The Bernie Moore Track Stadium is an outdoor

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

facility located on the campus of

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...

Baton Rouge, LA Baton Rouge ( ; ) is a city in and the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it is the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana's most populous parish—the equivalent of counties in ...

. The facility, built in 1969, serves as the outdoor home of the

LSU Tigers track and field The LSU Tigers track and field team represents LSU Tigers, Louisiana State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA Division I (NCAA), Division I men's indoor and outdoor track and field. History LSU men's track and field ha ...

team and the

LSU Lady Tigers track and field The LSU Lady Tigers track and field team represents Louisiana State University in NCAA Division I women's indoor and outdoor track and field. History The Lady Tiger program began in August 1978. The LSU Lady Tigers track and field program is t ...

team. The stadium has a seating capacity of 5,680. In 1971, the facility was renamed after former LSU football and track & field coach,

Bernie Moore Bernie Hawthorne Moore (April 30, 1895 – November 6, 1967) was an American college football, basketball, track and field coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Mercer University (1926–1928) and Louisi ...

. Moore coached the LSU Track and Field teams for 18 years (1930–47) and led the Tigers to their first NCAA National Championship in 1933 as well as 12 SEC crowns. In 2012, LSU's Bernie Moore Track Stadium was recognized as the 2012 Outdoor Track Facility of the Year by the American Sports Builders Association as part of its annual awards program for facilities built by ASBA members that best exemplify construction excellence. Bernie Moore Track Stadium hosted the 1973 NCAA University Division Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Bernie Moore Track Stadium weight room

Opened in January 2003, the weight room is for the

and

team's. The LSU track and field weight room is a 2,000 square foot facility designed for an Olympic style lifting program. Located adjacent to the track, the weight room features 10 multi-purpose power stations, 5 dumbbell stations, 4 power racks, 5 sets of competition plates, 10 competition Olympic bars, 2 multi-purpose racks, an assortment of selectorized machines and 2 televisions for multimedia presentations.

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Bernie Moore Track and Field Stadium at LSUSports.net
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Bernie Moore Track Stadium weight room

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