BATON ROUGE – LSU's former NCAA 100-meter champion Kelly-Ann Baptiste became a World Championships bronze medalist for the second time in her career on Saturday night after leading off Trinidad & Tobago's 4x100-meter relay team to a third-place finish in the final at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Athletics at the Bird's Nest in Beijing.

There are some athletes that come through an athletic program and leave a brick to build on for the future. Others come through and lay an entire foundation, and that is what Laverne Eve did at LSU.

BATON ROUGE – The LSU Track & Field program will soon host its sixth-annual Team Awards and Alumni Recognition Banquet this fall as all alumni who would like to attend the event being held on the night of Friday, Oct. 23, inside the Carl Maddox Field House are asked to RSVP as soon as possible to reserve their seats for the celebration.

There are meaningful stories about athletes from all sports. You hear about how they leave a lasting impression, and former LSU track and field athlete Kim Carson falls into that category.

BATON ROUGE – Cassandra Tate's best season as a professional was made even sweeter on Wednesday night in Beijing when she lined up against the best 400-meter hurdlers in world sport and raced to the bronze medal in the event final at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Athletics continuing this week at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium.