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LSU using SEC track meet as preparation for NCAAs | College | The New Orleans Advocate — New Orleans, Louisiana

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LSU using SEC track meet as preparation for NCAAs

Published BY SHELDON MICKLES| [email protected]   May 14, 2015

 

At least that’s the way LSU coach Dennis Shaver is approaching the three-day league championships that begin Thursday morning in Starkville, Mississippi.In many ways, the Southeastern Conference championships are a lot like the national meet the LSU track and field teams will find itself in just a couple of weeks from now.

 

A four-week stretch of high-caliber competition that will wrap up the 2015 outdoor season starts with the conference meet, which should get the second-ranked Tigers and No. 8 Lady Tigers ready to vie for national honors in the NCAA preliminary rounds later this month and the national semifinals and finals next month.

Continuing the preparation for what’s to come is the main goal for both LSU teams this weekend, but with added incentive: the chance to take the next step against some of the country’s top teams and individuals.

“We’ve continued to try and build teams that can win NCAA titles,” Shaver said. “That doesn’t mean our main focus isn’t on the SEC. We think about it, and we want to do well.”



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