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31 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 51 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS TRACK2013 & FIELD 132 NCAA CHAMPION ATHLETES LSU 1,213 ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships May 9-12, 2013 • Columbia, Mo. • Audrey J. Walton Track Stadium Live Results: www.mutigers.com/sectrack/results • TV Coverage (Tape-Delay): ESPNU (Thursday, May 23 @ 7 p.m. CT) 2013 Schedule NEXT UP DATE EVENT LOCATION JANUARY Tigers, Lady Tigers Kick Off Championship Season at SEC Outdoors 12 at Crimson Tide Indoor Opener Birmingham, Ala. The Tigers and Lady Tigers will kick off the 2013 postseason with a trip to Columbia, Mo., to compete at the 2013 19 at Texas A&M Triangular College Station, Texas Southeastern Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships beginning Thursday at the Audrey J. Walton Track Stadium 25-26 at Razorback Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. at the University of Missouri. LSU played host to the event at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium a year ago. FEBRUARY 1-2 at Armory Collegiate Invitational New York, N.Y. • Thursday’s action at the SEC Outdoor Championships features the men’s decathlon and women’s heptathlon as the meet 8-9 at Tyson Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. opens at 11:30 a.m. CT, while the multi-events continue Friday at 11 a.m. Friday’s field events are slated for a 2 p.m. start 15 LSU Twilight Baton Rouge, La. followed by the first prelims on the track at 6:15 p.m. Final-round action continues Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. each 22-24 at SEC Indoor Championships Fayetteville, Ark. day. This year’s SEC Outdoor team champions will be crowned in an award ceremony on Sunday at 6:45 p.m. CT. MARCH 1 LSU NCAA Indoor Qualifier Baton Rouge, La. • The 2013 SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships is scheduled for a tape-delay broadcast on ESPNU as the network is 8-9 at NCAA Indoor Championships Fayetteville, Ark. set to air a 90-minute highlight special to a national audience on Thursday, May 23, from 7-8:30 p.m. CT. 16 at Louisiana Classics Lafayette, La. 22-23 LSU Relays Baton Rouge, La. 27-30 at Texas Relays Austin, Texas • The Lady Tigers are the three-time defending SEC Outdoor champions and have captured the women’s team title in five APRIL of the last six years. The Lady Tigers defended their home turf by scoring 161.5 points in four days of competition at their 6 at UCLA Dual Meet Los Angeles, Calif. Bernie Moore Track Stadium. Florida finished 23.5 points back in second place at 138 points for the meet. 13 Battle on the Bayou Baton Rouge, La. 20 LSU Alumni Gold Baton Rouge, La. • Arkansas enters the weekend as the two-time defending SEC Outdoor champions on the men’s side with the Razorbacks 25-27 at Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa. scoring 196 points to take the title in Baton Rouge a season ago. The LSU Tigers finished as the 2012 SEC Outdoor silver MAY medalists after scoring 118 points for second place in the final team race last spring. 9-12 at SEC Outdoor Championships Baton Rouge, La. 23-25 at NCAA East Preliminary Rounds Greensboro, N.C. STORYLINES JUNE • LSU has captured 35 team titles all- • The Lady Tigers have won seven • Duncan has a chance to make 5-8 at NCAA Outdoor Championships Eugene, Ore. time at the SEC Outdoor meet in its SEC titles and one national title in history this week as the first SEC 20-23 at USA Outdoor Championships Des Moines, Iowa history, including 22 by the Tigers their eight-plus seasons under sprinter to win three-straight AUGUST and 13 by the Lady Tigers. head coach Dennis Shaver. SEC Outdoor titles on the women’s 10-18 at IAAF World Championships Moscow, Russia side. She is the two-time defending • The Lady Tigers are the most • The LSU Track & Field teams have champion in the event with wins in WHO TO CONTACT successful program in the history of won more SEC Outdoor event titles 2011 and 2012. the SEC Outdoor Championships as than any proram in league history Sports Information Office their 13 team titles all-time is eight as the Tigers have claimed 272 • Duncan is also the defending SEC (225) 578-8226 more than the five titles won by the event titles and the Lady Tigers champion in the women’s 100- Florida Gators. have won 128 event titles all-time. meter dash. Other LSU athletes who Associate SID and Track & FIeld Contact return as defending SEC Outdoor Will Stafford • The Lady Tigers are the three-time • Senior Kimberlyn Duncan has been champions include senior Charlene Email: [email protected] defending SEC Outdoor team a dominant force in the SEC during Lipsey (800 meters), junior Jasmin Office: 225-578-7947 champions and winners of five of her collegiate career as she enters Stowers (100 hurdles) and both Cell: 225-436-4389 six women’s team titles at the SEC the weekend as a 10-time SEC event the Lady Tigers 4x100-meter and Outdoor meet since 2007. champion as a Lady Tiger. 4x400-meter relays. LSU Sports Information Mailing Address P.O. Box 25095, Baton Rouge, LA 70894 BREAKDOWN CONNECT TO LSU TRACK & FIELD LSU Men LSU Women Ranking No. 12 (USTFCCCA Top 25) Ranking No. 4 (USTFCCCA Top 25) Facebook.com/LSUtrackfield Last Meet April 25-27 at the Penn Relays Last Meet April 25-27 at the Penn Relays Twitter.com/LSUtrackfield SEC Outdoor 22 (1933, ‘34, ‘35, ‘36, ‘38, ‘39, ‘40, ‘41, SEC Outdoor 13 (1985, ‘87, ‘88, ‘89, ‘90, ‘91, ‘93, ‘96, LSUsports.net/track Championships ‘42, ‘43, ‘46, ‘47, ‘48, ‘51, ‘57, ‘58, ‘59, Championships 2007, ‘08, ‘10, ‘11, ‘12) LSUsports.net/connect ‘60, ‘63, ‘88, ‘89, ‘90 NATIONAL RANKINGS NOTEBOOK USTFCCCA TOP 25 - MAY 6, 2013 Lady Tigers Win Track & Field News Dual Meet National Championship MEN • The 2013 saw the rebirth of the Track & Field News Collegiate Dual Meet Rankings as programs have placed more of an RANK TEAM POINTS emphasis on battling one another in high-quality scored competitions in recent seasons. 1. Florida 319.13 • By compiling a perfect 7-0 record in dual meet competition this season, the Lady Tigers have been honored as the Track 2. Texas A&M 313.35 & Field News dual meet national champions for 2013. They claimed the No. 1 national ranking in the final Track & Field 3. Florida State 244.33 News Women’s Collegiate Dual Meet Ranking released on May 1. It marked their second dual meet national title by Track 4. Oregon 237.13 & Field News in program history, and their first since the 1987 season. 5. Arkansas 219.81 • Among LSU’s seven dual-meet victories during the 2013 season are five wins over teams wrapping up the year in the 6. Texas 193.61 Top 10 of the final ranking, including No. 2 Texas A&M, No. 4 Arkansas, No. 6 Penn State, No. 7 Arizona State and No. 8 7. Georgia 162.76 UCLA. The Lady Tigers also scored victories over No. 21 TCU and unranked Mississippi State. 8. Southern California 148.30 9. Virginia Tech 139.09 Lady Tigers Seek Sixth SEC Outdoor Title in Seven Seasons 10. Wisconsin 138.90 • The Lady Tigers have dominated the Southeastern Conference in recent years as they have taken home the team title at 11. Penn State 133.27 the SEC Outdoor Championships in five of the last six seasons with wins in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012. They took 12. LSU 131.39 the title by 23.5 points over Florida a season ago by scoring 161.5 points on their home track in Baton Rouge. 13. Nebraska 130.48 • The Lady Tigers completed a rare “three-peat” at the SEC Outdoor Championships with their win a season ago, marking 14. Texas Tech 127.83 the first time for a team to claim three-straight league titles since LSU won five in a row from 1987-91. By defending the 15. UCLA 108.42 title this weekend, they would also join Tennessee (1981-84) as winners of four-straight SEC Outdoor titles. 16. Ole Miss 104.04 • The Lady Tigers have won 13 SEC Outdoor team championships in their history to lead all programs in the Southeastern 17. TCU 103.32 Conference. That is eight more team titles than the five SEC Outdoor titles won by the Florida Gators. 18. Iowa 98.74 19. Cornell 93.21 Tigers Finish Strong Second on Home Track at SEC Outdoor Meet 20. Alabama 91.68 • While the Lady Tigers defended their home turf by winning the women’s team title at the SEC Outdoor Championships in 21. Oklahoma 87.85 2012, the Tigers finished strong in second place in the final men’s team standings while scoring 118 points in four days 22. Kansas 83.50 of competition at LSU’s Bernie Moore Track Stadium. They finished runner-up to the now two-time defending champions 23. Ohio State 83.37 from Arkansas as the Razorbacks piled up 196 points to win the men’s team title. 24. Baylor 82.70 • The Tigers have gone 22 seasons without winning an SEC Outdoor title as they took home their last championship during 25. Clemson 82.10 the 1990 season. They have won 22 SEC Outdoor team championships in their history, trailing only the 25 team titles by the Tennnessee Volunteers on the SEC’s all-time wins list for the meet. WOMEN RANK TEAM POINTS LSU Athletes Looks to Defend SEC Outdoor Titles 1.