ALABAMA OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD Outdoor Track Season Schedule. Quick Facts OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD

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1 ALABAMA OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD 6 SEC OUTDOOR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 213 SEC OUTDOOR EVENT CHAMPIONS 295 NCAA OUTDOOR ALL-AMERICANS 234 NCAA OUTDOOR EVENT CHAMPIONS 2016 Outdoor Track Season Schedule Date Meet March John Mitchell Alabama Relays... (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) March Florida State Relays... (Tallahassee, Fla.) Mar.ch 31-April 2... Florida Relays... (Gainesville, Fla.) April 1... Stanford Invitational... (Palo Alto, Calif.) April 9... Battle on the Bayou... (Baton Rouge, La.) April Auburn War Eagle Invitational... (Auburn, Ala.) April LSU Invitational... (Baton Rouge, La.) May SEC Championships... (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) May NCAA East Regional... (Jacksonville, Fla.) June NCAA Championships...(Eugene, Ore.) Quick Facts General Information Location...Tuscaloosa, Ala. Enrollment...37,100 Conference... Southeastern (SEC) Facility...Sam Bailey Track and Field Complex Coaching Staff Head Coach... Dan Waters (Kansas, 1995) Fifth Year Distance Coach...Adam Tribble (Georgia, 2002) Fifth Year Throws Coach... Doug Reynolds (Arizona, 1998) Fifth Year Jumps Coach...Miguel Pate (Alabama, 2002) Fifth Year Short Sprints Coach... Dion Miller (Texas Tech, 1998) First Year Long Sprints Coach...Blaine Wiley (Texas State, 2000) First Year Track & Field Social Media Twitter...@AlabamaTrack Instagram...@AlabamaTrack Facebook...Alabama Track 2016 NCAA OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS DATES: June 8-11 LOCATION: Eugene, Ore. VENUE: Hayward Field, University of Oregon LIVE RESULTS: eld-outdoor/d1 WATCH LIVE (s CT): 6-8: ESPN2, 6:30 p.m.; 6-9: ESPNU, 6:30 p.m. & ESPN, 7 p.m.; 6-10: ESPN, 7:30 p.m.; 6-11: ESPN, 5:30 pm. The University of Alabama track and field team will travel 15 athletes (11 men, 4 women) and one relay team to Eugene, Ore., to compete in the 2016 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The 2016 Championships will be held at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon. The Tide has entries in the NCAA Championships ranging across all disciplines: seven throwers (six men, one woman) qualifi ed in four events, including 2016 SEC discus champion Daniel Haugh. The sophomore led an Alabama sweep of the medals at the SEC meet in Tuscaloosa on May 14 as the Tide fi nished in the event. Freshman Kord Ferguson will compete in both the discus and the shot put. Alabama has two jumpers (one man, one woman) slated to compete in the meet. Junior Quanesha Burks, the defending NCAA outdoor champion and the 2015 and 2016 SEC outdoor champion in the women s long jump, will compete to defend her NCAA title. Burks currently holds the top mark nationally with a winning effort of /2 (6.77 meters) at the SEC Outdoor Championships. Senior Justin Fondren will compete in the men s high jump after earning All-America honors in The team will also travel four sprinters and hurdlers (three men, one woman) to compete in four individual events, led by senior Ahmed Ali who ranks No. 4 nationally in the men s 200 meters with a time of Junior Vanessa Clerveaux lowered her personal best in the 100 hurdles twice at the East Regional, runing a in the prelims and a in the fi nal to qualify. There will be two Tide athletes (one man, one woman) competing in long sprits and distance races. Junior Alex Gholston returns in the women s 400 meters after earning All-America honors at the meet a year ago. Junior Antibahs Kosgei is coming off consecutive second place fi nishes at the Southeastern Conference Championships and the East Regional in the 10,000 meters and is looking for another strong showing at the 2016 Championships. In the relays, the women s 4x400 meter relay team of Alex Gholston, Diamond Gause, Domonique Williams and Katie Funcheon posted the fi fth-fastest time in school history (3;33.48) at the East Regional to earn the trip to Eugene. Head Coach Dan Waters Outlook This group is a testament to the versatility of our program at Alabama. We ve had a great season in the throws but we ve also qualifi ed in the sprints, long sprints, distance, hurdles and jumps this season. Our team is focused and prepared to put on a good performance at the Championships. In the Rankings The Alabama men s track and fi eld team checks in at No. 11, while the women are No. 37 in this week s U.S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Team Rankings released Monday, May 30. The men s team posted points while the women scored points. The Southeastern Conference continues to dominate by earning the No. 1 spots on the men s and women s conference Index Top 10 list, totaling 1, points for the men and 2, points for the women. Alabama Track & Field Contact: Todd Bell, Assistant Director tbell@ia.ua.edu

2 CRIMSON TIDE ATHLETES IN THE 2016 NCAA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS (All s Pacific) Wednesday, June 8 Men 2 p.m....hammer Throw Final...Elias Hakansson 5:32 pm meter Hurdles Semifi nal...tony Brown 5:46 pm Meters Semifi nal...tadashi Pinder 6:30 p.m....shot Put Final... Kyle Felpel, Kord Ferguson 6:44 pm Meters Semifi nal...ahmed Ali 7:48 pm...10,000 Meters Final...Antibahs Kosgei Thursday, June 9 Women 5:32 pm meter Hurdles Semifi nal...vanessa Clerveaux 6:00 pm...long Jump Final...Quanesha Burks 6:00 pm Meters Semifi nal... Alex Gholston 6:30 pm...shot Put Final...Haley Teel 7:48 pm...4x400-meter Relay Semifinal...Alex Gholston,... Diamond Gause, Domonique Williams, Katie Funcheon Friday June 10 Men 5:00 pm...high Jump Final...Justin Fondren 5:05 pm...discus Final... Kord Ferguson, Hayden Reed...Joe Williams, Daniel Haugh 6:12 pm meter Hurdles Final...Tony Brown 6:22 pm meter Final...Tadashi Pinder 7:07 pm Meters Final...Ahmed Ali Saturday, June 11 Women 4:12 pm meter Hurdles Final...Vanessa Clerveaux 4:32 pm Meters Final... Alex Gholston 5:51 pm...4x400-meter Relay Final...Alex Gholston,... Diamond Gause, Domonique Williams, Katie Funcheon MEN Place Team Points 1 Texas A&M Florida Oregon LSu Arkansas Georgia Virginia Tech Tennessee Missouri Texas Tech Alabama Houston Washington UCLA Virginia Mississippi State Syracuse Ole Miss Akron Northern Arizona Clemson Air Force Purdue Nebraska BYU Florida State Michigan Middle Tennessee South Carolina Penn State USTFCCCA OUTDOOR TEAM RANKINGS Week of May 30, 2016 WOMEN Place Team Points 1 Arkansas Kentucky Texas LSU Texa A&M Oregon USC Stanford Florida Tennessee Georgia Mississippi State Harvard Miami (Fla.) Kansas State New Mexico Florida State Oklahoma Wisconsin Nebraska Michigan Texas Tech San Diego State Duke Notre Dame Colorado South Carolina Auburn Purdue Arizona State Alabama

3 ALABAMA ENTRIES NCAA TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN 100 Meters Tadashi Pinder 200 Meters Ahmed Ali 10,000 Meters Antibahs Kosgei 110-Meter Hurdles Tony Brown High Jump Justin Fondren Shot Put Kord Ferguson Kyle Felpel Discus Hayden Reed Joe Williams Kord Ferguson Daniel Haugh Hammer Elias Hakansson WOMEN 400 Meters Alex Gholston 100-Meter Hurdles Vanessa Clerveaux 4x400 Relay Alex Gholston, Diamond Gause, Domonique Williams, Katie Funcheon Shot Put Haley Teel Long Jump Quanesha Burks Returning NCAA Champions WOMEN NAME EVENT 2015 TIME/MARK Quanesha Burks Long Jump 22-8 (6.91m) w Returning All-Americans MEN NAME EVENT 2015 FINISH Ahmed Ali 200 Meters Tony Brown 4x100 Relay Justin Fondren High Jump /2 (2.12m) Tadahsi Pinder 4x100 Relay Hayden Reed Discus (57.91m) WOMEN NAME EVENT 2015 FINISH Quanesha Burks Long Jump 22-8 (6.92m) w Alex Gholston 400 Meters ON THE TRACK THIS WEEKEND (all times Pacific) MEN 100 Meters Tadashi Pinder Tadashi Pinder will be Alabama s entry in the 100 meters. Pinder ran a personal-best time of at the Florida Relays on April 1. The senior from Locust Grove, Ga., clocked a in the East Regional fi rst round and a in the quarterfi nals to qualify for the Championships. He posted a in the preliminaies at the Southeastern Conference Championships. Pinder earned All-America honors in the 4x100 meter relay in The semifi nals of the 100 meters are scheduled for 5:46 p.m. on Wednesday. 200 Meters Ahmed Ali Senior All-American Ahmed Ali returns to the Championships in the 200 meters. He clocked a personal-best time of on April 1 at the Florida Relays, a mark that was the fastest in the world this year at that point and is the third-fastest time in school history. He turned in a in the prelims and a in the quarterfi nal at the East Regional. The regional times rank eighth and fi fth in school history. Ali also clocked a in 2015 at the John Jacobs Invitational in Norman, Okla.The 200-meter semifi nals are scheduled for 6:44 p.m. on Wednesday. 10,000 Meters Antibahs Kosgei Junior Antibahs Kosgei will run the 10,000 meters for Alabama. Kosgei ran a personal-best of 29:19.63 at the Stanford Invitational on April 1, the fi fth-fastest time in the Southeastern Conference this season. He fi nished second at the SEC Championships in a time of 29:49.16 and second at the East Regional in 30: The 10,000-meter fi nal is scheduled for 7:48 p.m. on Wednesday. 110-Meter Hurdles Tony Brown Junior Tony Brown is the Tide qualifi er in the 110-meter hurdles. Brown ran a personal-best of to fi nish fouth at the East Regional. He posted a time of in the preliminary round in Jacksonville. Brown fi nished seventh at the Southeastern Conference Championships with a time of after posting a then personal-best in the prelims. Brown earned All-America honors in the 4x100 meter relay in The 110-meter hurdle semifi nals are scheduled for 5:32 p.m. Wednesday. High Jump Justin Fondren An All-American a year ago, senior Justin Fondren returns to the NCAA Championships in 2016 after an eighth-place fi nish in the East Regional with a mark of /4 (2.12m). That mark equaled his performance at the Battle on the Bayou on April 8. Fondren fi nished fourth in the high jump at the Southeastern Conference Championships with a season-best mark of 7-0 1/2 (2.15m). He also cleared that height at the War Eagle Invitational on April 23. The the high jump fi nal is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Friday. Hammer Elias Hakansson Junior Elias Hakannson owns the top 10 marks in school history in the hammer throw, four of which have been set in Hakansson fi nished fi fth at the SEC Championships at (68.47m), the eighth-best effort in Alabama history. He posted a season-best mark of (69.29m) at the Battle on the Bayou on April 8, the sixth-best mark in school history. He posted the ninth (223-6: 68.12m) and tenth-best (222-11: 67.94m) school marks at the Alabama Relays on March 17. The junior from Halmstad, Sweden fi nished ninth at the East Regional with an effort of (66.54m).The hammer throw fi nal is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Wednesday. Shot Put Kyle Felpel, Kord Ferguson Freshman Kord Ferguson and junior Kyle Felpel will compete in the shot put. Felpel posted a season-best /4 (18.78m) to fi nish sixth at the East Regional. That mark ranks 10th all-time at Alabama. He fi nished fi fth at the Southeastern Conference Championships with an effort of 61-5 (18.72m). Ferguson fi nished third at the Southeastern Conference Championships with a season-best mark of 62-6 (19.05m). The throw is the fi fth-best in Alabama history. He was 11th at the East Regional with an effort of /4 (18.62m). The shot put fi nal is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. 3

4 History of Alabama In The USTFCCCA Team Rankings Through Monday, May 30, 2016 Men 2016 Pre NCAA Pre NCAA Pre NCAA Pre NCAA Pre NCAA Pre NCAA Pre NCAA Pre NCAA Pre NCAA Women 2016 Pre NCAA Pre NCAA Pre NCAA Pre NCAA Pre NCAA Pre NCAA Pre NCAA Pre NCAA DNS 2008 Pre NCAA Discus Kord Ferguson, Hayden Reed, Joe Williams, Daniel Haugh Freshmen Kord Ferguson and Daniel Haugh, sophomore Joe Williams and junior Hayden Reed have carried their strong season-long performance into the post-season. Ferguson fi nished seventh at the East Regional with a mark of (59.01m). Reed and Williams fi nished ninth and tenth, respectively at (58.59m) and (57.67m). Haugh was 12th at (56.57m). Haugh, Ferguson, Williams and Reed fi nished in the men s discus at the SEC Championships as Alabama swept the medals in the event for the fi rst time in school history and won it for the fi rst time since Reed (199-7: 60.83m), Williams (198-2: 60.40m), Ferguson (197-3: 60.13m) and Haugh (195-3: 59.53m) rank 1-4 respectively in the SEC. Reed, Williams and Ferguson posted their season-best marks at the Florida Relays on April 2. Haugh s mark won the SEC Championship on May 14. The marks are personal-bests for Williams, Ferguson and Haugh. Reed s season-best effort ranks ninth all-time at Alabama and he now holds eight of the 10 best throws in Tide history. The discus fi nal is scheduled for 5:05 p.m. on Friday. WOMEN 400 Meters Alex Gholston Junior All-American Alex Gholston returns to the Championships in the 400 meters. Gholston turned in a personal-best time of to fi nish fi fth at the Southeastern Conference Championships on May 14. The time is the fi fth-fastest in school history. She fi nished 10th at the East Regional in a time of 52.40, the eighth-fastest performance ever for Alabama. Gholston also owns the seventh and ninth-best marks in Tide history. The 400-meter semifi nals are scheduled for 6 p.m. on Thursday. Gholston will also run on Alabama s 4x400 relay. 100-Meter Hurdles Vanessa Clerveaux Junior Vanessa Clerveaux is slated to compete in the 100-meter hurdle semifi nals at 5:32 p.m. on Thursday. Clerveaux has fi nished in the top six in six of her eight outings this season and ran a personal-best in the East Regioal quarterfi nals. She clocked a then-personal best in the prelims in Jacksonville. Clerveaux ran a to fi nish sixth at the Southeastern Conference Championships after running a in the prelims. The regional and SEC times rank fourth, tied for fi fth, tenth and ninth, respectively, in school history. 4x400 Meter Relay Alex Gholston, Diamond Gause, Domonique Williams, Katie Funcheon The 4x400-meter relay quartet of Alex Gholston, Diamond Gause, Domonique Williams, and Katie Funcheon posted the fi fth-fastest time in school history (3:33.48) at the East Regional to qualify for the Championships. The squad fi nished seventh at the Southeastern Conference Championships in 3:33.80, the seventh-fastest time in school history. They also ran a 3:34.67 at the Battle on the Bayou, which is the eighth-best mark at Alabama. The 4x400-meter relay semifi nals are scheduled for 7:48 p.m. on Thursday. Long Jump Quanesha Burks Defending NCAA champion Quanesha Burks returns to Eugene seeking a second-consecutive long jump title at 6 p.m. on Thursday. Burks leads the nation with a season-best mark of /2 (6.77m) that she set to win the SEC Championships. She also recorded a mark of /2 at the SEC Championships. Also won the War Eagle and LSU invitationals with identical /4 marks that stood as the best in the nation until her SEC leap. Burks owns the top ten jumps in school history. The long jump fi nal is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Thursday. Shot Put Haley Teel Haley Teel will compete in the shot put competition for Alabama. Teel turned in a personal-best mark of /2 (16.31m) to fi nish sixth at the Southeastern Conference Championships. She followed that up with an effort of /2 (16.26m) to fi nish 10th at the East Regional. The two marks are the fourth- and fi fth-best at Alabama. all-time. Posted the sixth- (53-4 1/4: 16.26m) and eighth-best (52-6 3/4: 16.02m) marks in school history at the Florida Relays and the LSU Invitational. The shot put fi nal is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Following the Tide Get the latest information on the team by on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. General athletic news can also be found at UA_Athletics on Twitter and Instagram and AlabamaAthletics on Facebook. 4

5 AHMED ALI Sprints Senior Houston, Texas (South Plains College (Texas)) MEN S 200 METERS SEMIFINALIST ACCOLADES First Team All-America, outdoor 4x100 relay (2015) Honorable Mention All-America, outdoor 200 meters (2015) Second Team All-SEC, outdoor 4x100 relay (2015) SENIOR ( ) Qualifi ed for the 2016 Championships with a time of at the East Regional... ran in the 200-meter prelims at the SEC Championships to qualify for the fi - nals where he ran to fi nish ninth also ran in the 100-meter prelims of the SEC Championships, clocking a time of to fi nish fourth in the second heat of the event fi nished ninth in the 100 meters with a time of and placed sixth in the 200 meters with a time of at the LSU Invitational registered a 200-meter time of to win the event at the War Eagle Invitational clocked a time of in the 100 meters to fi nish second in the event at the Battle on the Bayou sprinted his way to the title in the 200 meters with a new personal best effort of in the 200 meters at the Florida Relays fi nished second in the 200 meters at the FSU Relays, running Ran 6.90 in the 60-meter prelims to fi nish 20th in the event and ran to clock the 17th-best time in the 200 meters at the SEC Championships also ran a leg of the 4x400-meter relay that fi nished sixth in 3:09.77 at the SEC Championships clocked a time of 6.85 in the Tyson Invitational 60-meter preliminaries competed in the 60-meter preliminaries at the New Mexico Classic, fi nishing in a time of 6.89 and fi nished eighth in the 200 meters with a time of ran 6.99 to fi nish sixth in the 60-meter fi nals at the Indiana Relays after running a preliminary time of 6.86 ran 6.84 in the 60-meter preliminaries followed by a performance in the 200-meter preliminaries at the Conference Clash won his fl ight of the 60-meter preliminaries with a time of 6.91 and returned to fi nish fi fth in the fi nals with a time of JUNIOR ( ) Ran in three events at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore., serving as the third leg on the 4x100 relay team that placed eighth with a time of while competing in the 200 meters and the 4x400 relay served as the third leg on the 4x100 relay that fi nished fourth at the NCAA East Prelims also competed in the 200 meters at the NCAA East Prelims, running a for 10th place in the semifi nals crossed the 200-meter fi nish line in for an eighth place fi nish at the SEC Championships ran the third leg of the 4x100 relay at the SEC Championships, helping the team place third in the event with a season-best time of also ran for the 4x400 relay team at the SEC Championships that took sixth place fi nished third in the 200 meters with a time of at the LSU Invitational won the 200 meters in a personal-best time of and was runner-up in the 100 meters with a time of at the John Jacobs Invitational ran the men s 100-meter dash in to place fourth in the Border Clash Meet, while also winning the 4X100- meter relay with a time of seconds ran in the 200 meters to fi nish 18th overall at the Pepsi Florida Relays clocked a and fi nished fi rst in the 100 meters at the Crimson Tide Invitational fi nished fourth in the invitational section of the 100-meter dash with a time of at the Alabama Relays. Ran 6.82 in the prelims of the 60-meter dash at the SEC championship to fi nish fourth in heat two and fi nished the 200-meters in to cross the line third in the fi rst heat of the race fi nished sixth in the 60-meter dash fi nals in a time of 6.81 at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite ran 6.79 in the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite 60-meter prelims to qualify for the fi nal fi nished the 60-meter dash prelims in a time of 6.79 at the New Mexico Team Invitational ran 7.00 in the 60-meter dash fi nals at the Vanderbilt Invitational to fi nish eighth after qualifying with a time of 6.92 in the prelims. PREP AND PERSONAL Was one of the top sprinters in the junior college ranks... coached by Chris Beene at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas... currently a sophomore at South Plains College, he is a 2012 graduate of Alief Hastings High School near Houston, Texas, who originally signed with the University of Houston... was fourth in the 100-meter dash (10.12) at the 2013 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Outdoor Championships in a wind-aided race that featured four sprinters running sub-10.20, including two at 9.96 and ran on South Plains' winning 4x100-meter relay (39.62) at the 2013 NJCAA Outdoor Championships... placed fi fth (20.90) in the 200 at the 2012 Texas Class 5A Outdoor Championships... was the 2012 Class 5A Region meter champion (20.79w)... posted an indoor best of in the 200 while winning at the 2012 New Balance Indoor Nationals... clocked a 6.42 in the indoor 60-meter dash at the 2012 New Balance Indoor Nationals... showed his potential as a high school sophomore in 2010 by running the outdoor 200 in at the Rice University Victor Lopez Classic... was voted Most Valuable Performer on the Alief Hastings track team all four years of his high school career... was a fi ve-time prep all-america honoree... set school records in the 100 and 200 and ran on record-setting 4x100 and 4x400-meter relay foursomes... son of Adam Ali and Amna Korashy... born Nov. 15, TONY BROWN II Sprints Junior Beaumont, Texas (Ozen) MEN S 110-METER HURDLES SEMIFINALIST JUNIOR ( ) Qualifi ed for the 2016 Championships with a personal-best time of at the East Regioanal... fi nished seventh in the 110-meter hurdles at the SEC Championships with a time of after qualifying for the fi - nals with a preliminary time of ran in the 110-meter hurdles to fi nish fi fth at the LSU Invitational. SOPHOMORE ( ) Ran the fi rst leg for the 4x100 relay team that fi n- ished eighth at the NCAA Championships in a time of fi nished 11th in the 110-meter hurdles with a 5 time of at the SEC Championships ran in the 110-meter hurdles to fi nish seventh at the LSU Invitational. Ran 7.95 in the 60-meter hurdle prelims at the SEC championship to fi nish sixth in the fi rst heat fi nished second in the 60-meter hurdles (8.03) at the New Mexico Team Invitational clocked a 60-meter hurdle time of 6.84 to win the event at the Vanderbilt Invitational ran a 60-meter time of 6.85 in the preliminary race to advance to the fi nal where he false started and did not fi nish at the Auburn Invitational. FRESHMAN ( ) Did not compete. Ran the 60-meter hurdles in 8.09 at the SEC Indoor Championships clocked a 7.83 to place third in the 60-meter hurdles at the Tyson Invitational, after qualifying times of 7.92 and ran in the 60-meter hurdles at the Indiana Relays with a time of an placed fourth in his section of the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.89 at the Rod McCrary Invitational, his Crimson Tide debut. PREP AND PERSONAL The 2013 Texas Class 4A state champion in the 110-meter hurdles (13.40)... placed second in the 100 (10.53) at the 2013 Texas Class 4A state meet... has a personal best of 7.76 in the indoor 60-meter hurdles, the fastest time in the nation in ran a PR of in the 110 hurdles at the 2013 Texas Relays, the top time in the US last year... won the 110 hurdles at the 2013 USATF National Junior Olympics (13.88) and the USATF Junior Nationals (13.69)... a highly-recruited football player as a defensive back... was considered one of the top overall football prospects in the state of Texas for the 2014 recruiting class and was generally rated among the top 100 prospects nationally... his sister, Bealoved, will compete in track at LSU... another sister, Sojourner, is a track student-athlete at Rice... son of Tony Brown and Tammy Walker-Brown... both of his parents were student-athletes at Texas Tech... born July 13, QUANESHA BURKS Sprints/Jumps Junior Hartselle, Ala. (Hartselle) WOMEN S LONG JUMP FINALIST ACCOLADES SEC Champion, outdoor long jump (2016) NCAA Champion, indoor long jump (2016) SEC Champion, indoor long jump (2016) NCAA Champion, outdoor long jump (2015) First Team All-America, outdoor long jump (2015) Second Team All-America, outdoor 4x100 relay (2015) SEC Champion, outdoor long jump (2015) First Team All-SEC, outdoor long jump (2015) First team All-America outdoor 4x100 relay (2014) Honorable Mention All-America, outdoor long jump (2014) Junior ( ) Defending NCAA women s long jump champion... qualifi ed for the 2016 Championships with a jump of /4 at the NCAA East Regional... won her second out-

6 door SEC title in the long jump with an NCAA-leading leap of /2 (6.77m) at the SEC Championships claimed the long-jump title at the LSU Invitational with a leap of /4 (6.76m) won the War Eagle Invitational long jump with a leap of /4 (6.76m) posted a leap of /2 (6.44m) in the long jump to fi nish as the runner-up in the event at the Battle on the Bayou clocked a time of in the 100 meters at the Florida Relays. Won the NCAA Championship in the long jump with a school-record breaking leap of /4 (6..80m), breaking the record she set at the SEC Championships... won the SEC Championship in the long jump with a leap of /4 (6.75m) registered a time of 7.41 in the preliminaries at the Tyson Invitational to qualify for the semifi nals where she ran the same time competed in the long jump at the Tyson Invitational, fi nishing fi fth with a leap of /2 (6.46m) won the 60-meter fi nals in a time of 7.45 after qualifying with a preliminary time of 7.49 at the Indiana Relays smashed the school record in the long jump with a winning leap of /4 (6.71m) at the Conference Clash won the 60-meter fi nals with a time of after qualifying with a time of 7.33 in the preliminaries of the event at the Commodore Indoor Invitational. SOPHOMORE ( ) Earned a spot on the Bowerman Trophy semifi nalist list went undefeated in long jump fi nals on the season recorded a leap of 22-8 (6.91m) for the NCAA long jump title jumped /4 (6.62m) for the top mark in the long jump at the NCAA East Prelims claimed the SEC title in the long jump with a best mark of /4 (6.84m) also ran the second leg of the 4x100-meter relay at the SEC Championships, assisting in a fi fth place fi nish won the LSU Invitational long jump competition with a best mark of /4 (6.47m) claimed the Alabama school record in the long jump with a leap of 21-9 (6.63m) to win the John Jacobs Invitational won the women s long jump at the Border Clash with a winning leap of /4 (6.24) ran in the 100 meters at the Florida Relays won the long jump with a personal-record leap of 21-4 (6.50m) at the Crimson Tide Invitational. Jumped to a sixth-place fi nish in the SEC Championship long with a mark of 20-5 (6.22m)... also took sixth (7.53) in her 60-meter dash semi-fi nal heat at the SEC Championships... jumped /2 (5.88m) to fi nish 14th in the long jump at the Tyson Invitational... Finished third with a mark of /4 (6.06m) in long jump at the Husker Indoor... jumped /4 (6.14m) in long jump to win the event and took fourth in the 60-meter dash fi nal at the New Mexico Team Invitational with a time of fi nished fourth in the 60-meter fi nal with a time of 7.48 after advancing from the preliminary round in a time of 7.45 at the Vanderbilt Invitational... ran a 7.51 in the preliminary 60-meter race where she advanced to the fi nal, running a time of 7.51 to place fi fth at the Auburn Invitational. FRESHMAN ( ) Earned First Team All-America honors after serving as the fi rst leg on the 4x100-meter relay team that fi nished sixth with a time of at the NCAA Championships, following a season-best time of in the semifi nals jumped 20-1 to fi nish 18th in the long jump at the NCAA Championships placed fourth in the long jump at the NCAA East Preliminary with a personal-best mark of 20-8 to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships fi nished 10th in the long jump (19-6 3/4) at the SEC Championships... also at the SEC Championships, ran a wind-aided in the 100 meters and served as the opening leg of the 4x100- meter relay team that fi nished fourth with a time of won the 100 meters with a time of at the Jace Lacoste Invitational... also ran on the winning 4x100-meter relay team that clocked a at the Jace Lacoste Invitational... was the top collegiate fi nishers in the long jump with a mark of /4 at the Mt. SAC Relays... also fi nished sixth in the 100 after clocking an at the Mt. SAC Relays... placed second in the long jump with a mark of 20-3 at the Alabama-Mississippi Border Clash... also served on the winning 4x100- meter relay team that clocked a season-best at the Border Clash... jumped to win the long jump at the Crimson Tide Invitational... also ran on the 4x100-meter relay team that won the event with a time of at the Crimson Tide Invitational... won the long jump at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a mark of /4... served as the fi rst leg of the 4x100-meter relay team that clocked a to fi nished second in the event at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... fi nished runner-up with a personal-best time of in the invitational 100 meters at the Alabama Relay... also ran the fi rst leg of the 4x100-meter relay team that clocked a win the event at the Alabama Relays. Jumped /2 to fi nish 16th in the long jump and clocked a season-best 7.53 in the 60-meter dash at the SEC Championships won the long jump at the Tyson Invitational with a personal best mark of /4... also ran a 7.63 in the 60-meter dash at the Tyson Invitational... placed sixth in the long jump with a mark of /2 at the Indiana Relays... clocked a 7.62 qualifying time and a 7.66 fi nals time to place fi fth at the Indiana Relays... fi nished fi fth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.58 at the Rod McCravy Memorial... also competed in long jump at the Rod McCravy Memorial, placing 13th with a mark of /2... placed sixth in her section in the 60-meter dash at the Auburn Invitational with a time of PREP AND PERSONAL Coached by Kenny Lopez at Hartselle High School an 11-time AHSAA state champion that set seven school records the 2013 AHSAA Class 5A state champion in the 100 meters (12.74), long jump (19-2) and triple jump (39-10) placed third in the 200 at the 2013 state meet (25.69) was third in the triple jump at the 2012 USATF National Junior Olympics set personal bests of 20-0 ½ in the long jump, 39-8 in the triple jump, in the 100 meters, in the 200 and 7.71 in the indoor 60-meter dash also an all-area selection in basketball daughter of Lesha Dobbins born March 15, 1995, in Ozark, Ala. VANESSA CLERVEAUX Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps Junior Brockton, Mass. (Brockton/Eastern Mich.) WOMEN S 100-METER HURDLES SEMIFINALIST JUNIOR ( ) 2016 Qualifi ed for the 2016 Championships at the East Regional with a pesonal-best time of 13.12, the fourth-fastest time in school history... also clocked a in the regional prelims, equaling the fi fth-fastest time ever at Alabama... recorded a 100-meter hurdles prelim time of to qualify for the fi nals of the event where she ran to fi nish sixth at the SEC Championships 6 ran in the 100-meter hurdles to fi nish sixth at the LSU Invitational claimed the runner-up title in the 100-meter hurdles at the War Eagle Invitational, recording a time of clocked a time of in the 100-meter hurdles to fi nish fourth at the Battle on the Bayou set a new personal best in the 100-meter hurdles thanks to her time of at the Florida Relays fi nished second in the 100-meter hurdles at the FSU Relays with a time of won the 100-meter hurdles with a time of at the Alabama Relays Finished sixth in the 60-meter hurdle fi nals with a time of 8.22 after qualifying with a personal-record 8.20 in the event prelims at the SEC Championships also ran the 60-meter prelims in a time of 7.44 to clock the 15th-best time for the event at the SEC Championships registered a time of 7.61 in the 60-meter preliminaries and 8.39 in the 60-meter hurdles to qualify for the hurdle semifi nals where she ran a time of 8.35 at the Tyson Invitational ran the 60-meter hurdle semifi nals (8.29) and the fi nals (8.27) to fi nish fi fth overall in the event at the New Mexico Classic clocked a semifi nals time of 7.60 in the 60-meter dash after running a preliminary time of 7.50 fi nished fourth in the 60-meter fi nals (7.63) and second in the 60-meter hurdle fi nals (8.49) after qualifying in times of 7.57 and 8.35, respectively, at the Indiana Relays won her 60-meter preliminary race with a time of 7.42 before winning her heat of the 60-meter hurdle preliminary in a time of 8.34 at the Conference Clash ran 7.59 in the 60-meter fi nals to fi nish eighth and 8.50 in the 60-meter hurdle fi nals to fi nish sixth at the Conference Clash fi nished sixth in the 60-meter hurdles fi nals (8.48) after winning her preliminary heat in 8.42 at the Commodore Indoor Invitational also ran the 60-meter hurdles at the Commodore Indoor Invitational, fi n- ishing sixth in the fi nals with a time of 8.48 after qualifying with a preliminary time of 8.42 in the event. REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE ( ) Recorded a time of in the 100-meter hurdles to fi nish 14th at the SEC Championships won the 100-meter hurdles at the LSU Invitational with a time of ran in the 100-meter hurdles to fi nish third among a fi eld of 22 hurdlers at the John Jacobs Invitational placed third among a fi eld of 17 hurdlers in the women s 100-meter hurdles with a season-best time of in the Border Clash posted a time of in the Florida Relays 100-meter hurdles clocked a time of in the 100-meter hurdles at the Crimson Tide Invitational to fi nish third. Finished fourth in heat 2 of the 60-meter hurdle semifi nals at the SEC Championships with a time of ran 8.53 in the 60-meter hurdle prelims at the Tyson Invitational... fi nished fi fth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.44 at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational... won the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.23 at the New Mexico Team Invitational... ran a 7.67 in the preliminary 60-meter race, placing 11th at the Auburn Invitational, as well as clocking a time of 8.52 in the preliminary 60-meter hurdle race to advance to the fi nals where she ran 8.59 to place fi fth. SOPHOMORE ( ) Transferred from Eastern Michigan; did not participate. EASTERN MICHIGAN ( ) Locked a in the 100-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Regional posted a personal best of in the

7 100 meters at the Toledo Invitational... had a 200-meter personal best of at the Spartan Invitational. Ran a personal best 7.53 in the 60 meters at the Mid- American Conference Championships... recorded a 60-meter hurdles time of 8.30 at the Silverston Invitational... posted a personal best of 37 feet (11.28 meters) in the triple jump at the Grand Valley State Quad Meet. PREP AND PERSONAL Won the 55-meter hurdles at both the 2012 Indoor Division-1 state meet and the New England Championship... set the Massachusetts state record in the 55-meter hurdles... won the 2011 Massachusetts indoor state championship in the 55-meter hurdles and 4x200-meter relay, before going on to claim outdoor state titles in the 55-meter hurdles and the 4x100- meter relay, while competing for Brockton High School... daughter of Frantz Clerveaux and Lauve Lorcy... born June 17, KYLE FELPEL Throws Junior Ephrata, Pa. (Cocalico) MEN S SHOT PUT FINALIST ACCOLADES Second Team All-America, outdoor shot put (2014) Second Team All-America, indoor shot put (2014) Second Team All-SEC, outdoor shot put (2014) Second Team All-SEC, indoor shot put (2014) SEC All-Freshman Team, outdoor shot put (2014) SEC All-Freshman Team, indoor shot put (2014) JUNIOR ( ) Qualifi ed for the 2016 Championships with a personal-best throw of /4 (18.78m)... threw 61-5 (18.72m) in the shot put to fi nish fi fth and threw (50.43m) in the discus to fi nish 12th at the SEC Championships fi nished fourth in the shot put with a mark of /4 (17.94m) at the LSU Invitational won the shot put at the War Eagle Invitational with a throw of 61-3 (18.67m) registered a heave of /4 (18.43m) in the shot put to fi nish fourth in the event at the Battle on the Bayou fi nished third in the invitational portion of the shot put with a best mark of /4 (18.61m) at the Florida Relays threw 60-8 (18.49m) to fi nish second in the shot put at the FSU Relays won the Alabama Relays shot put with a toss of /4 (18.57m). Finished third in the shot put at the SEC Championships with a toss of /4 (18.60m) won the shot put at the LSU High Performance Meet with a toss of /4 (18.66m) recorded a toss of /2 (17.54m) in the shot put to fi nish ninth at the Conference Clash threw /2 (18.35) in the shot put to claim a runner-up finish at the Commodore Invitational. SOPHOMORE ( ) Threw /2 (17.64m) in the shot put at the NCAA East Prelims placed sixth in the shot put with a throw of 58-8 (17.88m) and 14th in the javelin with a mark of (60.50m) at the SEC Championships won the LSU Invitational shot put with a throw of 59-7 (18.16m) and javelin with a mark of (64.13m) posted a best mark of /4 (17.96m) to fi nish as the runnerup in the shot put at the John Jacobs Invitational outclassed a fi eld of 11 competitors in the shot put to win with a best throw of 59 feet, 3/4 of an inch (18.00m) at the Border Clash, while also throwing (58.64m) in the Javelin threw /2 (17.03m) in the shot put a the Pepsi Florida Relays to fi nish 13th fi nished as the runner-up in the Crimson Tide Invitational shot put with a best mark of /2 (17.87m) won the Alabama Relays shot put with a toss of /4 (17.99m). Threw 61-1 (18.87m) to fi nish third in the shot put at the SEC Championships... fi nished second in the Tyson Invitational shot put with a toss of 61-4 (18.69m)... threw the shot put 61-3 (18.67m) to place second at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitationaln... placed second in the shot put invitational with a throw of /4 (18.61m) at the Indiana Relays... fi nished second with a throw of 18.30m (60-0 f) in the Vanderbilt Invitational shot putn... placed third at the Auburn Invitational with a throw of 17.81m in the shot put. REDSHIRT FRESHMAN ( ) Set a season-best mark of /4 in the shot put to fi nish 12th and earn second team All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships threw a mark of /2 in the shot put at the NCAA East Preliminary to place 11th and qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships earned SEC All-Freshman honors after throwing a mark of 59-4 to fi nish 10th at the SEC Championships... fi nished runner-up in the shot put at the Jace Lacoste Invitational with a throw of threw a mark of 59 feet, 8 1/2 inches to fi nish 15th in the shot put elite invitational at the Mt. SAC Relays placed fourth in the shot put (58-5 3/4) and ninth in the discus (158-7) at the Alabama-Mississippi Border Clash won the shot put at the Crimson Tide Invitational with a mark of 59-9 Placed fi fth in the discus with a season-best mark of at the Yellow Jacket Invitational at the Alabama Relays, fi nished runner-up in the shot-put with a mark of /4 and competed in the discus (160-4). Placed 15th in the shot put with a mark of 58 feet, inches at the NCAA Indoor Championships fi nished runner-up in the shot put at the SEC Championships with a personal-best mark of /4 threw /4 in the shot put at the Tyson Invitational to fi nish runner-up fi nished seventh in the shot put at the Indiana Relays with a throw of /2 earned a sixth-place fi nish in shot put with a mark of /4 at the Rod McCravy Memorial... placed fi fth in shot put at the Auburn Invitational with a mark of /4. FRESHMAN ( ) Did not compete for Alabama while redshirting. PREP AND PERSONAL Won 2012 Pennsylvania state shot put title while placing second in the javelin and third in the discus... played football and competed in track and fi eld throughout high school career... served as a defensive lineman and punter on the football team... son of Douglas and Patricia Felpel... youngest of fi ve children... born July 26, 1993, in Ephrata, Pa. KIMBERLEY FICENEC Middle Distance Senior Stafford, Va. (Mountain View) WOMEN S 4X400 RELAY ACCOLADES Second Team All-SEC, distance medley relay (2015 indoor) SEC All-Freshman, 800 meters (2013 Indoor) SENIOR ( ) Member of the women s 4x400-meter relay pool for the 2016 Championships... recorded a time of 2:05.74 in the 800-meter preliminaries to qualify for the fi - nals where she ran 2:09.23 to fi nish seventh at the SEC Championships clocked an 800-meter time of 2:07.29 to fi nish third in the event at the LSU Invitational fi nished third in the invitational section of the 1,500 meters at the War Eagle Invitational with a time of 4:21.72 produced an 800-meter time of 2:05.96 to fi nish sixth at the Florida Relays claimed the 800-meter title at the FSU Relays, clocking a time of 2:07.68 won the 800 meters at the Alabama Relays with a time of 2: Ran 2:09.33 in the 800 meter prelims at the SEC Championships to fi nish seventh and secure a spot in the fi - nals of the event where she ran 2:09.13 to fi nish fi fth clocked a time of 2:08.53 in the 800 meters to fi nish 13th at the Iowa State Classic fi nished fourth in the 800 meters in a time of 2:12.00 at the Indiana Relays ran 2:18.58 in the 800 meters at the Conference Clash. JUNIOR ( ) Clocked a 2:07.66 in the 800-meter semifi nals at the NCAA East Preliminaries fi nished sixth at the SEC Championships in the 800 meters with a time of 2:06.16 registered a 2:05.84 in the 800 meters at the LSU Invitational to fi nish fi fth in the event ran 2:05.97 in the 800 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays to fi nish second in the Open Section C won the 800 meters at the Crimson Tide Invitational with a time of 2:08.43 won the 1,500 meters in a personal-record time of 4:24.92 at the Alabama Relays. Crossed the 800-meter fi nish line sixth in the fi nals of the SEC Championship in a time of 2:05.81 after qualifying with a second-place fi nish (2:08.86) in heat 2 of the semifi nals... shattered her personal record in the 800 meters with a time of 2:05.25 and fi nishing second at the Tyson Invitational... won the 800-meter (invitational) with a time of 2:10.06 at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational... clocked an 800-meter time of 2:07.20 to fi nish third at the Vanderbilt Invitational... fi nished third with a time of 2:08.31 in the 800-meter dash at the Auburn Invitational. Cross Country Rounded out Alabama s scorers at the NCAA South Regional 6k with a personal-best time of 20:50.1 and a 46th-place fi nish... scored for Alabama in the SEC Championships 6k with a 32nd place fi nish and a time of 20: ran the Crimson Classic in 17:41.59, a new personal best in the 5k... ran a time of 21:17 in the Paul Short Invitational 6k... opened her season with a third 7

8 place fi nish at the Asheville Cross Country Carnival with a 5k time of 18: SOPHOMORE ( ) Ran the 800 meters at the NCAA East Preliminary in a time of 2: clocked a time of 2:09.37 in the prelim of the 800 meters and a time of 4:33.44 in the prelim of the 1,500 meters at the SEC Championships... fi nished third in the 800 meters with a personal-best time of 2:06.19 at the Jace Lacoste Invitational... clocked a time of 2:07.75 to place ninth in the 800 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays... set a personal record of 4:21.44 to fi nish runner-up in the 1,500 meters at the Alabama- Mississippi Border Clash... fi nished fi fth in the 800 with a time of 2:09.48 at the Crimson Tide Invitational... won the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:26.13 at the Alabama Relays... also served on the winning distance medley relay team that clocked a time of 11:47.04 at the Alabama Relays. Ran a 2:12.54 in the 800 meters at the SEC Championships... also served on the distance medley relay team that fi nished eighth with a time of 11:37.76 at the SEC Championships... placed eighth in the 800-meter run at the Tyson Invitational with a time of 2: fi nished seventh in the 800 meters with a time of 2:11.37 at the Rod McCravy Memorial... clocked a career-best 4:52.07 to fi nish fi fth in the mile at the Auburn Invitational. Cross Country Placed 65th at the 6k NCAA South Region by running her best 6k time of the year (21:32.42)... ran a 22:32.83 at the SEC Championships, fi nishing 77th... ran a 22:59 at the 6k Paul Short Invitational and fi nished 237th... fi nished ninth at the Iowa Invitational with a time of 14:28.36 in the 4k race... clocked a 2+ mile time of 11:57.09 at the Samford Dual to fi nish eighth. FRESHMAN ( ) Ran in the preliminaries of the 1,500 meters and fi nished 22nd at the SEC Outdoor Championships... contributed to a second-place fi nish in the distance medley with a time of 11:09.50 and a sixth-place fi nish in the 4x800 meters at the Drake Relays... recorded a time of 2:07.89 in the 800 meters at the LSU Alumni Gold meet... collected a time of 2:10.02 in the 800 meters at the Crimson Tide Invitational... placed fi rst in the 800 meters with a PR of 2:09.75 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... clocked a PR and a fi rst-place standing with a time of 4:28.23 in the 1,500 meters at the Alabama Relays. Earned All-SEC honors while placing eighth in the 800 meters in a time of 2:07.78 and contributed to an eighth-place fi nish in the distance medley with a mark of 11:32.52 at the 2013 SEC Indoor Championships... placed fi rst in the 800-meter run at the Colligan Memorial meet... clocked a time of 4:58.32 in the mile at the Indiana Relays and placed ninth... ran a 2:09.11 at the Auburn Invitational in the 800 meters, fi nishing second... ran a leg of the 4x400 relay team at the Crimson Tide Indoor Opener... fi nished fourth with a 4:54.15 mile time at the Crimson Tide Indoor. Cross Country Finished 18th at the Crimson Tide Kickoff on September 1 in a 3k time of 11: was 79th at the SEC Championships in a 6k time of 22: placed 95th at the NCAA South Regional with a 6k time of 22:00.4. PREP AND PERSONAL Owned the fi fth fastest high school 800 meters time in the nation as a senior at Mountain View High School in Stafford, Va., with a personal best of 2:06.84 at the Southern Track Classic... fi nished second at the Virginia state championships in the won state championships in the 800 and 1,000 meters during the indoor season... was second in the 1,600 meters at the state meet... as a junior, was the state runner-up in the 800 meters and claimed a national championship at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals... goes by Kimi... daughter of Zdenek Ficenec and Hana Becker... parents are from Czechoslovakia... one of eight children... born July 23, KORD FERGUSON Throws Redshirt Freshman Ottawa, Kan. (Wichita State) MEN S SHOT PUT FINALIST MEN S DISCUS FINALST REDSHIRT FRESHMAN ( ) Qualifi ed for the 2016 Championships in the shot put with a throw of /4 (18.62m) and the discus with an effort of (59.00m) at the East Regional... claimed second in the discus (191-11, 58.51m) and third in the shot put (62-6, 19.05m) at his fi rst outdoor SEC Championships to collect 14 points for the Tide s team total fi nished third in the discus with a throw of (57.42m) and placed third in the shot put with a mark of 59-0 (17.98m) at the LSU Invitational recorded a toss of (58.61m) in the discus to fi nish second at the War Eagle Invitational threw /4 (17.96m) in the shot put to fi nish sixth and registered a toss of (59.50m) in the discus to win the event at the Battle on the Bayou recorded a personal best of (60.13m) to fi nish sixth in the discus and threw /4 (18.13m) in the shot put to fi nish sixth at the Florida Relays won the shot put with a throw of /2 (18.68m) at the FSU Relays fi nished second in the Alabama Relays discus with a toss of (58.98m). Threw /4 (18.10m) in the shot put to fi nish fi fth at the SEC Championships fi nished third in the shot put with a toss of /2 (17.84m) at the LSU High Performance Meet produced a season-best throw of (17.93m) in the shot put to fi nish runner-up at the Indiana Relays threw 56-8 (17.27m) in the shot put to fi nish 10th at the Conference Clash recorded a shot-put toss of (17.64m) to fi nish fourth in the event at the Commodore Indoor Invitational. FRESHMAN ( ) Did not compete for Alabama while redshirting. PREP AND PERSONAL Has personal bests of /4 (59.84m) in the discus and /4 (17.84m) in the shot put, both of which he threw while competing unattached at Wichita State during the 2015 season... claimed the discus title at the 2014 USATF Junior Championships... holds the KSHSAA 4A State Track & Field Championships record in the discus and shot put... is a two-time state champion in the discus and shot put, going undefeated in both events during his senior season at Ottawa High School. 8 JUSTIN FONDREN Jumps Senior Oxford, Miss. (Oxford) MEN S HIGH JUMP FINALIST ACCOLADES Second Team All-America, outdoor high jump (2015) Second Team All-SEC, outdoor high jump (2015) Second Team All-America, indoor high jump (2015) First Team All-America, outdoor high jump (2014) Second Team All-SEC, outdoor high jump (2013) USA Junior Track & Field Champion, high jump (2013) SEC All-Freshman Team, outdoor high jump (2013) SEC All-Freshman Team, indoor high jump (2013) SENIOR ( ) Qualifi ed for the 2016 Championships with a jump of /4 (2.12m) at the East Regional... recorded a clearance of 7-0 1/2 (2.15m) in the high jump to fi nish fourth at the SEC Championships won the high jump clearing /2 (2.12m) at the LSU Invitational produced a clearance of 7-0 1/2 (2.15m) in the high jump to fi nish third in the event at the War Eagle Invitational cleared /4 (2.13m) in the high jump to fi nish second in the event at the Battle on the Bayou jumped 6-11 (2.11m) in the high jump at the Florida Relays to fi nish fourth in the event cleared 6-9 to win the high jump at the FSU Relays opened the outdoor season with a winning clearance of /4 in the high jump at the Alabama Relays. Cleared /2 (2.12m) in the high jump to fi nish third at the SEC Championships jumped 7-1 (2.16m) in the high jump to fi nish 10th in the invitational section of the event at the Tyson Invitational produced a season-best mark at the Indiana Relays to win the high jump, clearing 7-1 3/4 (2.18m) fi nished second in the high jump with a clearance of 7-0 1/2 (2.15m) at the Conference Clash cleared /2 (2.12m) to fi nish second in the high jump at the Commodore Indoor Invitational. JUNIOR ( ) Cleared /2 (2.12m) at the NCAA Championships to place 14th recorded the top mark at the NCAA East Prelims, jumping /4 (2.13m) fi nished second in the high jump at the SEC Championships with a height of /4 (2.09m) cleared /4 (2.09m) to win the high jump at the LSU Invitational won the men s high jump at the John Jacobs Invitational, jumping /4 (2.10m) cleared /4 (2.10m) in the high jump to fi nish second at the Border Clash fi nished third in the Pepsi Florida Relays high jump with a season-best clearance of 7-1 (2.16m) cleared /4 (2.10m) to fi nish second in his outdoor high jump debut at the Crimson Tide Invitational. Cleared (2.15m) in the high jump at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships to fi nish 12th fi nished second in the high jump with a clearance of 7-2 1/4 (2.19m) at the SEC Championships cleared a personal-best 7-3 (2.21m) to fi nish sixth in the invite section of the high jump at the Tyson Invitational tied his personal best of 7-1 3/4 (2.18m) to fi nish third at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational

9 jumped 7-1 to fi nish second at the New Mexico Team Invitational cleared 7-0 1/2 to place second in the high jump at the Vanderbilt Invitational jumped /4 to place fourth at the Auburn Invitational. SOPHOMORE ( ) Placed fi fth in the high jump at the NCAA Championships with a mark of 7-2 1/2 to earn fi rst team All-America honors fi nished tied for fi rst in the high jump with after clearing 7-1 ½ at the NCAA East Preliminary to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships was the top collegiate fi nisher in the high jump with a mark of 7-2 ½ at the Jace Lacoste Invitational... fi nished runner-up in the high jump at the Mt. SAC Relays with a clearance of 7-0 1/4 won the high jump for the fourth consecutive week by clearing 7-0 1/4 at the Alabama-Mississippi Border Clash set a new personal record in the high jump when he cleared 7-3 to win the event at the Crimson Tide Invitational jumped 7-1 to win the high jump at the Yellow Jacket Invitational cleared 7-1 1/2 to win the high jump at the Alabama Relays. Tied for third at the SEC Indoor Championships with a mark of 6 feet, 9 inches tied for sixth at the Tyson Invitational with a high jump of won the high jump at the Indiana Relays with a personal-best mark of 7-1 3/4... won the high jump at the Rod McCravy Memorial with a mark of 7-0 1/2... posted a mark of /4 in the high jump to fi nish third at the Auburn Invitational. FRESHMAN ( ) Competed at the Pan American Junior Championships (Medellin, Colombia) in August and fi nished third in the high jump with a mark of 6-11 ¾ (2.13 meters)... won the high jump at the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships in June with a mark of 7-1 ¾ (2.18 meters)... fi nished 13th at the NCAA Championships with a leap of 7-0 ½ (2.15 meters)... posted a mark of 7-0 ¼ at the NCAA East Regional to tie for eighth and qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships... earned All-SEC honors as high jump runner-up at the SEC Outdoor Championships clearing a personal-best mark of 7-2 ¼... recorded a 6-11 ½ in the high jump at the Drake Relays, placing third... high jump runnerup at the LSU Alumni Gold with a mark of 6-11 ½... recorded a 6-8 ¾ at the Spec Towns Invitational to fi nish fi fth... high jump runner-up with a mark of 7-0 ¼ at the Crimson Tide Invitational... recorded a 6-10 ¾ at the Yellow Jacket Invitational, good enough for third. Set a seasonal best in the high jump at the SEC Championships with a mark of 6-11 ¾, fi nishing third... picked up a fourth-place high jump fi nish at the Colligan Memorial with a mark of 6-8 ¾... added another top-10 fi nish at the Indiana Relays with a jump of 6-9, fi nishing fourth... won the high jump at the Auburn Invitational with a 6-10 ¼... tied for second at the Crimson Tide Opener with a jump of 6-7 ½. PREP AND PERSONAL Three-time state high jump champion in Mississippi (2010, 2011 and 2012), while jumping for Oxford High School... named 2012 Gatorade Athlete of the Year for Mississippi... two-time all-american... state high jump runner-up as a freshman in high school national champion in the high jump, after being national runner-up in placed third at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Lile, France... led Oxford High School to state titles in 2010, 2011 and named MVP of Oxford s basketball team in 2011 and all-state selection in basketball... very active in high school, participating in the drum line while being voted Prom King and selected Mr. OHS by the student body... coached in track and fi eld by Scott Kendricks at OHS... began competing in track at age son of Johnny and Gwendylin Fondren... one of four children... born Feb. 2, 1994, in Oxford, Miss. KATIE FUNCHEON Sprints Freshman Bamberg, Germany (Bamberg) WOMEN S 4X400 RELAY FRESHMAN ( ) Member of the women s 4x400-meter relay pool at the 2016 Championships... ran the anchor leg of the relay at the East Regional as Alabama qualifi ed in a time of 3: posted a prelim time of in the 400 meters to fi nish fourth in the fi fth heat of the event at the SEC Championships clocked a time of in the 400 meters to fi nish 11th in the event at the LSU Invitational registered a time of in the 200 meters to fi nish fourth in the event at the War Eagle Invitational sprinted to the 200-meter fi nish line in to place 16th in the event at the Battle on the Bayou clocked a time of in the 400 meters to fi nish fourth in the event at the FSU Relays. Clocked a 400-meter prelim time of to claim the 31st-best time in the event at the SEC Championships and ran a leg of the 4x400-meter relay that fi nished seventh in a time of 3:39.41 registered a time of in the 400 meters to fi nish 19th at the Tyson Invitational crossed the 200-meter fi nish in a time of at the New Mexico Classic sprinted to the 200-meter fi nish in a time of at the Indiana Relays clocked a time of in the 400 meters at the Conference Clash fi nished fourth in the 400 meters with a time of at the Commodore Indoor Invitational. PREP AND PERSONAL Swept the 100-meter dash and the 200-meter dash in the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity European Championships in 2013 as a sophomore and 2014 as a junior helped Bamberg High School win the Division III team title despite the school bringing only three athletes to the meet competed for Moanalua High School in Honolulu, Hawaii, for her senior season she was named the Hawaii Gatorade State Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year in 2015 won both the 100 meters and the 200 meters at the Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA) State Championship meet, positing the fastest times in Hawaii prep history in both events. DIAMOND GAUSE Sprints Junior Reynoldsburg, Ohio (South Plains College) WOMEN S 4X400 RELAY JUNIOR ( ) Member of the women s 4x400-meter relay pool at the 2016 Championships... ran the second leg of the relay at the East Regional as Alabama qualifi ed in a time of 3: clocked a 200-meter prelim time of to qualify for the fi nals of the event where she ran to fi nish sixth at the SEC Championships also ran in the 100-meter prelims at the SEC Championships, clocking a time of to fi nish second in the fourth heat of the event ran in the 200 meters to fi nish 13th at the LSU Invitational clocked a time of in the 100 meters to fi nish second in the event and won the 200 meters with a time of at the War Eagle Invitational registered a time of in the 100 meters at the Florida Relays claimed fi rst in the 100 meters with a time of at the FSU Relays won the invitational section of the 100 meters at the Alabama Relays with a time of Ran the 60-meter prelims in 7.46 to clock the 18th-best time and the 200-meter prelims in to clock the 20th-best time at the SEC Championships also ran a leg of the 4x400-meter relays team that took seventh in 3:39.41 at the SEC Championships registered a time of in the 200 meters at the Tyson Invitational to fi nish 26th clocked a time of in the 200 meters at the New Mexico Classic to fi nish eighth and fi nished the 60-meter preliminaries in a time of 7.52 to qualify for the semifi nal where she ran 7.62 ran 7.74 in the 60-meter preliminary race at the Indiana Relays recorded a 60-meter preliminary time of 7.55 and a 200-meter preliminary time of at the Conference Clash ran 7.56 in the 60-meter dash preliminaries to qualify for the fi nals where she clocked a time of 7.51 to fi nish fourth at the Commodore Indoor Invitational. SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE ( ) Earned three All-America honors during her time at South Plains College won the 2015 NJCAA indoor national championship in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.35 fi nished second in the 200 meters at the 2015 NJCAA Indoor Championships, clocking a time of ran the second leg of South Plain s national championship 4x400-meter relay (44.40) in 2014 fi nished second in both the 100 meters (11.41) and the 200 meters (23.51) at the 2014 NJCAA Outdoor Championships coached by Blaine Wiley at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas. PREP AND PERSONAL Clocked a 100-meter time of to win the event at the 2013 Ohio Division I State Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Ran a 200-meter time of to claim the event title at the 2012 Ohio Division I State Outdoor Track and Field Championships Won the 60-meter dash at the 2013 Ohio Division I State Indoor Track and Field Championships, recording a time of

10 daughter of Darian Noble and Towanda Hamby born on April 4, 1994, in Wilmington, N.C. ALEX GHOLSTON Sprints Junior Town Creek, Ala. (R.A. Hubbard) WOMEN S 400 METERS SEMIFINALIST WOMEN S 4X400 RELAY ACCOLADES Second Team All-America, outdoor 400 meters (2015) Second Team All-America, outdoor 4x100 relay (2015) JUNIOR ( ) Qualifi ed for the 2016 Championships in the 400 meters with a time of at the East Regional... member of the women s 4x400-meter relay pool at the 2016 Championships... ran the lead leg of the relay at the East Regional as Alabama qualifi ed in a time of 3: posted a prelim time of to win her heat of the 400 meters and qualify for the fi nals where she ran a personal record of to fi nish fi fth at the SEC Championships ran in the 400 meters to fi nish fi fth at the LSU Invitational registered a 200-meter time of to fi nish ninth in the event at the War Eagle Invitational clocked a time of to fi nish third in the 400 meters at the Battle on the Bayou led the Alabama contingent in the 400 meters at the Florida Relays, recording a time of to fi nish 13th overall ran the 400 meters in to fi nish third in the event at the FSU Relays. Participated in the 4x400-meter relay that fi nished seventh in 3:39.41 at the SEC Championships ran a leg of the 4x400-meter relay that fi nished third at the Tyson Invitational. SOPHOMORE ( ) Recorded a in the 400 meters at the NCAA Championships served as the third leg for the 4x100- meters relay team that crossed the fi nish line in at the NCAA Championships ran a personal-best in the 400 meters at the NCAA East Prelims placed third in the 400 meters at the SEC Championships ran the third leg on the 4x100-meter relay team that fi nished fi fth at the SEC Championships with a time of clocked a in the 400 meters to fi nish third at the LSU Invitational ran the No. 7 time in Alabama history in the women s 400 meters, winning the event in in the Border Clash, while also running in the women s 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:43.54 to fi nish second posted a time of at the 400 meters at the Florida Relays ran in the 200-meter dash at the Crimson Tide Invitational to fi nish third. Won heat 10 of the 400-meter dash semi-fi nals at the SEC Championships with a time of fi nished 16th in the 400-meter dash with a time of at the Tyson Invitational... ran the 400-meter dash in to take fourth at the New Mexico Team Invitational... shattered her 400-meter indoor personal best, running to win the event at the Vanderbilt Invitational... ran a time of in the 200-meter dash placing 17th at the Auburn Invitational. FRESHMAN ( ) Ran the 400 meters at the NCAA East Preliminary in a time of also served on the 4x400-meter relay team that clocked a time of 3:37.43 at the NCAA East Preliminary clocked a personal-best time of in the prelim of the 400 meters at the SEC Championships also ran the second leg on the 4x400-meter relay team that took sixth place with a season-best time of 3:35.90 at the SEC Championships placed third in the 400 meters with a time of at the Jace Lacoste Invitational also served as the third leg of the 4x400- meter relay team that fi nished runner-up at the Jace Lacoste Invitational with a time of 3:42.45 ran the 400 meters in a time of at the Mt. SAC Relays also was a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that clocked a time of 3:40.31 to place tenth at the Mt. SAC Relays fi nished runner-up in the 400 meters with a time of and ran on the winning 4x400-meter relay team (3:38.29) at the Alabama-Mississippi Border Clash placed fourth in the 400 meters with a time of at the Crimson Tide Invitational also served as the anchor leg of the runner-up 4x400-meter relay lineup that recorded a time of 3:40.57 at the Crimson Tide Invitational fi nished ninth in the 400 meters with a time of at the Yellow Jacket Invitational also ran a leg on the runner-up 4x400-meter relay team that clocked a time of 3:41.56 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ran the fi rst leg of the 4x400-meter relay as the Tide fi nished runner-up with a time of 3:41.11 at the Alabama Relays. Recorded a time of in the 400 meters at the SEC Championships also served on the 4x400-meter relay team that placed seventh (3:41.80) at the SEC Championships clocked a in the 400-meter dash at the Tyson Invitational... ran the fi rst leg of the 4x400 relay team that fi nished 18th with a time of 3:42.26 at the Tyson Invitational...placed eighth in the 200-meter dash with a time of at the Indiana Relays... also ran the 400 meters at the Indiana Relays, fi nishing fi fth with a time of a Finished 13th in the 400 meters with a season-best time of ran the fi rst leg of the 4x400 relay team that fi nished third (3:48.59) at the Auburn Invitational... ran the 400 meters in to place seventh at the Auburn Invitational. PREP AND PERSONAL One of the most decorated and accomplished multisport athletes in Alabama history, excelling in both track and fi eld and basketball a 15-time individual Alabama state champion in track and fi eld holds Class 1A state records in four events (100, 200, 400 and long jump) the 2013 AHSAA state champion in the 400 meters (55.69) in addition to placing third in the 100 (12.79), second in the 200 (25.24) and second in the long jump (16-2) set Class 1A state records in four events (100, 200, 400 and long jump) the 2012 AHSAA state champion in the 100, 200, 400 and long jump set the state record in the 400 three times, most recently at the 2012 AHSAA meet with a time of won the 2012 state title in the 200 at holds the Alabama state record in the 200 at 24.76, set in 2011 has a PR in the 100 of led her basketball team to two Class 1A state championships (2009 and 2011) and was the 2012 Alabama Class 1A Women s Basketball Player of the Year averaged 24 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists per game at point as a senior... coached by Nick Vinson at R.A. Hubbard High School daughter of Freddie and Yvonne Gholston born March 1, 1995, in Decatur, Ala. 10 ELIAS HAKANSSON Throws Redshirt Junior Halmstad, Sweden MEN S HAMMER THROW FINALIST ACCOLADES First Team All-America, indoor weight throw (2014) First Team All-America, outdoor hammer (2013) Second Team All-SEC, outdoor hammer (2014) Second Team All-SEC, indoor weight throw (2014) SEC All-Freshman Team, outdoor hammer (2013) SEC All-Freshman Team, indoor weight throw (2013) Named SEC Freshman of the Week following performance at the 2013 Colligan Memorial REDSHIRT JUNIOR ( ) Qualifi ed for the 2016 Championships with a throw of (66.54m) at the East Regional... fi nished fourth in the hammer at the SEC Championships with a best throw of (68.46m) recorded a mark of (67.84m) to fi nish fi rst at the LSU Invitational won the hammer throw at the War Eagle Invitational with a toss of (67.39m) registered a mark of (69.29m) in the hammer throw to fi nish as the runner-up in the event at the Battle on the Bayou. Finished fourth in the weight throw with a best toss of /2 (20.76m) at the SEC Championships registered a mark of 62-8 (19.10m) to fi nish fi fth in the weight throw at the LSU High Performance Meet fi nished second in the weight throw at the Indiana Relays with a toss of /2 (20.00m) recorded a mark of /4 (20.02m) in the weight throw to fi nish sixth at the Conference Clash. JUNIOR ( ) Did not compete SOPHOMORE ( ) Placed sixth in the hammer throw (214-4) at the NCAA East Prelim to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships fi nished runner-up with a mark of at the SEC Championships to earn a spot on the All-SEC Second Team... placed seventh in the hammer throw with a mark of at the Mt. SAC Relays... won the hammer throw with a school record of at the Alabama Relays. Earned fi rst team All-America honors with a seventhplace fi nish after a school record weight throw of 70 feet, 8 inches at the NCAA Indoor Championships placed second in the weight throw at the SEC Championships with a mark of /4 inches fi nish third in the weight throw at the Tyson Invitational with a mark of won the weight throw event at the Auburn Invitational with a mark of /4. FRESHMAN ( ) Earned All-America honors at the NCAA Championships with an eighth-place fi nish via a best toss of (65.17 meters)... took fourth in the hammer throw at the NCAA East Preliminary with a throw of 211-1, earning a berth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships... bettered his own UA school record in the hammer throw at the SEC Championships with a mark of and fi nished 3rd... set the UA record

11 for hammer throw at the Samford Multi Invitational with a mark of 211-4, winning the event in the process... fi nished fi rst at the Crimson Tide Invitational with a mark of in the hammer throw... won the hammer throw with a mark at the Alabama Relays. Set the weight throw school record at the LSU Indoor Invitational with a mark of 67-6 ¼... went on to place third at the SEC Championships with a mark of initially set the school indoor record for weight throw at the Colligan with a distance of 66-9 ¼... named SEC Freshman of the Week for performances at the Colligan... recorded a weight throw mark of ½ at the Indiana Relays, good for a fourth-place fi nish in the invitational weight throw... won weight throw with a ½ at the Auburn Invitational... fi nished seventh in fi rst career collegiate meet, with a weight throw of PREP AND PERSONAL Had an outstanding junior career in Scandinavia... coached by his father Lars at Sparvagen FK... graduated high school in 2010 and sat out the season due to injury before signing with Alabama... son of Lars and Gunilla Hakansson... youngest of three children... born Feb. 29, 1992, in Jonkoping, Sweden. DANIEL HAUGH Throws Redshirt Freshman Marietta, GA. (St. Pius X Catholic) MEN S DISCUS FINALIST ACCOLADES SEC co-freshman Field Athlete of the Year (2016) SEC Champion, men s discus (2016) Second Team All-SEC, indoor weight throw (2015) REDSHIRT FRESHMAN ( ) Qualifi ed for the 2016 Championships with a throw of (56.56m) at the East Regional... won his fi rst SEC Championships title in the discus with a throw of (59.53m) and fi nished seventh in the hammer with a toss of (65.63m) placed second in the discus throw with a mark of (57.68m) and fi n- ished fourth in the hammer throw with a toss of (65.92m) at the LSU Invitational claimed second place in the hammer throw at the War Eagle Invitational with a toss of (66.84m) and fi nished fourth in the discus with a toss of (56.14m) fi nished third in the discus (184-8, 56.28m) and fourth in the hammer (216-2, 65.89m) at the Battle on the Bayou recorded a mark of (65m) in the invitational section of the hammer throw to fi nish 10th in the event and fi nished eighth in the discus with a toss of (56.02m) at the Florida Relays won the hammer throw with a toss of (60.42m) and fi nished second in the discus with a throw of (55.17m) at the FSU Relays. Finished fi fth in the weight throw with a toss of /4 (20.68m) at the SEC Championships threw 67-0 (20.42m) to fi nish second in the weight throw at the LSU High Performance Meet won the weight throw with a toss of /4 (20.64m) at the Indiana Relays recorded a best throw of /4 (20.86m) in the weight throw to fi nish third in the event at the Conference Clash fi nished second in the men s weight throw with a toss of /4 (19.72m) at the Commodore Indoor Invitational. FRESHMAN ( ) Did not compete. Threw a personal best 68-7 (20.90m) in the weight throw to fi nish third at the SEC Championships... fi nished 11th at the Tyson Invitational with a throw of /4 (19.27m) threw /4 (19.04m) to fi nish fi fth at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite took sixth in the weight throw invitational with a throw of 19.30m (63-3 3/4) at the Indiana Relays. PREP AND PERSONAL One of the nation s top prep throwers during his high school career... coached by Mike Judge of the Throw 1 Deep Track Club... as a junior in 2013, earned Prep all- America honors in the hammer, discus and weight throw... the 2013 Georgia state champion in the hammer, discus and weight throw... broke the national junior outdoor record in the 25 lb. weight throw with a toss of 82-8 ¼ (25.20 meters)... set a Georgia state record in the hammer with a throw of (71.91 meters)... helped lead St. Pius X to the 2013 team title at the Georgia Class 3A Outdoor Championships... earned a spot on the 2013 USA Track & Field Junior National Team... son of Jordan and Yvonne Haugh... born May 3, 1995 in Marietta, Ga. ANTIBAHS KOSGEI Distance Junior Eldoret, Kenya (South Plains College) MEN S 10,000 METERS FINALIST ACCOLADES 2015 SEC Cross Country Champion, 8k All-SEC First Team, 2015 Cross Country JUNIOR ( ) Qualifi ed for the 2016 Championships with a time of 30:03.59 at the East Regional... competed in three events at the SEC Championships, fi nishing as the runner-up in the 10,000 meters (29:49.16), 10th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:00.53), and fi fth in the 5,000 meters (14:08.08) fi nished eighth in the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:54.11 at the LSU Invitational won the invitational section of the 5,000 meters at the War Eagle Invitational with a time of 14:38.68 fi nished the 10,000 meters in 29:19.63 at the Stanford Invitational. Registered a 5,000-meter time of 14:10.62 to fi nish 6th in the event at the SEC Championships ran the 3,000 meters in a time of 8:13.39 to fi nish as the runner-up at the Indiana Relays clocked a 3,000-meter time of 8:19.56 to fi nish sixth at the Conference Clash fi nished eighth in the mile with a time of 4:10.07 at the Commodore Indoor Invitational. Cross Country Competed at the 2015 NCAA Cross Country Championships with a time of 30: won the NCAA South Regional 10k race with a time of 30: Winner of the SEC Cross Country Championships crossing the finish line with a time of 23: Clocked a time of 24:17.47 at the Crimson Classic to finish as the runner-up ran 25:08.9 to win the Cowboy Jamboree 8k won the Brooks Twilight Classic 4-mile race in his Crimson Tide debut, running 19: PREP AND PERSONAL Placed in the top six in three events at the 2015 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Indoor Championships (5,000 2nd, 15:01.23; 3,000 3rd, 8:47.20; Mile 6th, 4:22.28) 5th in the 5,000 at the 2014 NJCAA Outdoor Championships in 14: nd at the 2014 NJCAA Cross Country Championships (8k) in 24:25.00 Led South Plains to a third-place team finish at the 2014 NJCAA Cross Country Championships Won the NJCAA Region 5 meet in the 8k with a time of 23:49.00, leading South Plains to a team title Helped lead South Plains to a third-place team finish at the 2013 NJCAA Cross Country Championships with a sixthplace finish in 25:33.5 (8k) Was the 2013 NJCAA Region 5 champion in the 8k running a time of 25:15.61 Placed 6th at the 2013 NJCAA Half-Marathon Championships... Has personal bests of 3:53.01 in the 1,500 meters, 4:19.43 in the Mile, 9:09.78 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, 14:51.27 in the 5,000 meters, and 32:40.99 in the 10,000 meters is the son of David and Christin Mwey... born Aug. 8, 1994 in Eldoret, Kenya. TADASHI PINDER Sprints Senior Locust Grove, Ga. (Luella) MEN S 100 METERS SEMIFINALIST ACCOLADES First Team All-America, outdoor 4x100 relay (2015) SENIOR ( ) Qualifi ed for the 2016 Championships with a time of at the East Regional... ran a in the regional prelims... clocked a time of in the 100-meter prelims to fi nish third in the fi rst heat of the event at the SEC Championships fi nished eighth in the 100 meters with a time of at the LSU Invitational Registered a 100-meter time of to fi nish second in the event at the War Eagle Invitational clocked a time of in the 200 meters to fi nish 13th in the event at the Battle on the Bayou posted a personal-best time of in the 100 meters to claim eighthplace in the 100 meters at the Florida Relays ran in the 100 meters to fi nish third at the FSU Relays. Ran the 16th-best time in the 60-meter prelims at the SEC Championships, clocking a time of 6.83 also ran the 200-meter prelims at the SEC Championships, clocking a time of to fi nish 23rd in the event registered a 200-meter time of to fi nish 14th in the open section of the event and ran the 60-meter preliminaries in a time of 6.94 at the Tyson Invitational competed in the 60-meter preliminaries at the New Mexico Classic, crossing the line in a time of 6.95 and ran in the 200 meters ran to fi nish fi fth in the 60-meter fi nals at the Indiana Relays after running 6.88 in the event preliminaries ran 6.88 in the 60-meter preliminaries and in the 200-meter preliminaries at the Conference Clash ran 6.93 in the 60-meter dash to fi nish fi rst in his heat at the Commodore Indoor Invitational. JUNIOR ( ) Was the anchor leg for the 4x100-meter relay team that fi nished eighth at the NCAA Championships in a time of helped the 4x100-meter relay team

12 record a time of to fi nish fourth at the NCAA East Prelims by serving as the anchor leg ran the anchor leg on the 4x100-meter relay team that placed third at the SEC Championships, crossing the fi nish line in posted a time of in the 100 meters to fi nish seventh and a time of in the 200 meters to fi nish 11th at the LSU Invitational ran in the 100 meters and in the 200 meters to fi nish sixth and seventh respectively at the John Jacobs Invitational placed sixth in the 100-meter dash with a time of at the Border Clash, while also winning the 4x100-meter relay with a time of ran to fi nish 20th in the Pepsi Florida Relays 100-meter dash posted a second place fi nish in the 100 meters at the Crimson Tide Invitational by running a wind-legal time of fi nished 10th in the invitational section of the 100-meter dash with a time of at the Alabama Relays. Ran 6.86 in the 60-meter dash prelims at the Tyson Invitational... fi nished third in heat three of the 60-meter prelims at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational with a time of placed 15th in the 200 meters (21.92) and ran the 60-meter dash in a preliminary time of 6.83 at the New Mexico Team Invitational... ran 6.94 in the 60-meter dash prelims and fi nished 11th in the 200-meter dash in a time of at the Vanderbilt Invitational. Transferred to Alabama from Virginia Tech in the summer of SOPHOMORE (VIRGINIA TECH ) Posted a second place fi nish in the 100-meter dash at the ACC Championships with a personal best time of seconds... qualifi ed for the NCAA East Regional... hit a personal best of seconds in the men s 200-meter race at the Hurricane Invitational. Posted a career-best mark of 6.78 seconds ni the 60-meter dash at the ACC Championships en route to a fi fth-place fi nish... ran a career-best in the 200-meter race (21.75) at the VT Elite Meet. FRESHMAN (VIRGINIA TECH ) Ran the second leg on the silver medal 4x100 relay team at the ACC Championship (40.07)... took seventh in the 100 (10.56) and 200 (21.67) meters at the ACC Championship... qualifi ed for the 100-meter fi nals by clocking a season best time of posted a 200-meter season best in the prelims at the ACC Championship (21.36)... member of the 4x100 relay team that was 14th at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (40.01)... fi nished 21st in the 200 meters at the NCAA East Prelims (21.31)... earned his fi rst win of the season in the 100 meters at the Bob Pollock Invitational with a time of Was on the 4x400 relay that claimed All-ACC honors with a third place fi nish with a season best time of 3: finished sixth in the 60 meters at the ACC Championship (6.83)... clocked a season best 60-meter time of 6.72 at the VT Final Qualifi er... fi nished 10th in the 200 meters at the ACC Championship (21.94)... notched a season best time of in the 200 meters at the Hokie Invitational. PREP AND PERSONAL Earned all-region and all-state honors in 2012 in the 100 meters... selected to 5A fi rst team... named Henry County Athlete of the Year and Henry County Track Athlete of the Year... broke school records in the 100m, 200m, 4x100 relay and 4x400 relay... son of Horace and Natasha Brown... born January 6, 1994 in Nassau, Bahamas. HAYDEN REED Throws Junior Orange, Texas (Little Cypress-Mauriceville) MEN S DISCUS FINALIST ACCOLADES Second Team All-America, outdoor discus (2015) Second Team All-SEC, outdoor discus (2015) USATF Champion, discus (2014) NCAA Champion, discus (2014) First Team All-America, discus (2014) Second Team All-SEC, discus (2014) SEC All-Freshman Team, discus (2014) Named SEC Men s Freshman of the Week following performance at the 2014 Alabama-Mississippi Border Clash. JUNIOR ( ) Qualifi ed for the 2016 Championships with a throw of (58.69m) at the East Regional... the effort was his second-best of the season... recorded a toss of (55.58m) in the discus to fi nish fi fth and threw 57-7 (17.55m) in the shot put to fi nish seventh at the SEC Championships placed fi fth in the discus with a throw of (55.60m) and fi nished eighth in the shot put with a toss of 55-9 ¼ (17.00m) at the LSU Invitational threw (57.40) in the discus to fi nish third and /4 (16.30m) in the shot put to fi nish fourth at the War Eagle Invitational registered a toss of /4 (15.98m) in the shot put to fi nish 11th and threw (54.80m) in the discus to fi nish fourth in the event at the Battle on the Bayou recorded a toss of (60.83m) in the discus to fi nish as the runner-up and threw 55-9 (16.99m) in the shot put to fi nish 10th at the Florida Relays threw /4 (16.63m) in the shot put and won the discus with a throw of (55.69m) at the FSU Relays fi nished third in the Alabama Relays discus with a throw of (58.45m). Finished eighth in the shot put at the SEC Championships with a best throw of /4 (17.14m) threw (17.32m) in the shot put to fi nish fourth at the LSU High Performance Meet recorded a toss of /4 (17.21m) in the shot put to fi nish third at the Indiana Relays threw 56-0 (17.07m) in the shot put to fi nish 12th at the Conference Clash fi nished fi fth in the shot put with a best mark of /4 (17.20m) at the Commodore Indoor Invitational. SOPHOMORE ( ) Threw (57.93) at the NCAA Championships to fi nish 12th in the discus tossed a (60.47m) to claim second place in the discus at the SEC Championships recorded a best mark of /2 (16.42m) to place 11th at the SEC Championships in the shot put fi nished as the runner-up in the discus with a toss of (60.12m) and earned third place in the shot put with a throw of /4 (17.02m) at the LSU Invitational won the discus with a toss of (60.70m) and fi nished sixth in the shot put with a throw of /4 (16.86m) at the John Jacobs Invitational picked up the victory in the men s discuss with a best throw of (57.85m) at the Border Clash, while fi nishing fourth in the shot put with a throw of /2 (16.37m) threw (58.60m) in the discus at the Pepsi Florida Relays to fi nish third posted a mark of /2 (17.41m) in the shot put and (57.79m) in the discus to fi nish fourth in both events at the Crimson Tide Invitational fi nished runner-up in the shot put at Alabama Relays with a toss of /4 (17.76m) Won the discus with a throw of (59.90m) at the Alabama Relays. Finished eighth in the shot put at the SEC Championship with a toss of /4 (17.72m)... Threw the shot put /2 (16.01m) at the Tyson Invitational... fi nished ninth in the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational shot put with a toss of 56-3 (17.15m)... placed sixth in the shot put invitational with a throw of /4 (17.30m) at the Indiana Relays... threw 56-2 (17.12m) in the shot put at the Vanderbilt Invitational to fi nish fi fth... fi nished sixth in the shot put with a toss of /4 (17.22m) at the Auburn Invitational. REDSHIRT FRESHMAN ( ) Earned eight victories on the year (fi ve discus titles, three shot put titles), concluding with the NCAA discus title... won the discus title at the NCAA Championships with a mark of on his fi nal throw, becoming the second freshman in NCAA history to win the event fi nished fi fth in the discus with a mark of at the NCAA East Preliminary to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships earned SEC All-Freshman team and second team All-SEC honors after fi nishing runner-up in the discus with a personal-best mark of at the SEC Championships... won the discus with a mark of and placed third in the shot put (58-5 3/4) at the Jace Lacoste Invitational... fi nished fi fth in both the discus (196-9) and the shot put (57-3) at the Mt. SAC Relays... won the discus (193-10) and fi nished runner-up in the shot put (59-7) at the Crimson Tide Invitational... earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors after winning the shot put title with a mark of /2 and the discus title with a mark of at the Alabama-Mississippi Border Clash... swept the discus (193-7) and shot put (58-1) titles at the Yellow Jacket Invitational... at the Alabama Relays, won the shot put title with a mark of 60-3 and fi nished runner-up in the discus with a mark of Finished 12th in the shot put with a mark of /2 at the SEC Indoor Championships placed 11th in the shot put at the Tyson Invitational with a mark of /4... fi nished runner-up in the shot put with a mark of /4 at the Indiana Relays... threw a season best mark of /4 to place eighth in the shot put at the Rod McCravy Memorial... fi nished fourth in shot put at the Auburn Invitational with a mark of /4. FRESHMAN ( ) Redshirted and did not compete as a true freshman... picked up his second victory of the 2013 summer at the Pan American Junior Championships in Medellin, Colombia, with a discus throw of (62.49 meters)... also won the discus at the 2013 USA Track & Field Junior Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, with a winning throw of 206 feet, 2 inches (62.84 meters)... made that winning effort on his only legal throw of the day, easily outpacing the fi eld en route to earning a spot on the U.S. National Team that competed in the Pan American Junior Championships. PREP AND PERSONAL Top thrower in the Texas high school ranks over his junior and senior seasons at Little Cypress-Mauriceville High School Texas Class 4A state champion in the discus (196-2) and runner-up in the shot put (62-5 ¼)... as a junior, won 2011 Texas Class 4A state titles in both the shot put (62-8 ¾) and the discus (186-3)... as a sophomore at the 2010 Texas Class 4A state meet, he placed seventh in the discus (155-11) and fourth in the shot put (54-2 ¾)... set meet record in the shot put at the Texas A&M Indoor High School 12

13 meet... three-year starter in football and a three-time all-district selection... elected senior class president... member of the National Honor Society... coached by Randy Crouch and Jamie DeShazo at Little Cypress- Mauriceville... began competing in track and fi eld at age son of Neville and Ellen Reed... oldest of two children... born April 4, 1994, in Sulphur, La. HALEY TEEL Throws Sophomore Portland, Texas (Gregory-Portland) WOMEN S SHOT PUT FINALIST SOPHOMORE ( ) Qualifi ed for the 2016 Championships with a throw of /2 (16.26m) at the East Regional... recorded a toss of /2 (16.32m) to fi nish sixth and threw (51.81m) in the discus to fi nish eighth at the SEC Championships fi nished second in the shot put with a throw of /4 (16.02m) and sixth in the discus with a toss of (51.36m) at the LSU Invitational claimed third place in both the discus (166-8, 50.80m) and the shot put (52-7 1/2, 16.04m) at the War Eagle Invitational fi nished third in the shot put (52-0, 15.85m) and fi fth in the discus (159-3, 48.54m) at the Battle on the Bayou threw (54.03m) in the discus and /4 (16.26m) in the shot put to fi nish sixth in both event at the Florida Relays recorded a throw of /2 (15.71m) to win the shot put and fi nished third in the discus with a toss of (49.91m) at the FSU Relays fi nished second in shot put (50-8 3/4, 15.46m) and recorded a personal best (175-4, 53.45m) to fi nish third in the discus at the Alabama Relays. Finished sixth in the shot put with a toss of (15.80) and registered a 17th-place fi nish in the weight throw with a throw of /4 (16.44m) registered a mark of /2 (16.75m) in the weight throw to fi nish fi fth and /4 (15.89m) in the shot put to fi nish second at the LSU High Performance Meet fi n- ished fourth in the shot put with a best toss of /4 (15.13m) and threw 56-3 (17.14m) in the weight throw to fi nish 14th at the Indiana Relays threw /4 (16.11m) in the weight throw and fi nished fourth in the shot put with a toss of /4 (15.75m) at the Conference Clash fi nished sixth in her weight throw debut at the Commodore Indoor Invitational with a toss of /4 (16.73m) also threw /4 (15.65m) in the shot put to fi nish third at the Commodore Indoor Invitational. FRESHMAN ( ) Finished seventh in the discus at the SEC Championships with a mark of (49.09m) matched her personal best with a 51 foot toss in the shot put to fi nish third and threw (48.53m) in the discus to fi nish fourth at the LSU Invitational set a new personal best to fi nish second in the shot put with a throw of 51 feet even (15.54m) at the Border Clash, while fi nishing sixth in the discus with a throw of (44.93m) fi nished sixth in the discus with a toss of (46.18m) and second in the open shot put with a throw of /4 (15.14m) at the Florida Relays threw the shot put /4 (15.23m) to fi nish third and fi nished sixth in the discus with a toss of (44.92m) at the Crimson Tide Invitational fi nished sixth in the discus with a throw of (43.55m) at the Alabama Relays tossed the shot put (15.21m) to place second in the Alabama Relays. Placed 11th in the shot put at the SEC Championships with a best throw of /4 (15.18m)... threw /2 (13.70m) at the Tyson Invitational... fi nished eighth in shot put with a throw of 47-8 (14.53m) at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational... fi nished third in the Indiana Relays shot put with a toss of 47threw /4 to fi nish eighth at the Vanderbilt Invitational... fi nished fi fth in shot put with a toss of meters at the Auburn Invitational. PREP AND PERSONAL Was widely considered the No. 1 thrower in the state of Texas for shot put and discus her senior year, and was also tops in shot put her junior year... named the Texas high school athlete of the year in was a two-time 4A state champion in the shot put, wining it in 2014 (49-0) and in 2013 (48-3 1/4)... also won the A state championship in the discus (144-10)... won the 2014 Texas Relays in shot put... fi nished runner-up in the A state championship for discus after posting a mark of in the A state championship, fi nished third in the shot put and seventh in the discus... qualifi ed for the 4A state championship as a freshman... also competed in volleyball, where she made the allregion fi rst team twice, and the all-academic team three times... fi nished in the top 10 percent of her class while serving as senior class president and participating in FCA, student council and the National Honor Society... coached by David McKinney at Gregory-Portland... began competing in throws at the age of daughter of Larry and Catherine Teel... her father competed in football at the University of Texas at El Paso... born on June 20, 1996, in Portland, Texas. DOMONIQUE WILLIAMS Sprints Sophomore Trinidad & Tobago (South Plains College) WOMEN S 4X400 RELAY SOPHOMORE ( ) Member of the women s 4x400-meter relay pool at the 2016 Championships... ran the third leg of the relay at the East Regional as Alabama qualifi ed in a time of 3: Posted a 400-meter prelim time of to fi nish third in the third heat of the event at the SEC championships registered a 400-meter time of to fi nish eighth at the LSU Invitational sprinted to the 200-meter fi nish in a time of to claim eighth place at the War Eagle Invitational clocked a time of in the 400 meters to fi nish 17th in the event at the Florida Relays ran the 200 meters in to fi nish second in the event at the FSU Relays. Finished eighth in the 400 meter prelims (53.22) at the SEC Championships to secure a spot in the fi nals of the event where she ran to take home eighth place also ran a leg of the 4x400-meter relay that fi nished 13 fi fth in 3:39.41 at the SEC Championships clocked a time of in the 400 meters to win the event at the Tyson Invitational. PREP AND PERSONAL Ran the anchor leg of the South Plains 4x400-meter relay team that won the race at the 2014 NJCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships... also placed second in the 400 meters at the 2014 national meet... won national titles at the 2015 NJCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in the 400 meters, 4x400-meter relay and distance medley relay... placed second in the 400 meters (53.71) at the 2015 NJCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. JOE WILLIAMS Throws Junior Birmingham, Ala. (Spain Park) MEN S DISCUS FINALIST JUNIOR (2016) Qualifi ed for the 2016 Championships with a throw of (57.65m)... produced a mark of (58.39m) in the discus to fi nish third in the event at the SEC Championships threw a mark of (57.88m) to win the discus throw at the LSU Invitational won the discus with a toss of (59.63m) at the War Eagle Invitational threw (57.98m) in the discus to fi nish second in the event at the Battle on the Bayou recorded a personal best in the discus at the Florida Relays with a mark of (60.40m) to fi nish fi fth in the event fi nished fourth in the Alabama Relays discus with a toss of (57.92m) SOPHOMORE ( ) Finished with a best mark of (55.06m) in the discus at the NCAA East Prelims threw (54.88m) in the discus to fi nish fourth at the LSU Invitational fi nished as the runner-up in the discus with a toss of /4 (57.38m) at the John Jacobs Invitational threw (54.51m) in the discus to fi nish third in the Border Clash posted a mark of (56.05m) in the invitational section of the discus at the Pepsi Florida Relays to fi nish seventh threw a personal-record (58.26m) in the discus to fi nish runner-up at the Crimson Tide Invitational fi nished eighth in discus with a mark of (53.11m) at the Alabama Relays. Threw /4 (16.45m) to finish 15th in the shot put at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational... threw /2 (15.96m) in the shot put to fi nish 10th at the Vanderbilt Invitational... placed 12th in the shot put at the Auburn Invitational with a distance of /4 (15.07m). REDSHIRT FRESHMAN ( ) Threw a mark of in the discus competition at the NCAA East Region Preliminary fi nished fi fth in the discus at the SEC Championships with a mark of fi nished runner-up in the discus with a mark of at the Jace Lacoste Invitational competed