June 30, 2014

BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana Tech received 11 accolades this week as the All-Louisiana track and field marks were announced by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA).

The team is made up of the best times in the various outdoor track and field events as provided by the national best times list and information supplied by the school sports information directors. Special awards were nominated by and voted on by SIDs, but they may not vote for someone from their own school.

Of the 11 marks recognized by the LSWA, Louisiana Tech had three first-place marks, seven second-place marks and one third-place mark. Tech had eight of the 11 recognized marks qualify for the NCAA East Preliminary Championships this season.

Claiming top honors in the state on the women's side was Chloe Lautric, who led Louisiana with a high jump mark of 5-10 (1.78m) set at the Texas Relays on March 29. On the men's side, Jarvis Gotch led the state in the long jump with a mark of 26-0.25 (7.93m) and Joshua Cox led Louisiana with a javelin throw of 228-4 (69.61m). Both marks were set at the UTEP Invitational in El Paso, Texas - host of the 2015 Conference USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

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Louisiana Tech's All-Louisiana 2014 Marks

Women

Event Mark Name Rank in State Date Location

100m H 13.02 Kim Francis 2^nd April 19 Baton Rouge, La.

4x100m Relay 44.68 Kim Francis, Aminah Blount, 2^nd March 23 Ruston, La.
Charla Craddock, Victoria Wade

4x400m Relay 3:37.46 Charla Craddock, Aminah Blount, 2^nd March 29 Austin, Texas
Taneka Henderson, Aldresha Bailey

High Jump 5-10 Chloe Lautric 1^st March 29 Austin, Texas
1.78m

Long Jump 20-10.75 Charla Craddock 2^nd May 17 Houston, Texas
6.37m

Men

Event Mark Name Place in State Date Location

10,000m 32:53.43 Josh Pearce 3^rd May 16 Houston, Texas

Steeplechase 9:33.08 Anthony Plourde 2^nd May 17 Houston, Texas

4x100m Relay 39.53 Devin Henderson, Trey Hadnot, 2^nd May 18 Houston, Texas
Jermey Hicks, Dennis Richardson

4x400m Relay 3:09.57 Jaquvis Hart, Christopher Sampract, 2^nd March 29 Austin, Texas
Darius Statham, Trey Hadnot

Long Jump 26-0.25 Jarvis Gotch 1^st April 12 El Paso, Texas
7.93m

Javelin 228-4 Joshua Cox 1^st April 12 El Paso, Texas
69.61m