MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama outdoor track & field team will compete in three meets across Texas, Florida and Mississippi this week.
 
Three student-athletes—Emilie Berge, Sean Collins and Michaela Preachuk—will enter the 92nd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays March 27-30 in Austin, Texas. Berge will compete in the heptathlon beginning at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
 
Nineteen Jaguars will head to Gainesville, Fla., March 28-30 for the 2019 Pepsi Florida Relays. The meet begins Thursday at 2 p.m., Friday at 9:30 a.m. and Saturday at 9 a.m. (EST).
 
USA will also send competitors to the Southern Miss Invitational March 29-30 in Hattiesburg, Miss. The triple jump, hammer throw, and javelin will be contested beginning Friday at 3:30 p.m. Saturdays events start at 11:30 a.m. with the women's high jump.
 
MEET INFORMATION
Event: 92nd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays
Dates: March 27-30
Host: Texas
Site: Mike A. Myers Stadium
Results
 
FIELD
TBA
 
MEET INFORMATION
Event: 2019 Pepsi Florida Relays
Dates: March 28-30
Host: Florida
Site: James G. Pressly Stadium, Percy Beard Track
Results
 
FIELD
Includes: Alabama, Alabama-Birmingham, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia State, Kentucky, Louisiana, South Alabama, Southeastern Louisiana, Tennessee, Troy
 
MEET INFORMATION
Event: Southern Miss Invitational
Dates: March 29-30
Host: Southern Miss
Site: Marshall Bell Track
Results
 
FIELD
TBA
 
NOTES
-Berge's 1.79m (5-10.50) high jump at the South Alabama Invitational tied for second on the all-time USA performance list and is the seventh-best effort in the NCAA Division I standings this season. She also holds the fourth-fastest 100m hurdles time in the Sun Belt, 14.18 seconds. 
-Collins ranks among the top 25 in the country after a 5.10m (16-08.75) pole vault mark at the Jaguar Opener.
-Christian Ellis' 15.49m (50-09.75) triple jump effort from the South Alabama Invitational leads the Sun Belt and ranks as the eighth-longest mark in the NCAA this season. It is the second-longest triple jump in Jaguar history.
-Autavia Fluker broke the school shot put record with a 16.12m (52-10.75) throw at the Jaguar Opener which is the fourth-best in the NCAA in 2019.
-Three additional Jaguar men rank among the top 20 in the NCAA Division I East standings: Warno Potgieter (1,500m), Noah Mumme (pole vault) and Thomas Boyd (hammer throw). Potgieter's 3:51.54 1,500m time from the Jaguar Opener leads the conference.
-Preachuk (hammer throw) and Hanna-Mai Vaikla (javelin) hold the top spots in the Sun Belt and rank 15th in the NCAA Division I East in their respective events. Taylor Dames' 1.74m (5-08.50) Jaguar Opener high jump mark is one of the top five in the league and one of the top 20 in the NCAA Division I East.
-Larry Lombard's 1:52.78 800m time was a personal-best and ranks third on this season's Sun Belt performance list. Other Jaguars among the top five on the men's conference running events performance list are Onesmus Kemboi (1,500m), Hunter Appling (110m hurdles) and Javen Jackson (400m hurdles).
-Boyd is second in the Sun Belt shot put standings and fifth in the hammer throw standings with season-best marks from the Jaguar Opener.
-Freshmen Devon Swainston and Cade Marty rank fourth and fifth, respectively, on the conference javelin performance list.
-Jessie Droogsma leads the league with a 46.90m (153-10.25) discus throw at last weekend's South Alabama Invitational.
-Olivia Swan ran the 400m hurdles in 1:02.84 and Darnesha Harris crossed the line in 1:03.20 at the South Alabama Invitational to take the second- and fourth-best times in the conference. Cierra Hedrick's 24.69-second 200m effort from the same meet is the third-fastest in the Sun Belt this year.
-Micayah Upshaw (triple jump), Angeline Smit (shot put and discus), Fluker (hammer throw), Halee Thomas (javelin) and Liz Bolden (javelin) are in the top-five on the 2019 conference performance list in their respective events.
 
QUOTES FROM COACH BRUESKE
On the challenges of splitting the team across three states: "It's very challenging. We normally stick together as a team for the most part. This is the one week we really go separate ways. The Texas Relays are really good for the vaults and the multi competition. We're sending Berge, Preachuk and Sean Collins. The Florida Relays are one of the premiere meets in the country and we're sending the bulk of the team there. Some of the other student-athletes who had scheduling conflicts with classes or didn't qualify for the other meets are going to Southern Miss. We're anxious to get back. This will definitely be the highest level of competition we've faced thus far."
 
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