BATON ROUGE—Just about every meet, the Northwestern State sprinters break a school record.

That happened again—and this time, it was a record that had stood since 1976.

Will Achee, a sophomore from Bossier City, ran a blistering 45.81 in the 400-meter dash, breaking the school record of Andrei Moore that was set April 30, 1976.

That school record was the highlight of NSU's showing at the LSU Twilight on Saturday.

"Overall, it was a great day," head coach Mike Heimerman said. "The weather held out for us, and we had a phenomenal race. Charlie (Bartholomew) was right behind Will, so those guys to both break one of the oldest school records on our record board was a phenomenal achievement.

"Both of our 4x4s had a great day. I can't be prouder of them and the coaches. You know Coach (Adam) Pennington's got those kids really rolling so it was a great day. I'm very happy."

While Achee has the school record in the men's 400 now, Charlie Bartholomew also broke Moore's record with a 45.82, which was fourth in the race to Achee's third in a loaded field.

Not to be outdone, Desmond Duncan clocked a personal-best 46.21 to finish sixth.

The women's 4x400 relay team of Kahliyah Anderson, Margaret Conteh, Rushana Dwyer and Samari Finney ran an impressive 3:32.23, which now leads the Southland Conference—beating its own season best.

On the men's side, they ran a 3:04.93, which is not the conference best, but another sub-3:05.00 performance to place first.

"It was a great day and I can't speak highly enough about the relays," Heimerman said. "That's around 3:04.00 for the third week in a row for the men's 4x4 in a very impressive win. They're undefeated for the outdoor season, which is another big feather in the cap because we've been to a lot of big meets."

In the women's 400-meter dash, three ran either a personal best or season best, led by Rushana Dwyer, who ran a season-best 51.44 to win the event and maintain the lead in the conference.

Samari Finney (55.15) clocked a season best and Layden Jack (55.62) ran a personal best.

Another week, another personal-best performance from Silet Gray in the women's 400-meter hurdles, running a 59.28, three hundredths of a second faster than her time in California last week.

Beginning the track events, both the men's (39.64) and women's (45.09) 100-meter relays finished second.

In the women's 100-meter dash, Juvonna Cornette ran a season-best 11.53 and Sileena Farrell clocked an 11.56 to finish 11^th.

On the men's side, Eddy Vu clocked a personal-best 10.35 to finish seventh and Koen Beavers (10.38) came in right behind him in eighth.

Antoine Evans Jr. (10.49) placed 13^th and Keontae Gaines (10.50) finished 15^th.

Dishaun Lamb ran a season-best 14.24 in the men's 110-meter hurdles.

Three athletes had either a personal or season best in the women's 200-meter dash.

Cornette (23.85) and Conteh (23.88) each ran a season best to finish 10^th and 11^th, respectively, while Anderson ran a personal-best 24.08 to finish 15^th.

Shania Adderley narrowly missed out on a personal best with a 24.17 to finish 17^th.

In the field events, Roy Morris, an All-American as a freshman, finished second in the men's long jump, recording a jump of 24-7.25.

On the women's side, Cherie Neal (17-8) nearly recorded a personal best.

In the women's javelin, Teodora Samac (152-10) and Anisha Gibbons (140-04) placed sixth and seventh, respectively.

Abner Johnson tossed a personal-best 55-8.25 in the men's discus. La'Darion Dudley (56-5.25) came in fourth in the event and Donroy Brown (54-8.25) placed eighth.

Randy Kelly cleared 6-9 in the men's high jump to finish sixth out of 14.

Tarajh Hudson (177-02) finished fourth and Seth Smith (171-06) came in sixth in the men's discus.

In the women's hammer, Margaret Mannering recorded a toss of 179-04 to finish in fourth.

Ana Manousaridis threw a 164-03 to place eighth.

Next up is a trip to Texas A&M for the Alumni Muster, the last meet before the SLC Championships at Stephen F. Austin, beginning May 14.