Track teams race away with victories at LSU tourney
Frogs end with six first-place finishes in opening outdoor meet
By Danny Gillham
Skiff Staff

The Flyin’ Frogs participated in the LSU Alumni Gold Invitational this past weekend and made an impressive showing, head coach Monte Stratton said.

In its first outdoor meet of the season, the team walked away with 30 Top 10 finishers in its events, including six first-place finishes, and five NCAA provisional marks.

Leading the men was sophomore sprinter Michael Frater. Frater raced to a first-place finish and an NCAA provisional mark in the 100 meters with a10.22.

He was also a member of the 4x100 relay team with freshman Cleavon Dillon, junior Jermaine Joseph and senior Steve Slowly that finished first with a 39.45, also a provisional mark.

There were three other provisional marks were set by the men at the meet.

Joseph had a first-place finish in the 200 with a 20.68. Junior Brandal Lawrence took second with a triple jump of 15.93 meters (52-03.25).

The 4x400 meter relay team also captured first place and a provisional mark with a time of 3:07.42. After narrowly missing the opportunity to compete at the NCAA Indoor Championships, the team consisting of Slowly, freshman Kendall Pyant and juniors Kimton Coleman and Jason Morgan gave one of their most impressive performances of the season.

Stratton was pleased with the relay team’s performance.

“It was the first time the 4x400 has run effectively since the Iowa meet,” Stratton said. “Hopefully this will be a sign of things to come.”

On the women’s side, TCU had two first place finishes during the weekend.

Freshman La’ Toya White won the 100 meters with an 11.71, and senior Perhona Tomlin was victorious in the 800 meters with a time of 2.10.50.

Stratton said that the team gained two things from this meet.

First was that the site of the meet will also be the same place that the NCAA Outdoor Championships are held at Baton Rouge, La. in May. The other was that the team had the opportunity to race in a comfortable climate.

“In early to mid-March, there is a great likelihood of warm weather in Baton Rouge than in North Texas,” Stratton said, “And, we lucked out with the 80-degree weather.”

The Frogs will now have two weeks before their next meet, the UTA Invitational, in Arlington.

Danny Gillham
d.r.gillham@student.tcu.edu

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