JOURNAL SPORTS

Just about every meet, it seems the Northwestern State sprinters break a school record.

That happened again Saturday — and this time, it was a record that had stood for 50 years.

Will Achee, a sophomore from Bossier City’s Parkway High School, 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 Alumni Gold meet at Bernie Moore Track Stadium in Baton Rouge 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, 45.82) was right behind Will, so those guys to both break one of the oldest school records on our record board was a phenomenal achievement.

The Demons took third (Achee), fourth (Bartholomew) and sixth (Desmond Duncan, in a personal best 46.21) in a deep 400 meter dash field.

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