Meet Schedule

Heat Sheet

BATON ROUGE, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana track team will compete in its first indoor meet of 2020 Friday at the LSU Purple Tiger Invitational at Carl Maddox Field House beginning at 10 a.m.

The meet features 13 teams including host LSU, Southeastern, Grambling, Hinds Community College, UNO, Nicholls, Northwestern State, Southern, SUNO, Tulane ULM, UL Lafayette and Xavier University of Louisiana.
 
Southeastern is led by reigning Southland Conference Indoor Athlete of the Year D.J. Ruffin. The senior won the 2019 conference indoor championship in the high jump and long jump. The Gautier, Mississippi native also finished second in the 400m. Ruffin will be in action Friday in the 60m, 4x400m relay and high jump.
 
Also on the men's side, junior distance runner Grant O'Callaghan will be in action. O'Callaghan, out of Flowery Branch, Georgia, finished eighth in the 2018 Southland Conference Cross Country Championships. The Flowery Branch HS product also finished third in the 3k and 5k at the conference indoor championships Feb. 24, 2019.
O'Callaghan will compete in the one-mile and 3k events Friday.
 
For the women, 2019 shot put indoor champion Ashley Davis will also see the field. The senior finished runner up in the conference outdoor championships May 5, 2019. A native of Watson, Louisiana, Davis will compete Friday at 3:30 p.m. in the shot put.
 
Sophie Daigle, who had four finishes in the top-six during the cross country season, will also run Friday. The Donaldsonville, Louisiana native finished seventh in the 3K last year at the conference indoor championships. Daigle, a junior, will compete in the 3K and one-mile this weekend for SLU.
 
"We are extremely excited to get the indoor season underway," said SLU track head coach Corey Mistretta. "After a successful December showing by Donovan Storr, Johnathon Sawyer, D.J. Ruffin, and James Benson, we are looking to see what the rest of our group will do. Our fall training season including, the 2019 cross country season, was very good.  Both teams were also very committed over the holiday break, which makes the coaching staff excited to see how things are going to play out this weekend. Bringing a group we believe will be conference scores back to school early for a meet like this is very important.  We are expecting to learn a lot about who this team can be this weekend. We are also excited to see what all of our newcomers will do including Emily Wright, Kimona Wilson, Thais Gomes, Lara Zupanc, Cha'Kaylin Gilbert, Indya Jackson, Sawyer, and Damon Herod.
 
Fans can follow live results of Saturday's meet by going to the Southeastern track schedule page on LionSports.Net.
 
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