BATON ROUGE, La. – The LSU women’s track and field program is signing sprinter Keliza Smith, Head Coach Dennis Shaver announced on Tuesday.
Smith is a West Bank Demerara, Georgetown, Guyana, native, that has laid claim to six Guyanese national titles.
The sprinter will join the Tigers this Spring as a junior after two seasons with Barton CC. During her time with Barton, Smith captured one NJCAA title in the 60 meter and racked up a total of 15 USTFCCCA First Team All-American honors.
Heading to Baton Rouge, she has personal-best times of 7.28 (60m), 11.37 (100m), 23.08 (200m) and 52.91 (400m). The time of 11.37 seconds is the national U20 record for Guyana.
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