BATON ROUGE, La. – It was another record-setting night for Southeastern Louisiana senior Andre Colebrook and sophomore Rodney Ruffin at the LSU Bayou Bengal Invitational Friday at the LSU Carl Maddox Field House.

    Colebrook broke the Lions' 800-meter indoor record for the second straight year at the meet, while Ruffin broke his high jump record in winning an event for the fifth straight meet to open the 2017 season.

    Southeastern also got victories from junior pole vaulter Devin King and its distance medley relay.

    "The meet started off pretty slow and then it heated up and got better and better as the day went on," Southeastern head coach Sean Brady said. "Three real standouts today were Andre Colebrook, Rodney Ruffin and Devin King. Andre is running really well right now with confidence. Rodney continued his streak of victories. He had a good day long jumping and a great day high jumping. And Devin in the pole vault moved up in the national list which is what he needed to do. We got through this week and we've been pretty sick and we just wanted to come into this meet and see how we were doing with our group and I thought it was a success."

    Colebrook captured the 800 in 1 minute, 51.50 seconds, breaking his own school mark of 1:52.09 set at the 2016 Southland Conference Championships. The time, which has not been converted from a flat track, is the second-fastest in the Southland in 2017. Colebrook had run a then-school record 1:52.87 at the 2016 Bayou Bengal.

    Ruffin cleared 7 feet, 1.5 inches to eclipse the indoor school record of 7-0.5 he set earlier this season at the LSU Purple Tiger. That mark is tied for tied for 15^th. Ruffin now has three high jump and a pair of long jump titles in 2017.

    Ruffin earlier finished second in the long jump at 23-10.25. Senior Steven Barze was eighth at 22-04.25.

    King cleared 17-10.50 inches to repeat as the Bayou Bengal pole vault champion. King had also set a then-school record at last year's meet with a vault of 17-05.5. His mark is tied for seventh in the country to date.

    Freshman Noel DelCerro cleared a personal-best 15-00.75 to tie for sixth.

    Seniors Harry Wiggins and Alex Holden, sophomore Tajh Lewis and freshman Grant O'Callaghan won the distance medley relay in 10:31.02.

    Colebrook's win led four Lions in the top 10 in the 800 as Holden was third (1:54.90), Lewis sixth (1:59.85) and O'Callaghan 10^th (2:00.53).

    Senior Deandre Henderson placed fourth in the 400 in 50.22 while Wiggins came in fifth in the mile in 4:24.55. Junior Albert Martinez was sixth in the 600 in 1:25.76 and freshman Martavius James finished eighth in the 200 in 22.75.

    On the women's side, the Lady Lions' 4x400 relay of sophomores Dekayta Alex and Jaslyn Bowman, senior Lekesha Jelks and freshman Lil-Ann Hochkeppler took second in 3:52.99.

    Junior Clarissa Smith came in third in the 3,000 in 10:44.06.

    Hochkeppler earlier took fourth in the 600 in 1:36.78. Sophomore Aareion Jackson ran a personal-best 25.75 for sixth in the 200 and Kaelynn Smith came in seventh in the 60 in 7.73 seconds.

    Senior Addison Martinez finished fifth in the pole vault after clearing 11-03.75.

    Southeastern will take a small group to the South Alabama Jaguar Invitational in the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Ala. on Sunday. Track events start at noon, with the field events set to begin at 12:10 p.m.

    Links to live stats, provided by South Alabama, will be available on the track and field schedule page at www.LionSports.net.
   
LSU Bayou Bengal Invitational
Men
Southeastern Top 10 Finishers
High Jump
1. Rodney Ruffin, 7-01.50
 
800 Meters
1. Andre Colebrook, 1:51.50
3. Alex Holden, 1:54.90
6. Tajh Lewis, 1:59.85
10. Grant O'Callaghan, 2:00.53
 
Pole Vault
1. Devin King, 17-10.50
T6. Noel DelCerro, 15-00.75
 
Distance Medley Relay
1. Harry Wiggins, Alex Holden, Tajh Lewis, Grant O'Callaghan, 10:31.02
 
Long Jump
2. Rodney Ruffin, 23-10.25
8. Steven Barze, 22-04.25
 
60 Meters
4. Deandre Henderson, 50.22
 
Mile
5. Harry Wiggins, 4:24.55
 
600 Meters
6. Albert Martinez, 1:25.76
 
200 Meters
8. Martavius James, 22.75
 
Women
Southeastern Top 10 Finishers
4x400-Meter Relay
2. Dekayta Alex, Jaslyn Bowman, Lekesha Jelks, Lil-Ann Hochkeppler, 3:52.99
 
3,000 Meters
3. Clarissa Smith, 10:44.06
 
600 Meters
4. Lil-Ann Hochkeppler, 1:36.78
 
Pole Vault
5. Addison Martinez, 11-03.75
 
200 Meters
6. Aareion Jackson, 25.75
 
60 Meters
7. Kaelynn Smith, 7.73