The No. 14 LSU track and field team continues the invitational season at the Conference Clash Power Five Invitational at 2 p.m. today at the Birmingham Crossplex in Birmingham, Alabama.
During the two-day scored meet, LSU will face its toughest competition to date against ten of top-15 the fifteen teams in the Preseason National Team Computer Rankings, including No. 2 Texas.
“We’ll have a great idea of where we stack up on the national level as a team this early in the season with what we do in this meet,” said LSU coach Dennis Shaver. “We love these types of scored meets that give an added edge that give an added edge to the competition that will make for a great experience for our athletes and those fans coming out to watch the meet.”
Each team will be allowed two scorers per event that will factor into overall point totals with five points given for first place, three for second, two for third and one point for fourth place finishers.
Of the events garnering the most attention, the women’s 60 meter dash will feature five women in the top-8 of the USTFCCCA Individual Rankings, including LSU sophomore Mikiah Brisco, who finished fifth in the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships.
Also taking the track for the Lady Tigers will be a host of sprinters hoping to build off early season success.
Junior long-jumper Nataliyah Friar will look to improve her her personal best 21-feet mark from her third place performance in the NCAA Indoor Championships.
All-American sprinter Brisco will make her 60-meter dash debut in Birmingham after running a personal-best of 7.23 seconds at the 2015 Indoor National Semifinals.
Junior sprinter Jada Martin, who also garnered All-American honors in 2015, will line up for her specialty for the first time in 2016 when she competes in the 200-meter sprint. 
Fresh off a season opening win in the 60-meter sprint at the Bayou Bengal Invitational on Jan. 16, junior sprinter Tremayne Acy spearheads a talented group of runners heading to Birmingham.
Acy, who is scheduled to debut in his 200-meter specialty will also race in the 60-meter dash this weekend.
Also looking to strengthen his early season is junior 60-meter hurdler Jordan Moore, who matched his personal best time at the Bayou Bengal Invitational with a time of 7.82s.
Three more All-American hopefuls, junior 200-meter sprinter Michael Cherry, senior 200-meter sprinter Fitzroy Dunkley and senior 400-meter sprinter Cyril Grayson will be featured in their specialty in Birmingham.
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