BIRMINGHAM, Alabama- A new school record was set today by senior Riley Killian, in the 3,000m. Killian ran her lifetime personal best while shattering the school record by 13s. Running a time of 10:16.35, Killian landed herself on Louisiana Tech's record board.
 
Killian isn't the only one who achieved their personal record today. Senior Johnie Jean-Jacques also joined her by collecting multiple PRs today. Jean-Jacques threw his way into not one… not two… but three lifetime personal bests in the shot put with a final throw of 16.45m. "I came to do my best, and that's what I did," said Jean-Jacques.
 
On the field side of the meet, Colin Butler jumped 6.66m in the long jump, landing him in the fourth-place position. Jarvon Gaines also competed in the long jump. He jumped 6.46m and came in sixth place overall. Representing the Lady Techsters, Maya Perry-Grimes came in fourth place in the women's long jump with a jump of 5.71m.
 
Senior Murphy Bavinga landed himself in the second-place position with a jump of 14.43m in the men's triple jump. For the women's triple jump, Perry-Grimes and Leah Scott won both second and third place with a jump of 11.72m and 11.40m.
 
As for the running events, Tim Rummelhagen advanced through all three rounds of the 60m hurdles and earned a sixth-place finish running a time of 8.35. In the men's 400m, Seth Boullion came in fifth place by running 49.01 (about one second from his PR). In the men's 800m, Mason Youberg (sixth place) ran 2:01.20. Freshman Marshall Ellis took the fourth-place position in the 200m with a time of 22.25.
 
To put an end to the Samford University Invite, the Bulldogs competed in the men's 4x400m relay and earned third place with a time of 3:23.47
 
LA Tech will head back to Birmingham, Alabama, for the Jaguar Invitational on February 6^th. This meet will also take place at the Birmingham Crossplex.
 
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"I thought we had improvements in several areas," said Head Coach Gary Stanley. "These improvements include the men's 4x4 relay, Johnie Jean-Jacques' shot put performance, and Murphy's triple jump. Our women's triple jumpers also did well… and, of course, Riley's 3k school record. We have a lot of work to do over the next two weeks, which should lead to more improvements at the next meet." 
 
"We are progressing in the right direction with several good performances today," said Associate Head Coach Nadia Alexander-Pompey. "We accomplished a personal best and made some technical improvements which are always encouraging. We are off this upcoming weekend, so we will use the time off to get some solid work in and focus on the next meet."
 
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