Two weeks ago, Kymber Payne posted a 55.50 personal best to advance to the NCAA semifinals in the 400-meter hurdles for the second-straight season as the top qualifier at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held at the UK Outdoor Track & Field Complex in Lexington, Kentucky. Jada Martin advanced to her 2nd #NCAATF Outdoor final in the 200 meters with a time of 23.00 (+1.9) in the 3rd heat! #LSU /kh94uWvf20 Johnson had a run of 23.40 (+0.4) in the first heat that earned her 17th place among the semifinalists in the field. Senior Jada Martin later added a qualifying performance in the 200-meter dash as she sprinted to the finish line in 23.00 (+1.9) for third place in the third heat and eighth place overall to advance on time. Freshman Cassondra Hall finished in a tie for 16th place among the 24 semifinalists as he time of 11.47 (-1.4) was good for fourth behind Brisco and Hobbs in the first heat.

Lady Tiger sophomore Kortnei Johnson came up one place shy of advancing to her first NCAA final on time as her 11.37 (+0.2) was fifth-best in the second heat and eighth overall in the round. They will race alongside Texas’ Teahna Daniels (11.17), Texas A&M’s Aaliyah Brown (11.18), San Diego State’s Ashley Henderson (11.25), Oregon’s Ariana Washington (11.26), Oregon’s Deajah Stevens (11.29) and USC’s Ky Westbrook (11.39) in the final to be held Saturday at 6:22 p.m. Mikiah Brisco (11.19) & Aleia Hobbs (11.28) kicked off 100-meter qualifying with a 1-2 finish in the 1st semifinal heat! #LSU #NCAATF /jiKwKY016v They earned automatic qualification into Saturday’s final with the third-fastest and sixth-fastest times of the day. Junior Mikiah Brisco and Aleia Hobbs got off to a quick start in 100-meter qualifying as they sprinted to a 1-2 finish in the first semifinal heat to become LSU’s first finalists on the track at this year’s championship.ĭespite running into a strong headwind of -1.4 meters per second down the Hayward Field homestretch, Brisco surged ahead of her teammate over the latter half of the race and crossed the line first in 11.19 as Hobbs followed in second place with a time of 11.28. The challenge now is to put today behind us and be prepared to maximize the five chances to score we do have coming up on Saturday.”

“Our women faced some adversity today, no question about it. “She’ll go down as one of the best we’ve ever had in that event in the history of our program. She stepped up for us,” said LSU head coach Dennis Shaver. We really needed her to pick up some points for us there after what was an up-and-down day in qualifying on the track. “We’re very proud of Rebekah and what she’s done for our program over her four years at LSU. Rounding out the finalists were Memphis’ Ashley Pryke (186-9) in third, Stanford’s Mackenzie Little (181-6) in fourth, Duke’s Katelyn Gochenour (178-0) in sixth, Texas A&M’s Audrey Malone (175-4) in seventh and Texas’s Haley Crouser (174-2) in eighth. Virginia Tech’s Irena Sediva (192-9) edged Florida’s Marija Vucenovic (192-2) by just seven inches for the NCAA title in the event as both posted their top marks in the competition in the fifth round of throws. 2 behind Eve on LSU’s all-time outdoor performance list at the close of her collegiate career. Wales’ title-winning personal best of 191-0 in the fifth round at the SEC Championships last month ranks her No.

While five-time Olympian Laverne Eve owns the distinction as LSU’s only NCAA Champion in the event with her victory in 1987, Wales has earned her place in history as the program’s only two-time SEC Champion from her victory at the conference meet in May and three-time All-American with her fifth-place national finish on Thursday night. She closed out her career as an All-American for the third time after placing fourth nationally as a sophomore in 2015 and sixth in the final as a junior last spring. Wales made history as LSU’s first three-time All-American in the javelin as she put the Lady Tigers on the scoreboard with their first four points of the championship thanks to her fifth-place finish.Īfter returning to the NCAA final with a qualifying throw of 179-3 on her third attempt in qualifying, Wales solidified fifth place with an improved effort of 180-2 in the fourth round before fouling each of her last two in the competition.

– Senior Rebekah Wales stepped onto the javelin runway for the final time as a Lady Tiger on Thursday at the 2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships and cemented her legacy with a third career All-America honor as she threw 180 feet, 2 inches for fifth place in the final at Hayward Field.

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