A day after qualifying three men for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, coach Dennis Shaver qualified his first women on Thursday for the June 7-10 event in Austin, Texas. Long jumper Morgan Smalls qualified for the NCAA meet with a seventh-place finish at 20 feet, 7 inches. She will be participating in the
LSU track & field coach Dennis Shaver simply refers to it as championship time. His hopes are that bigger meets bring out the best in his competitors. That’s what Shaver believes was the result when his men’s team, projected to finish fourth going into the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships, catapulted themselves into second place with
Led by a pair of victories from the nation’s leader in the 4x100 relay and one of the members from that team, the LSU men finished second in the Southeastern Conference’s Outdoor Championships which concluded Saturday at Bernie Moore Stadium. The Tigers totaled 89 points to finish behind champion Arkansas (149) and ahead of third
LSU split up its track teams for performances on either side of the country this weekend. The Tigers picked up a pair of first places Saturday from a pair of throwers in the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville, Florida. Shot putter John Meyer debuted this outdoor season and won his specialty with a throw of