-leading effort of 4 minutes, 21.78 seconds to take the tape ahead of Carleton in second place and emerge as the nation’s fastest 1,500-meter runner early in the 2013 outdoor season. Carleton followed with the NCAA’s No. 4-ranked performance early in the season at 4:24.00 to take the runner-up position.

Lipsey won the LSU Relays title in the 1,500 meters for the first time in her career with a season-opening time of 4:20.91 as a junior a year ago.

The Hempstead, N.Y., native is fresh off of an indoor season in which she claimed her fourth career All-America honor in the 800 meters with a career-best third-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships. She ran the second-fastest time indoors in program history at 2:02.47 in the national final to take home the NCAA Indoor bronze medal. Lipsey is poised to contend for her first NCAA Championship in the 800 meters this spring after taking home the NCAA Outdoor silver medal with a lifetime PR of 2:01.40 last season.

Carleton is also coming off a history-making indoor campaign of her own in 2013 as she became the first Lady Tiger in program history to be crowned the SEC Indoor Champion in the 5,000 meters.

Sophomore Philip Primeaux made it a clean sweep of 1,500-meter titles for LSU during Friday’s action as he smashed his personal record in the first heat with a winning run of 3:56.27, breaking his previous PR effort by more than three seconds as he ran 3:59.37 at the LSU Relays during his freshman season a year ago.

Fellow sophomores Barrett Miller and Philip Dempsey also ran personal bests in the 1,500 meters on Friday night as Miller followed Primeaux in third place at 3:58.38 and Dempsey trailed in 10th place at 4:02.27.

While her teammates were sweeping 1,500-meter titles on the track, junior All-America hopeful Denise Hintonset a personal best after stepping into the hammer circle for the first time in the 2013 outdoor season.

A two-time NCAA Indoor Championships qualifier in the 20-pound weight throw, Hinton wasted no time in cracking the Top 5 of the NCAA rankings this spring as she uncorked a throw of 195 feet, 11 inches on her very first toss of the outdoor season to claim the No. 5 ranking on the national list. She finished runner-up to the winning mark of 202-1 by Akron’s Brittany Funk also set during the first round of throws.

Not only did Hinton crack the Top 5 of the NCAA rankings with her season-opening performance, but she also moved up one spot into the No. 5 position on LSU’s all-time outdoor performance list in the hammer event while passing the career-best of 195-9 by former Lady Tiger All-SEC performer Kim Williams by just two inches.

Hinton entered Friday’s season opener with a personal best of 191-5 set during the Arizona State Tri-Meet on April 14 of her sophomore season in 2012.

Also leading the way in the field events during Friday’s opener at the LSU Relays were senior Lacey Sanchezand junior Brianne Bergeron as each set lifetime personal records with their pole vault performance.

Sanchez cleared consecutive heights of 12-10 and 13-1 ¾ on her first attempt as she opened her outdoor season with a second-place finish to the winning clearance of 13-5 ¾ by Arkansas State’s Stephanie Foreman. It strengthened her position as the No. 3-ranked pole vaulter outdoors in Lady Tiger history while eclipsing her previous lifetime best of 13-1 ½ set during the 2010 season.

Bergeron climbed into the No. 7 spot in the school rankings with a PR performance of her own after clearing a height of 11-8 on her third attempt en route to an 11th-place finish in the competition.

BATON ROUGE – Strong season-opening performances by junior Jasmin Stowers in the 100-meter hurdles andQuincy Downing in the 400-meter dash and a sweep of relay titles by the Lady Tigers paced 10 event winners for the LSU Track & Field teams during Saturday’s finale at the 2013 LSU Relays held at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium.

Stowers opened the outdoor season with her victory the women’s 100-meter hurdles as she took the tape ahead of senior teammate Shanekia Hall with a wind-legal run of 13.39 seconds to match her season-opening performance from a year ago. Hall followed in second place with an opening time of 13.52 in her first race of the outdoor season.

Stowers took to the track for the first time following her bronze-medal-winning third-place finish in the final of the 60-meter hurdles at the NCAA Indoor Championships two weeks ago.

Stowers, who has now earned four All-America honors in the sprint hurdles in her collegiate career, also led off the Lady Tigers in the 4x100-meter relay on Saturday as she teamed with senior Kimberlyn Duncan, junior Takeia Pinckney and junior Toshika Sylvester for a winning run of 44.03 in the their first appearance of the 2013 season.

It marked the first time that Stowers has run on LSU’s top team in the 4x100-meter relay in her three seasons as a Lady Tiger.

The Lady Tigers were dominant in their season opener in the sprint relay as Hinds Community College trailed more than two seconds back in second place with a time of 46.23.

“I haven’t run the relay much since high school, and handing off to somebody like Kim is something I’ve never experienced before,” Stowers said following the meet. “I was a little nervous about that. I was sprinting as hard as I could to get the stick to her. We’ve definitely got some improvements to make. We’re all looking forward to running again at Texas next week.”

Stowers actually matched her season-opening time in the 100 hurdles from a year ago when she ran a wind-aided 13.39 in the preliminary rounds at the Texas Relays while coming up just short of a spot in the finals.

“I feel more comfortable opening here (in the hurdles),” Stowers said. “I feel like I’ve got a better chance to run well next week because I ran here today. It’s a good starting point for me. I didn’t even make the final at Texas last year, so I’m really looking forward to that when we go back next week.”

The Lady Tigers swept sprint relay titles during Saturday’s action at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium as they added victories in both the 4x200-meter and 4x400-meter relays in the finale.

Earning the victory in the 4x200 relay with a winning run of 1 minute, 34.29 seconds was LSU’s team of seniorLatoya McDermott, Duncan, senior Siedda Herbert and freshman Aliyah Davis. Herbert then returned to the track to lead off the Lady Tigers in the 4x400 relay as she teamed with junior Nikita Tracey, sophomoreMontenae Roye-Speight and junior Natoya Goule to run a season-opening time of 3:37.00.

After the Lady Tigers won the women’s 4x100 relay title, the Tigers opened the defense of their national championship in the 4x100 relay with a strong performance in their season opener on Saturday afternoon.

With sophomore All-American Aaron Ernest still recovering from a grueling indoor season, the Tigers took to the track with a foursome of senior long jump All-American Damar Forbes, freshman Darrell Bush, freshmanNethaneel Mitchell-Blake and junior Shermund Allsop lining up to the inside of the Tiger Olympians team of former LSU All-Americans Barrett Nugent, Tristan Walker, Kyron Blaise and Gabriel Mvumvure.

Forbes led off with a strong first leg before Bush and Mitchell-Blake got the baton to Allsop on the anchor in a dead heat with Mvumvure for the title. The Tigers crossed the finish line in 39.98 to finish runner-up to the winning run of 39.94 by Mvumvure and the Tiger Olympians.

The Tigers won their eighth NCAA title in the 4x100 relay as the team of Nugent, Ernest, Keyth Talley and Allsop sprinted to the seventh-fastest time in collegiate history at 38.38 in the national final a year ago.

“We got the stick around the track with both the men and the women, which was a primary goal of ours coming in,” said LSU head coach Dennis Shaver. “I thought the women executed the race very well today in their first time out. We’ve got some new people on it this year, and those returning are in a different spot on the relay than they were last year. The men were also pretty good today. Damar ran a great leadoff leg to sort of put our two freshmen in a good position. We’re excited that Aaron Ernest will be back in the mix when we go to Texas next week.”

While the Tigers came up a split-second short of taking the sprint relay crown, Downing returned the favor in the final of the men’s 400-meter dash as he battled Olympic relay bronze medalist Ade Alleyne-Forte of the Tiger Olympians for his first collegiate victory outdoors in the one-lap race.

Downing beat Alleyne-Forte to the finish line with a season-opening time of 46.94 as Alleyne-Forte took the silver medal in 47.05. Downing’s 46.94 ranks No. 4 in the NCAA’s early-season rankings for 2013.

Downing owns a lifetime best of 46.18 in the event that he set in the NCAA quarterfinals during his freshman season a year ago en route to a berth in the national semifinals of the 2012 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Downing is also a two-time All-American during his collegiate career as a member of LSU’s 4x400-meter relay team.

After opening up the outdoor season with a runner-up finish in the 1,500 meters on Friday night, Lady Tiger senior Laura Carleton scored a victory in her first 800-meter race outdoors this season while setting a lifetime PR of 2:11.08 in the first of four heats of the women’s event.

And just one week after smashing his lifetime best with an NCAA-leading mark of 197-1 in winning the discus at the Louisiana Classics meet, Tiger sophomore Rodney Brown won his second discus title in as many starts on Saturday afternoon. Brown took the title with a series-best effort of 186-2 in the fifth round of throws to surge past Southeastern Louisiana’s Jeff Milliron (178-3) in the event.

Following Brown in the final standings were senior Daniel Obioha in fifth place with a seasonal-best throw of 163-7 and sophomore Jeremy Tuttle in seventh place with a personal-best throw of 161-6.

Other event winners during Saturday’s finale at the LSU Relays included Pinckney (11.61) in the 100-meter dash, Tracey (59.18) in the 400-meter hurdles and junior Keri Emanuel (19-7 ½) in the long jump.

ULL Press Release:

BATON ROUGE – The Ragin’ Cajuns men’s and women’s track and field team found continued success in the jumps here Saturday as the squad concluded the LSU Relays at Bernie Moore Track Stadium on the LSU campus.

 
Louisiana landed Top 5 finishes in the men’s long jump and women’s long jump, triple jump and high jump.
 
Ta’Shania Bean took home the title in women’s triple jump with a leap of 12.16m/39-10 ¾, which marked a personal best for the junior from New Orleans (previous was 12.05m/39-6 ½ at Ole Miss in 2012).
 
Bean edged out teammate Tarvia Conway who as a mere two inches behind in second place. Conway’s top leap that earned her the runner-up slot was 12.11m/39-8 ¾. Conway picked up her second Top 5 placement in the event in 2013, topping her leap of 11.66m/38-3 ¼ at last week’s Louisiana Classics.
 
Jasmin Fusilier placed fourth at 11.84m/38-10 ¼ giving the Cajuns three of the Top 5 finishers in women’s triple jump.
 
Bean shined in the women’s long jump as she was one of only three competitors to reach a distance past 19 feet. Bean was third in the long jump with a distance of 5.81m/19-0 ¾. That mark was her second personal best of the day eclipsing her previous long jump best of 5.71m/18-9 at last season Sun Belt Outdoor Championship.
 
Lafayette native Lindsey Harmon claimed second place in women’s high jump with a clearance of 1.69m/5-6 ½. Harmon bested LSU’s Lynnika Pitts and Sun Belt rival Danielle O’Donnell of ULM.
 
Madalyn Trisler joined Harmon in the Top 5 of women’s high jump as her height of 1.64m/5-4 ½ place her fifth out of 13 competitors who recorded a height.
 
Devin Davis made his season debut in men’s long jump and fell five inches shy of an event title. Davis’ height of 7.16m/23-6 placed him third right behind first place finisher Phillippe Moore of Southeastern Louisiana (7.29m/23-11).
 
On the track, redshirt senior Kacey Elphage ran the women’s 100 meter hurdles in under 14 seconds a second straight week. She narrowly missed her Louisiana Classics time (13.59) as she completed Saturday’s race in 13.67 seconds. The Donaldsonville native was one of only five competitors (out of 27) to run in less than 14 seconds.
 
Morgan Breaux (Maurice, La./North Vermilion HS) claimed Top 5 honors in women’s 100 meter dash for the second straight week as her time of 12.05 seconds placed her fifth.
 
The Cajuns’ women’s 4x100 relay was strong a second straight week. The grouping of Stacy Imagbe, Breaux, Fusilier and Alexis Malone ran in 47.07 seconds, beating out the 47.21 seconds timing at the Louisiana Classics. The quartet placed fourth out of 15 teams.
 
Matt Rice (6^th, 1:54.21) and Scott Brewster (8^th, 1:55.35) both claimed Top 10 spots in men’s 800 meter run and Cole Stafford was runner-up in men’s 3,000 meter steeplechase with a time of 9:53.25. The freshman trio recorded their personal bests in the events.

BATON ROUGE – Myles Melancon posted a win in the shot put a second straight week and Scott Brewster and Anna Katherine Devitt claimed second place in distance races as the Ragin’ Cajuns men’s and women’s track and field team opened competition in the LSU Relays at Bernie Moore Track Stadium on Friday.
 
Melancon finished three feet further than the next closest competitor as he made it 2-for-2 in taking home first place in the shot put at the onset of the 2013 outdoor season.
 
Melancon recorded a shot put toss of 17.73m/58-2 which marked a career-best for the senior from St. Martinville (Teurlings Catholic HS). His previous best toss was 17.44m/57-2 ¾ at the 2011 Northwestern State Invitational. He was a full three feet ahead of runner-up Nicholas Banke of Akron (16.79m/55-1).
 
Melancon’s toss was also three feet further than his first-place effort at last week’s Louisiana Classics (16.83m/55-2 ¾).
 
Freshman Scott Brewster’s second place finish in the men’s 1,500 meter run was a time of 3:58.26. Brewster (Covington, La./St. Paul’s) finished in a Top 3 that included LSU’s  Phillip Primeaux (3:56.27) and Barrett Miller (3:58.38).
 
Devitt, a Baton Rouge native and product of Christian Life, took part in her first collegiate outdoor meet in her hometown and placed second in the 5,000 meter run with a time of 17:34.66. Devitt eclipsed her Louisiana Classics 5,000 meter time of 18:15.67.
 
Justin Victor gave Louisiana another Top 5 performance in the field events, placing fourth in men’s hammer throw with a toss of 56.28m/184-8. It was his second throw of 180-plus feet in the 2013 outdoor campaign (55.84m/183-2 in Louisiana Classics).
 
Kenneth Nassar’s shot put toss of 16.43m/53-11 landed him third, giving the Cajuns two of the Top 3 in men’s shot put.
 
Meredith Driskell reached her season-best clearance in the outdoor venue in women’s pole vault. Driskell’s clearance of 3.56m/11-8 surpassed the height of 3.45m/11-3 ¾ at last week’s Louisiana Classics.
 
The Ragin’ Cajuns continue competition in the LSU Relays on Saturday. The morning session is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. with the field events followed by the first events on the track at 11 a.m.
 
Freshman Lindsey Harmon, who claimed the event title in the Louisiana Classics women’s high jump, is one of several Cajuns to watch in Saturday’s action packed schedule of events. Harmon is scheduled to compete at 11 a.m.
 
Reigning Sun Belt female track athlete of the week Kacey Elphage takes in the 100 meter hurdles on Saturday at 2:45 p.m., competing in the section 1 timed finals. Elphage was the top collegian in the women's 100 meter hurdles in the Louisiana Classics, finishing second overall with a time of 13.54 seconds.

SLU Press Release:

BATON ROUGE, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana University track and field teams enjoyed several quality performances at Bernie Moore Stadium Saturday in the final day of competition at the LSU Relays.

Phillippe Moore won the men's long jump with a distance of 23 feet, 11 inches and was one of six athletes to place in the Top-3 in their respective events.

“That's not an easy place to win the long jump,” coach Sean Brady said. “There's always a good field with LSU and unattached athletes.”

Jeffrey Milliron and Bethany Burst each finished second; Milliron in the men's discus throw (178-03) and Burst, with a personal record, in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase (11:44.68).

Freshman Christian Chapman and senior Shaquell Windley each placed third at 400-meters. Chapman ran the hurdles in 53.58 seconds while Windley wrapped up the dash in 48.13 seconds.

Another freshman, Misha Frazier, turned in the third-best mark in the women's javelin throw.

“Misha really stepped out and shined in the javelin,” Brady said. “She's only been throwing for a few weeks and put up a performance that will place her among the national leaders.”

Alicia Noel finished fourth in the women's 400-meter hurdles (1:02.19) while Nia Stewart finished fifth in the women's long jump (18-10.75). The men's 'A' team ofBrandon Daniels, TJ Herbert, Billy Minnifield and Jerome Rudolph also finished fifth in the 4x100-meter relay (41.01).

Javelin thrower Jenna Baker finished sixth in the women's event with a new personal best (142-00) while Stewart also finished sixth in the women's 100-meter dash (12.10 seconds). Casey Revere finished sixth in the men's javelin throw (186-09).

Shalicia Rochon placed seventh in the women's discus throw (137-04) and Brookais Milton also finished seventh in the women's triple jump with a distance of 36 feet, 10.5 inches, a new personal record.
      
“Overall, it was a really good meet for us,” Brady said. “It was a competitive meet with schools from multiple conferences, but not quite as overwhelming as it has been in the past.

BATON ROUGE, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana University track and field teams had six athletes with Top-7 finishes during the first day of action Friday at the LSU Relays at Bernie Moore Stadium.

Freshman Sharon Ann Ourso placed fourth in the women's pole vault with a personal record of 12 feet, four inches. Jeffrey Milliron finished fourth as well in the men's shot put (53-04.25).

Jonathan Kinchen placed fifth in both the men's shot put (51-08.25) and the men's hammer throw (183-04). The hammer throw was a new personal best for Kinchen.

For the Lady Lions, Shalicia Rochon finished sixth in the women's shot put (44-03.25) and Jessica Fekete placed seventh in the women's hammer throw (172-10).

Nicholls Press Release:

Day 2

BATON ROUGE, La. – Nicholls State University junior thrower Jaimee Springer earned her second javelin title of the outdoor season on Saturday, placing first in the event to pace the Colonels women's track and field team on the final day of the LSU Tiger Relays in Baton Rouge.

On her second to last toss of the event, the Canada native had a throw of 146 feet, ten inches in the finals to claim the top spot over LSU's Doren Welch, as Springer had three throws that traveled over 44 meters on the day. Senior Aja Scott finished fifth in the javelin, with her best throw spanning 142 feet, three inches.

After earning a new school record on Friday in the 1500-meters, Jackie White followed that performance with a new personal best time in the 800-meter run, finishing fourth in two minutes, 11.85 seconds, while Tessni Carruthers finished eighth overall and also set a new personal best time with her finish in two minutes, 15.92 seconds.

Kryshell Rolle had two top ten finishes on Saturday, the only Nicholls athlete to do so on the day, taking third in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:01.37, while taking seventh in the 100-meter hurdles later on in 14.32 seconds.

Day 1:

BATON ROUGE, La. – Reigning Southland Conference Women's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week Jackie White set a new Nicholls record in the 1500-meters with her third place finish on Friday in the opening day of the LSU Tiger Relays in Baton Rouge.

White and teammate Tessni Carruthers finished third and fourth in the event on Friday for the highest finishes for the Colonels on day one, as Carruthers set a new personal record by .37 seconds with White smashing the two-year-old record by former Nicholls runner Jessica McCleod by .80 seconds with their times of four minutes, 34.03 seconds and four minutes, 32.74 seconds, respectively.

Sarah Pressley finished ninth in the 5000-meter run, clocking in with a time of 19 minutes, 15.00 seconds, with Cymone Hamilton finishing 15th in the shot put with a toss of 36 feet, 3.00 inches as the only other individual performances on the evening.

The “A” group of the Nicholls sprint relay finished eighth overall with a time of four minutes, 16.64 seconds in the only relay event on Friday.

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Loyola Press Release:

(Baton Rouge, La.) Loyola University New Orleans Track and Field team took to Bernie Moore stadium at LSU on Saturday and set two more school records on the second day of the LSU Relays after setting two records yesterday. 

The women’s 4x100 meter relay team set a school record by running a time of 50.83 which was .02 seconds faster than the 50.85 time they posted at the Louisiana Classics last weekend. The squad of Candace Johnson, Sarah Tortorich, Harley Augustine, and Alexandra Lain barely surpassed the time of last weekend. Harley Augustine replaced Etashat’e Hollins on the four person squad to help set the new record.

Elizabeth Gienger also clinched a new school record in the 3000 meter steeplechase as she posted a time of 13:16.95 in the event. She finished seventh in the race at the LSU Relays.

The men’s 4x100 meter relay team almost followed suit, but fell just short of a new school record as the four person team of Mark Robinson, Claude Nelson, Piero Ramirez, and Aleksander Matoski posted a time of 45.78 seconds. Nelson, Mario Ramirez, Piero Ramirez, and Robinson ran a time of 45.02 at the Louisiana Classics this past weekend which broke the previous school mark. 

The Wolf Pack set two school records on day one of the LSU Relays. Paul Freese ran a 16:08.61 time in the 5,000 meter race to top a school record and Christina Guzman surpassed her own school record in the shot put with a 10.64 meter throw. 

ULM Press Release:

Several Warhawks post top marks on final day of LSU Relays

BATON ROUGE, La. – The ULM track & field team recorded several top finishes Saturday on the final day of the LSU Relays at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium.

The day was highlighted by junior Martin Solomon’s second-place finish in the men’s 400-meter hurdles. Solomon – competing in the 400 hurdles for the first time this season -- clocked a Sun Belt-leading time of 52.80, which also marks the 10th best time in the NCAA East Region so far this season.

The Warhawks also had a solid showing in the men’s 400-meter dash with senior Dimitri Hampton finishing fifth in a time of 48.53 and freshman Nigel Cribbs finishing ninth in a time of 48.70. Both times cracked the top 25 in the NCAA East Region this season.

Freshman Cory Wesley finished second in the men’s long jump with a best leap of 23-6 (7.16m). Wesley continues to lead the Sun Belt and rank eighth in the NCAA East Region with a best jump of 24-0.25 (7.32m) on the season.

Senior Clint Broussard continued his solid outdoor season with a fourth-place finish in the men’s high jump. Broussard cleared 2.08 meters for the first time this season, but was unable to reach 2.12 meters in three attempts. He currently leads the Sun Belt and ranks 16th in the NCAA East Region in the high jump this season.

Sophomore Isaac Grieder made his outdoor season with a seventh-place finish in the men’s javelin. Grieder threw 185-11 (56.67m) on his first attempt of the day, the fourth best mark in the Sun Belt this season.

The ULM men’s 4x400-meter relay team of freshman Mark Demus, Cribbs, freshman Andrew Tate and Hampton recorded the fastest time in the Sun Belt this season and took fifth place Saturday in a time of 3:13.25.

The Warhawks’ second 4x400 relay team of junior Martin Solomon, freshman James Sapp, freshman Nick Young and freshman Andre Brown finished just behind in sixth place in a time of 3:19.26.

The men’s 4x100-meter relay team ran to the third fastest time in the Sun Belt this season with a time of 41.54. The team consisted of freshman Charles Lafayette, Hampton, Cribbs and Demus.

On the women’s side, senior Danielle O’Donnell came up just shy of her season-best effort as she cleared 1.64 meters to take fourth place.

The women’s 4x400-meter relay team of senior Jacobi Wilson, sophomore Teona Glave, freshman Brianna Reid and freshman Akino Harvey came in eighth place in a time of 3:55.86.