The Southern Miss Invitational this past weekend witnessed both freshmen Qu’Darius Foster and Ethan Elliott set new school records in three different field events.

Foster broke a nine-year-old record in the men’s long jump (6.66m) with his new mark of 6.78m. The record-setting mark placed him fifth overall this past Saturday.

Over the span of Friday to Saturday Elliott broke two of his own school records from. One being in the men’s hammer throw (43.50m) with a new mark of 43.63m securing him an 11^th-place finish overall. In the men’s shot put (14.58m) his new mark of 15.09 was good enough for fourth place. He also earned a new personal best in the men’s discus (40.97m).

On the women’s side Tiana Smith placed fourth overall in the women’s triple jump with a mark of 11.09m. Sanai Stringer recorded a personal-best 29.06m attempt in the women’s javelin, which was the eighth-best in the event. Evelyn Hererra finished 10^th in the women’s 1500m race with a time of 5:20.52.

Meet Information
Event: Southern Miss Invite
Date: March 29-30
Host: Southern Miss
Site (Location): Marshall Bell Track (Hattiesburg, Miss.)

Men’s/Women’s Field Notes
– Quincy Curley placed seventh in the men’s triple jump with a mark of 12.68m.
– Smith finished fourth in the women’s triple jump with a mark of 11.09m.
– Elliott placed 11^th with a record in the men’s hammer throw with a mark of 43.63m.
– Stringer finished eighth in the women’s javelin throw with a personal-best 29.06m attempt.
– Foster placed fifth in the men’s long jump with a record mark of 6.78m.
– Elliott finished fourth in the men’s shot put with a record mark of 15.09m.

Men’s/Women’s Running notes
– Myles Cook placed eighth in the men’s 5000m with a time of 18:05.80.
– The men’s 4x100m relay finished sixth overall with a time of 42.21.
– Thomas placed seventh in the men’s 1500m with a time of 4:22.94.
– The men’s 4x400m relay placed eighth with a time of 3:41.14.

They Said It
Head Coach Craig McVey
On the meet
“We had two great days in Hattiesburg Friday and Saturday. Saturday, the weather was much warmer than we have had for previous meets this spring but, we’ll take that over a full day of rain anytime. Our level of intensity continues to develop. Our student-athletes are expecting to do well, but they all know it’s a process that some of them are still learning huge progress this weekend.”

Up Next
The Badgers will compete in the Troy Invitational on April 12-13 in Troy, Ala.

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