LSU senior sprinter Trindon Holliday entered this season’s NCAA Outdoor Championships as a favorite to take home the 100-meter dash title.And in Wednesday’s preliminaries, he didn’t disappoint.The Zachary native ran a personal-best 10.00-second preliminary, improving his personal best of 10.02-seconds.Holliday led a streak of Tigers who qualified in the preliminary rounds, including sophomore Walter Henning who took first place in the hammer throw.Henning qualified with a throw of 69.81 meters, almost a meter longer than second-place Marcel Lomnicky of Virginia Tech (68.89).Sophomore Brittani Carter also tied for first-place in the women’s high jump preliminary, matching the 1.77-meter jump by BYU freshman Ada Robinson.Ten other individuals and two relay teams had qualified for the next round of their events at press time.The LSU women’s and men’s 4×100-meters relay teams finished second and fourth, respectively, with Texas A&M’s teams taking first in each race.Junior Samantha Henry, sophomore Kenyanna Wilson and senior Monique Cabral all qualified in the women’s 100-meter run.Three Lady Tigers also qualified in the 800-meter race as juniors LaTavia Thomas and Kayann Thompson and sophomore Brittany Hall finished seventh, 11th and 17th, respectively.Sophomore Richard Jones finished ninth and qualified in the men’s 800 meter, and freshman Robert Simmons finished fifth and qualified in the men’s 400-meter dash.Senior Jeremy Hicks finished ninth in the men’s long jump and qualified for the next round. Junior Will Coppage finished 13th in the event, one spot shy of qualifying.Ten preliminaries’ results were still unavailable at press time.Wednesday’s qualifiers will move on to semifinal and final events held today, Friday and Saturday.Today’s events begin at 10:30 a.m. with the preliminary round of the women’s discus throw.The final of the men’s 4×400-meter relay will be the last event to conclude. The race is scheduled for 1:45 p.m. Saturday.—-Contact The Daily Reveille’s sports staff at [email protected]