MOBILE, Ala. – With the University of South Alabama indoor track and field season set to open on Friday, Rafael Scott visited to record this week's episode of "Inside JagNation," the weekly podcast of Jaguar Athletics.

A two-time second-team All-American in the 60-meter dash at the NCAA Men's Indoor Championship, the native of Lucedale, Miss., owns the school record in the race while also ranking among the top three on the program's all-time performance list in the outdoor 100 meters as well as the indoor and outdoor 200-meter dashes.  Scott has won the 60-meter race at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championship each of the last two years, adding all-league accolades in the 200 meters at the event in 2016, and he qualified for the NCAA East Regional Preliminaries in the 100- and 200-meter dashes during the outdoor season — making him the first member of the men's team to participate in multiple events at the meet since 2012 — that spring also.

In addition, Scott received his undergraduate degree from USA at the end of the fall semester.

Click here for Episode 74 of "Inside JagNation"

In the episode Scott addresses his mindset, goals and expectations entering his senior year, what practice entails and his pre-race routine at competitions.  He also explains his responses to both missing all-conference honors by .05 seconds as a freshman and setting a school record a year ago, the feeling of winning a conference title for the first time as a sophomore, his response to missing the finals at the NCAA Championship by just .02 seconds twice, and what he has done to overcome an injury suffered at the Sun Belt Championship last winter.  Other topics in this edition of the podcast include when he first competed in track as well as the first season he ran in individual races, who spurred him to walk on to the team at South, the possibility of competing as a professional and his long-term career goals.

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South supporters can download for free previous editions of "Inside JagNation" on iTunes by using a search for "South Alabama Jaguars."

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