Results

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The University of South Alabama men's and women's track and field teams finished the first meet of their indoor campaign Friday evening at the Samford Invite. The Jaguars saw 14 individuals establish their first collegiate marks and five student-athletes establishing new personal records. 

MEET INFORMATION
Date: 1/17
Meet: Samford Invite 
Host: Samford
Site: Birmingham CrossPlex (Birmingham, Ala.)

NOTES
- Rickseen Opont made his debut for the Jaguars winning the weight throw with a mark of 17.40m, which was a personal record and the seventh best mark the history of the program. He also finished third in the shot-put throwing 16.53m good enough of third best all-time in program history. 
- Hanna-Mai Vaikla won the women's long jump with a performance of 5.70m and Elysa Griffin placed fifth jumping 5.37m. 
- Noah Mumme won the men's pole vault, setting a new personal record of 5.00m, while his teammates David Dolan and Connor Allred placed third (4.55m) and fourth (4.55m) respectively.  
- Harry Barthelemy took second place in the men's high jump (2.03m) jumping just .01m shy of his personal best.  
- Autavia Fluker had two top-five finishes placing second in the weight throw (17.86m) and third in the shot put (15.28m). 
- Five athletes earned new personal best including Liz Bolden (weight throw), Mumme (pole vault), Opont (weight throw), Nate Pudner (3000m) and Cameron Stewart (400m).  

UP NEXT
The Jaguars will travel to Clemson, S.C., to compete in the Bob Pollock Invitational, hosted by Clemson, Jan. 24-25.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Paul Brueske
- On the first weekend of competition: "It's our first meet, we had some promising performances. We saw a lot of people that started the season close to their personal records and some people did set new personal bests. As long as you are competing and you're having performances that are close to your personal best it's a good way to start the season. You don't necessarily need to have your all-time best performance your first meet. I saw some things that are promising and some things that we need to work on, but overall not a bad way to start the season. We just need to keep getting better."

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