BATON ROUGE, La. – The LSU track and field team will have 55 entries at next week’s NCAA East First Round. Selections and national qualifiers in the combined events were posted Thursday. This year’s meet will take place May 22-25 at the UK Track & Field Complex in Lexington, Ky.
The Tigers will be represented at next week’s NCAA East First Round by 42 student athletes across 55 entries next week. The women are heading to this year’s meet with 10 more entries and six more members than last year’s team. The men will have two more entries than last year.
LSU’s 31 entries on the women’s side are the most among all teams heading to the NCAA East First Round. Overall, they are tied for first in the nation with Arkansas and Texas Tech.
To mirror the format of the national meet, the First Round will be contested over four days with alternating men’s and women’s programs. The NCAA West First Round will take place the same weekend at John McDonnell Field in Fayetteville, Ark. The top 12 in each event advance to Eugene, Ore., for the 2024 NCAA Championships (June 5-8). Listed below are all 55 entries for LSU and more info pertaining the upcoming meets.
Women’s Qualifiers | 31 entries, 21 student-athletes
| 100 (4) | Brianna Lyston, Thelma Davies, Tima Godbless, Aniyah Bigam |
| 200 (4) | Thelma Davies, Brianna Lyston, Tima Godbless, Aniyah Bigam |
| 400 (1) | Ella Onojuvwevwo |
| 800 (2) | Michaela Rose, Montana Monk |
| 1500 (2) | Lorena Rangel-Batres, Callie Hardy |
| 10000 (1) | Ella Chesnut |
| 100h (4) | Alia Armstrong, Leah Phillips, Shani’a Bellamy, Sydney Clemens |
| 400h (3) | Shani’a Bellamy, Leah Phillips, Garriel White |
| 4 x 100 | Brianna Lyston, Thelma Davies, Leah Phillips, Tima Godbless (Aniyah Bigam) |
| 4 x 400 | Ella Onojuvwevwo, Shani’a Bellamy, Michaela Rose, Garriel White (Brianna Lyston) |
| HJ (1) | Morgan Smalls |
| LJ (1) | Morgan Smalls |
| TJ (3) | Morgan Smalls, Taylor Fingers, Djoma Praise |
| DT (1) | Estel Valeanu |
| JT (2) | Trinity Spooner, Alexis Guillory |
Men’s Qualifiers | 24 entries, 21 student-athletes
| 100 (4) | Godson Oghenebrume, Da’Marcus Fleming, Myles Thomas, Jaiden Reid |
| 200 (2) | Da’Marcus Fleming, Jaiden Reid |
| 400 (2) | Dillon Bedell, Shakeem McKay |
| 110h (2) | Jahiem Stern, Matthew Sophia |
| 400h (1) | Sean “Squirrel” Burrell |
| 4 x 100 | Myles Thomas, Da’Marcus Fleming, Jaiden Reid, Godson Oghenebrume (Shakeem McKay) |
| 4 x 400 | Sean Burrell, Salim Epps, Shakeem McKay, Dillon Bedell (Myles Thomas) |
| HJ (2) | Kuda Chadenga, Isaac Onuoha |
| PV (1) | Beau Domingue |
| LJ (1) | Ji’eem Bullock |
| SP (1) | John Meyer |
| DT (2) | Claudio Romero, Jevan Parara |
| HT (1) | Luke Witte |
| JT (3) | Will Lawrence, Jack Larriviere, Tzuriel Pedigo |
The complete list of participants is available on the following website.
For more information regarding the NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships, and to purchase tickets, log on to NCAA.com/trackandfield.
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