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Women's Track & Field

Colonels snap another 13 personal bests at LSU Twilight

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Competing in the final meet of the indoor regular season, the Nicholls State University track & field program orchestrated yet-another record-breaking slew of performances, concluding the LSU Twilight with 13 new personal bests -- six of which ranked on the program's all-time top 10 lists -- at the Carl Maddox Field House in Baton Rouge, La.

"We had an excellent last regular season meet at LSU," head coach Stefanie Slekis said. "Everyone at least performed a season's best and the majority ran or jumped personal bests with another six women breaking all-time Top 10 performer marks. Both the men's and women's teams did an excellent job of competing well with Hailey Alcorn taking the win in the 400m with another exceptional race, positioning herself to make her first conference final with a similar performance in next week's prelim. Several other women qualified for finals including freshman Keiondra Narcisse running an excellent 60m and 200m double. Chelsea Harrington also set a lifetime indoor personal best in the long jump final and performed very consistently in the prelim as well."

KEY STORYLINES & FINISHES
-- The Colonels secured 13 new personal marks while at the LSU Twilight, including: Chelsea Harrington in the long jump (18-05); Keiondra Narcisse in the 60m Dash (7.80); Troynae Walker in the 60m Hurdles (8.98); a trio of Colonels in both the 600m Run -- Amiya Matthews (1:43.65), Julia Garcia Verges (1:44.58) and Summer Seal (1:52.80) -- and the One Mile Run -- Octavio Vasquez-Tilley (4:35.58), Olari Livingston (4:44.88) and Prasanna Bagade (5:43.33); Faith Keter (11:41.31) and Joyce Kiplagat (12:05.87) in the women's 3000m; Dustin Worley in the men's 3000m (9:01.73); and Hunter Batt in the 800m Run (2:07.17).
-- All together, six marks cracked the program's all-time top ten lists, including: Harrington moving up to second all-time in the long jump; Narcisse notching fifth on the 60m list; Walker grabbing fourth in 60m Hurdles; and Matthews, Garcia-Verges and Seal capturing fifth, seventh and 10th, respectively, in the 600m.

UP NEXT
The Red & Gray advance to the Southland Conference Indoor Championships against the league's fellow 12 teams just a week after returning from Baton Rouge, traveling back to the Birmingham CrossPlex in Alabama for the two-day meet, set to run from Sunday, Mar. 1 through Monday, Mar. 2.

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Players Mentioned

Dustin Worley

Dustin Worley

Distance
Sophomore
Hunter Batt

Hunter Batt

MD
Freshman
Olari Livingston

Olari Livingston

Distance
Freshman
Octavio Vasquez-Tilley

Octavio Vasquez-Tilley

Distance
Freshman
Hailey Alcorn

Hailey Alcorn

Sprints/Jumps
Sophomore
Julia Garcia Verges

Julia Garcia Verges

MD
Sophomore
Chelsea Harrington

Chelsea Harrington

Sprints/Jumps
5' 6"
Sophomore
Faith Keter

Faith Keter

Distance
Sophomore
Joyce Kiplagat

Joyce Kiplagat

Distance
Junior
Troynae Walker

Troynae Walker

Hurdles/Jumps
5' 7"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Dustin Worley

Dustin Worley

Sophomore
Distance
Hunter Batt

Hunter Batt

Freshman
MD
Olari Livingston

Olari Livingston

Freshman
Distance
Octavio Vasquez-Tilley

Octavio Vasquez-Tilley

Freshman
Distance
Hailey Alcorn

Hailey Alcorn

Sophomore
Sprints/Jumps
Julia Garcia Verges

Julia Garcia Verges

Sophomore
MD
Chelsea Harrington

Chelsea Harrington

5' 6"
Sophomore
Sprints/Jumps
Faith Keter

Faith Keter

Sophomore
Distance
Joyce Kiplagat

Joyce Kiplagat

Junior
Distance
Troynae Walker

Troynae Walker

5' 7"
Sophomore
Hurdles/Jumps