Nashville, Tenn. – Davis Bove took down a 26-year old school record in the mile on Friday night at the Music City Challenge in Nashville with a time of 3:57.49. He broke Passmore Furusa’s previous school record of 3:58.77 that was set back in 1995.
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Bove entered a loaded field at the Music City Challenge in the men’s mile on Friday night. Bove, a native of Franklin, Tenn., was running in his home state on the campus of Vanderbilt as he set the LSU school record. Bove, a sophomore, came to LSU with a personal best of 4:06.28 in the mile and has already lowered that by almost 10 seconds within his first two years in Baton Rouge.
SCHOOL RECORD@Dbove1017 goes 3:57.49 to crack the four minute barrier in the mile and take ?? at the Music City Challenge!
— LSU Track & Field (@LSUTrackField) February 13, 2021
His time of 3:57.49 is the fastest ever in LSU history and ranks as the eighth fastest in the NCAA this season. Last year as a freshman, Bove became LSU’s first scorer in the mile run at the SEC Championships since 2010. Eric Coston also clocked a personal best in the mile on Friday night with a time 4:06.13 to place 12th.
Jon Nerdal, a transfer from Minnesota, registered a huge personal best heave of 72′ 11.75″ (22.24 meters) for the win in the weight throw; that mark ranks No. 3 in the NCAA and No. 3 in the LSU record book. In the women’s weight throw, Monique Hardy (71′ 1.50″/21.83 meters) and Emma Robbins (PR/67′ 3.25″/20.50 meters) finished fourth and fifth respectively in the event. The personal best by Robbins is the fourth best throw in LSU history.
HUGE PR for Jordan Nerdal in Nashville! He registers a weight throw 72′ 11.75″ (22.24m) to win gold with the NCAA No. 3 throw and third best in LSU history.#GeauxTigers pic.twitter.com/ByMj8zBy8M
— LSU Track & Field (@LSUTrackField) February 13, 2021
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LSU had strong showings in the long jump from Aliyah Whisby and JuVaughn Harrison. Whisby registered a personal best of 21′ 4.75″ (6.52 meters) on her sixth and final jump of the event to capture the silver medal. The mark ranks No. 3 in LSU history and is the fifth best in the NCAA this season. Harrison collected silver just like Whisby with a season best leap of 26′ 6.50″ (8.09 meters); the mark for Harrison is the second best in the NCAA this season.
.@jaay_jumps leaps to a season best of 26′ 6.50″ (8.09 meters) to claim silver at the Razorback Invitational! It’s the second best mark in the NCAA this season.
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??? of the fifth best jump in the NCAA this season! @aliyyahhx pic.twitter.com/YuPALS0BqU
— LSU Track & Field (@LSUTrackField) February 12, 2021
Damion Thomas (7.69) and Eric Edwards Jr. (7.71) both registered season bests in the finals of the 60 meter hurdles en route to second and third-place showings to round out LSU’s podium finishes at the meet on Friday. In the 3,000 meter run, freshman Ashley LaJocies set a big personal best with a time of 9:55.22 which is the eighth fastest time in LSU history, and Will Dart PR’d with a time of 8:35.85 on the men’s side. Kenny Odinet III PR’d in the men’s pole vault with a clearance of 16′ 10.75″ (5.15 meters) to take fifth.
Up Next
LSU is back in action on Saturday at both the Tyson Invitational and Music City Challenge. A full competition guide can be viewed at lsusports.net.