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UAB Open and Invite
Four Tigers Collect Event Victories, 18 Finish Top Five at UAB Invites
Feb 09, 2025 | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Memphis track and field completed two one-day meets at UAB's campus over the weekend, with Natalie Albert, Joycelyn Crum, Oageng Mdlela and Poorna Raorane picking up victories.
Albert won the women's weight throw in both Friday's Vulcan Invite and Saturday's Green and Gold Invite, notching a personal-best 18.26-meter throw in the process. Raorane also won both women's shot-put events on the weekend; Crum (women's pole vault) and Mdlela (men's triple jump) won their respective competitions at the Vulcan Invite.
In addition to the Tigers' six victories, 10 top-three finishes were logged and eight more finished inside the top five. Trinity Brown (women's long jump), Jazmyn James (women's shot put), Bryce Ravenell (men's long jump), Riley Simmons (women's weight throw), Oliver Tomann (men's weight throw) and the 4x400-meter relay team of Kameron Scille, Dejona Simpson, Leah Howard and Judy Elful each took silver. Nine Tigers also earned personal bests on the weekend.
A full recap of both meets in Birmingham can be found above. Memphis is back in Birmingham next weekend to compete in the Samford Invitational on Feb. 14-15.
Wins
Natalie Albert, Women's Weight Throw, 18.26m
Natalie Albert, Women's Weight Throw, 17.87m
Joycelyn Crum, Women's Pole Vault, 3.86m
Oageng Mdlela, Men's Triple Jump, 15.50m
Poorna Raorane, Women's Shot Put, 15.45m.
Poorna Raorane, Women's Shot Put, 15.28m
PRs
Natalie Albert, Women's Weight Throw, 17.87
Kennedy Dehorney, Women's 200m, 25.43
Judy Elful, Women's 400, 57.35
Darrell Harden, Men's Weight Throw, 17.25m
Oageng Mdlela, Men's Triple Jump, 15.50m
Rebeca Miguelena, Women's 800m, 2:19.91
Genesis Surlin, Women's Triple Jump, 11.45
Danny Raymond, Men's 800m, 1:56.23
Amir White, Men's Shot Put, 13.96m
Top-Five Finishes
Trinity Brown, 2nd, Women's Long Jump, 5.52m
Jazmyn James, 2nd, Women's Shot Put, 15.11m
Jazmyn James, 2nd, Women's Shot Put, 14.97m
Bryce Ravenell, 2nd, Men's Long Jump, 7.40m
Kameron Scille, Dejona Simpson, Leah Howard and Judy Elful, 2nd, Women's 4x400m, 3:48.62
Riley Simmons, 2nd, Women's Weight Throw, 18.01
Riley Simmons, 2nd, Women's Weight Throw, 17.83
Oliver Tomann, 2nd, Men's Weight Throw, 18.19m
Kameron Scille, 3rd, Women's 400, 55.62
Oliver Tomann, 3rd, Men's Weight Throw, 18.25m
Tianna Moseley, 4th, Women's Triple Jump, 11.52m
Jacob Smith, 4th, Men's Pole Vault, 4.55m
Daryl Smith Jr, 4th, Men's Triple Jump, 14.89m
Myles Gentry, 5th, Men's Long Jump, 6.73m
Kameron Scille, 5th, Women's 200, 24.42
Jacob Smith, 5th, Men's Pole Vault, 4.55m
Jhayla Walton, 5th, Women's High Jump, 1.58m
Jaida Williams-Goins, 5th, Women's 60m Hurdles, 8.74
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