LSU Lady Tigers track and field

For the LSU men's track and field team, see LSU Tigers track and field.

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]

LSU Lady Tigers track and field
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

History

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]

Team Finishes

Year	SEC Indoor	NCAA Indoor	SEC Outdoor	NCAA Outdoor
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

• Bold indicates NCAA national championship

Source:^[5]

NCAA championships

Team

See also: NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships and NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Event

Indoor

Year	Event	Athlete(s)
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]

Outdoor

Year	Event	Athlete(s)
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]

Stadiums

Carl Maddox Field House

Bernie Moore Track Stadium

Carl Maddox Field House

Main article: Carl Maddox Field House

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

Main article: Bernie Moore Track Stadium

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]

Training facilities

Bernie Moore Track Stadium weight room

Opened in January 2003, the weight room is for the LSU Tigers track and field and LSU Lady Tigers track and field team's. The LSU track and field weight room is a 2,000 square foot facility designed for an Olympic style lifting program. Located adjacent to the track, the weight room features 10 multi-purpose power stations, 5 dumbbell stations, 4 power racks, 5 sets of competition plates, 10 competition Olympic bars, 2 multi-purpose racks, an assortment of selectorized machines and 2 televisions for multimedia presentations.^[8]

Head coaches

Years	Coach
1978–1981	Bill McClure
1982	Murrell "Boots" Garland
1983–1986	Billy Maxwell
1987	Sam Seemes
1988–2004	Pat Henry
2004–present	Dennis Shaver

References

1. "Brand Guidelines: Colors". LSUAthletics.LingoApp.com. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
2. "Track and Field". lsusports.net. Retrieved July 16, 2008.
3. "Cam Levins, Kimberlyn Duncan are 2012 Recipients of The Bowerman". The Bowerman. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
4. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1079&context=gumbo See page 291 of the online 1978/1979 LSU Gumbo for pictures of Pam Jiles, Caroline Favorite, Stacy Allen and team Roster. Note: Paula Hayden joined the team late in the season and was not listed in the yearbook. Retrieved May 1, 2022
5. "All-Time Results" (PDF). lsusports.net. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
6. "NCAA Champions" (PDF). lsusports.net. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
7. "LSU Track and Field Facilities". lsusports.net. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
8. "Bernie Moore Track Stadium weight room". lsupower.net. Retrieved August 4, 2013.

External links

• Official website