BATON ROUGE—Eleven Northwestern State athletes won their events, as they fought through the elements to have strong days on the second and final day of the Pelican Relays on the campus of Southern.

For the Demons and Lady Demons, Seth Smith (men's discus), Samari Finney (women's long jump), Justin Craft (men's shot put), Shanice Hutson (women's shot put), Maxwell Gautreau (men's pole vault), Kalli Knott (women's pole vault), Raven-Symone Jarrett (women's 100-meter hurdles), Elijah Rowe (men's 100-meters), Korbin Shumate (men's 1500-meters) and both 4x100 relays took home the top spot in those events.

"Overall, it was a very, very good day," head coach Mike Heimerman said. "We got a good meet in or at least a lot of good work and we were supposed to go to Monroe. We had some good field events and some adverse conditions. It was very, very windy, so the kids had to adjust with that and their approaches with how they did different things and how they ran. Overall, it was very, very good, like I said.

"There were some great performances. Elijah and Mikkel in the 100, as well as Maygan and Sileena. We are looking forward to a short drive home and getting back to work for a home meet this next week."

Smith and Finney started off the day strong for Northwestern State, winning the men's discus and women's long jump, respectively.

Smith, a sophomore, tossed a 170-05, as the Demons had two of the top six finishers. Abner Johnson tossed a personal-best 152-07 to finish sixth in the event.

Finney posted a 19-8 to win the women's long jump. Victoria Byrd jumped a season-best 18-6 to place fifth and Jaslyn Smith (18-3) finished seventh.

Also competing were Briana Green (17-9.75), who came in 10th and Cherie Neal (17-3.25) finished 13th.

Jarrett clocked a personal-best 13.76 to win the women's 100-meter hurdles. She was one of two Lady Demons to post a personal best in the event, as Silet Gray placed sixth with a 14.34. Jessica Pitcher (16.04) clocked a season best to finish 12th.

Dynia Lewis (14.07) placed fourth and Cherie Neal (15.17) came in ninth.

Rowe ran a personal-best 10.22 to place atop the heap at the men's 100. Right behind him was Mikkel Johansson, who also ran a personal best with a 10.38 to finish in third.

Tavis Wilson ran a 10.46 to finish in sixth and Desmond Duncan ran a personal best with a 10.67 to finish 13^th.

William Achee placed fifth in the men's 400-meter dash with a time of 48.36. Galen Loyd (49.76) finished 14th and Kason Jones (51.20) came in 17th.

Both top relay teams flexed their muscles, as the men's group of Rowe, Wilson, Tajae Francis and Mikkel Johansson ran a 40.34 to win it.

Meanwhile, the women's 'A' team of Finney, Lewis, Farrell and Maygan Shaw ran a 45.28 to place first out of ninth. The Lady Demons 'B' team of Jayla Mason, Victoria Byrd, Margaret Conteh and Kahliyah Anderson ran a 46.73 to cone in fifth.

In the men's 1500-meter run, Korbin Shumate clocked a 4:06.94 to finish first, immediately in front of John Klein, running unattached, who finished second with a time of 4:07.82.

Northwestern State won both the men's and women's shot put, led by a massive personal best from Craft. The junior tossed a 55-3.5 to win the event, crushing his previous outdoor best of 52-0.75.

Abner Johnson finished seventh with a toss of 48-10.25 and Donovahn Watkins recorded a season best with a throw of 47-11.25 to place ninth.

On the women's side, Hutson posted a season best with a toss of 47-4.5, pacing four Lady Demons in the top six.

Shakera Williams (43-11.75) placed third, Carnitra Mackey (43-5.25) finished fourth and Ryah Dates (43-3.75) came in sixth.

Northwestern State also swept the men's and women's pole vault.

On the men's side, Gautreau cleared 14-0 to win, while Knott cleared 11-5.75 to win it on the women's side. Peyten Ware cleared 10-11.75 to finish third.

While a Lady Demon did not win the women's 100-meter dash, five posted personal bests, led by Maygan Shaw's 11.52 to place third. Sileena Farrell finished right behind her in fourth with a personal-best 11.67.

Also posting personal bests were Finney (11.94), Gray (12.06) and Briana Green (12.40), finishing 11^th, 19^th and 30^th, respectively.

Tahisha Thompson tossed a season-best 149-01 in the women's discus, leading three of the top five from Northwestern State. Hutson (145-11) finished fourth and Kirk (135-11) placed fifth.

Lalaina Wood ran a 5:22.72 to finish eighth out of 14 in women's 1500-meter run.

Roy Morris jumped a 23-7.25 in the men's long jump, finishing second out of 22. Randy Kelly (21-11.5) placed seventh.

In the women's high jump, Jarrett cleared 5-3 to tie for third and Neal (5-1) placed eighth.

Next up for Northwestern State is the home meet, the Leon Johnson Invitational, on Saturday at the Walter Ledet Track & Field Complex.