The Tigers and Lady Tigers are working their way back into a normal routine following their first outdoor meet this season, where they were without many of their top athletes.The LSU relays will be held in Baton Rouge, the first of two home meets this outdoor season.”We don’t get a long break between seasons — we just go right into another season,” said LSU coach Dennis Shaver. ”Last week, when we went to ULL, we gave [the athletes who competed at nationals] a week off. This week some of them will get back into it, and next week we’ll go to Texas Relays, which is really a meet that is well-attended and is a prestigious event.”LSU will welcome back its athletes who competed in the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., two weeks ago. The 20 athletes were given the week off following their performance in the national-championship meet.LSU racked up 13 individual All-American honors and two All-American honors for its men’s and women’s 4×400-meter relay teams at the indoor championships. The Lady Tigers finished in third place, and the Tigers finished in fourth.Sophomore Barrett Nugent was one of the Tiger All-Americans during the indoor season. Nugent ran a 7.65-second 60-meter hurdle time to place fourth in the final.As the team transitions from the indoor season to the outdoor season, Nugent has to prepare for two different events: the 4×100-meter relay and the 110-meter hurdles.”I feel much different coming into this year than last year. Everything about me is different this year,” Nugent said. “Last year’s performance doesn’t even compare.”Shaver said LSU will use the meet as a stepping stone to bigger meets with better competition to gauge where his team stands.”There’s not going to be what I would call great competition, there aren’t any real powerhouse teams that are going to be here,” Shaver said. “We’re just getting back on the track again and trying to execute on the relays where we’ve had just a minimal amount of time to work on it. We’re trying to use this meet to prepare and adjust things for the Texas Relays.”The Tigers expect a strong performance from junior jumper Zedric Thomas. Thomas earned All-American honors in the triple and   long   jumps   at  the   NCAA Indoor Championships.Senior Armanti Hayes could provide a boost for Tiger sprinters. The eight-time All-American and relay specialist starts his final outdoor season this weekend and will run the 400-meter dash.The Lady Tigers will be led by a strong pack of sprinters, including freshman Takeia Pinckney and seniors LaTavia Thomas and Samantha Henry. This weekend’s meet marks the beginning of the end of the illustrious careers of Thomas and Henry, who have combined for 22 All-American honors, three NCAA Championships and 12 Southeastern Conference Championships.—-Contact Luke Johnson at [email protected]