Tuskegee Track & Field Athletes Shine at UAB Spring Classic with Record-Breaking Performances

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. __ The Tuskegee men’s and women’s track & field team competed at the two-day UAB Spring Classic in Birmingham, hosted by UAB, and picked up 23 top-ten finishes and posted 25 PRs. On day one in the field, Matealia Harper posted two PRs in the women’s hammer throw and discus. Harper registered throws of 30-plus meters in both events, marking 34.20m (112′ 2) in the hammer throw event for 11th place and improved her discus mark with a new personal best of 31.31m (102′ 9”) to take tenth place. Harper also finished seventh in the women’s javelin with…