BATON ROUGE, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana University track & field team saw Javon-Taye Williams set a new school record in the 800-meter run, earning himself one of 11 gold medals won by Southeastern athletes Saturday at the Pelican Relays at Southern University's A.W. Mumford Stadium.
 
Williams made his mark in the SLU record books in the 800-meter run, crossing the line first in a personal best time of 1:48.64, breaking the 35-year-old Southeastern school record of 1:51.07 set by Jason Perlander back in 1988. Williams's time put him atop the Southland Conference in the discipline and ninth in the East Region, putting him in line to qualify for the regional preliminary meet.
 
He wasn't the only Lion to put himself in position for advancement beyond the Conference Championships as Terrell Webb made his mark in the hammer throw contest. His sixth and final throw of the day landed 64.09 meters (210'3") down field, setting a new personal best by improving his conference-leading mark by more than 3.5 meters. It also tentatively puts Webb in 23^rd position in the East Region, inside the top-48 taken to the NCAA Regional Competition.
 
Southeastern claimed the top two steps in the men's 110-meter hurdles as Cole Palmer and Olu Ogunyemi took gold and silver by stopping the clock in 14.32 and 14.36 seconds, respectively. Both of those times are personal bests. Ogunyemi got to the top step in the 400-meter hurdles, claiming the gold medal with another personal best time, crossing the line in 54.32.
 
Alexandra Cleveland brought back a silver medal from the women's 400-meter dash by stopping the clock in a time of 58.14.
 
In the women's 400-meter hurdles, both Esther Nwanze and Indya Jackson medaled as Nwanze won gold in a time of 1:02.33 while Jackson brought home the bronze with a personal best time of 1:04.40.
 
Noah Kiprotich added another gold medal in the men's 1,500-meter run, stopping the clock first in a time of 4:02.31.
 
In the field, Kristian Jackson brought home a pair of top place finishes as her 52.20-meter (171'3") throw in the hammer throw and 14.05-meter (46'1.25") throw in the shot put both earned her gold.
 
Katrine Olsen continued the gold rush for the Lions in the women's high jump, clearing 1.76 meters (5'9.25") to take home the top prize.
 
Kennedy Flauss earned bronze in the javelin throw, launching a toss of 31.36 meters (102'10").
 
Thomas Nedow, Micah Miller, and Seth Pagart swept the podium in the men's discus competition with the best tosses being 52.02 meters (170'8"), 46.5 meters (152'6"), and 44.71 meters (146'8"), respectively. Miller's silver-winning toss was a personal best. Meanwhile, that was one of two gold medals on the day for Nedow, who also took the top step in the shot put with a toss of 16.4 meters (53'9.75").
 
SLU's final medal on the day came from the 4x400-meter relay as the Lion quartet of Kiprotich, Darian Chestnut, Tyler Clemmons, and Chris Norman finished the race in a time of 3:32.42, good enough to take home the silver medal.
 
Other personal bests on the day were achieved by Katelyn Wallace in both the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash, Cohen Gallant in the 200-meter dash, Tristen Pugmire and Laney Wilkes in the 800-meter run, Chestnut and Norman in the 1,500-meter run, Kallie Calvaruso in the high jump, and Pagart in the shot put.
 
The Lions come home for their lone home event of the season, the Strawberry Relays, which will be held April 15^th at the Southeastern Track Complex.
 
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