Sprinters Forest, Walker star for NSU at McNeese

 LAKE CHARLES -- Sprinters Anna Forest and Justin Walker stacked up dash and relay titles Saturday as Northwestern State opened the 2010 outdoor track and field season at the Cowboy Relays, with the Lady Demons rolling to a team championship.

Walker swept the men's 100 and 200 meter dashes and anchored the Demons' winning 4x100 meter relay team. Forest took the women's 100, was the fastest collegiate runner and second overall in the 200, and anchored winning 4x100 and 4x400 relays.

The Lady Demons took first in eight of 19 events and had the top collegiate finisher in two more. In women's team scoring, it was NSU racing away from host McNeese 182-133 1/2, followed by Louisiana-Monroe (112), Louisiana-Lafayette (85 1/2), Southeastern Louisiana (85) and Wiley College (10).

The NSU men won five of 19 events. McNeese took the team title with 179 points, followed by Southeastern (130 1/2), ULL (109), NSU (102) and ULM (87 1/2).

The Lady Demons' wins came from Forest in the 100 (12.10), Andrea Warren in the 800 (2;16.69), Carmen Wallace in the 400 meter hurdles (1:07.14), Keyera Thomas in the high jump (5-5 3/4), Trecey Rew in the discus (155-9), in the 4x400 relay (3:53.04, nine seconds ahead of second place ULM). Forest was the top collegiate finisher, second behind an unattached athlete, in the 200 (25.04) and ran the anchor legs on the winning 4x100 (46.73) and 4x400 teams. Rew was the top collegian in her first women's hammer competition with a 163-7 throw for second.

Walker clocked a 10.60 in the 100 and 21.44 in the 200 and anchored the winning 4x100 relay (41.46). Other victories for the Demons came from P.J. Bennett in the 110 meter hurdles (14.24) and by Joshua Commiato in the high jump (6-6).

Both Northwestern teams compete at Louisiana-Lafayette next weekend.