Jan. 27, 2001

SFA Indoor Track Team Competes Successfully At LSU Invitational Three student-athletes provisionally qualify.

Olson proud of indoor track and field performance at LSU.

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CONTACT: Mandy B. Sciba

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana -- The Stephen F. Austin indoor track and field team competed successfully at the Louisiana State University Purple Tiger Invitational Saturday, January 27, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Three student-athletes had provisional qualifications for the NCAA championship. These athletes included sophomore Paul Todd of Marshall, junior Adam Keul of Tyler, and junior Misty Ballard of Carlsbad, New Mexico.

Todd won the high jump with 2.16M (7-01.00). This was an NCAA provisional qualification. Todd has placed first in all three indoor meets he has competed in this season. Keul won the pole vault competition with a vault of 5.30M (17-04.50). This was also an NCAA provisional qualification, his second of the season.

Ballard's 3.80M (12-05.50) pole vault landed her a second NCAA provisional qualification as well. She broke the LSU Purple Tiger Invitational meet record with this vault. This was a repeat performance for Ballard as she had a vault of 3.93M (12-10.75) last week at the Oklahoma Track Classic in Norman, Oklahoma (1/20/01). This was also a new meet record.

The women's 4x400 relay team also had a winning performance as they finished the relay with a time of 3:56.88.

The SFA indoor track and field team will be back in action Saturday, February 3, at the Houston Indoor Invitational.