MEET RESULTS

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The University of South Alabama's track and field team set 23 new personal bests while taking 13 top-five finishes at the USA Invitational Sunday at the Birmingham CrossPlex. 

Dorian Curry broke his own school record in the high jump for the second time this season, posting a mark of 2.13m (6-11.75). Other highlights from the meet included three victories, capped off by Kirami Yego breaking the meet record and taking a victory in the 3000m (8:13.31).

MEET INFORMATION
Event: USA Invitational  
Date: Feb. 6
Host: South Alabama
Site: Birmingham CrossPlex (Birmingham, Ala.)

MEN'S/WOMEN'S FIELD NOTES
- Kiara Risher won the high jump with a height of 1.71m (5-7.25).
- Christian Ellis was victorious in the triple jump with a mark of 15.11m (49-7).
- Hanna-Mai Vaikla took fourth place in the long jump with a 5.75m (18-10.5) mark. 
- Noah Mumme finished fourth in the pole vault, with a 4.92m (16-1.75) height.
- Sebastian Reyneke posted a personal-best pole vault mark of 4.62m (15-1.75).
- Sebastian Loschner (16.82m/55-2.25), Francois Prinsloo (15.43m/50-7.5) and Dimitrios Manesiotis (15.08m/49-5.75) each set PRs in the shot put. 
- Prinsloo placed fifth and set a personal best in the weight throw (18.39m/60-4).
- Curry broke his own school record while placing second in the high jump (2.13m/6-11.75).
- Riley Caudill took third in the pole vault with a 3.80m (12-5.5) mark. 

MEN'S/WOMEN'S RUNNING NOTES
- Nate Pudner notched a personal-best time of 15:12.78 in the 5,000m race.
- Abbey Weitenbeck set personal records in both the mile (5:09.20) and 800m (2:21.52).
- Jean-Pierre Le Roux crossed the finish line in 1:58.19 and set a PR in the 800m.
- Charlie Slaughter (4:14.33), Brandon Knieja (4:18.44) and Lance Cunigan (4:27.67) all clocked personal bests in the mile. 
- Antuan Crowder set a personal best in the 60m with a time of 7.05.
- Kendal White broke his personal record in the 60m hurdles (8.08) and placed third. 
- Grace Wolf (7.65) smashed her PRs in the 60m dash (7.65) and the 60m hurdles (9.02).
- Kaitlyn Knight set personal records in the 60m dash (7.82) and the 200m (26.88).
- Josh Norris (22.26) and Cam Stewart (22.48) both clocked personal records in the 200m.
- Xavier Rogers (48.69) and Cameron Stewart (48.93) finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 400m dash. 
- Lester Davison notched a PR in the 60m hurdles, recording a time of 8.29.
- Yego set a meet record and won the 3000m with a personal-best time of 8:13.31.
- Adele Magaud finished the 3000m in 10:08.21 and placed fourth.
- The 4x400 relay team of Cierra Hedrick, Wolf, Josie Pry and Arianna Ruffin set a season best time of 3:56.73. 

THEY SAID IT
Head Coach Paul Brueske
- On the meet: "We had Dorian Curry set the school record in the high jump, he's getting better and better and we couldn't be prouder of the local guy. We had Francois Prinsloo get PRs in two events, I think there's a lot of potential for him to continue to get better. We had several events that did really well and I was really excited to see how the distance runners ran. They did very good, Abbey Weitenbeck got a nice personal best, newcomer Giacomo DeLuca did really good in the 3000m and [Kirami] Yego had a big win for us. I think we're on the right track, we just have a few student-athletes we need to get healthy in time for conference."

UP NEXT 
The Jaguars will return to the Birmingham CrossPlex for the Sun Belt Conference Championships on Feb. 21.

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