HOUSTON – Winning the men's 4x400 meter relay race highlighted Northwestern State's participation in Saturday's Houston Indoor Invitational track and field meet.
The competition was NSU's final action before the Feb. 17-18 Southland Conference Indoor Championships to be held in the same venue, the Bill Yeoman Fieldhouse at the University of Houton.
The Demons' relay team ran a 3:19.00, not a season-best, to edge Prairie View (3:19.31) and Houston (3:19.88). The win was the best of 12 top 10 finishes by Northwestern competitors.
Marcus Pitre gave NSU a second-place 48.46 clocking in the men's 400, trailing only Carey LaCour of Houston, who ran 47.57 to win.
The Lady Demons' distance medley relay unit ran third in 12:38.63, trailing Houston and Rice and improving on their SLC-best time this season.
Demons freshman Terry Long took third in the high jump, clearing 6-8. Teammate Derrion Harris was eighth with a 6-6 clearance. Long was also fifth in the men's triple jump (46-10, third best by an SLC competitor this season).
Daniel Yarbrough gave NSU sixth place in the men's weight throw (53-10 1/4).
Ravyn Hayward finished seventh in the men's 60 meter dash in 6.86, while Marcus Gatlin was eighth in the 200 (22.13, the sixth-fastest time in the SLC this year).
Cassandra Krell cleared 5-4 1/4 for eighth in the women's high jump. Tameshia Miller was ninth in the women's 60 meter hurdles in 8.65. Shanae Steward was ninth in the women's triple jump (37-8 1/2, a season best).