MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama men's and women's outdoor track and field teams will travel to Auburn, Ala. for the War Eagle Invitational Friday and Saturday, while five student-athletes will compete in the LSU Alumni Gold throwing events Saturday.

MEET INFORMATION
Event: 2019 War Eagle Invitational
Date: April 19-20
Host: Auburn 
Site: Hutsell-Rosen Track

FIELD (22)
Alabama State, Alabama-Huntsville, Auburn, Ball State, Chattanooga, Christian Brothers (Tenn.), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa State, Jacksonville State, Memphis, Mercer, Middle Tennessee, Ole Miss, Quinnipiac, South Alabama, Tennessee, Troy, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, West Alabama, Yale

NOTES
-Emilie Berge ranks third in the NCAA women's heptathlon standings with a 5,718-point total at the Texas Relays. The junior is 15th in the national high jump standings with a 1.79m (5-10.50) mark that leads the Sun Belt. 
-Christian Ellis' 15.75m (51-08.25) triple jump mark from the Florida Relays is the 15th-longest in the NCAA this season. Sean Collins cleared 5.30m (17-04.50) at the Texas Relays to tie for 24th nationally in the men's pole vault. 
-Graham Collins scored 6,836 decathlon points at Samford's Alabama Track Challenge last week to take second place in the school records. The point total earned the freshman third on the conference performance list, 10th in the NCAA East Region, and recognition as the Sun Belt Men's Field Athlete of the Week.
-Senior Olivia Swan's 1.78m (5-10.00) high jump effort at the Alabama Track Challenge is among the top 20 in the nation. She is currently third in the Sun Belt high jump and 400m hurdles standings. 
-Hanna-Mai Vaikla leads the conference and ranks 20th in the NCAA East Region with a 48.42m (158-10.00) javelin mark from the Southern Miss Invitational. 
-Angeline Smit's career-best 14.60m (47-11.00) shot put mark is the second-best in the conference and moved the sophomore to fourth in USA program history. 
-Freshman Hunter Appling ran the Alabama Track Challenge 110m hurdles in 14.14 seconds, a time which ranks third in the Jaguar records and third in the Sun Belt. 
-Onesmus Kemboi holds the second-fastest men's 5,000m time and the third-fastest 1,500m time in the league. Junior Warno Potgieter leads Kemboi in the 1,500m by 0.06 seconds.  
-Carolien Millenaar's 2:12.57 Alabama Track Challenge 800m time is fourth on the season Sun Belt performance list and in the all-time Jaguar records. The sophomore is fifth in the conference 1,500m and third in the 3,000m steeplechase standings.
-Three more Jaguar women hold the third-best marks in the Sun Belt in their respective events: Andonet Cheruiyot (5,000m), Jessie Droogsma (discus), and Halee Thomas (javelin). 
-Harry Barthelemy won the Alabama Track Challenge men's high jump with a 2.07m (6-09.50) leap which ranks third in USA history and fifth in the league.
-Field events begin Friday at 2 p.m. with the men's hammer throw and Saturday at 11:30 a.m. with the women's pole vault, men's high jump and men's and women's long jump. 

MEET INFORMATION
Event: 2019 LSU Alumni Gold
Date: April 20
Host: LSU
Site: Bernie Moore Track Stadium

FIELD (30)
Alabama A&M, Alcorn State, Arkansas, Clemson, Coahoma CC, Florida, Grambling, Harvard, Hinds CC, Jackson State, Louisiana, ULM, Louisiana Tech, McNeese State, Meridian CC, Mississippi College, Mississippi State, New Orleans, Nicholls State, North Carolina A&T, Northwestern State, South Alabama, Southeastern Louisiana, Southern, Southern-New Orleans, Southwest Baptist, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Texas State, Tulane, Xavier 

NOTES
-Autavia Fluker's 16.22m (53-02.75) shot put effort at the Triton Invitational set a new Jaguar school record and ranks among the top 25 measurements in the NCAA this season. The junior leads the conference shot put standings, is second on the hammer throw performance list and was named Sun Belt Women's Field Athlete of the Week. 
-Michaela Preachuk leads the conference with a 61.59m (202-00.75) hammer throw. The mark is the best in USA program history and lists as 35th in the nation. 
-Thomas and Ethan Boyd rank second and fifth, respectively, in the Sun Belt men's hammer throw standings. 
-Competition begins at 9 a.m. Saturday with the women's discus.

QUOTES FROM COACH BRUESKE
On practice this week: "We're making pretty steady progress. We're coming off a productive weekend and it seems like the athletes are heading in the right direction as we move closer to the conference championships."

On the War Eagle Invitational: "This week will be a very good competition at Auburn. Hopefully that high level of competition will bring out the best in our student-athletes."

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