Baton Rouge, Louisiana – The Southeastern Louisiana University track and field teams got off to an impressive start at the LSU Invitational on Friday. Kicking off their 2015 indoor season inside LSU's Carl Maddox Field House, a total of ten Lions and Lady Lions took home top-three finishes.
 
Highlighting the evening's wins was the record-breaking performance in the women's weight throw event by Misha Frazier. The junior broke Southeastern's indoor weight throw record (formerly held by Kim Carriere since 2008) by over two feet, tossing for sixty-two feet, 8.75 inches. Frazier also placed second in the women's shot put event, turning in a distance of forty-eight feet, 6.67 inches.

"Misha has continued to impress me in her technical understanding of the weight throw and her results have shown it," said assistant coach Lucais MacKay.
"She's a hard worker and demands a perfomance out of herself when she gets the opportunity." 
 
Also pacing Southeastern's top performances in Baton Rouge were junior Alex Young and freshman Devin King.
 
In his first meet as a Southeastern Lion, Young won the men's weight throw event, tossing for sixty-six feet, one inch. The Gardner-Webb transfer also placed second in the men's shot put event, throwing for fifty-four feet, 4.75 inches.

"Alex has made an immediate impact on our program," said MacKay. "Expect to see more out of him throughout the season."
 
Freshman Devin King made the most of his debut indoor meet, placing first in the men's pole vault event. The former Jewel Sumner Cowboy turned in a mark of seventeen feet, 1.11 inches. 
 
Southeastern took home two second-place finishes, thanks to junior Jonathan Kinchen and the women's 4x400-meter relay team. Made up of Domonique White, Bayleigh Butler, Vanessa Williams, and Kayla Quincy, placed second, the Lady Lions combined for a time of 4:05.94 in the 4x400-meter relay. Kinchen tossed for sixty-five feet, 2.25 inches in the men's weight throw, finishing just behind Young.
 
Other top finishers in Baton Rouge were: sophomore Whitney Adams (women's pole vault, 11-08.00, 3^rd place), White (women's 400-meter dash, 59.24. 3^rd place), and senior Billy Minnifield (men's 200-meter dash, 22.68, 3^rd place).
 
The Lions and Lady Lions will return to action next week as they travel to Houston, Texas to compete in the UH Leonard Hilton Memorial, hosted by the University of Houston.
 
Southeastern Results
Men's Weight Throw
1. Alex Young, 20.14m, 66-01.00
2. Jonathan Kinchen, 19.87m, 65-02.25
4. Brett Olsen, 19.25m, 63-02.00
8. Jimmy LeBlanc, 16.67m, 54-08.25
10. Austin Funk, 14.69m, 48-02.50
 
Women's Weight Throw
1. Misha Frazier, 19.12m, 62-08.75
6. Amber Darville, 15.43m, 50-07.50
15. Erin O'Neal, 13.08m, 42-11.00
 
Women's Pole Vault
3. Whitney Adams, 3.56m, 11-08.00
 
Men's Shot Put
2. Alex Young, 16.58m
6. Jonathan Kinchen, 14.88m
8. Jimmy LeBlanc, 13.92m
 
Men's 1 Mile
8. Alex Holden, 4:35.77
 
Women's 60 Meter Hurdles
5. Charlyn Miller, 8.97
 
Men's Long Jump
5. Gennard Paul, 6.75m, 22-01.75
6. Dantrayl Sanders, 6.66m, 21-10.25
8. Julian Maze, 6.53m, 21-05.25
10. Bryceston Walker, 6.30m, 20-08.00
11. Emanuel Kennedy, J6.30m, 20-08.00
 
Women's 400-Meter Dash
3. Domonique White, 59.24  
4. Kayla Thompson, 59.59  
6. Vanessa Williams, 1:00.53  
9. Bayleigh Butler, 1:03.45  
 
Women's 60-Meter Dash
7. Daijah Washington, 7.81
 
Women's 200-Meter Dash
4. Domonique White, 25.53
8. Kaelynn Smith, 26.06
9. Daijah Washington, 26.33
13. Charlyn Miller, 27.03
15. Shanetria Thomas, 27.18
 
Women's 4x400 Meter Relay
2. Domonique White, Kayla Quincy, Bayleigh Butler, Vanessa Williams, 4:05.94
 
Women's Long Jump
5. Cydney Moreau, 5.22m
9. Bernadette Derosier, 4.99m
 
Women's Triple Jump
6. Bernadette Derosier, 11.47m
 
Women's Shot Put
2. Misha Frazier, 14.80m
5. Amber Darville, 13.51m
 
Women's High Jump
5. Ikea Kaufman, J1.63m
 
Men's 200-Meter Dash
3. Billy Minnifield, 22.68
 
Men's 400-Meter Dash
7. Brendon Mitchell, 53.24
 
Men's 60-Meter Hurdles
5. Christian Chapman, 8.67
 
Men's 4x400 Meter Relay
5. Billy Minnifield, DJ Woodard, Emanuel Kennedy, Alex Holden, 3:26.90

Men's High Jump
4. Gennard Paul, J1.98m
6. Clarence Robinson, J1.93m
 
Men's Pole Vault
1. Devin King, 5.21m
 
Men's Triple Jump
4. Gennard Paul, 14.73m
5. Julian Maze, 14.33m

Full Results