The LSU track and field team cemented its place in history this weekend at the prestigious Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas.
The Lady Tigers ran away with four relay championships – the first collegiate team to do so in the 85 runnings of the meet – and were named the Most Outstanding Team of the meet.
“This has been a great weekend for LSU,” said LSU coach Dennis Shaver in a news release. “It doesn’t get much better in our sport than the Texas Relays, and they really went out and made their mark on the meet here this weekend.”
Junior Kimberlyn Duncan led the Lady Tigers, anchoring the 4×200-meter relay and running in the 4×100-meter relay. The 4×100-relay time of 42.99 seconds leads the NCAA, and the 4×200 meter time of 1:30.01 clipped the nine-year-old meet record by .06 seconds.
Duncan followed the relay wins with a 100-meter dash title in 10.94 seconds – her career best under any condition. She was named Most Outstanding Performer of the entire meet.
“It was a nice surprise [being named Outstanding Performer],” Duncan said in a news release. “Being at the Texas Relays always bring out the best in everyone here.”
The distance medley relay team of juniors Charlene Lipsey and Laura Carleton and freshmen Samantha Levin and Montenae Roye-Speight made more Lady Tiger history. The team captured the first Texas Relays distance medley relay title in program history, finishing in 11:16.82, the second-fastest time in program history.
Senior Barrett Nugent defended his Texas Relays title in the 110-meter hurdles, running an NCAA-leading time of 13.19. The win gave Nugent back-to-back titles in the event, a feat not accomplished since 2004-2005.
Senior Kyron Blaise gave the Tigers their only other individual title in the triple jump, keeping his No. 1 ranking in the NCAA in the process. Junior Damar Forbes followed with a bronze medal finish in the long jump, garnering a No. 3 NCAA ranking.
The Tigers and Lady Tigers will return home for the “Battle on the Bayou” on Saturday at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium.
 
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