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Throwing events highlight SIU's performance at Vanderbilt Invitational

Junior Alexus Scott hurls a discus at the third annual Bill Cornell Spring Classic meet Saturday at the Lew Hartzog Track and Field Complex. Scott finished second place for discus with a throw of 149 feet, 3 inches.

The Salukis were led by senior throwers Brad Sauer and Alexus Scott in both the weight throw and shot put.

Sauer won the weight throw and finished fifth in the shot put. His throw of 22.06 meters in the weight throw moved him to No. 3 in the nation and No. 2 all-time at SIU. The nation's top mark, set by Purdue senior Chukwuebuka Enekwechi, is 23.