Ex-LSU star Jones helps flood victims

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• Published: Jul 18, 2008 - UPDATED: 6:20 a.m.

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Former Lady Tigers track star and Des Moines native Lolo Jones will assist in the flood relief effort in Iowa by donating her winnings from the U.S. Olympic Trials nearly two weeks ago.

During a state send-off for Iowa’s Olympic athletes in Des Moines on Monday, Jones announced that she planned to donate the money from her win in the 100-meter hurdles to one Cedar Rapids family that saw its home and possessions wiped out in last month’s flood.

Jones was awarded $4,000 for her dominating performance at the Olympic Trials on July 6 as she won the 100-meter hurdles after clocking a blistering wind-aided time of 12.29 seconds, which is the fastest that any American has covered the 10-hurdle race under all conditions in the history of the sport. Her donation was matched by her sponsors Asics and Oakley for a total of $12,000.

SU women release basketball schedule

The Southern University women’s basketball team released their 2008-2009 basketball schedule for their 32nd season in NCAA basketball.

The Jaguars will start things off at home with an exhibition against Dillard University. Then Wiley College comes to Baton Rouge as the first opponent for Southern in regular season action. For its first road contest, SU will travel to take on Northwestern State.

SU will end their November schedule with a trip to Chicago to participate in the DePaul University tournament. Joining them will be the University of Hartford and Duke University.

The Southwestern Athletic Conference schedule kicks in on Jan. 3 with Texas Southern.

LSU track and field recruit Walter Henning made history last weekend by becoming the first American in the 22-year history of the meet to win a gold medal in the hammer throw at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics.

Henning was honored by USA Track and Field on Wednesday as the organization named him the USATF Athlete of the Week for his outstanding performance in Bydgoszcz, Poland.