A number of records fell Saturday at Bernie Moore Stadium as LSU alumni and current student-athletes posted blazing times on the track during the Alumni Gold Meet.On a day with ideal weather conditions and a sizeable crowd, the Tigers and Lady Tigers combined for 10 event wins and nine top-10 NCAA performances.The middle-distance runners had a particularly impressive day. Senior All-Americans LaTavia Thomas and Richard Jones both grabbed the No. 1 time in the NCAA this season with their respective times in the 800-meter run.Jones said he knew he had the potential to run a great race after seeing Thomas run in the event before him.”The girls’ race set it up, and we all train together,” Jones said. “So I figured if they were able to do it, we could too.”Jones, who set a personal best in the event with a time of 1 minute, 46.90 seconds, said he won’t be content to coast from here.”I know I can keep dropping my times.” Jones said.In the field events, junior pole-vaulter Marcus McGehee cleared 17 feet in the pole vault for the third week in a row. McGehee set a new personal best jump of 17 feet, 1 1/2 inches to win the event.Junior Melissa Ogbourne won the triple jump with a mark of 41 feet, 9 3/4 inches. Sophomore Earnest Green set a new personal best with a mark of 48 feet, 11 inches to win the B section of the men’s triple jump.Sophomore Michael Lauro also set a new personal record in the hammer throw with a toss of 217 feet, 8 inches. Lauro finished runner-up to LSU junior Walter Henning, who threw 233 feet, 1 inch.The success of the day extended beyond current Tigers and Lady Tigers. Former LSU All-American Neisha Bernard-Thomas broke a 26-year-old stadium record in the 800-meter run.Bernard-Thomas finished first with a time of 2 minutes, 0.77 seconds, followed by Thomas, who ran the race in 2 minutes, 1.40 seconds. Another former Lady Tiger, Marian Burnett, placed third with a time of 2 minutes, 1.58 seconds.Former Olympian Lolo Jones also broke her own stadium record in the 100-meter hurdles. Jones sprinted the race in 12.71 seconds to break her 2-year-old record.For Jones and Bernard-Thomas, their record-setting day marked the beginning of the professional season.But for the Tigers and Lady Tigers, opportunities to compete are quickly dwindling.”We only have one more opportunity to compete before we turn our attention to the championship meets,” said LSU coach Dennis Shaver. “The regular season is over just that quick. Our kids understand they must take advantage of every opportunity they have to get it done. That will be the focus for us again next weekend.”The team’s last regular season opportunity to qualify for the postseason will be Thursday at the Penn Relays.Final exams will disrupt the training schedule before the Southeastern Conference Championship meet, Shaver said. The team will have more time than usual between meets because the SEC championship meet falls three weeks after Penn Relays, instead of the usual week.—-Contact Katherine Terrell at [email protected]