MOBILE, Ala. – University of South Alabama junior Emilie Berge will make her first career appearance at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Birmingham, Ala., Friday and Saturday.
Berge, a native of Iveland, Vest-Agder, Norway, qualified for the pentathlon after setting a new Sun Belt Conference record of 4,079 points at the league championships in February. She won the long jump portion of the event with a 5.82m (19-01.25) effort. Her 1.77m (5-09.75) high jump mark was the second-best in the conference this season and ranks third on the all-time Jaguar performance list. She also had a personal-best shot put throw of 12.