HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana Track and Field team will compete in the LSU Indoor Twilight Friday at Carl Maddox Fieldhouse and the Texas A&M Invitational Saturday at Gilliam Indoor Stadium in their final meets before the Southland Conference Indoor Championships.
Friday, Southeastern will send 31 student-athletes (17 women, 14 men) to Baton Rouge, Louisiana for the LSU Twilight.
On the women's side, senior
Ashley Davis headlines the group. The Watson, Louisiana native ranks second in the shot put heading into Friday with a mark of 51 feet, 2.75 inches (15.61m). Davis, the reigning Southland Conference Indoor Champion, will be in action at 3:15 p.m.
For the men, sophomore
Cole Belkwell (ranked fourth in the Southland in the hammer throw) will be in the field as he looks to improve his mark of 56-1.75 (17.11m). The Kitchener, Canada native will compete at 11:30 a.m.
Southeastern will also have several competing in short sprints.
Kia Coleman,
Cha'Kaylin Gilbert,
Destinee Jeanpiere and
Taylor Mumford will run in the women's 60m qualifier at 2 p.m. Mumford, a junior from New Orleans, Louisiana, ranks 10
th in the conference with a time of 7.68.
For the men, senior
Devin Dixon, ranked 10
th in the 60m with a time of 6.92, will run at 3:20 p.m.
Saturday, the SLU 4x400 relay team of
Armonte Paulk,
Donovan Storr,
James Benson II and
Johnathon Sawyer will be in action at the Texas A&M Invitational in College Station, Texas.
Fans can view event schedules and follow live results of Friday and Saturday's meet by going to the Southeastern track schedule page at LionSports.Net.
Following the weekend, SLU will begin their final preparations for the conference indoor championships which starts Sunday, March 1 in Birmingham, Alabama.
LSU Twilight – SLU Participants
Women –
Kia Coleman,
Ashley Davis,
Cha'Kaylin Gilbert,
Lindsey Hutcheson,
Indya Jackson,
Kristian Jackson,
Maya Jackson,
Destinee Jeanpiere,
Taylor Mumford,
Jamira Patterson,
Bernadette Tournoux,
Brigid Tournoux,
Blair Vignes,
Grace Walford,
Kimona Wilson,
Emily Wright,
Lara Zupanc.
Men –
Zach Barthel,
Cole Belkwell,
Malik Burns,
Gerald Coleman,
Adam Cortez,
Roman Damasch,
Devin Dixon,
Brian Donna,
Shea Foster,
Riccardo Klotz,
Parker McBride,
Adam Pennington,
Slavko Stevic,
Justin Taylor.
Texas A&M Invitational – SLU Participants
Men – James Benson II,
Armonte Paulk,
Johnathon Sawyer,
Donovan Storr (4x400)
PODIUM CLUB/S CLUB
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laa@southeastern.edu or (985) 549-5091 or visiting
www.LionUp.com.
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