Baton Rouge, La. -- The East Carolina men's track team completed another successful day at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships hosted by LSU at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium.

In today's action, the 4x100 meter relay team of senior Darren Tuitt, junior Jeremy Carter, freshman B.J. Henderson, and junior Julien Dunkley earned All-America status tonight as they finished seventh in 39.66 seconds. This is the third All-America title that an East Carolina 4x100 meter relay team has b

rought home. The seventh-place finish is the second highest for an ECU 4x100 relay team. For Henderson, this was his third All-America title in his brief career as a Pirate, tying the most All-America honors earned by a Pirate in a single season. He joins the ranks of East Carolina track record-holders Lee Vernon McNeill and Brian Irvin.

LSU won the event in 38.48 seconds, followed by Clemson (38.82), and Tennessee (38.83). LSU broke the 15-year-standing Bernie Moore Track record of 38.82 seconds held by TCU. In other action today, Dunkley competed in the 100 meter semi-finals finishing 12th in 10.36 seconds. He did not qualify for tomorrow's finals in the event. Tennessee's Justin Gatlin took the top spot with his 10.05-second performance.

Tomorrow's action includes the finals of the 400 meters at 7:20 p.m., and the finals of the 4x400 meter relay at 9:25 p.m.