During the weekend, LSU showed the Big Apple why its men’s and women’s track teams are ranked Nos. 2 and 3, respectively, at the New Balance Invitational.   At the Armory — one of the most prestigious venues in college track and field — the Tigers took the team title by a whopping 17 points, and the Lady Tigers finished as the runner-up in a stacked field that included five top-10 teams.   The New Balance Invitational was one of only two regular season meets for LSU where the events were scored and a team champion was named at the end of competition.   “This was really great for our men’s team to come in here and win a meet like this against this quality of a field,” said coach Dennis Shaver in a news release. “This is just one more step toward our goal of competing as a team at the championship meets.”   Junior sprinter Horatio Williams continued his torrid start to his LSU career by winning his third 60-meter dash title of the year with a 6.64 second dash in the finals.   Just a year removed from junior college, Williams’ seasonal best time of 6.61 seconds is just .01 seconds shy of qualifying for the indoor national championships.   Williams is the fourth Tiger to win the 60-meter dash title at the New Balance Invitational in the last six years, joining former Tiger greats Kelly Willie, Richard Thompson and Trindon Holliday.   But Williams wasn’t the only Tiger to come up big.   Senior Walter Henning returned to the Armory Track Center to widen the gap between himself and the rest of the NCAA in the weight throw.   Henning, who competed at the Armory when he was in high school, set a new seasonal best with a throw of 72 feet, 7 inches. He now has the top mark in the country by two feet.   Henning set a new facility record at the Armory in last season’s New Balance Invitational, and it was senior jumper Brittani Carter’s turn to set a record this year in the women’s high jump.   Carter launched herself over a 6-foot-1 1/4 bar to qualify for the indoor championships and set a New Balance Invitational meet record in the event. The effort was a new personal best for Carter and is just a quarter-inch shy of the 18-year-old indoor school record.    “I have missed that jump so many times, all I could think about when I made that final plant was I needed to clear it,” Carter said. “That was it, and all I felt was the mat underneath me.”   LSU returns to action next weekend in Fayetteville, Ark., at the Tyson Invitational — one of three meets this season at the Randall Tyson Track Complex.       ____ contact Luke Johnson at [email protected]