MOBILE, Ala. – University of South Alabama junior Emilie Berge will make her first career appearance at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Birmingham, Ala., Friday and Saturday. 

Berge, a native of Iveland, Vest-Agder, Norway, qualified for the pentathlon after setting a new Sun Belt Conference record of 4,079 points at the league championships in February. She won the long jump portion of the event with a 5.82m (19-01.25) effort. Her 1.77m (5-09.75) high jump mark was the second-best in the conference this season and ranks third on the all-time Jaguar performance list. She also had a personal-best shot put throw of 12.26m (40-02.75) and finished second in the event. 

The pentathlon begins Friday at 12:15 p.m. with the 60m hurdles.

MEET INFORMATION
Event: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships
Date: March 8-9
Host: NCAA
Site: Birmingham CrossPlex
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FIELD
Competing student-athletes qualified in their respective events based on national rankings during the indoor season.

QUOTES FROM COACH BRUESKE
On Berge's season: "Emilie has been outstanding for us. She overcomes adversity. It always seems she has something wrong but she usually overcomes it. She tends to feel hurt or sore but gets the job done anyway. She has been a real leader for us and is establishing herself as one of USA's all-time greats."  

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