The LSU men’s and women’s track teams will continue their run to the 2009 NCAA Division-I Outdoor Track and Field Championships after a strong showing at the Southeastern Conference championships this weekend.Senior sprinter Trindon Holliday wrapped up the SEC championships for the Tigers in style, bringing home the second 100-meter dash SEC title in his career.The Tigers finished third at the meet, despite Holliday’s title on the final day. The men’s 98.5 total points fell below only Arkansas’ 141 and Florida’s 129.The Lady Tigers scored 113 points to finish second behind the Lady Gators’ 135.5.”I thought we really had a great meet on both sides,” LSU coach Dennis Shaver said in a news release. “Our women scored a lot of points across the board in all of the event areas, and I thought they performed very well. I feel the same way about our men’s team in the way they came here and competed in an NCAA championship type of environment.”Holliday’s win made him the first LSU male track athlete to win two SEC 100-meter titles.”It means a lot to me because of the past guys we’ve had here,” Holliday said in a news release. “For me to win two is really special.”Sophomore Kenyanna Wilson took the women’s 100-meter dash to win her first career individual SEC championship, edging out junior Samantha Henry by .02 seconds.Wilson and Henry also finished 1-2 in the women’s 200-meter final — this time with Henry taking home the title.”I think we did a good job of staying focused on what we needed to do to get the job done,” Wilson said in a news release. “We knew we had to score a lot of points to keep up with Florida and Tennessee.”The Lady Tigers 4×400-meter relay team also brought home an SEC title on Sunday, as Cassandra Tate, Kayann Thompson, Brittany Hall and LaTavia Thomas edged out Auburn by .29 seconds to defend the LSU women’s SEC 2008 crown in the same event.Sophomore Walter Henning brought home an individual title earlier in the meet, becoming the first athlete in LSU history to be crowned SEC champion in the hammer throw.”I just wanted to score as many points as possible to help my team,” Henning said in a news release. “This meet isn’t all about individual accolades. I’m very proud to be the first LSU guy to win the hammer at this meet, but my focus was scoring 10 points.”While those were the only SEC titles for LSU, the Tigers and Lady Tigers had strong showings in other events throughout the meet.For the men, Armanti Hayes and Robert Simmons finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 400-meter, and Zedric Thomas and Reggie Haslom finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the triple jump.Jeremy Hicks and Will Coppage took second and fourth places, respectively, in the long jump for the Tigers.”There’s no doubt I wanted to win it, but second place is big beacuse that’s eight points for my team,” Hicks said in a news release. “We were motivated by the way our javelin guys threw earlier. We wanted to take the momentum from that and score some more points in the long jump.”Anthony Martel and Ryan Roubion earned second and fifth, respectively, in the javelin throw.Thomas and Thompson finished second and fourth, respectively, for the Lady Tigers in the 800 meters, while Tenaya Jones took third in the 100-meter hurdles, and Brittani Carter and Rachel Laurent each placed second in the high jump and pole vault, respectively.Anna Lyons and Melissa Ogbourne each finished third for the women in the javelin and long jump, respectively. Kim Williams finished second in the hammer throw for the Lady Tigers.”I’m so proud of Kim Williams for coming out here and getting eight big points for our women’s team when she was only supposed to get four or five,” Shaver said.Fans can watch a two-hour broadcast of the meet on May 23 at 5 p.m. on Fox Sports.The Tigers and Lady Tigers will now continue their run to the NCAA outdoor championships with the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships on May 29-30 in Louisville, Ky.—-Contact Jerit Roser at [email protected]