TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – South Alabama wrapped up competition Saturday night at the Crimson Tide Invitational in Tuscaloosa.
 
Multiple athletes set new personal-bests in the weekend's events, and 12 Jaguars finished in the top-five of their respective events.
 
FIELD EVENTS
Bodine Degli-Umberti set a new personal-best in the hammer throw with a mark of 62.09 meters. The effort is second-best in school history. Colette Uys finished third in her flight with a toss of 57.86 meters, and Kira Benkmann was sixth with a distance of 51.78 meters. Iyana Johnson rounded out the Jaguars in the event with a mark of 47.86 meters.
 
In the men's hammer throw, Francois Prinsloo marked 56.80 meters, and Dimitrios Manesiotis recorded a throw of 56.18 meters.
 
Prinsloo had a stronger showing in the discus, winning the event with a throw of 62.42 meters. Sebastian Loschner finished sixth in the flight, marking 53.28 meters. On the women's side, Degli-Umberti finished in fifth with a distance of 52.67 meters, and Uys was right behind in sixth (51.18 meters).
 
In the women's high jump, Kiara Risher cleared a height of 1.75 meters to finish in second place. Teammate Kamdynn Skinner set a season-high and tied her career high with a height of 1.65 meters.
 
Alexis Gratia set a new personal-best and moved up one spot to seventh on South Alabama's all-time list in the pole vault with her clearance of 3.87 meters.
 
In the men's pole vault competition, David Dolan was the top Jaguar with a clearance of 4.95 meters, finishing in fifth place.
 
Iyana Johnson tied her career-best mark in the women's triple jump, finishing in third with an effort of 12.52 meters. Tashod Wingfield cleared 14.01 meters with his best effort in the men's competition.
 
In the shot-put competitions, Uys finished in sixth with a mark of 16.55 meters, and Loschner was the top Jaguar on the men's side with a distance of 16.19 meters.
 
Jacob Wentz finished fifth in the javelin throw, marking 57.43 meters. It's a new personal-best for Wentz.
 
TRACK EVENTS
In the women's 3000-meter steeplechase, Starlynn Costa finished in second place with a time of 11:07.62. Tyler Doty recorded a time of 10:17.70 in the same event.
 
Josie Pry set a new personal-best in the 100-meter hurdles, recording an eighth-place finish in 14.30 seconds. In the men's 110-meter hurdles, Kendal White was just short of his personal-best, coming in sixth place with a time of 14.39 seconds.
 
Javon Glen set a new personal-best as well in the men's 400 meters, crossing the line in 48.47 seconds. He also set a personal-best in the 200 meters with a time of 21.51 seconds.
 
In the women's 400-meter hurdles, Grace Wolf crossed the line in 1:01.15, a new personal-best and fourth-best in school history.
 
In the men's 1500 meters, Kirami Yego finished fifth with a time of 3:49.96, which is a new personal-best. Adele Magaud was the top finisher for the Jags in the women's race, finishing in 4:43.05. Abbey Weitenbeck was right behind her at 4:43.26.
 
Lauren Tinkler finished in fifth place in the 5000 meters, crossing the line in 16:52.83. Amos Pkemoi crossed the line 10^th with a time of 14:47.89, a new personal best.
 
QUOTABLE
Head Coach Paul Brueske:
"It was a high-level competition. Alabama does a great job with their meets. We had some kids that really competed well, and we have a few kids that are a little banged up. So, we need to focus on getting healthy and ready for the Sun Belt Championships."
 
UP NEXT
The Jaguars are scheduled to participate in the Jace Lacoste Invitational hosted by Mississippi State on Friday and Saturday.
 
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