Wrozek, Wilkins pace NSU runners at Lafayette in final SLC tuneup (via Northwestern State University)
LAKE CHARLES – Freshmen Josh Wilkins and Erin Wrozek were Northwestern State's top runners Saturday at the ASICS-McNeese State Stampede cross country races.
For the third straight meet, Wilkins was NSU's highest finisher, taking 10th in a field of 74 by running 19:56 over four miles at Enos Derbonne Park.
RUSTON – Northwestern State freshmen Jacqueline Rushford and Josh Wilkins won individual championships Saturday morning at Louisiana Tech's Mook 5 cross country meet, with the Lady Demons dominating the women's team completion by finishing five freshmen among the top 12 runners.
HOUSTON – Northwestern State's top runners were freshmen, Jacqueline Rushford for the Lady Demons and Josh Wilkins for the Demons, Friday evening in the first team competition of the fall cross country season for NSU, the 39th Annual Rice Invitational.
ATLANTA – Northwestern State's track and field program got a pair of runner-up finishes from Jessica Talley in the javelin and the Demons' 4x100 meter relay team at the Georgia Tech Invitational, but no NSU competitors improved their status for the NCAA East Regional Championships in two weeks. (via Northwestern State University)
CONWAY, Ark. – Northwestern State senior All-America sprinter Justin Walker ran the fastest 100 meters in the world this year, a 9.95 time, in one of his three sprint victories Sunday at the Southland Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
2014 Leon Johnson NSU Invitational results (via Northwestern State University)
LAKE CHARLES – Northwestern State got winning performances by Keona Jackson in the women's shot put with a Southland Conference-best throw, Consuela Lindsay in the women's 400 meter hurdles, Por'sha Thomas in the women's triple jump and Shakemia Johnson in the women's discus Saturday at the McNeese SpringTime Classic track and field meet.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Northwestern State senior All-American sprinter Justin Walker ran the nation's seventh-fastest 200 meter dash time this season as he swept the short sprint titles Saturday at the Skechers Carl Kight Invitational track and field meet hosted by Stephen F. Austin.
RUSTON – Por'sha Thomas and Taylor Walker went 1-2 with personal best performances in the women's triple jump, the same event they swept at the Southland Conference Indoors last month, to highlight Northwestern State's competition Saturday at the Jim Mize Invitational track and field meet hosted by Louisiana Tech.
NATCHITOCHES – Junior long jumper Emmanuel Williams, who swept the long jump and triple jump titles last week at the Southland Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships, has earned an invitation to next weekend's NCAA Indoor Championships.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Junior Tessni Carruthers ran a sub-five minute mile for the second straight meet to earn second place and the distance medley team recorded its second-fastest time in program history to finish third, as Nicholls State University women's track team completed its indoor season at the 2014 Southland Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships, held Wednesday and Thursday at the Birmingham CrossPlex.
BIRMINGHAM – Northwestern State standouts Justin Walker and Emmanuel Williams completed sweeps of their specialties Thursday while Lady Demons Por'sha Thomas andTaylor Walker posted a surprising 1-2 finish in the women's triple jump on the final day of the Southland Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.
BATON ROUGE – Northwestern State freshman Quenton Helaire cleared a personal best 6-7 ½ and took second in the men's high jump Friday night at the LSU Twilight indoor track and field meet.
NATCHITOCHES – In the wake of national signing day Wednesday afternoon, first year head coach Mike Heimermann has announced nine additions to the Northwestern State Demon and Lady Demon track and field teams for the 2014-15 academic year.
HOUSTON – Medal stand finishes by All-American senior Justin Walker in the 200 meter dash, senior Quiana Griffin in the women's 400 and junior Emmanuel Williams in the long jump topped Northwestern State's results Saturday in the second and final day of the University of Houston's Howie Ryan Invitational indoor track and field competition.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Winning performances by All-America sprinter Justin Walker and long jumper Emmanuel Williams, and a third place from Brent Giddens in the 60 meter hurdles, topped Northwestern State's worksheet Friday in the Texas A&M 12 Team Invitational indoor track and field meet.
LAKE CHARLES – The Northwestern State cross country teams rounded out the 2013 season with a 12th place finish for the Demons and a 14th place mark for the Lady Demons at the Southland Conference championships hosted by McNeese State Friday morning at the Ward 3 Recreation Complex.
NATCHITOCHES – Albert Gladney and Mitch Landry led the Northwestern State Demon cross country to a second place overall finish at the Demon Invitational 5K Saturday morning at the Walter P. Ledet Track Complex.
LAKE CHARLES – The Northwestern State Demon and Lady Demon cross country teams competed at the McNeese Cowboy 5K Stampede Saturday morning at the Enos Derbonne Sports Complex
RUSTON – The Northwestern State cross country teams showed a strong outing at the Louisiana Tech Mook 5 Invitational Saturday morning hosted by Louisiana Tech.
NATCHITOCHES – Mike Heimerman, an outstanding thrower for the Northwestern State track and field program who developed into one of the nation's more successful throws coaches while guiding the Lady Demons to unprecedented accomplishments as head women's coach, is the new head track and field coach at his alma mater.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Three Northwestern State entries did not finish in the top 12 and advance past the NCAA Track and Field East Prelims into the national semifinals Saturday night as the regional championships concluded.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The margin could have hardly been closer Thursday for Northwestern State sophomore Consuela Lindsay, who advanced to Friday's regional finals in the 400 meter hurdles at the NCAA Track and Field East Prelims, while the outcome was bittersweet for Lady Demon freshman javelin thrower Ashley Aldredge.
BATON ROUGE – Quiana Griffin broke a 14-year-old Northwestern State school record Saturday as she won the 400 meter dash at LSU's Alumni Gold track and field meet.
AUSTIN, Texas – An eighth-place finish in the men’s 4x200 meter relay was the best showing in three events Saturday for the Northwestern State track and field program on the final day of the 85th annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.
LAFAYETTE – Wins by Sarah Emory in the 10,000 meter run and Ashley Aldredge in the javelin, a school record 400 meter hurdles winning time by Consuela Lindsy, and a victory in the women’s 4x400 meter relay topped Northwestern State performances in the Louisiana Classics Track Meet hosted by Louisiana-Lafayette on Saturday.
NORMAN, Okla. – Triple jumper Wayne Douglas, Lawana Perkins in the women’s 800 meter run and the Lady Demons’ 4x440 yard relay team posted medal-winning performances Saturday to highlight Northwestern State’s efforts in the 2011 Southland Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.