LSU sweeps 100s at NCAA championships

Trinidad had a big night at the NCAA championships.

Richard Thompson and Kelly-Ann Baptiste, LSU seniors from the small Caribbean nation, won the men's and women's 100 meters Friday under a cloudless Midwest sky.

Thompson eased to victory in 10.12, followed by Travis Padgett at 10.16. LSU's Trindon Holliday was third at 10.18. Defending champion Walter Dix of Florida State, coming back from a hamstring injury, got off to a bad start and wound up fourth at 10.22.

"He has been there since my freshman year," Thompson said of Dix, "and knowing he was going to be around for four years I wondered how am I ever going to win an NCAA …