BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Latifah Johnson set a new University of South Alabama school record in the indoor weight throw with a 16.70-meter heave on the Jags’ final day of competition at the Blazer Invitational on Friday.
 
The mark surpassed Bobbie Williams’s 2011 record, which Williams set 356 days ago in her first appearance for USA at the ASU Invitational.
 
Head coach Paul Brueske commended Johnson’s effort, saying “It was a good opening for Latifah. This was her first meet coming back from a high ankle sprain, she will continue to throw far.”
 
Also finishing in the weight throw Friday for the Jags was sophomore Adam Patterson, who placed seventh in the men’s division on a mark of 16.42m (53-10.50). Patterson threw just 0.24 meters off the program's third-place all-time record set at December’s Birmingham Ice Breaker.
 
“This was a decent early-season meet for us; however, we do have some work to do,” Brueske stated.
 
Full meet results can be found here.
 
The Jags will return to action on Jan. 26 at the Birmingham Invitational, which will also be hosted at the Crossplex, to complete a three-meet Steel City opening to the 2011-12 campaign.
 
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