Baton Rouge, La. - Alabama freshman Elias Hakansson broke the school record in the weight throw on Friday night at the LSU Indoor Invitational in Baton Rouge, La. The Halmstad, Sweden, native won the event by more than four feet with a best effort of 67 feet, 6 1/2 inches (20.28 meters).

Hakansson's winning throw bettered his previous school record by exactly nine inches, a toss of 66-9 1/4 that he made back on February 9 in Lincoln, Neb., at the Mark Colligan Memorial.