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Track and Field Heads to the LSU Alumni Gold and Fred Duckett Twilight on Saturday to Wrap Up Regular Season

NEW ORLEANS – Head Coach Brock Moreaux will split up his Track and Field program one final time before the Southland Outdoor Championships when a selection of sprinters and jumpers head to Baton Rouge on Saturday for the LSU Alumni Gold, while the rest of the squad heads to Houston, Texas for Rice's Fred Duckett Twilight meet.

LSU ALUMNI GOLD | MEET INFO | MEET SCHEDULE | LIVE RESULTS
Things kick off for the Privateers at Bernie Moore Stadium with the men's and women's 4x100 relays at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. Alimot Alowonle, Christopher Murphy and Nicholaus Smith will then participate in the long jump at around 2:45 p.m., with Smith also set to compete in the triple jump later in the afternoon at around 4:45 p.m.

Sarinity Bracey and Helen Baumgarten will race in the 100-meter hurdles at 3:10 p.m., with Jorim Bangue due to race in the 110-meter hurdles at 3:15 p.m. Trinity Bracey will run in the 400 meters at 3:30 p.m. before Vivette Green, Aisha Johnson, Aryn Pitre, and Kaitlin Denton run the 100-meter dash at 3:50 p.m.

The men's 100-meter dash follows at 4:00 p.m. with Elliott Cummings, Mason Melancon, Murphy, and Ellis Cummings scheduled for UNO. Jayden Sloan will run the last hurdles event of the day for UNO with the 400-meter hurdles set to start at 4:40 p.m.

Green, Alowonle, Baumgarten, Trinity Bracey, Pitre, and Johnson all return for the women's 200 at 4:50 p.m., while both Cummings brothers and Melancon return for the men's 200 at 5:05 p.m. Both the Privateer women and Privateer men will enter the 4x400 relays set for 5:50 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. respectively to conclude the day in Baton Rouge.

Saturday will mark the fourth time this season the Privateers have competed in either an indoor or outdoor meet at LSU.

FRED DUCKETT TWILIGHT | MEET INFO | MEET SCHEDULE | LIVE RESULTS
Per usual the throws group will kick things off for the Privateers at Wendel D. Lay Track and Holloway Field in Houston. The women's hammer begins at 10:00 a.m. for Briana Bell and Karena Grigenas. Men's Javelin also starts at 10:00 a.m. with Trace Williams throwing for the Privateers. Matthew Christy will throw the men's hammer for New Orleans at 1:00 p.m., and the men's shot put at 4:00 p.m. Grigenas will throw the women's discus at 4:00 p.m., and Bell will join her at 6:30 p.m. for the women's shot put to conclude throwing for the Privateers in Houston.

At noon Dante Scott will compete in the men's long jump, and Keneva Headley will make her UNO debut in the women's long jump. Headley will also participate in the triple jump which is set to follow the women's long jump. Quinton Collins will be the last Privateer jumper to get his day started when he competes in the high jump at 3:00 p.m.

Fresh off a highly successful trip to California last week the Privateer distance group takes over in the evening. Kolyn Saltzman and Antonio Delgado will run the 3000-meter men's steeplechase at 7:35 p.m. with Ariana Jimenez and Oxana Bonjorn-Giros set to follow for the women at 7:50 p.m.

Jaden Forester, Cade Litolff, Alex Soileau, Mason Appleton, Javier Montero Castillejo, and Antonio Sanchez will all run in the men's 1500 at 8:30 p.m. Following them in the women's 1500 will be Alexandra Weir, Tshwanelo Maruping, Rebecca DeKay, Anna Martin, and Irene Bonanomi at 8:10 p.m.

Wrapping up the evening or UNO will be Matthew Hansen, Evan Pardo, Gary Sandrock, Rebecca DeKay, Mathilde Helms-Kjaer, Michelle Folk, and Holly Hedrick in the 5K. The men will start at 9:20 p.m. with the women set to follow around 9:45 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Briana Bell

Briana Bell

Sprints / Throws
5' 3"
Junior
Oxana  Bonjorn-Giros

Oxana Bonjorn-Giros

Distance
5' 6"
Sophomore
Elliott Cummings

Elliott Cummings

Sprints
5' 9"
Senior
Ellis Cummings

Ellis Cummings

Sprints
6' 6"
Senior
Kaitlin Denton

Kaitlin Denton

Sprints
5' 1"
Senior
Michelle Folk

Michelle Folk

Distance
5' 2"
Redshirt Sophomore
Jaden Forester

Jaden Forester

Middle Distance
5' 6"
Junior
Vivette Green

Vivette Green

Sprints
5' 4"
Senior
Karena Grigenas

Karena Grigenas

Throws
5' 7"
Junior
Keneva Headley

Keneva Headley

Jumps
Senior

Players Mentioned

Briana Bell

Briana Bell

5' 3"
Junior
Sprints / Throws
Oxana  Bonjorn-Giros

Oxana Bonjorn-Giros

5' 6"
Sophomore
Distance
Elliott Cummings

Elliott Cummings

5' 9"
Senior
Sprints
Ellis Cummings

Ellis Cummings

6' 6"
Senior
Sprints
Kaitlin Denton

Kaitlin Denton

5' 1"
Senior
Sprints
Michelle Folk

Michelle Folk

5' 2"
Redshirt Sophomore
Distance
Jaden Forester

Jaden Forester

5' 6"
Junior
Middle Distance
Vivette Green

Vivette Green

5' 4"
Senior
Sprints
Karena Grigenas

Karena Grigenas

5' 7"
Junior
Throws
Keneva Headley

Keneva Headley

Senior
Jumps