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2017 Track & Field Roster

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Jimmy Mitchell
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Randy Bergeron / Southeastern Louisiana University
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Steven Barze

Steven Barze

  • Position:
    Multis
  • Ht./Wt.:
    5-11 / 175
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Ponchatoula, La.
  • Prev School:
    South Plains JC
  • High School:
    Ponchatoula HS

Summary

Biography

2016 USTFCCCA All-America (2nd Team, Indoor, Long Jump)
2016 USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (Jan. 8)
2016 Southland Conference Men’s Field Athlete of the Week (Jan. 8)
 
2017 Outdoor: Was seventh in the long jump (22-8.5) and 10th in the 110 hurdles (15.23) at the South Alabama Invitational … Placed fourth in the long jump (22-10.5) and sixth in the high jump (6-2.75) at the Mississippi College Mike McMillan Invitational … Finished seventh in the 110 hurdles (14.98) and ninth in the high jump (6-2.75) at the Louisiana Classic … Ran a career-best 14.82 in taking third in the 110 hurdles at the Cowboy Relays … Was also sixth in the high jump (6-0.75) … Swept the high jump (6-4.75) and 110 hurdles (14.85) at the Tulane Early Bird Twilight … Also came in second in the long jump (22-2.25).

2017 Indoor: Finished 12th in the high jump (6-2.75) and 13th in the long jump (22-1.75) at the Southland Championships … Placed eighth in the long jump (22-1) at the South Alabama Invitational … Was also eighth in the long jump (22-4.25) at the LSU Bayou Bengal … Was second in the 55-meter hurdles (7.85 seconds), third in the long jump (23-4) and fourth in the high jump (6-4) at the McNeese Invite II … Took first in the 55-meter hurdles in 7.88 seconds at the McNeese Invite #1 …  Was also fifth in both the long jump (21-10.75) and triple jump (45-5.25) … Placed eighth (22-06.5) in the long jump at the season-opening LSU Purple Tiger.

2016 Outdoor: Finished eighth in both the high jump (6-05.5) and long jump (23-06) at the Southland Championships… Took ninth in the long jump invitational division at the LSU Alumni Gold with a jump of 22-09… Placed 18th in the long jump (18-7) at the Lion Invitational… Cleared a personal-best 6-6.75 in finishing second in the high jump at the McNeese Spring Time Classic… Was also third in the long jump (23-5.5) and fourth in the triple jump (44-11)… Finished fifth in the long jump (23-5.5) and seventh in the high jump (6-2.75) at the Bobcat Invitational… Came in fourth in the long jump (22-11.25) and seventh in the high jump (6-4.75) at the Louisiana Classics… Opened the season with a second-place finish in the long jump (23-0.5) at the Tulane Twilight.

2016 Indoor: Earned second-team All-American honors after finishing 16th in the long jump at the NCAA Division I Championships, recording a mark of 22-6.5 on his second attempt… Started Southeastern career in spectacular fashion, shatter the school record in winning the long jump at the LSU Purple Tiger Invitational with a mark of 26 feet on his first attempt as a Lion… The jump broke the previous record of 25-04 set by Southeastern Hall of Famer David Bennett in the early 1990s. It was the top mark in the country at the time and ended up being the fifth-best of the indoor season… Earned Division I Men’s National Athlete of the Week honors by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for the opening week of the season… Also became the first Southeastern athlete to receive Southland Conference Field Athlete of the Week honors since Brett Olsen did it during the outdoor season for the week of April 15, 2015. He was the first to receive indoor recognition since Alex Young for the week of Feb. 4, 2015… Was fourth in the high jump at the LSU Bayou Bengal with a personal-best 6-06… Took eighth in the triple jump (44-0) at the New Mexico Cherry & Silver… Came in fourth in the long jump (23-1.75) at the McNeese Indoor Invite… Scored in three events at the Southland Championships, placing seventh in the long jump (23-09) and 60-meter hurdles (8.35 seconds) and tying for eighth in the high jump (6-04.75.)… Was also 15th in the triple jump with a PR 45-11.25.

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  • 2016Junior

    Multis
    5'11" 175 lbs
  • 2017Senior

    Multis
    5'11" 175 lbs