Golden Eagles Shine at USA Invitational

Sunday, February 6

Birmingham, Ala.

Southern Miss

USA Invitational

Golden Eagles Shine at USA Invitational

2/6/2022 8:22:00 PM | Track & Field/Cross Country

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Southern Miss track and field received wins from D.J. Butler, Lina May and Corvell Todd, while Fred Moudani broke his own school record in the shot put to lead the Golden Eagles at the USA Invitational hosted by the University of South Alabama at the Birmingham CrossPlex. "We had a fantastic meet today," said Jon Stuart. "I'm really pleased with our performance at the same track that we'll compete at for our conference meet. We've built a lot of momentum headed into the second half of the season, and I'm excited to see how we carry it into the next meets." Butler ran a personal-best 47.29 in the 400m to take gold and set the meet record in the event. Todd picked up his seventh event title in the high jump, clearing 6'11.75" to bring home first. In her second race of the season, May broke her own personal best with a 9:50.56 to win the race by four seconds. On the day, Southern Miss totaled 12 trips to the podium, picking up five second-place finishes and four third-place finishes. Men 60m – Cardet Bienvenue, 11th, 6.94 / Elijah Burton, 18th, 7.01 / Dee Baker, 30th, 7.11 200m – Bienvenue, sixth, 21.68 / Lamont Moss, 10th, 22.00 / Baker, 38th, 23.05 / Asher Marshall, 46th, 23.74 / Gabe Cocroft, 47th, 23.88 400m – Butler, first, 47.29 800m – Dylan Evans, seventh, 1:55.28 / Mar'Ques McCray, 27th, 2:01.81 / Jalen McCoy, 32nd, 2:02.66 Mile – Austin Bourne, 19th, 4:24.88 High jump – Corvell Todd, first, 6'11.75" Shot put – Fred Moudani, third, 61'5.5" Weight throw – Kaya Ludgood, 11th, 54'6.0" / Fred Moudani, 17th, 51'5.0" 4x400 – Landon Chalden, Butler, Moss, Evans, third, 3:15.69 Women 60m – Trinity Flagler, second, 7.54 / Trinity Benson, third, 7.58 / Kenia Seals, fourth, 7.59 / Octavio Cato, seventh, 7.70 / Destiny Charles, 12th, 7.76 60m hurdles – Jasmine Griffin, ninth, 9.01 / Koriyunna Arrington, 19th, 9.29 200m – Seals, fourth, 24.71 / Flagler, fifth, 24.83 / Benson, eighth, 24.88 / Charles, ninth, 25.10 / Savia'a Varnell, 11th, 25.24 400m – Taylor Harris, 20th, 59.91, Tatiyanna Jennings, 34th, 1:02.16 / Kameryn Peterson, 37th, 1:04.32 800m – Smilla Kolbe, second, 2:10.81 Mile – Sandra Szpott, second, 4:57.85 / Kate Mattox, seventh, 5:03.90 / Katelyn Cartwright, 19th, 5:14.76 3000m – Lina May, first, 9:50.56 / Szpott, second, 9:54.07 / Carlin Beal, 12th, 10:23.89 / Rebecca DeKay, 13th, 10:25.76 / Sarah Parnell, 10:29.82 High jump – Janique Burgher, 12th, 5'3.25" Long jump – Ashlee Osaji, third, 19'2.5" Shot put – Jordan Speer, ninth, 46'10.0" Weight throw – Speer, 12th, 57'2.0" / Isabella Simonelli, 16th, 54'6.50" / Alexis Morris, 32nd, 43'11.75" 4x400 – Benson, Flagler, Varnell, Kolbe, second, 3:50.68