The LSU Track & Field teams will open NCAA East Preliminary Round action in Jacksonville, Florida, today at Hodges Stadium at the University of North Florida.
Vernon Norwood (Submitted File Photo/Courtesy of LSU Sports Information)
Several Tri-City area collegiate athletes placed at their respective track and field conference championships this month.
LSU track standout Vernon Norwood, foreground, competes in the 400-meter run Saturday at LSU’s Alumni Gold meet. Norwood, a Morgan City High School alum, ran the NCAA’s fastest 400-meter time Saturday with a personal best of 44.44. The time also ranks second in the world this year behind 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist Kirani James, who has run 44.31 this season. (Submitted Photo/Courtesy of LSU Sports Information)
Saturday’s LSU Alumni Gold meet marked the outdoor season opener for LSU’s 2015 NCAA Indoor Champion Vernon Norwood in his favored 400-meter dash, and the Tiger sprint star turned in the NCAA’s fas
Morgan City High alum Vernon Norwood will compete this weekend in the 400-
meter run and as part of LSU’s 4x400-meter run at the NCAA Division I Indoor
Track and Field Championships that begin today. Above is Norwood in the starting blocks at the SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships this year. (Submitted Photo/Courtesy of LSU Sports Information)
The LSU Track & Field teams are ready for their 2015 indoor season finale this weekend with 15 Tigers and Lady Tigers making the trip to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to compete at the NCAA Division
Morgan City High alum and LSU standout Vernon Norwood set both a meet and field house record in the 600-yard run Friday at the University of Kentucky’s Rod McCravy Memorial Indoor Track and Field meet. Norwood’s time of 1:08.84 broke the previous mark of 1:11.69. He and teammates Darrell
Bush, Quincy Downing and Cyril Grayson also finished second in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:04.28, which broke the field house and meet marks too but were not enough to beat Florida. Above is Norwood during the 2014 indoor season. (Submitted Photo/Courtesy of LSU Sports Information)
A Morgan City High alum and current LSU track and field standout set both a meet and field house record in the 600-yard run at the University of Kentucky’s Rod McCravy Memorial Indoor Track & F