BATON ROUGE — LSU sophomore Xavier Carter was named the SEC Men’s Runner of the Week it was announced Thursday by the conference office.
Running in his first 200-meter race of the season, Carter clocking a SEC and NCAA-leading time of 20.74 seconds to win the Lobo Invitational last Saturday. The time ranks as the second fastest in the world this season.
In addition, he ran the second leg on the Tigers’ 4×400-meter relay team that also won the meet title with an SEC and NCAA-leading time of 3:08.01.
Carter, a native of Melbourne, Fla., is currently ranked No. 1 in the country in the 200 meters for his efforts.
The Tiger track and field team returns to action this week, hosting the LSU Combined Events and the Bayou Bengal Invitational this Thursday and Friday at the Carl Maddox Fieldhouse.