Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Track and Field to compete in Ole Miss Invitational
03/30/2012 | 12:00:00 | Track and Field
March 30, 2012
By Robin Thuringer
SIUSalukis.com
CARBONDALE, Ill. — The Southern Illinois track and field teams will travel to Oxford, Miss., Saturday to compete in the Ole Miss Invitational.
Competition will begin at 10 a.m. with the men's hammer throw and women's javelin and will conclude with the men's and women's 4x400 meter relay.
Along with Mississippi, Southern will compete against SEC schools Alabama and Mississippi State as well as the Memphis Tigers from Conference USA. Ten other Division I schools will also compete at the invitational.
In the first meet of the season, the Salukis claimed nine event titles at the Vanderbilt Invitational. Senior Jeneva McCall made a sweep of the throws events finishing in the top spot in the hammer throw, shot put and discus and was named the Missouri Valley Conference's Field Athlete of the Week.
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