NATCHITOCHES - Northwestern State got  a meet and Walter Ledet Track Complex record among two wins by Lady Demons All-American Trecey Rew, while Demons senior Mike Green twice crossed the finish line first to provide some of the highlights of The Leon Johnson NSU Invitational track and field meet Saturday.

Competitors representing 17 schools along with several unattached athletes took part in the meet, renamed this year to honor Johnson, the 29-year veteran NSU head coach. It is the only collegiate track meet in the country named after an active head coach, and he was honored in a brief ceremony including Northwestern president Dr. Randy Webb and athletics director Greg Burke.

Rew's 53-10 ½ shot put bettered by more than a foot her own meet and complex standard set last year, and moved her up to No. 11 nationally. She took the discus, where her 174-8 is 13th in the country, with a 170-2 throw, fouling by a foot on her final attempt with an effort of 177-0 that would have broken her meet and complex records and moved her up to No. 7 nationally.

Trecey Rew

Green claimed the men's 400 in 47.45 and anchored the 4x100 relay team to a 40.57 winning mark.

Rew's victories were among a meet-best five by the Lady Demons, matched by Texas-Arlington's men. For the Northwestern women, Karensa Ellis captured the 1500 in 4:44.01, while Consuela Lindsy took the 400 hurdles in 1:02.50, and the Lady Demon 4x100 relay foursome of Angelica Kotun, Quina Griffin, Constance Seibles and Shamaigun VanBuren ran a winning 47.00 time.

In the women's division, UTA picked up four wins, Stephen F. Austin had three, Louisiana Tech two, and one victory each went to Southeastern Louisiana, Texas Southern and Louisiana-Monroe. Unattached athletes won two events, with Northwestern competitors being the runner-ups and top collegiate finishers in both of those -- DeJon Griffin posting a 174-0 hammer throw, and Jessica Talley recording a 146-0 javelin mark.

Among men's teams, Southeastern and Louisiana Tech won three events, NSU and SFA took two, while Central Arkansas, McNeese and Louisiana-Lafayette each picked one first place. Unattached entries won three men's events.

Combining the two divisions, and including the top collegiate finishes, Northwestern won nine events, followed by UTA (8), SFA (7), Louisiana Tech (6), and Southeastern (5) among schools with more than one event victory.

Cristal Kostiew, competing for the New York Athletic Club, shattered the meet and complex record in the women's hammer by nearly 25 feet with a 208-6 throw.

The UTA women's 4x400 relay team broke a 14-year-old meet record by Lamar with a 3:43.21 clocking, while NSU's foursome of Griffin, Andrea Warren, Lawana Perkins and Lindsy also ran under the old mark with their 3:44.11 time for second. 

	SWA Carrie Crowell, Dr. Webb, Coach Johnson, wife Elaine, AD Greg Burke