Results

MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama men's and women's track and field teams each placed second in the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships with the men earning 132 points and the women totaling 112.50 points. The men won three of today's field events, highlighted by redshirt freshman Prinsloo earning his seventh victory in the discus throw this season with a 55.63m throw. Senior Carolien Millenaar was victorious in the 5000m after crossing the line at 17:00.73, earning her second gold medal at the meet.

MEET INFORMATION
Date: 5/13-15
Event: Sun Belt Outdoor Championship
Host: South Alabama
Site: Jaguar Track (Mobile, Ala.)

NOTES
Men's Field
- Redshirt junior Christian Ellis got the Jaguar team off to a great start by winning the triple jump with a leap of 15.50m, adding 10 points to the men's overall score.
- Freshman Kyle Rademeyer had the best jump of 5.31m in the pole vault for a first-place finish, while sophomore David Dolan followed in second place with a height of 5.11m. Junior Noah Mumme tied in third place (5.01m) in the same event with Texas State and Louisiana, while redshirt sophomore Evans Finnorn jumped to eighth place in the same event.
- Freshman Sebastian Loschner's 52.89m effort in the discus throw was good enough for a fourth-place finish, with his PR being the fifth-best in Jaguar history. Senior Rickssen Opont placed ninth in the same event with a 46.08m throw.
- Freshman Dorian Curry finished in sixth place in the high jump with a height of 2.02m.

Women's Field
- Freshman Colette Uys was the third-best in the discus throw with a 50.44m mark. Freshman Bodine Degli-Umberti followed in sixth place with a mark of 42.39m.
- Redshirt junior Micayah Upshaw moved to eighth-best in school history after her 12.04m personal best in the triple jump. 

Men's/Women's Running
- Redshirt sophomore Hunter Appling broke his school record in the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.00s.
- Junior Xavier Rogers came in third in the 400m with a career-best time of 46.60s. His time is the second-fastest time in the event since 2007 when Jaguar Oluwagbenga Awoleye ran a time of 46.79s.
- The men's 4x400 medley relay team including Cam Stewart, Liam McGowan, Jalen Boyd, Rogers and Joey Zayszly came in third place with a time of 3:15.30.
- The men's 4x100 medley relay team consisting of Stewart, Keith Davis, Rogers and Josh Norris crossed the line at 41.23s for the sixth-fastest time in the event.
- Senior Warno Potgieter clocked in at 3:50.98 in the 1500m to place sixth in the event. He also ran a 1:54.51 time in the 800m for a seventh-place finish.
- Redshirt freshman Zayszly placed seventh in the 400m hurdles (56.26s), while redshirt sophomore Appling finished in eighth place (1:11.29).
- Senior Cierra Hedrick placed fifth in the 100m with a time of 11.71s.
- The 4x400 medley relay team consisting of Darnesha Harris, Shay Lee, Josie Pry and Grace Wolf ran a 3:57.50 for a ninth-place finish.

UP NEXT
Selected student-athletes will travel to Jacksonville, Fla., for the NCAA East Region Preliminary Round May 27-29.

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Paul Brueske
- On today's performances: "We went out there and competed hard. You always want to win the Championships, and we're disappointed that we didn't, but I'm also proud of our efforts. We have a nucleus of a team that hopefully will continue to improve and develop. We had some great performances with Xavier [Rogers] in the 400m and Carolien [Millenaar] in the 3000m steeplechase with two gold medals. We had a lot of other students scoring in the running events, so we have some good recruits coming in, and we're just going to try and build on that. We wish we would have won the meet, but we are still pleased overall. Considering all of the adversity we went through with COVID and the complications that brought us, I was very pleased with the maturity of the team. They stepped in, stayed focused and did a great job despite all of those distractions."

- On the field events: "We tend to have much success in the field events. We have to work a little bit more on getting our sprints and distance events to come up and compete the way they are capable of doing. They're getting better, and I believe they're going to do just that."

- On hosting for the first time in history: "I thought we did a good job with the meet, and most of the coaches liked it. We have a great facility now to host those meets, and we're excited about how it went."

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