LSU junior Walter Henning had a successful spring break.Henning won two hammer throw titles last week. He became the first Tiger to win the event at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a throw of 236 feet, 1 inch on April 2.”I’m really happy getting a win here at the Texas Relays. This is a big win for me,” Henning said April 2 in a news release. “I’m also really happy that both [sophomore Michael Lauro] and myself were able to get out there and compete well today against some great competition.”Henning followed the performance with another personal best throw Saturday at the Miami Elite Invitational. His throw of 239 feet, 5 inches broke both the nine-year-old Cobb Stadium facility record and the 15-year-old meet record.The Southeastern Conference named Henning the Male Field Athlete of the Week for his efforts.The Tigers and Lady Tigers picked up 10 event wins at the Miami Elite Invitational and five wins at the Texas Relays. The Tigers won their third 4×800-meter relay title at the Texas Relays, and junior All-American Brittani Carter won the high jump, clearing 6 feet, 1/2 inch. Both teams won the sprint medley relay titles — only the second time in meet history one school has done so.”That is how you compete,” LSU coach Dennis Shaver said April 2 in a news release. “I am proud of each and every one of those kids for the heart they showed out there in two unbelievable races. You could just see how much each one of them wanted to win.”Sophomore Lady Tiger Rachel Laurent won the pole vault in Coral Gables, Fla., with a season best height of 13 feet, 11 1/4 inches. Senior Josh Dominguez won the men’s event for the Tigers, clearing 17 feet, 6 3/4 inches.Junior Mark DeBlanc won the javelin with a throw of 206 feet, 2 inches and sophomore Samia Stokes won the discus, throwing it 158 feet, 8 inches.Junior Zedric Thomas won the long jump with a jump of 24 feet, 3 3/4 inches, and Carter took her second high jump title of the week with a jump of 6 feet. On the track, senior Richard Jones won the 800-meter run in his outdoor debut with a time of 1 minute, 47.95 seconds. Junior Alan Sticker won the 1,500-meters in 3 minutes, 52.42 seconds, and senior Armanti Hayes won the 400-meter dash with a time of 46.28 seconds.”We saw some tremendous individual efforts today by our athletes that will be a key for us as we start to build the kind of consistency we need down the stretch,” Shaver said Saturday in a news release. —-Contact Katherine Terrell at [email protected].