BATON ROUGE, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana University men's and women's track & field teams traveled to the state capital for the LSU Alumni Gold meet Saturday.
Onyah Favour recorded the best time in the Southland Conference with a sixth-place finish of 23.26 in the 200-meter dash. Her 23.26 time is a personal record, 0.14 seconds short of tying the school record of 23.12, set at the Southland Conference Championships by Christine Amertil in 2000. Favour's 23.26 is the 21
st-best mark in the South-Central region and the 57
th-best time in NCAA Division I this season.
The women's 4x400-meter relay team notched a school record for SLU Saturday. The team of
Breanna Becerra,
Miriam Kauer,
Zoe Wilson, and Favour ended the relay in fourth with a time of 3:40.29, breaking the previous program record set at the 2025 LSU Alumni Gold meet. The team's 3:40.29 time is also the second-best mark in the Southland this season.
Donald Butler achieved a top-five finish Saturday, posting a high jump of 2.11 meters (6'11"), a personal-best jump. Butler's fifth-place finish of 2.11 meters tied the fifth-best mark in the SLC.
Gerrit Visser claimed fourth in the hammer throw, launching for a distance of 60.14 meters (197'3").
Josh-Ty Brown took fifth in the shot put with a toss of 17.12 meters (56'2"). Earning a personal-best mark, senior
Alex Gordon posted a career mark in the 100-meter dash, clocking 10.52.
Southeastern will make the trip to Lexington, Ky., next week for the Lions' final meet before the Southland Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The two-day meet is set to begin Friday, May 1.
PODIUM CLUB/S CLUB
Fans interested in becoming active supporters of the track and field program are encouraged to join the Podium Club. Lion alums are encouraged to join the exclusive S Club, which is restricted to Southeastern athletic letter winners. All membership fees and donations to Podium Club are available for the exclusive use of the Southeastern track and field program. Membership information is available by contacting the Lion Athletics Association at
laa@southeastern.edu or (985) 549-5091 or visiting
www.LionUp.com.
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