BATON ROUGE – Southeastern Louisiana senior
Adonson Shallow won the shot put to highlight a day that saw the Lions and Lady Lions combine for 13 top-five finishes in the indoor season opening LSU Purple Tiger Invitational Saturday afternoon at the Carl Maddox Field House.
Shallow took the event with a throw of 57 feet, one inch (17.41 meters). The defending Southland indoor champion in the shot put and weight throw also finished second in the weight throw with a throw of 60-5.75 feet (19.41 meters).
Shallow was one of several Lions to shine in the season opener. In the mile run,
Reese Lee (4:31.11) and
Seth Cunningham (4:38.18) finished third and fourth, respectively.
Abram Taylor finished fifth in the 60-meter hurdles, covering the distance in a time of 8.38.
The Lions also had several strong performances in the jumps.
Michael Rheams posted a second place finish in the triple jump with a jump of 48-5.25 feet (14.76 m).
Johnel Reams took fourth place in the high jump, clearing 6 feet, 4.75 inches, while
Phillippe Moore was fifth in the long jump with a 23-4.5 showing (7.12 m).
On the women's side,
Michelle Ogashi and her 39-0.5 showing in the triple jump was good enough for third place. In the pole vault,
Colleen Butler and
Brittany Pfantz finished third and fourth with both clearing 11-3.75 feet.
In the shot put,
Shalicia Rochon finished with a 42 foot, six inch throw to post a fourth-place finish. Rounding out Southeastern's top five finishes was
Whitney Curry, who fifth in the mile with a time of 5:29.81.
Southeastern will be back in action when they compete in the Houston Invitational on Jan. 28-29.