Southern Miss off to strong start to outdoor season
Southern Miss off to strong start to outdoor season By Taylor Curet | April 4, 2021 at 11:10 PM CDT - Updated April 5 at 9:06 AM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Sixteen schools made their way to the Marshall Bell Track Complex for the Southern Miss Invitational.
The host Golden Eagles left the weekend with 13 gold medals, making 30 total trips to the podium.
A number of personal-records highlighted USMâs second outdoor event of the season. Senior Savannah McMillon set a new PR to win the 800-meter run in 2 minutes, 13.71 seconds.
Trey Johnson captured gold and climbed to No. 14 nationally with a personal-best run of 46.31 seconds in the 400m. Isabella Simonelli set the tone for the weekend with Fridayâs winning throw of 168 feet in the hammer throw.
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Lady Eagles’ Green, Golden Eagles’ Todd, Johnson, win individual events at 2-day conference meet Lady Eagles post eight, top three individual finishes, one second-place relay team, on way to C-USA Indoor Track & Field championship. (Source: Lukas Hartmann/Pexels) By Tim Doherty | February 23, 2021 at 9:10 AM CST - Updated February 23 at 9:10 AM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WDAM) – For the University of Mississippi women’s track team, quality and quantity led the Lady Eagles to the top of the board this weekend at the Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Sophomore Vivette Green turned a in a personal-best to win the 200-meter dash and the Lady Eagles posted eight more top three finishes at the Birmingham CrossPlex in nudging out the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, 109 to 104, for the title.
USM s Corvell Todd moved back into the national top 10 rankings Friday, clearing 7 feet, 2/14 inches, to win the men s high jump at the Music City Challenge in Nashville, Tenn.