LSU Lady Tigers track and field | |
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Founded | 1978 |
University | Louisiana State University |
Head coach | Dennis Shaver (10th season) |
Conference | SEC |
Location | Baton Rouge, LA |
Indoor track | Carl Maddox Field House (Capacity: 3,000) |
Outdoor track | Bernie Moore Track Stadium (Capacity: 5,680) |
Nickname | Tigers |
Colors | Purple and gold [1] |
Conference Indoor Championships | |
1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2011 | |
Conference Outdoor Championships | |
1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 2007, 2008. 2010, 2011, 2012 | |
Women Indoor National Championships | |
1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004 | |
Women Outdoor National Championships | |
1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2008 |
The LSU Lady Tigers track and field team represents Louisiana State University in NCAA Division I women's indoor and outdoor track and field. [2]
The Lady Tiger program began in August 1978. The LSU Lady Tigers track and field program is the premier women's track and field program in the NCAA, winning more NCAA championships than any other school in history. The Lady Tigers have won a total of 25 NCAA championships (11 indoor, 14 outdoor). The closest school is Texas with 10 total championships. The Lady Tigers won their first NCAA championship in 1987 under head coach Sam Seemes. The following year Pat Henry took over the program and led the team to an unprecedented 11 straight NCAA outdoor championships, the most consecutive NCAA titles by a women's team in any NCAA sport. In 2004, Dennis Shaver became the LSU Lady Tigers head coach. He coached the team to the 2008 NCAA outdoor championship.
The first Lady Tiger team formed in August 1978 following Title IX mandates. The first meet was an indoor meet on Dec. 9, 1978 at Carl Maddox Field House on the LSU campus. Gold and Silver Olympic medalist Pam Jiles from New Orleans, La. was on the first team. Another notable Lady Tiger was shotputter Donna Brazile also from New Orleans. Other members of the first team were, Stacy Allen, hurdler, from Metairie, La.; Leila Byrne, sprinter; Vicky Dunn, sprinter; Caroline Favorite,sprinter; Lynnette Favorite, sprinter; Joanie Hathorn; Paula Hayden, middle distance/distance, from Adams Massachusetts; Lourdes Maristany, middle distance/distance from New Orleans, La.; Dr. Marguerite Miranne Rosales, middle distance, from New Orleans; La, Donna Otzenberger Kivirauma, middle distance/distance from Baton Rouge, La; Elaine Smith, sprinter; Athena Thomas, sprinter; Carin Thorp, Sprinter; and Lynn Tutzauer, middle distance/distance.
Kimberlyn Duncan became the first from LSU to win The Bowerman, [3] an award that honors collegiate track & field's most outstanding athlete of the year. In 2012, she became the first woman in NCAA Division I history to win back-to-back indoor and outdoor national titles in the 200 meters. [4]
Year | SEC Indoor | NCAA Indoor | SEC Outdoor | NCAA Outdoor |
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1981 | * | * | 7th | dnc |
1982 | * | * | 7th | 22nd |
1983 | * | dnc | 6th | 24th(t) |
1984 | 6th | dnc | 5th | 68th |
1985 | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd(t) |
1986 | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 12th |
1987 | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
1988 | 1st | 6th | 1st | 1st |
1989 | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
1990 | 2nd | 11th | 1st | 1st |
1991 | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
1992 | 2nd | 4th(t) | 2nd | 1st |
1993 | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
1994 | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st |
1995 | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st |
1996 | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
1997 | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st |
1998 | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 22nd(t) |
1999 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 5th |
2000 | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 1st |
2001 | 4th | 14th | 4th | 6th |
2002 | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 4th |
2003 | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 1st |
2004 | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd |
2005 | 3rd | 6th(t) | 6th | 24th(t) |
2006 | 7th | 7th | 4th | 7th(t) |
2007 | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd |
2008 | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st |
2009 | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | 6th |
2010 | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 6th |
2011 | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd |
2012 | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st-Vacated |
2013 | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 4th |
2014 | 6th | 12th(t) | 8th | 6th |
2015 | 5th | 9th | 4th | 11th |
2016 | 2nd | 14th(t) | 5th | 6th |
2017 | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | 7th(t) |
2018 | 4th | 6th | 2nd | 6th |
2019 | 5th | 15th(t) | 5th | 3rd |
Source: [5]
Year | Event | Athlete(s) |
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1985 | 1,000 Meters | Christine Slythe |
1987 | 4x400 Relay | Sylvia Brydson, Wendy Truvillion, Schowonda Williams, Danyel Wofford |
Long Jump | Sheila Echols | |
1989 | 4x400 Relay | Sylvia Brydson, Opal Cunningham, Dawn Sowell, Cheryl Wilson |
55 Meters | Dawn Sowell | |
200 Meters | Dawn Sowell | |
55 Hurdles | Tananjalyn Stanley | |
1991 | 55 Hurdles | Mary Cobb |
1993 | 4x400 Relay | Dahlia Duhaney, Indira Hamilton, Heather Van Norman, Youlanda Warren |
Shot Put | Danyel Mitchell | |
Long Jump | Daphnie Saunders | |
1994 | Long Jump | Daphnie Saunders |
1995 | 400 Meters | Youlanda Warren |
1996 | 4x400 Relay | Charlene Maulseed, Sheila Powell, LaTarsha Stroman, Astia Walker |
55 Meters | D'Andre Hill | |
55 Hurdles | Kim Carson | |
1997 | Triple Jump | Suzette Lee |
400 Meters | LaTarsha Stroman | |
1998 | 55 Meters | Kwajalein Butler |
1999 | 60 Hurdles | Joyce Bates |
200 Meters | Peta-Gaye Dowdie | |
2000 | Triple Jump | Keisha Spencer |
2002 | 800 Meters | Marian Burnett |
200 Meters | Muna Lee | |
Triple Jump | Nicole Toney | |
2003 | 60 Hurdles | Lolo Jones |
60 Meters | Muna Lee | |
200 Meters | Muna Lee | |
2004 | 60 Meters | Muna Lee |
2006 | 4x400 Relay | Juanita Broaddus, Deonna Lawrence, Brooklynn Morris, Cynetheia Rooks |
2008 | 4x400 Relay | Deonna Lawrence, Brooklynn Morris, LaTavia Thomas, Nickiesha Wilson |
60 Meters | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | |
800 Meters | LaTavia Thomas | |
2011 | 200 Meters | Kimberlyn Duncan |
2012 | 4x400 Relay | Rebecca Alexander, Jonique Day, Siedda Herbert, Cassandra Tate |
200 Meters | Kimberlyn Duncan | |
2013 | 200 Meters | Kimberlyn Duncan |
800 Meters | Natoya Goule | |
2018 | 60 Meters | Aleia Hobbs |
Source: [6]
Year | Event | Athlete(s) |
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1985 | 4x100 Relay | Sheila Echols, Michelle King, Michele Morris, Angela Phipps |
4x400 Relay | Camille Cato, Michele Morris, Wendy Truvillion, Schowonda Williams | |
1987 | Long Jump | Sheila Echols |
Javelin | Laverne Eve | |
1988 | 400 Hurdles | Schowonda Williams |
1989 | 4x100 Relay | Esther Jones, Cinnamon Sheffield, Dawn Sowell, Tananjalyn Stanley |
100 Meters | Dawn Sowell | |
200 Meters | Dawn Sowell | |
100 Hurdles | Tananjalyn Stanley | |
1990 | 4x100 Relay | Dawn Bowles, Esther Jones, Cinnamon Sheffield, Tananjalyn Stanley |
100 Meters | Esther Jones | |
200 Meters | Esther Jones | |
1991 | 100 Hurdles | Dawn Bowles |
Heptathlon | Sharon Jaklofsky | |
1992 | 4x100 Relay | Dawn Bowles, Dahlia Duhaney, Cinnamon Sheffield, Cheryl Taplin |
200 Meters | Dahlia Duhaney | |
1993 | 4x100 Relay | Debbie Parris, Cheryl Taplin, Heather Van Norman, Youlanda Warren |
4x400 Relay | Indira Hamilton, Debbie Parris, Heather Van Norman, Youlanda Warren | |
Discus | Danyel Mitchell | |
400 Hurdles | Debbie Parris | |
Long Jump | Daphnie Saunders | |
1994 | 4x100 Relay | Zundra Feagin, D'Andre Hill, Debbie Parris, Cheryl Taplin |
400 Hurdles | Debbie Parris | |
High Jump | Gai Kapernick | |
Discus | Danyel Mitchell | |
1995 | 4x100 Relay | Kwajalein Butler, Zundra Feagin, D'Andre Hill, Marita Hunt |
4x400 Relay | Charlene Maulseed, Sheila Powell, LaTarsha Stroman, Youlanda Warren | |
100 Meters | D'Andre Hill | |
1996 | 4x100 Relay | Kwajalein Butler, Zundra Feagin, D'Andre Hill, Astia Walker |
100 Hurdles | Kim Carson | |
200 Meters | Zundra Feagin | |
Triple Jump | Suzette Lee | |
1997 | 4x100 Relay | Kwajalein Butler, Peta-Gaye Dowdie, Sa'Donna Thornton, Astia Walker |
100 Hurdles | Astia Walker | |
400 Meters | LaTarsha Stroman | |
Triple Jump | Suzette Lee | |
1999 | 800 Meters | Claudine Williams |
2000 | 100 Hurdles | Joyce Bates |
200 Meters | Peta-Gaye Dowdie | |
Triple Jump | Keisha Spencer | |
2001 | 4x100 Relay | Myra Combs, Stephanie Durst, Muna Lee, Sa'Donna Thornton |
2003 | 4x100 Relay | Stephanie Durst, Monique Hall, Lolo Jones, Muna Lee |
2004 | 4x100 Relay | Stephanie Durst, Monique Hall, Lolo Jones, Muna Lee |
4x400 Relay | Neisha Bernard-Thomas, Nadia Davy, Monique Hall, Hazelann Regis | |
800 Meters | Neisha Bernard-Thomas | |
2006 | 4x400 Relay | Meisue Francis, Deonna Lawrence, Brooklynn Morris, Cynetheia Rooks |
2007 | 4x400 Relay | Deonna Lawrence, Cynetheia Rooks, LaTavia Thomas, Nickiesha Wilson |
100 Meters | Sherry Fletcher | |
2008 | 100 Meters | Kelly-Ann Baptiste |
400 Hurdles | Nickiesha Wilson | |
2011 | 4x100 Relay | Rebecca Alexander, Kimberlyn Duncan, Semoy Hackett, Kenyanna Wilson |
200 Meters | Kimberlyn Duncan | |
2012 | 200 Meters | Kimberlyn Duncan |
400 Hurdles | Cassandra Tate | |
2013 | 200 Meters | Kimberlyn Duncan |
800 Meters | Natoya Goule | |
2016 | 4x100 Relay | Mikiah Brisco, Kortnei Johnson, Jada Martin, Rushell Harvey |
2017 | 100 Meters | Mikiah Brisco |
2018 | 100 Meters | Aleia Hobbs |
4x100 Relay | Mikiah Brisco, Kortnei Johnson, Rachel Misher, Aleia Hobbs | |
2019 | 100 Meters | Sha'Carri Richardson |
Source: [6]
Carl Maddox Field House built in 1975 is the indoor track and field home arena for the LSU Lady Tigers and LSU Tigers track and field teams. The arena has a seating capacity of 3,000. The field house features a 200-meter unbanked track, elevated jump runways, a variety of throwing areas and multiple high jump and vaulting areas. In 1998, the arena was renamed in honor of former LSU Athletic Director Carl Maddox. [7]
Bernie Moore Track Stadium built in 1969 is the outdoor track and field home stadium for the LSU Lady Tigers and LSU Tigers track and field teams. The stadium has a seating capacity of 5,680. [7] In 1971, the stadium was renamed after former LSU football and track & field coach, Bernie Moore. Moore coached the LSU Track and Field teams for 18 years (1930–47) and led the Tigers to their first NCAA National Championship in 1933 as well as 12 SEC crowns. [7]
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Years | Coach |
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1978–1981 | Bill McClure |
1982 | Murrell "Boots" Garland |
1983–1986 | Billy Maxwell |
1987 | Sam Seemes |
1988–2004 | Pat Henry |
2004–present | Dennis Shaver |
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