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2008 Outdoor Notes.Qxd 2008 SCHEDULE SEC OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS May 16-18 • Hutsell-Rosen Track • Auburn, Ala. INDOOR SCHEDULE Friday Saturday Sunday JANUARY Field Events: 2 p.m. Field Events: 12:30 p.m. Field Events: 12:30 p.m. 19 Purple Tiger Classic Baton Rouge, La. Track Events: 6 p.m. Track Events: 6 p.m. Track Events: 5 p.m. 25-26 Razorback Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. 31-1 LSU Combined Events Baton Rouge, La. TV COVERAGE FEBRUARY The 2008 SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be broadcast on a tape-delay basis as a 1 Bayou Bengal Invite Baton Rouge, La. part of SEC-TV on Fox Sports Net from 6-8 p.m. CDT on Sunday, May 25. 8-9 New Balance Invite New York, N.Y. RESULTS 15-16 Tyson Invitational Fayetteville, Ark. Live results for the 2008 SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships can be found online by logging 22 LSU Twilight Baton Rouge, La. on to the official website of the SEC at www.secsports.com or at www.deltatiming.com. Daily recaps 29-2 SEC Championships Fayetteville, Ark. of the meet will also be posted on the official website for LSU athletics at www.LSUsports.net. MARCH CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF CHAMPIONSHIPS 7 LSU NCAA Qualifier Baton Rouge, La. LSU’s dominance in track and field can be traced back to the 1933 season when the Tigers won their 14-15 NCAA Championships Fayetteville, Ark. first national championship at Chicago’s Soldier Field under the guidance of legendary head coach Bernie Moore. The Tigers edged Southern California for the title by a 58-54 margin as Buddy Blair, Glen OUTDOOR “Slats” Hardin, Jack Torrance, Al Moreau and Matt Gordy each turned in All-America performances. This season marks the 75th anniversary of that victory as the Tigers and Lady Tigers have now com- MARCH bined to win 30 national championships in their storied histories. 22 Willy Wilson Invitational Tucson, Ariz. 28-29 LSU Tiger Relays Baton Rouge, La. LSU KICKS OFF THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON AT SEC OUTDOORS APRIL The LSU men’s and women’s track and field teams kick off the championship season this weekend as they travel to Auburn, Ala., to compete in the 2008 SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships at 3-5 Texas Relays Austin, Texas Hutsell-Rosen Track on the campus of Auburn University. The four-day meet begins Thursday with the 10-11 LSU Combined Events Baton Rouge, La. multi-events, but the Tigers and Lady Tigers will not begin competing until Friday. The championship will 12 Tiger Invitational Baton Rouge, La. culminate with the presentation of awards on Sunday at 8:30 p.m. Live results from the meet can be 19 LSU Alumni Gold Baton Rouge, La. found online by logging on to the official website of the SEC at www.secsports.com or at www.deltatim- 24-26 Penn Relays Philadelphia, Pa. ing.com. Daily recaps and photo galleries will also be available on the official website for LSU athletics at www.LSUsports.net. MAY 15-18 SEC Championships Auburn, Ala. LADY TIGERS LOOK TO DEFEND SEC OUTDOOR CROWN 30-31 NCAA Mideast Regionals Fayetteville, Ark. Last season, the Lady Tigers ended an 11-year drought by winning their first SEC Outdoor title since the JUNE 1996 season, and they did it in dominating fashion by racking up a total of 139.5 points over the course of the four-day meet. The Arkansas Lady Razorbacks finished a distant second with 110 points. 11-14 NCAA Championships Des Moines, Iowa LSU opened the final day of the competition in seventh place in the team standings, but scored 124.5 JULY points on championship Sunday to take home their first outdoor conference title in over a decade. In 27-6 USA Olympic Trials Eugene, Ore. addition to winning the team title, four Lady Tigers were crowned individual SEC champions as Andrea AUGUST Linton (triple jump), Jessica Ohanaja (100 hurdles), LaTavia Thomas (800 meters) and Nickiesha Wilson (400 hurdles) placed first in their specialty events. 15-24 XXIX Olympic Games Beijing, China TIGERS EARN RUNNER-UP FINISH AT LAST YEAR’S SEC MEET LSU ON THE INTERNET Although they didn’t walk away from the track at Alabama’s Sam Bailey Stadium as conference cham- pions a year ago, the Tigers earned their best finish at the SEC Outdoor Championships since 2000 by placing second with 122 points in the team standings. The squad battled eventual winner Tennessee to the bitter end as it finished only 6.5 points behind the Volunteers in the race for the team title. LSU’s Trindon Holliday burst onto the scene with his first career SEC title as he set a then school record of 10.08 seconds to win the 100-meter dash. Two other Tigers won individual SEC titles at last year’s meet as Jamaal James (800 meters) and Chad Radgowski (javelin) return this year to defend their crowns. In addition, the Tigers’ 4x400-meter relay team won its second straight SEC title. NCAA REGIONAL QUALIFIERS LSU’S HISTORY AT THE SEC OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS LSU has enjoyed tremendous success at the SEC Outdoor Championships over the years as the Lady Tigers have captured nine conference championships and six runner-up finishes in 27 years at the con- MEN ference meet, while the Tigers have won a total of 22 SEC titles with 15 runner-up finishes in their illlus- Athlete Event Time/Mark trious history. The Lady Tigers enter the meet this weekend as the defending SEC Outdoor champions Chris Bless . .Hammer . .186-6 after snapping an 11-year drought a year ago with their first team title since 1996. They are also look- Preston Chatham . .Javelin . .227-5 ing to sweep SEC Indoor and Outdoor titles for the first time since 1996 after being crowned SEC Indoor Will Coppage . .100 . .10.53w champions earlier this season. The Tigers are looking to end a drought of their own as they have not won Reggie Dardar . .400 . .46.85 an outdoor conference championship since 1990. Mark DeBlanc . .Javelin . .212-5 Josh Dominguez . .Pole Vault . .16-10 3/4 TIGERS, LADY TIGERS SEEKING FIRST SEC SWEEP SINCE 1990 Ryan Fontenot . .110H . .13.51w Since women started competing at the SEC Outdoor Championships in 1981, the men’s and women’s Rabun Fox . .Hammer . .215-11 team titles have been won by the same school in the same season a total of nine times with Arkansas Armanti Hayes . .200/400 . .21.28/46.43 being the last to accomplish the feat in 2004. The Razorbacks and Lady Razorbacks also swept titles at Jeremy Hicks . .Long Jump . .24-6 1/4 the SEC Outdoor Championships in 2000. LSU has pulled off the impressive sweep a total of three times Trindon Holliday . .100 . .10.17 in its history as it did so in consecutive seasons from 1988-90. The University of Tennessee has dou- Jamaal James . .800 . .1:48.98 bled more times than any other school in the SEC as the Volunteers and Lady Volunteers have swept Ricky Jean-Francois . .Shot Put . .59-1 1/4 Elkana Kosgei . .800 . .1:47.42 outdoor conference titles four different times from 1981-84. John Kosgei . .1,500 . .3:42.98 Patrick Lee . .110H/400H . .14.29/50.94 LSU TO BE WELL-RESTED FOR SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS Gabriel Mvumvure . .100/200 . .10.37/21.23 The Tigers and Lady Tigers have not competed as a team since wrapping up the regular season with the Chad Radgowski . .Javelin . .237-2 114th running of the Penn Relays from April 24-26 and will open competition at the 2008 SEC Outdoor Zedric Thomas . .Triple Jump . .50-2 Track and Field Championships on Friday following a break of 20 days. This marks the longest break Richard Thompson . .100/200 . .10.0/20.74w between the final regular season meet and the SEC Championships for LSU in the past two decades. Reuben Twijukye . .800 . .1:48.13 Since 1988, LSU has had a 19-day layoff in three different seasons, including 1998, 1999 and 2004. Adam Wilcox . .Shot Put . .56-0 Hayes, Thompson, LADY TIGERS NO. 2, TIGERS NO. 3 IN LATEST USTFCCCA TOP 25 Mvumvure, Holliday . .4x100 . .38.74 The LSU track and field teams fell from the top spot in the latest power ranking released by the U.S. Hayes, E. Kosgei, Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on May 7 as the Lady Tigers are now No. 2 and Twijukye, Dardar . .4x400 . .3:04.33 the Tigers are No. 3 heading into the championship season. The squads have not competed since wrap- ping up the regular season on the final day of the 114th Penn Relays on April 26. The weekly power rank- WOMEN ing released by the USTFCCCA is based on seasonal best performances of collegiate athletes nationwide Athlete Event Time/Mark and their ranking on the NCAA performance list. Defending NCAA champion Arizona State has taken Kelly Baptiste . .100/200 . .11.06/22.96 over the No. 1 ranking in the women’s poll, while Texas A&M returns to the top spot in the men’s power Angel Boyd . .100/100H . .11.71/13.04w ranking for the first time in three weeks. Juanita Broaddus . .200 . .23.41 Monique Cabral . .100/200 . .11.54w/23.54 Note: The updated power ranking scheduled for release on May 14 prior to the SEC Championships was Brittani Carter . .High Jump . .5-8 1/4 not released prior to the printing of these notes. Kathy Coleman .
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