BATON ROUGE – Three LSU Lady Tigers will step onto the world stage this week as freshmen Jada Martin and Rebekah Wales and Class of 2014 recruit Daeshon Gordon make the trip to Eugene, Oregon, to compete against the very best junior athletes from across the globe at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships beginning Tuesday at Oregon's Hayward Field.

BATON ROUGE – LSU's Class of 2014 signee Daeshon Gordon is certainly one of the nation's top hurdle recruits in the wake of a brilliant senior season at Northeast High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and she will now compete on an international stage with Jamaica at the IAAF World Junior Championships to be held later this month.

EUGENE, Ore. – Sunday's finale at the 2014 USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships will be one to remember for Lady Tiger freshmen Jada Martin and Rebekah Wales as each earned their spot on Team USA competing at the IAAF World Junior Championships with silver-medal-winning second-place finishes at Oregon's Hayward Field.

EUGENE, Ore. – Two Lady Tiger freshmen earned their lanes in finals during Saturday's opener at the 2014 USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships as Jada Martin claimed a fifth-place finish in the women's 100-meter dash and Bryiana Richardson advanced to the final in the women's 400-meter hurdles in the event being held at Oregon's Hayward Field.

BATON ROUGE – Six current and future members of the LSU Track & Field program will look to earn their spot on Team USA competing at the IAAF World Junior Championships later this summer when they travel to Eugene, Oregon, this weekend for the 2014 USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships beginning Saturday at Hayward Field.