THE DAILY REVEILLE
friday, march 27, 2009
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TRACK AND FIELD
First outdoor home meet of season still scheduled Weather caused minor damage to stadium By Rowan Kavner Sports Contributor
The LSU track and field team will persevere through the weather — for now. LSU’s first home outdoor meet starts this weekend with the twoday LSU Outdoor Relays at Bernie Moore Stadium. “[The meet] should be really
good depending upon the weather forecast,” said LSU coach Dennis Shaver. “It doesn’t look great. It sounds like it’s supposed to be raining through Saturday.” Shaver said the track facilities did sustain some damage but not enough to cancel LSU’s first home outdoor meet as of Thursday. It is also the first outdoor meet where most of the Tigers and Lady Tigers are expected to compete. The athletes who participated in individual events at the NCAA Indoor Championships on March
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LSU sophmore Walter Henning participates in the men’s weight throw Jan. 23 during the Tigers’ track and field meet in the Carl Maddox Fieldhouse.
CHANCELLOR, from page 7
almost two sections of students fill up like they did.” Chancellor also said he couldn’t thank LSU football coach Les Miles, men’s basketball coach Trent Johnson, baseball coach Paul Mainieri and athletic director Joe Alleva enough for donating $1,000 each to give students free admission to the first and second-round games of the NCAA tournament. “I really want to say how much I appreciate them doing this for me,” Chancellor said. “It’s great to know you coach with people who are interested in your program and are willing to back it up with money. That’s a great statement.” HIGHTOWER ADDS TO SEASON HONORS Junior guard Allison Hightower was named a finalist for the State Farm Coaches All-America Basketball Team on Thursday. She is among 40 women’s basketball players who have a chance to be named to the 10-member team April 4. Hightower is the first player in LSU history to lead the team in points (14.9 per game), assists (3.0), steals (1.9) and blocks (1.2) in a single season. The Arlington, Texas, native scored a careerhigh 26 points in the Lady Tigers’ first-round NCAA tournament game against Green Bay, and she eclipsed 20 points Tuesday
against Louisville, making her the first to have consecutive 20-point games since Sylvia Fowles last season. EASON HAS COLLARBONE SURGERY Chancellor announced Thursday that sophomore guard Latear Eason underwent collarbone surgery after injuring it in LSU’s 6959 loss to Louisville.
13 and 14 didn’t run in LSU’s first outdoor meet last weekend in Lafayette. “Most everybody will be competing in some event or even multiple events in the two-day track meet [this weekend],” Shaver said. Most of the athletes on the track will run relays, including senior sprinter Trindon Holliday, who will run the 4x100-meter relay. “The performances in this meet and the one we just had will determine who all it is that we take to the Texas Relays,” Shaver said. The Texas Relays begin next Thursday, April 2, in Austin, Texas. This weekend’s meet will play host not only to college athletes, but to athletes of all ages. As many as 2,800 athletes will compete at this weekend’s meet, including an age group for “tiny tots,” “bantams,” high school, college and masters, according to a news release. Two former LSU greats will compete in their first outdoor meet of the season this weekend. Hurdler Lolo Jones will run the 100-meter hurdles, and sprinter Richard Thompson will run the 4x100-meter relay. Texas schools Baylor and TCU are among LSU’s competitors this weekend. It is a positive change moving from indoors to outdoors for two LSU sprinters. “I feel more confident in the outdoors than the indoors in both the 100 and the 200 because the indoor is based on the start so you can’t catch up with people,” said sophomore sprinter Gabriel Mvumvure. “Where I grew up [in Zimbabwe, Africa], I
Eason started 19 games this season and averaged 3.4 points and 2.1 assists per game. Chancellor said he expects “a full recovery” for Eason. “She was a critical part of our success this season, and we expect great things from her next season,” he said. Contact Rachel Whittaker at rwhittaker@lsureveille.com
never used to run indoors.” Mvumvure ran on LSU’s sprint relay teams in the 2008 season, winning titles at the Texas Relays and the Penn Relays in the 4x100-meter relays. Junior sprinter Samantha Henry didn’t run indoors when she was younger, either. “Outdoors are more favorable to me,” Henry said. “I wasn’t
accustomed to running indoors back home [in Jamaica]. Outdoors is more competitive. I like outdoors better.” The meet is scheduled to begin this morning at 10 a.m. with the field events, followed by the track events at 3 p.m. — unless weather pushes it back. Contact Rowan Kavner at rkavner@lsureveille.com
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