Demons win 4x400 relay to cap LSU competition

BATON ROUGE -- An exciting victory in the meet's final race Friday night, the 4x400 meter relay, was the highlight for Northwestern State at the Purple Tiger Invitational indoor track and field meet hosted by LSU at Carl Maddox Fieldhouse.

The Demons' foursome of Kendall Taylor, Michael Batts, Jamie Emery and Michael Green ran a 3:16.75 to edge fellow Southland Conference member Stephen F. Austin by 0.08, while Southeastern Louisiana was third and LSU fourth.

Northwestern picked up a pair of fourth places. One came from DeJon Griffin in the women's weight throw with a 53-7 3/4 mark, not far behind her personal best 54-1 last Saturday at Texas A&M. In the men's high jump, newcomer Joshua Commiato cleared 6-4 1/4 to take fourth.

Chantell Bratton gave the Lady Demons sixth in the shot put with a 43-10 1/2 throw, but Trecey Rew, the reigning Southland Conference women's athlete of the week, failed to record a legal throw in three attempts and did not place. If she had equalled her school record 51-0 1/4 from last week at Texas A&M, she would have won by more than three feet.

Another sixth place for NSU came in the men's shot put, with Morgan Redmond throwing 47-10.

Complete NSU results from the Purple Tiger Invitational:

Women

60m dash - Anna Forrest, 28th, 7.93; Angelica Kotun, 31st, 7.98; Shamiguin VanBuren, 34th, 8.01; Amanda Freeman, 39th, 8.04; Constance Seibles, 52nd, 8.15; Tiwan Glover, 53rd, 8:15; Whitney Smith, 76th, 8.36; Phyllis Iheanacho, 84th, 8.67

Mile run - Karensa Ellis, 9th, 5:28.91; Sarah Emory, 20th, 5:52.72

3000 - Allison Fontenot, 9th, 11:45.57; Kirstie Jones, 13th, 12:00.57; Courtney Herschberger, 15th, 12:36.73.

4x400 Relay - 8th, 3:57.95 (Constance Seibles, Carmen Wallace, Jazmen Williams, Andrea Warren)

Weight throw - DeJon Griffin, 4th, 53-7 3/4; Janae Allen, 9th, 49-2 1/2; Chantel Bratton, 17th, 39-1

Shot put - Chantel Bratton, 6th, 43-10 1/2; Trecey Rew, no mark.

Long jump - Sarah Jones, 17th, 16-5

High jump - Keyera Thomas, no height

Men

60m dash - Karllis Perry, 36th, 7.11; Quincy Davison, 45th, 7:18; Chris Greer, 62nd, 7.30; Jamaal White, 74th, 7.35;

Mile run - Kyle Lessig, 17th, 4:42.10; Mark Dotson, 20th, 4:43.60; Dusty Dischler, 23rd, 5:06.98

3000 - Mark Dotson, 10th, 9:31.00

4x400 relay - 1st, 3:16.75 (Kendall Taylor, Michael Batts, Jamie Emery, Michael Green)

Weight throw - Morgan Redmond, 12th, 47-10 1/2; Justin Bilbo, 18th,  35-1 1/4

High jump - Joshua Commiato, 4th, 6-4 1/4; Greg Hall, 11th, 6-2 1/4

Long jump - Jamaal White, 12th, 22-6 1/2; Reginald Douglas, 19th, 21-2 1/2

Triple jump - Chris Greer, 11th, 46-0 3/4; Reginald Douglas, 13th, 46-0

Shot put - Morgan Redmond, 6th, 47-10; Justin Bilbo, 10th, 42-11 1/2.