HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana University men's and women's track & field teams split up for the first week of April in the outdoor season. The Lions will start the week in Austin, Texas, for the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, Wednesday, before going east to compete in the Southern Miss Invitational in Hattiesburg, Miss., Friday. Onyah Favour will represent SLU in the 200-meter and 400-meter dash events at LSU's Battle on the Bayou, Friday and Saturday.
 
In Austin, Micah Miller, Porter Gibson, Gerrit Visser, and Donald Butler will compete for Southeastern. Miller and Gibson will take part in the discus at Mike A. Myers Stadium and Soccer Field, while Visser participates in the hammer throw. Also traveling to the University of Texas, Donald Butler will partake in the high jump.
 
Miller is coming off strong performances in the last two meets, posting personal bests in back-to-back weeks. At SLU's Andy Thiel Season Opener, the senior notched a career-best shot put of 15.86 meters (52'), then recorded a personal-best mark of 51.14 meters (167'9") in the discus throw at the LSU Opener. Gibson earned a career-best discus throw at the Andy Thiel Season Opener of 51.39 meters (168'7").
 
Visser also posted his best collegiate performance in the season opener, tossing the hammer for a distance of 60.27 meters (197'8"). At the LSU Opener, Donald Butler's 2.10-meter (6'10") high jump gave him a career-best mark as well.
 
The Lions will start the Texas Relays with the hammer throw at 2 p.m. Thursday, before competing in the discus at 9 a.m. Friday. Butler will close out the meet for SLU in Austin with the high jump at 1 p.m.
 
In Baton Rouge, La., Favour will compete in the 200-meter and 400-meter dash events after breaking a school record (2:11.73) in the 800-meter run in the team's last meet. The junior will return to LSU, taking part in the Battle on the Bayou, where she will run in the outdoor 400-meter event for the first time since the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships. At LSU, the 200-meter dash begins at 5:45 p.m. Friday with the 400-meter dash taking place at 12:40 p.m. Saturday.
 
The remaining Lions will compete in Hattiesburg, Friday and Saturday. On Friday, SLU will participate in the men's and women's hammer, javelin, and triple jump at the Southern Miss Invitational, before competing in Saturday's events.
 
After this week's meets, Southeastern will return to Baton Rouge for the Pelican Relays at Southern University. The two-day meet at Southern will begin Friday, Apr. 10.
 
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