Track & Field to Host Annual Alumni Gold

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Will Stafford (@WillStaffordLSU)Associate SID



BATON ROUGE – Fans attending Saturday’s LSU Alumni Gold meet at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium on Saturday afternoon ahead of the National L-Club Spring Football Game later that night are in for a treat as the very best of the LSU Track & Field program past and present will be on display in the annual competition.
Two NCAA leaders and 10 other individuals and relay teams currently ranking among the NCAA’s Top 10 this season will be in action for LSU alongside a host of decorated professionals and other alumni accounting for a total of 34 NCAA titles, 54 SEC titles and 99 All-America honors during their collegiate careers in Baton Rouge.
Five of the program’s Olympians will be on show, including reigning Olympic Silver Medalist Fitzroy Dunkley, former Olympic finalists Damar Forbes and Muna Lee and Jamaicans Natoya Goule and Isa Phillips.
In addition, reigning World Champion Vernon Norwood, World Championships Bronze Medalist Cassandra Tate and Jasmin Stowers, one of the world’s fastest 100-meter hurdlers of all-time, will be welcomed back this weekend to kick off their outdoor seasons alongside other NCAA Champion and All-American alumni. 2012 Bowerman Award winner Kimberlyn Duncan; former NCAA Champions Walter Henning, Shermund Allsop and LaTavia Thomas; and past All-Americans Rodney Brown and Joshua Thompson are also in the field.
The afternoon session at this year’s LSU Alumni Gold meet is set to begin at 1:20 p.m. CT following an opening ceremony at 1:15 p.m. and runs through the 4x400-meter relays at 4:25 p.m. A recognition of the alumni in attendance is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. during the running of the women’s 5,000 meters.
Admission is free as the morning session at the LSU Alumni Gold starts bright and early with the start of the “B” section finals on the track and the first field events of the competition scheduled ...

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