MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama men's and women's outdoor track and field teams will welcome Samford and Dillard for the South Alabama Invitational Friday and Saturday at the Jaguar Track. 

The Jaguars will honor the 16 members of this year's senior class at the conclusion of Saturday's competition.

MEET INFORMATION
Event: 2019 South Alabama Invitational
Date: March 22-23
Host: South Alabama 
Site: Jaguar Track

FIELD (3) 
Dillard, Samford, South Alabama

NOTES
-Silje Lindstad and Autavia Fluker were voted Sun Belt Conference Women's Track and Field Athletes of the week, respectively, after their performances at the Jaguar Opener. Lindstad's 4:44.50 time in the 1,500m is the second-fastest in the Sun Belt, while Fluker's 16.12m (52-10.50) is tied for second in the NCAA this year.
-Seniors Michaela Preachuk (women's hammer throw) and Sean Collins (men's pole vault) are ranked in the top 10 in the country in their respective events. 
-USA leads the conference in the men's 1,500m (Warno Potgieter) and discus (Jobi Finau). The Jaguars also hold the top league marks in the women's 400m hurdles (Olivia Swan), shot put (Fluker), discus (Jessie Droogsma), hammer throw (Preachuk) and javelin (Hanna-Mai Vaikla).
-Field events will begin Friday at 4:30 p.m. with the women's triple jump and javelin and men's shot put. Saturday's competition begins 9 a.m. with the women's hammer throw. Running events are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. with the women's 100m hurdles. 

QUOTES FROM COACH BRUESKE
On preparations for this meet: "We're on spring break now and a lot of the student-athletes stuck around to train. I feel like we had a really good opener last Friday. We just want to build on that, so that's what we're preparing to do. We had a lot of personal-bests and a lot of people who were close to personal-bests last week. I think the guys are excited. They're focused. We want to try to build on the good opener we had."

On Fluker and Lindstad: "Both of them are tremendous workers with great work ethic and great attitudes. It's always great to see student-athletes who are doing things right be recognized for that."

On this year's senior class: "We've got some good seniors who have been loyal and hardworking for many years. This is going to be their last home meet, so we're looking for them to go out with good performances."

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