Day 1 Results
Day 2 Results

CLEMSON, S.C. – The University of South Alabama track and field programs had a record setting weekend at the Bob Pollock Invitational, hosted by Clemson, Friday and Saturday. Teammates Rickssen Opont and Autavia Fluker established new program records in the men's and women's shot put respectively. Opont threw 16.90m besting the previous mark of 16.88 set by Thomas Boyd in 2018. Fluker broke her own record with a new personal best performance of 15.47m.

Additionally, South Alabama had five student-athletes that had top-10 all-time program performances. Hunter Appling recorded the program's second-fastest time in the men's 60m hurdles running 8.01. Harry Barthelemy tied the second-best high jump mark in men's program history with his jump of 2.05m. Carolien Millenaar ran the women's fourth-fastest 3000m time with her performance of 9:50.72. In the pole vault, Savannah Morgan moved into seventh place all-time with a vault of 3.67m, and David Dolan established the ninth best mark in program history with his mark of 4.80m.

MEET INFORMATION
Date: Jan. 24-25
Meet: Bob Pollock Invitational 
Host: Clemson 
Site: Clemson University Indoor Track (Clemson, S.C.)

NOTES
- Hanna-Mai Vaikla took third place in the pentathlon scoring 3,644 points, one-point shy of her previous collegiate best. Vaikla set personal records in the 60m hurdles (9.09) and the high jump (1.60m) during the competition. 
- In his first meet of the season, Christian Ellis took third place in the triple jump (15.44m) and was the top finisher among collegiate competitors.   
- Fluker's effort in the shot put (15.47m) was good enough for fourth place in the competition and was the second-best collegiate performance. She also finished fourth in the weight throw with a mark of 17.50m. 
- Opont took fourth place overall in the shot put (16.90m) and finished with the third best mark among collegiate athletes.   
- Millenaar ran a personal best 9:50.72 in the 3000m which was good enough for fourth place and was the third best collegiate effort. Her teammate Silje Lindstad also set a new personal record in the event running 10:11.74. 
- Warno Potgieter took fifth place in the 3000m (8:35.16) and Thomas Sand ran a personal best in the event covering the distance in 8:42.13.
- Noah Mumme placed third in the pole vault (4.95m) and Dolan took sixth with a personal best 4.80m.
- The men's 4x400m relay team consisting of Thad Porter, Cam Stewart, Jalen Boyd and Xavier Rodgers finished fourth with a season best time of 3:17.88.  
-  14 Jaguars set new personal records: Appling (60mH), Barthelemy (high jump), Boyd (400m), Dolan (pole vault), Fluker (shot put), Lindstad (mile & 3000m), Millenaar (3000m), Morgan (pole vault), Nate Pudner (5000m), Sand (3000m), Charlie Slaughter (mile), Micayah Upshaw (triple jump), Vaikla (60mH & high jump) and Abbey Weitenbeck.

UP NEXT
- South Alabama will host the Jaguar Invitational Sun., Feb. 2, at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Ala. 

THEY SAID IT
Head coach Paul Brueske
- On the weekend's competition: "I felt like for the most part we took a step in the right direction this weekend. We had a number of personal-best performances, a couple of school records with several student-athletes moving up on the programs' all-time lists. There are definitely still things to work on to get to where we need to be."

- On Fluker and Opont's record performances: "Any time you break a record it is a good thing. However, I can tell you they (Fluker and Opont), as well as others, are capable of more. They (Fluker and Opont) are not satisfied and I expect them to keep working hard each week." 

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