CEDAR CITY, Utah - The Southern Utah men's and women's outdoor track and field teams will compete at the UNLV Spring Invitational / Shelia Tarr-Smith Multis this weekend starting on March 18 and running through March 20.

Last Time Out

The Thunderbirds opened the 2021 outdoor season two weeks ago at UNLV with some record-breaking performances.

Alexis McAllister broke her own school record in the javelin with a mark of 170' 2", shattering her previous school record of 157' 9". Alison Pray won the women's 1,500-meter over a pair of All-Americans, clocking a time of 4:32.56. Freshman thrower Chase Clement moved into seventh in the record books with a javelin throw of 203' 9". 

In the 400-meter hurdles, Lameyah Charlton finished second and placed seventh all-time at SUU with a time of 1:01.89. Jordan Porcaro was able to win the men's hammer throw in Las Vegas for the Thunderbirds as well.

Athletes to Watch

Over 50 Thunderbirds will be competing throughout the weekend as the outdoor season kicks into high gear. Here are a few that will be expected to have big time performances:

Max Spence

Spence will be the only Thunderbird competing in multiple distance events this weekend as he is set to run in the 1500m and the 800m. He finished second in the 800m two weeks ago with a time of 1:56.16.

Ricardo White

White will be competing in the 4x1, the 100m, the 400m, and the 4x4 this weekend. He finished second in the 100m two weeks ago with a time of 10.69.

Peyton Green

Green will be competing in the 4x1, the 200m, and the 4x4 this weekend. She will be back on the track for the first time since competing in the 2020 Indoor Big Sky Championships.

Emily Wilson

Wilson will be competing in both the long jump and the triple jump this weekend. She competed in both events last time out, putting up what would have been a new school record in the triple jump, but the result was deemed to be not wind legal.

Emma Nwachukwu

Nwachukwu will be competing in the hammer throw for the T-Birds. She is the reigning Big Sky Champion in the event on the indoor side and finished second in the event in the last BIg Sky Outdoor Championship.

Meet Information

The meet will start on Thursday with the first events of the decathlon and the heptathlon. On Friday the multi-events will wrap up, followed by the hammer throw in the afternoon. All other events will go on Saturday starting at 10:00 a.m. Mountain time.

Live scoring for all three days will be available at taylortiming.com.

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