Quick Facts INTRO 2 Media Services Quick Facts 2004 Season Preview 3 UNIVERSITY 4 Men’s Season Preview LOCATION: Baton Rouge, La. 6 Women’s Season Preview FOUNDED: 1860 8 Men’s Roster ENROLLMENT: 31,582 9 Women’s Roster PRESIDENT: Dr. William L. Jenkins 10 2004 Qualifying Standards CHANCELLOR: Dr. Mark A. Emmert FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Kenneth Carpenter PREVIEW Tigers 11 DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Stanley “Skip”Bertman 12 Men’s Bios SENIOR WOMEN'S ADMINISTRATOR: Judy Southard 23 Women’s Bios FACILITIES (CAPACITY): Indoor - Carl Maddox Fieldhouse (3,000) Outdoor - Bernie Moore Track Stadium (5,680) Coaches 35 NICKNAME: Tigers or Fighting Tigers COLORS: 36 Pat Henry, Head Coach Purple-PMS 268 and Gold-PMS 123 CONFERENCE: 39 Mark Elliott, Assistant Coach Southeastern 40 Dennis Shaver, Assistant Coach ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT 41 Irving “Boo“ Schexnayder, Assistant Coach 42 Kent Pagel, Assistant Coach/Support Staff SR. ASSOC. DIR. OF ATHLETICS: Dan Radakovich ASSOC. AD/SR. WOMEN’S ADMINISTRATOR: Judy Southard TIGERS 2003 Season Review 43 ASSOC. AD/INTERNAL RELATIONS: Bo Bahnsen ASSOC. AD/OPERATIONS: Verge Ausberry 44 2003 Season Review ASSOC. AD/EXTERNAL OPERATIONS: Herb Vincent 47 2003 Men’s Indoor Best Times ASSOC. AD/BUSINESS: Mark Ewing 48 2003 Women’s Indoor Best Times 49 2003 Men’s Outdoor Best Times SPORTS INFORMATION 50 2003 Women’s Outdoor Best Times SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: Michael Bonnette History 51 SENIOR ASSOCIATE SID: C. Kent Lowe ASSOCIATE SID: Laurie Cannon 52 This Is LSU Track & Field ASSOCIATE SID: Bill Franques CO 55 All Time Results/Coaching History ASSOCIATE SID: Brian Miller 56 World Class Tigers A ASSOCIATE SID: Melissa Reynaud CHES 58 NCAA Champions PUBLICATIONS DIRECTOR: Jason Feirman 61 Career NCAA Titles GRAPHIC DESIGN COORDINATOR: David Hurd 62 SEC Champions PHOTOGRAPHER: Steve Franz 68 Career SEC Titles SECRETARY: Pat Fredericks 69 SEC Commissioner’s Trophy PUBLICATION STUDENT ASSISTANTS: Melissa Giardina, Annie Martin 70 Men’s All-Americans STUDENT ASSISTANTS: Tony Autin, Michelle Fakier, Natalie Grantham, 74 Women’s All-Americans Bill Martin, Kerri McGimsey, Patrick Meehan, Jeff Schneider, 78 Career All-America Honors Will Stafford REVIEW Records 79 TRACK & FIELD STAFF 80 Men’s All-Time Indoor Records HEAD COACH: Pat Henry (New Mexico St.,‘73) 81 Women’s All-Time Indoor Records YEAR AT LSU: 17th season 82 Men’s All-Time Outdoor Records ASSISTANT COACHES: 83 Women’s All-Time Outdoor Records Mark Elliott (LSU, ’91) - 11th season 84 Men’s All-Time Relay Records Kent Pagel (Chapman) - 3rd season 85 Women’s All-Time Relay Records Boo Schexnayder (Nicholls St., ‘83) - 9th season 86 Men’s Indoor Record Book Dennis Shaver (UT-Arlington,‘78) - 9th season 87 Women’s Indoor Record Book TRACK & FIELD COORDINATOR: Shantelle Dunn 88 Men’s Outdoor Record Book MANAGERS: Blair Harrington, Patrick Hensgens, Sareda McPhee, HIST 89 Women’s Outdoor Record Book Mohammed Mokrani, Keenon Simon 90 Decathlon/Heptathlon Record Book ATHLETIC TRAINER: Marco Mastrangelo 91 Cross Country Record Book OR 92 The Winning Streak ATHLETICS PHONE DIRECTORY Y 93 History of the 4x100-Meter Relay LSU ATHLETICS: (225) 578-8001 94 Tiger Letterwinners SPORTS INFORMATION: (225) 578-8226 96 Lady Tiger Letterwinners SPORTS INFORMATION FAX: (225) 578-1861 This is LSU 97 Credits 98 LSU Track & Field Dominance The 2004 LSU Track & Field Media Guide 99 Bernie Moore Track Stadium is a production of the LSU Sports Information Office. RECORDS 100 Campus Life 102 Academic Success EDITOR Laurie Cannon 104 The City of Baton Rouge LAYOUT & DESIGN David Hurd 105 The State of Louisiana PUBLICATIONS DIRECTOR Jason Feirman 106 LSU Greats PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Melissa Giardina 108 Prominent LSU Alumni Annie Martin 110 Athletics Facilities 112 www.LSUsports.net PHOTOGRAPHY Steve Franz, Bryan Wayne PRINTING EBSCO Media - Birmingham, Ala. LSU The 2004 LSU Track & Field Media Guide was produced by the LSU Sports Information Office on Power Macintosh G4 using QuarkXpress 6.0 and Adobe Photoshop 7.0. 2004 LSU TRACK & FIELD MEDIA GUIDE 1 Media Services MEDIA INFORMATION The 2004 LSU track and field media guide is a source of infor- MEDIA LIST INTRO mation for the news media. Additional information, photo- graphs and news releases are available upon request from the Newspapers Television Stations SID to accredited news media members.The Sports Information BATON ROUGE BATON ROUGE Office is located on the fifth floor of the LSU Athletic The Advocate WAFB-TV (CBS Affiliate - Channel 9) Administration Building. P.O. Box 588 844 Government Street Baton Rouge, LA 70821 Baton Rouge, LA 70802 MEDIA CREDENTIALS Exec. Sports Editor: Butch Muir Reporter: Jacques Doucet Asst. Sports Editor: Matt Randolph Phone: (225) 336-8891 Media credentials for all track and field meets should be Phone: (225) 383-1111 Fax: (225) 379-7880 requested at least 24 hours in advance by contacting Laurie Fax: (225) 388-0318 E-mail: [email protected] Cannon at (225) 578-8226. 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Box 2893 North Stadium Dr. at Nicholson Dr. Fax: (225) 231-1879 Lake Charles, LA 70602 E-mail: [email protected] Baton Rouge, LA 70894 Sports Editor: Scooter Hobbs Phone: (225) 578-8226 Phone: (337) 494-4040 REVIEW Fax: (337) 439-4036 LSU Communications SID CONTACT INFORMATION E-mail: [email protected] RADIO Track and Field Contact: Laurie Cannon LSU Radio Network Work Phone: (225) 578-7947 Alexandria Daily Town Talk P.O. Box 25095 Home Phone: (225) 924-3364 P.O. Box 7558 Baton Rouge, LA 70894 E-mail Address: [email protected] Alexandria, LA 71301 Assistant AD: Jim Hawthorne Fax: (225) 578-1861 Sports Editor: John Marcase Phone: (225) 578-1882 Y Phone: (318) 487-6351 Fax: (225) 578-1861 Fax: (318) 487-6315 OR E-mail: [email protected] TELEVISION LSU Electronic Media HIST Monroe News-Star P.O. Box 25095 411 No. Fourth Street Baton Rouge, LA 70894 Monroe, LA 71201 Assistant AD: Kevin Wagner Sports Editor: Nick Deriso Asst. Director: John Schiebe Phone: (318) 362-0267 Phone: (225) 578-1797 Fax: (318) 362-0273 Fax: (225) 578-1861 E-mail: [email protected] Lafayette Daily Advertiser P.O. Box 3268 Lafayette, LA 70502 RECORDS Sports Editor: Bruce Brown Phone: (337) 289-6303 Fax: (337) 289-6443 E-mail: [email protected] Opelousas Daily World P.O. Box 1179 Opelousas, LA 70570 Sports Editor: Tom Dodge Phone: (318) 942-4971 LSU Fax: (318) 948-6572 E-mail: [email protected] 2 2004 LSU TRACK & FIELD MEDIA GUIDE Pete Coley hands off to anchor leg Bennie Brazell in the 4x100-meter relay at the 2003 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Men’s Season Preview INTRO Contenders With an outstanding group of athletes returning and the Parham, also hampered by injury throughout most of the additional of several stellar recruits, the Tigers' 2004 track and 2003 season, should also be back to full strength and a field season seems to be one filled with promise and potential. major player in the 200 meters and the 4x100 at the NCAA PREVIEW "I think we have a great returning group and we add sev- Championships. eral talented new athletes to that mix," said LSU head Also vying for a position on the Tigers' relay teams will be coach Pat Henry. "If we can remain healthy I think we have senior Anthony Ewers and freshmen Serge Williams and the ability to be contenders at the national level." Marvin Stevenson. Ewers served as an alternate on the The Tigers finished near the top of the standings last sea- Tigers' national championship 4x400 relays a year ago, while son, placing third at the NCAA Indoors and fourth at the both Williams and Stevenson come to LSU as two of the NCAA Outdoors, but will aim even higher in 2004 as they most highly sought after quartermile recruits in the country.