Two Alabama Runners Named to 2024 SEC Community Service Teams: Roll Call, May 31, 2024

Alabama distance runners Victor Kiprop and Macy Schelp were named to the 2024 Southeastern Conference Track and Field Men’s and Women’s Community Service Teams on Thursday afternoon.

Kiprop, a junior from Kenya, volunteered at University Place Elementary School in Tuscaloosa, where he helped children with homework and other school assignments. He also served at the Alabama Athletics’ annual Halloween Extravaganza, Alberta Head Start and Project Angel Tree. Kiprop will compete for Alabama at NCAA Track and Field nationals in the 10,000m in June.

Schelp, a junior from St. Louis, was a mentor for a ninth-grader in the Big Brother Big Sister program. She also served at Read Engage, a program she has helped with since her freshman year. She created curriculums based off the books in addition to generating reading guides for her class that interspersed questions to the book.

Today's Crimson Tide Schedule:

Baseball vs. UCF, NCAA Regional, Tallahassee, Florida, 5 p.m. CT, ESPN+
Softball vs. No. 10 Duke, Women's College World Series, Oklahoma City, 6 p.m., ESPN

Crimson Tide Results:

Softball: No. 6 UCLA 4, No. 14 Alabama 1

Did you notice?

Five current or former Alabama golfer's are competing in the Women's US Open in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Stephanie Meadow withdrew prior to the first round.

Tide on Tour ⛳️

Good luck to our six golfers competing in the U.S. Open this week! #RollTide pic.twitter.com/VxK3LQsw7T
— Alabama Women's Golf (@AlabamaWGolf) May 30, 2024

Alabama softball will be heading back down to Florida to play in the Clearwater Invitational in 2025 along with Auburn, Charlotte, Clemson, Florida State, Kentucky, Liberty, Missouri, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, San Diego State, Texas A&M, UCF, UCLA, Virginia and Wichita State.

Former Alabama basketball player Richard Hendrix hosted a basketball camp at his high school in Athens, Alabama.

Basketball Camp with Athens High School was a huge success! Big thanks to all the campers and the staff for making it happen! Always great to be back home! #AthensAL 🖤💛 pic.twitter.com/0BgsnijPW4
— Richard Hendrix (@rhendrix35) May 31, 2024

Countdown to Crimson Tide's 2024 Football Season Opener:

92 days

On This Day in Crimson Tide History:

May 31, 1943: Joe Namath was born in Beaver Falls, Penn.

May 31, 1969: John David Crow, who won the Heisman Trophy while playing for Paul “Bear” Bryant at Texas A&M in 1957, joined the Crimson Tide coaching staff as a backfield coach. Crow had recently retired after an illustrious NFL career with the Cardinals and 49ers (1958-68) that saw him twice named All-Pro and to the Pro Bowl four times.

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

“Football Is an honest game. It's true to life. It's a game about sharing. Football is a team game. So is life.”— Joe Namath