University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Golden Eagles Travel to Auburn for Tiger Track Classic
4/7/2016 12:00:00 AM | Track & Field/Cross Country
HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- The Southern Miss men's and women's track and field teams take to the road this weekend for the Auburn Tiger Track Classic in Auburn, Ala.
The meet gets started for the Golden Eagles Friday at 4 p.m. with the women's hammer throw and the men's triple jump at the Hutsell-Rosen Track Complex.
Day two of events gets started Saturday at 11 a.m. with the men's and women's long jump.
"We are in the heart of our season and the kids are in great shape. Now is the time of year when we try to find good places to run so we can get some good marks and continue to qualify for the NCAA East Preliminary Round, the first round of the NCAA championship in Jacksonville, Fla.," head coach Jon Stuart said. "We are getting better times, jumping further, jumping higher, throwing better distances in each of the events and still chasing the regional qualifying marks."
Stuart added, "Seeing some of the best competition in the country will ready us for the conference championships."
