NEW ORLEANS – The University of South Alabama men's track and field program brought home the Sun Belt Conference Team GPA award for a fourth-consecutive season after the league office announced the winners for the 2016-17 academic year on Friday.
As a group, the Jaguars recorded a 3.22 cumulative grade-point average last season, improving their overall GPA from 3.08 a year ago. The South men recorded fifth place finishes at both the 2017 Sun Belt Conference Indoor and Outdoor Championships, scoring 79 points in the indoor competition and 90 points during the outdoor event.
Individually, Sean Collins placed eighth in the men's pole vault at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Ore.