MOBILE, Ala. – South Alabama track and field had solid performances throughout, as the teams competed at both the Raleigh Relays and the 2023 Battle on the Bayou this weekend, hosted by NC State and LSU.
 
 The weekend saw two school records fall, as Kirami Yego set a new standard in the men's 10,000 meters, and Colette Uys did the same in the women's shot put.
 
RALEIGH RELAYS
At the Raleigh Relays, Yego finished in first place in the men's 10,000 meters with a time of 28:22.94, a new personal best and school record. It is also the fastest time in the event in the South Region this year. Teammate Teagan Flanagan finished in 18^th place in the same event, crossing the finish line in 28:59.69, which is third-fastest in program history.
 
Adele Magaud raced a personal-best 16:44.54 in the women's 5000 meters, a new school record at South Alabama. Lauren Tinkler raced the women's 10,000 meters in 36:10.64, third-fastest in Jaguar history, and Starlynn Costa finished the 3000-meter steeplechase in 10:57.11, second-best in program history.
 
BATTLE ON THE BAYOU
Track Events
In the women's 100-meter hurdles, Josie Pry finished in eighth place with a time of 14.42 seconds, and Kendal White was the top Jaguar in the 110-meter hurdles with his ninth-place time of 14.51 seconds.
 
Two Jaguars took seventh and eighth place in the men's 400 meters. Avery Childress finished in 48.18 seconds, and Xavier Rogers was right behind with his time of 48.87 seconds. White earned his second top-ten finish of the meet with his fifth-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles, crossing the line in 52.88 seconds. Pry also earned a top-five finish in the women's 400-meter hurdles with her time of 1:03.70, and Rachel Hunter finished in 1:03.91 to finish seventh.
 
In the men's 1500 meters, Jaguar Lance Cunigan took 11^th place, crossing the line in 4:01.07. Abbey Weitenbeck finished 15^th in the women's 1500 meters with her time of 4:54.66.
 
Two South Alabama athletes finished in the top-five of the men's 3000 meters. Amos Pkemoi took fourth-place, finishing in 8:40.44, and Nate Pudner was fifth to cross the line in 8:43.65. In the women's event, Clervie Chagot was sixth with her time of 10:57.47, and Macy Livingston crossed the line in 11:17.13 to finish ninth.
 
The combination of Jalen Boyd, Rogers, Cam Stewart, and Childress finished in fourth place in the men's 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:14.68.
 
Field Events
Two Jaguars finished in the top-five of the men's discus event. Francois Prinsloo and Sebastian Loschner finished in third and fourth place with distances of 54.91 meters and 54.59 meters, respectively. Uys finished in second place in the women's discus, reaching a mark of 51.01 meters. Bodine Degli-Umberti finished in fifth place, throwing 44.99 meters.
 
Prinsloo took second place in the hammer throw with is mark of 60.41 meters, while Dimitrios Manesiotis and Ryan Faut also finished in the top-six with throws of 51.98 meters and 50.14 meters. Uys took second place in the women's hammer throw, marking 56.97 meters. Kira Benkmann was third in the event with her throw of 51.86 meters.
 
Loschner had another top-five finish, this time in the shot-put event with his third-place effort of 16.13 meters. Manesiotis took sixth place with his distance of 14.69 meters.
 
In the women's shot-put, Uys set a new school record with her effort of 16.27 meters, which also earned her the high-mark at the meet. Degli-Umberti was right behind her teammate in second place, throwing 15.52 meters.
 
Dorian Curry finished in fourth-place in the men's high jump, clearing 2.04 meters. Kamdyn Skinner also finished in fourth-place on the women's side, clearing a height of 1.63 meters. Iyana Johnson set a new personal-best in the triple jump, as she finished in second place with a distance of 12.43 meters.
 
In the long jump event, Tashod Wingfield finished in sixth place with a distance of 6.69 meters. Hanna-Mai Vaikla took fourth-place on the women's side, clearing a distance of 5.66 meters.
 
The Jaguars went 1-2 in the men's javelin event. Jacob Wentz and Walker Hughes made throws of 55.10 meters and 51.12 meters, respectively. Nichole Harting and Mallory Norton were 4-5 on the women's side of the event, with throws of 38.90 meters and 38.83 meters.
 
Kyle Rademeyer found himself atop the pole vault standings in his first meet since competing at the NCAA Indoor Championships, reaching a height of 5.46 meters. David Dolan finished in third-place with his clearance of 4.91 meters. Alexis Gratia was the top Jaguar finisher in the women's pole vault, clearing a height of 3.83 meters.
 
QUOTABLE
Head Coach Paul Brueske:
"It was a good competition for us. LSU always puts on a great meet. We saw some good things today, with Colette's school record and several other athletes recording personal-bests. We have some things we are still working to improve, but it is still early in the season for us and we will continue to get better."
 
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