University of South Alabama Athletics

2020: Outdoor – Did not compete. Indoor – Finished third in the 60m hurdles (8.02m)at the Jaguar Invitational … Recorded a personal-best in the 60m hurdles with a distance of 8.01m at the Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational … Ran a distance of 9.09m in the 60m hurdles at the Samford January Invite.

2019: Outdoor— Qualified for the NCAA East Region Preliminary Round 110m hurdles, where he finished 39th (14.18 seconds) … Won the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships 110m hurdles title and set a new USA program record with a 14.04-second performance in the finals … Finished 11th in a field of 52 with a 14.19-second mark at the Florida Relays … Won the Jaguar Opener 110m hurdles in 14.38 seconds and took fifth in the 400m hurdles with a career-best time of 56.27 seconds … Earned top-five 110m hurdles finishes at the South Alabama Invitational (second), Samford’s Alabama Track Challenge (second), Southern Miss Open (third) and War Eagle Invitational (fifth). Indoor— Tied for seventh in the Jaguar record books with an 8.17-second effort in the Vanderbilt Invitational 60m hurdles preliminaries and placed sixth in the finals (8.18 seconds) … Finished first in the Jaguar Invitational 60m hurdles preliminaries with a time of 8.18 seconds and second overall with a time of 8.23 seconds … Ran the UAB Blazer Invitational 60m hurdles prelims in 8.18 seconds and the finals in 8.19 seconds to take fifth place … Qualified for the Sun Belt Indoor Championships finals with a time of 8.19 seconds and finished seventh overall (8.70 seconds).
 
High School: Lettered four years in track and three years in football at West Point High School in Cullman, Ala. … Left the program holding school records in the 60m, 100m, 200m, 60m hurdles, 110m hurdles, 300m hurdles, long jump, 4 x 100m, 4 x 400m, and pentathlon … Won the 2018 AHSAA 5A state championship in the 110m hurdles.
 
Personal: Full name is Nathan Matthew Hunter Appling … Born May 1, 2000, in Birmingham, Ala. … Is the third of three siblings … Has a brother, Peyton, and a sister, Mackenzie … Favorite pro sports teams are the Atlanta Falcons and Braves and the Miami Heat … Favorite athlete is Julio Jones … Favorite foods are chicken and turkey … Dislikes humidity.
 
Major: Secondary Education / Social Studies