VALURE, WHITE SET NEW INDOOR RECORDS FOR LIONS

HOUSTON – Southeastern's Celeste Cantrelle, Shanna Lilkas and Mandy Wallace each set new school records on the women's side while Joey Valure and Tremaine White established new school records in men's competition to lead the indoor track and field team at the Leonard Hilton Memorial late Friday, hosted by the University of Houston.

Cantrelle set a new mark in the pole vault when she cleared 10 feet, 10 inches, surpassing her mark of 10-6 set last season at the Southland Conference Indoor Championships. Lilkas set a new indoor record in the mile run when she finished in 5:07.78, bettering her time of 5:13.54 set at the SLC Championships. Wallace set a new record in the 5,000-meter run when she finished in 18:15.47, surpassing the record of 18:16.19 set by Gabriella Dalhgren in 1997.

"Overall, this was a very good performance for us," Southeastern head coach Sean Brady said. "We turned in a bunch of personal bests on both sides and we're getting better each week as he head into the (SLC Indoor) conference meet."

On the men's side, Valure broke the record in the mile run that had stood since 1979 when he finished in 4:12.34. Timmy Leyden held the previous record in the indoor mile with a time of 4:13.5. White turned in a school record in the shot put as his mark of 52-9 was one-half inch farther than the previous record held by C.A. Hill in 1976.

Overall, the Lions turned in a stellar performance as 37 personal bests were turned in. Twenty-two bests were on the men's side with 15 new marks on the women's side.