School Relay Record Falls at Mt. SAC Relays

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Will Stafford (@WillStaffordLSU)Associate SID



TORRANCE, Calif. – The dust barely settled on the Murdock Stadium track from the Tigers’ NCAA-leading victory in the men’s 4x100-meter relay when the Lady Tigers blew away their 28-year-old school record with the second-fastest women’s sprint relay in collegiate history to close out the 59th Mt. SAC Relays on Saturday afternoon.
Junior Mikiah Brisco, sophomore Kortnei Johnson, senior Jada Martin and junior Aleia Hobbs arrived at the Mt. SAC Relays with confidence following their seasonal-best performance at LSU’s Battle on the Bayou only a week ago as they ran the second-fastest time in the NCAA this season at 42.66 seconds.
They still lined up in Saturday’s women’s invitational 4x100-meter relay as second favorites with collegiate-record holder Oregon also in the race with a best of 42.34 from the Florida Relays two weeks ago.
LSU’s women ran stride-for-stride with the Ducks in the fastest relay race in collegiate history as Oregon broke its own NCAA record with a winning 42.12 followed by the Lady Tigers in second place with a school record of 42.14. Those watching might not have even realized there were four other teams in the race as a team from the Altis training center in Phoenix, Arizona, was well back in third with a time of 43.82. The Fearless Flyers followed in fourth at 44.47 ahead of UNLV (44.66) and Ole Miss (44.73).
LSU’s school record of 42.50 stood for 28 years when a team of Tananjalyn Stanley, Dawn Sowell, Cinnamon Sheffield and Esther Jones last set the standard during their national championship season back in 1989.
“We’ve been fast from the very start of this outdoor season, and that’s down to the work those women put in day in and day out and how well they work together as a team,” said LSU head coach Dennis Shaver of his women’s sprint ...

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