He coached the team to the 2008 NCAA outdoor championship. The Lady Tigers won their first NCAA championship in 1987 under head coach Sam Seemes. LSU made its presence felt once again in Olympic competition in 2012 when former sprint stars Richard Thompson, Samantha Henry and Ade Alleyne-Forte won medals at the London Games. Both teams added championships to their already impressive resumes in 2002 with the women winning the team title at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and the men capturing the crown at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in front of a home crowd at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium in Baton Rouge. Katy-Ann McDonald circled the track twice in a time of 2:06.84 to become LSU's first woman to ever win an 800 meter title at the Texas Relays. This time earned her fourth place and it ranks fifth in LSU history. His blistering mark won him the American title that year and qualified him into the finals at World Indoor Championships. TFRRS | LSU Women's Cross Country Results & Statistics Since his arrival, he has coached 22 Olympians, 6 Olympic medalists, 411 All-Americans, 39 individual National Champions, 49 NCAA event titles and 19 national championship relay teams. The Tigers advanced two student-athletes to the finals on Friday. - No. 1 overall in our first projection for 2023-24. The Lady Tiger program began in August 1978. The stadium has a seating capacity of 5,680. 2 Utah Utes (27-4) and No. [7], Opened in January 2003, the weight room is for the LSU Tigers track and field and LSU Lady Tigers track and field team's. Men's Track and Field - University of Memphis Athletics The Lady Tigers also claimed a fifth-straight NCAA Indoor crown in 1997 for their eighth in an 11-year span. The arena has a seating capacity of 3,000. The LSU Track & Field program then reached a pinnacle in 1989 and 1990 as the teams brought a combined five national championships to Baton Rouge. The LSU contingent at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics was led by 21-time All-American Esther Jones of the United States, who won a gold medal as a member of the winning 4x100-meter relay. Terms of Service BATON ROUGE, La. The Lady Tigers have won the SEC regular season championship three times and the SEC Tournament championship twice. Watch women's college hoops all season without cable on all your devices with a seven-day free trial to fuboTV! Led by NCAA individual champions Schowonda Williams, Sylvia Brydson and Sheila Echols, the LSU women swept both the indoor and outdoor national titles that season. 2020 LSU Track & Field Record Book by LSU Athletics - Issuu @ToneaAlexis_ (12.75)?? All rights reserved. LSU Track & Field was well-represented once again at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta as a former athlete won Olympic gold for the thirdstraight games. Leah Phillips (58.19)?? Thrower Amber Hart notched her second LSU top 10 mark in as many days with a throw of 165' 10" (50.55 meters) in the discus; she finished second in the 'B' section of that event. 2 Seed Utah Utes (27-4, 15-4 Pac-12) will take on the No. Published: Mar. LSU dominated the competition to win its seventhconsecutive NCAA Outdoor championship. Francique won the individual crown in the 400 meters, while Colquhoun helped Jamaica to a first-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay. 15-1 SEC) on Friday, March 23 at 3 p.m. (MT) in the Sweet 16 Round of the NCAA Tournament. During the 1999 indoor season, former Tiger AllAmerican Rohsaan Griffin made a splash in the 200meter dash by smashing the American indoor record in the event with a time of 20.32. AUSTIN, Texas The LSU track and field program wrapped up day one of the 95thTexas Relays on Thursday. Opened in January 2003, the weight room is for the LSU Tigers track and field and LSU Lady Tigers track and field team's. The LSU track and field weight room is a 2,000 square foot facility designed for an Olympic style lifting program. In 2001, the Tigers won their first indoor NCAA title and their second indoor title in 2004. G FR 5'10" Jasmine Carson #2. Camille Cato, Michele Morris, Wendy Truvillion, Charlene Maulseed, Sheila Powell, LaTarsha Stroman, Youlanda Warren, Meisue Francis, Deonna Lawrence, Brooklynn Morris, Cynetheia Rooks. [5] In 1971, the stadium was renamed after former LSU football and track & field coach, Bernie Moore. Hometown: Braden Blakely . https://lsutigerswire.usatoday.com/2023/03/31/lsu-track-and-field-texas-relays-day-1-recap/, SEC baseball standings as race for conference regular-season title heats up, Tracking every LSU player selected in the 2023 NFL draft, LSU women's basketball star Angel Reese reacts to addition of Louisville transfer Hailey Van Lith, LSU gymnastics announces return of 4 seniors in 2024, LSU rolled out the red carpet for big-time transfer addition Hailey Van Lith, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. LSU will be without a number of key names from the 2021-22 roster, including a senior class that helped pace the program in Khayla Pointer, Autumn Newby, Jailin Cherry, Faustine Aifuwa and Awa. Neither have we.?? LSU is 27-0 when allowing fewer than 83.5 points. At the 1936 Berlin Games, Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany watched as LSUs Hardin, Jack Torrance and Billy Brown competed for the United States. NOLIMIT FOR THESE TWO?? LSU qualified Astia Walker and Peta-Gaye Dowdie, while Texas countered with two runners as well. Please check your email for a confirmation. The weekend started off with a first-place finish in the womens 400-meter hurdle prelims by Shania Bellamy. G FR 5'10" . Paul kicks off the show with On3's Matt Zenitz to chat about Spencer Rattler, Alabama's title chances and more from around the SEC. One of the most memorable moments in LSU track lore came at the 1992 national championships in Austin, Texas. Trailing Florida entering the final day of competition, the Lady Tigers used a team effort to rally and defeat the Lady Gators, 87-81, for an unprecedented sixth-consecutive national crown. All rights reserved. LSU's final title of the day was the quartet of Tonea Marshall, Favour Ofili, Symone Mason, and Thelma Davies in the 4x100 meter relay. Also securing top-10 finishes were Walter Davis in the long jump (seventh), Laverne Eve in the javelin (eighth) and Claston Bernard in the decathlon (ninth). For the LSU women's track and field team, see, Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship, NCAA Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LSU_Tigers_track_and_field&oldid=1103731494, This page was last edited on 10 August 2022, at 20:51. Brand Guidelines [7] In 1971, the stadium was renamed after former LSU football and track & field coach, Bernie Moore. 3 LSU Lady Tigers (30-2) will decide which of the teams is heading to the . In the early history of the program, the team won six Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles between 1913 and 1922. LSU Track & Field has been blessed with exceptional coaching talent, but during its first 18 years, LSU did not have a coach whose tenure lasted more than three seasons. March 23-26, 2022. Walker finished second and Dowdie placed fifth, while Nanceen Perry and Angie Vaughan of Texas placed third and fourth, respectively. LSU Track & Field (@lsutrackfield) on Instagram LSU picked up yet another national title in 2001, but this time, it was the mens team stealing the spotlight. Dennis Shaver - Wikipedia She recorded a time of 57.15 seconds in the third heat, giving her an auto-qualifying time for the finals tomorrow at 5:35 p.m. CT. LSUs next Olympic Games participant came in 1964 as Billy Hardin ran the 400 hurdles for the United States in Tokyo, Japan. D'Andre Anderson . The Lady Tigers have won a total of 25 NCAA championships (11 indoor, 14 outdoor). LSU is prepped for day two of competition at the Texas Relays. Claston Bernard and Walter Davis made the trip down under representing Jamaica and the United States, respectively, while 2000 NCAA champions Dowdie and Keisha Spencer each represented Jamaica. When the points were tallied, LSU outscored Texas, 12-11, in the most crucial race of the meet to give the Lady Tigers the one-point advantage they needed to clinch the overall title by the score of 63-62. / Davis added another individual gold medal in the triple jump to his resume at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships when he posted a personal best and meet-winning leap of 58-2 for the United States. The LSU Track & Field program certainly made its presence felt at the 2008 Olympic Games as 12 Tigers and Lady Tigers past and present made the trip to Beijing, China, to compete against the . A 5-foot-7 guard who spend the past three seasons at Louisville, Van Lith adds another star to an already star-studded roster at LSU. A pair of LSU top 10 marks were registered in field events before all the action started on the track. 42.87/?? The Baton Rouge native was one of 10 current and former LSU athletes to compete in the prestigious event and the only one to bring home a medal. Men's Track and Field - University of Memphis Athletics The official Men's Track and Field page for the University of Memphis Tigers The official Men's Track and Field page for the University of Memphis Tigers The official Men's Track and Field page for the University of Memphis Tigers Skip To Main Content Pause All Rotators This was her first 400mH race of the season, entering the year with a personal-best time of 56.65 which she recorded with Coastal Carolina last year. Laird wowed the crowd with the fastest 200 meter time ever run at Texas Relays when he covered half the oval in 19.81 seconds for the gold medal. Deonna Lawrence, Brooklynn Morris, LaTavia Thomas. Shaver came to LSU in 1995 as an assistant coach. @YouNgeSaVage__ (13.56)Damion becomes the 10th fastest performer in collegiate history with his PR of 13.22 and it broke Barrett Nugent's previous LSU school record of 13.32!#GeauxTigers pic.twitter.com/nVtkeVrzJE. Hardin made history in the 400 hurdles, becoming the first and only LSU track athlete to win an individual Olympic gold medal. Abigail O'Donoghue registered an outdoor personal best of 6' 2" (1.88 meters) in the high jump to earn a second place finish. Coleman-Swanner era [ edit] LSU Tigers Basketball - Tigers News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More - ESPN Dennis Shaver has added his name alongside the likes of Moore, Henry and Sam Seemes as coaches to lead LSU to a national championship as head coach. Other Saturday ResultsKyndal McKnight Triple Jump - PR - 42' 4.25" (12.91 meters) 'B' SectionCharles Lewis 100 Meter Dash 10.55 6th placeDavis Bove 800 Meter Run PR - 1:49.96 6th placeEric Coston 800 Meter Run PR - 1:51.04 11th placeAmber Anning 400 Meter Dash - PR 52.08 4th placeKiya Oviosun 400 Meter Dash 56.54 9th placeSean Dixon-Bodie Men's Triple Jump PR 3rd place 52' 7.5" (16.04 meters)Christian Miller Men's Triple Jump 10th place 50' 4.5" (15.35 meters), Editor's note: This is a press release from LSUSports.net. The addition of Hailey Van Lith creates a new powerful trio alongside Angel Reese and Flau'jae Johnson as the Tigers' sights are set on back-to-back national titles. / March 11-12, 2022. LSU Athletics, Louisiana State University, 2023. She competed in Seoul alongside LSU greats Schowonda Williams (United States), Robin van Helden (Holland), Mikael Olander (Sweden), Laverne Eve (Bahamas) and Angela Phipps (Canada). Located adjacent to the track, the weight room features 10 multi-purpose power stations, 5 dumbbell stations, 4 power racks, 5 sets of competition plates, 10 competition Olympic bars, 2 multi-purpose racks, an assortment of selectorized machines and 2 televisions for multimedia presentations.[8]. In the men's 110 meter hurdles, Damion Thomas won his second career Texas Relays title with a huge personal best of 13.22 to set the LSU school record. LSU's track and field program announced its schedule for the 2022 season that encompasses both the indoor and outdoor season. The Lady Tigers knew they had to outscore Texas by a single point in the event to win the title. Women's 2022-23 XC/Track Roster Name Pos. Other members of the first team were, Stacy Allen, hurdler, from Metairie, La. LSU wasn't done showing off in the hurdles quite yet as the women had four representatives in finals of the 400 meter hurdles. Privacy Policy During his 12-year stint, LSU won three SIAA titles. Moffitt won the long jump title and was then part of the Tigers unprecedented 1-2-3 sweep in the triple jump. Moore molded the the Tigers into a national power, and in 1933, guided the team to its first national championship, as well as a win at the inaugural SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. [5], Bernie Moore Track Stadium built in 1969 is the outdoor track and field home stadium for the LSU Tigers and LSU Lady Tigers track and field teams. Since 1897, LSU Track & Field has built an illustrious history filled with some of the most memorable performers and achievements in the schools colorful athletic heritage. @thelmadavies ?? NCAA regionals will be contested June 2-5, while NCAA super regionals will be held June 9-12. 16 Alabama (35-16, 11-9 SEC) Saturday afternoon at Rhoads Stadium to even the series. The LSU Lady Tigers track and field program is the premier women's track and field program in the NCAA, winning more NCAA championships than any other school in history. Since the Lady Tigers won their first national championship in 1987, no four-year senior class had ever left Baton Rouge without winning at least one team title at the NCAA Championships until 2012.