Kimberlyn Duncan became the first from LSU to win The Bowerman,[3] an award that honors collegiate track & field's most outstanding athlete of the year.

In 2012, she became the first woman in NCAA Division I history to win back-to-back indoor and outdoor national titles in the 200 meters.

[7] In 1971, the stadium was renamed after former LSU football and track & field coach, Bernie Moore.

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.

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.