Alabama Sweeps Men’s Discus Podium to Open Crimson Tide Invitational
4/12/2025 12:08:00 AM | Track & Field, Cross Country
UA’s Trevor Gunzell (first), Christopher Young (second) and Christopher Crawford (third) took the top-three spots of the men’s discus invite to highlight the opening day of the Tide’s annual meet
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama track and field opened its annual home meet at the Sam Bailey Track and Field Stadium with seven top-five finishes throughout Friday. Additionally, a 1-2-3 finish by the UA men's discus trio highlighted the opening day of the annual Crimson Tide Invitational.
Further highlighting the early-found success, four of the Tide's top-five results were either first-or-second-place marks, spanning across two different events. RJ Decker (66.34 | 217-8) and Trevor Gunzell (62.66 205-7) captured the men's hammer and discus event titles, respectively.
Alabama will return to its home facility Saturday for the final day of the Crimson Tide Invitational.
Team Stats
- Alabama racked up seven top-five finishes across the opening day of the meet
- The Tide gathered two event titles on Friday, winning the hammer and discus
- The Crimson Tide posted a 1-2-3 finish in the men's discus invite
Top-10 Alabama Finishes
- Hammer
- 1st: RJ Decker | men's invite | 66.34 (217-8) | UA career best | No. 5 all-time UA
- 3rd: Ruben Banks | men's invite | 64.59 (211-11)
- Discus
- 1st: Trevor Gunzell | men's invite | 62.66 (205-7) | No. 6 NCAA this season | No. 4 UA all-time | PR
- 2nd: Mye'Joi Williams | women's invite | 51.29 (168-3)
- 2nd: Christopher Young | men's invite | 58.81 (192-11) | PR
- 3rd: Christopher Crawford | men's invite | 58.11 (190-7)
- 3rd: Barry Evans | men's | 52.99 (173-10)
- 5,000m
- 10th: Avery Ruesch | women's | 17:41.80 | PR
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