The LSU women’s track and field team took the lead late Sunday at the Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships but could not hold on, finishing in second place behind Tennessee with 105 points this weekend at Kentucky’s Nutter Field House.The men’s team finished in sixth with 64 points.The Lady Tigers finished in the same spot they started the final day of competition, while the Tigers improved their standing after entering the last day tied for ninth.However, the Tigers’ 64 point-finish was only one point — equivalent to an eighth-place finish in an event — behind Auburn and South Carolina, who finished tied in fourth with 65 points.The Arkansas men’s team (130 points) defeated second-place Florida (102) by 28 points, while the Lady Vols won the women’s competition with 111 points.Junior Trindon Holliday won the men’s 60-meter dash with a time of 6.58 seconds, and junior Samantha Henry won the women’s 60-meter dash with an NCAA championship automatic-qualifying time of 7.21 seconds, .01 second faster than Tennessee junior Lynne Layne (7.22).
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Track and Field: Women finish second, men sixth at SEC Indoors
March 1, 2009