April 28, 2017
Senior Carmen Carlos won the 5000-meter run on day one of the inaugural SEC Relays with a time of 17:00.96. After winning the race, Carlos won’t be returning to West End empty handed. The winner for each event at the SEC Relays receives a commemorative watch. Check out photos of the watches courtesy of LSU’s track and field twitter account:
All event winners at the inaugural #SECRelays will take home one of these commemorative watches! A team champion will also be honored! pic.twitter.com/cSB2Jf7lOv
 LSUTrackField (@LSUTrackField) April 27, 2017
Sophomore Devon Grisbaum also competed in the 5000-meter run and finished with a time of 19:21.94, which was good for 13th overall.
The sprint medley and 4×800-meter were the two relays that the Commodores competed in on day one. The sprint medley team of Tierney Price, Becca Schulte, Jenn Edobi and Courtney Clayton finished fourth with a time of 3:50.46. The 4×800 relay team, which featured Ginger Hutton, Maddie Criscione, Kendall Derry and Reagan Bustamante, finished with a time of 8:53.61 and a fifth-place finish.
Aside from the sprint medley relay, Schulte also competed in the 400-meter dash. She had a near personal-best mark with a time of 56.33 and placed 12th overall.
Senior Sarah Goodale competed in the most events on day one for the Commodores. Goodale posted marks of 5–3.00 in the high jump, 14.24 in the 100-meter hurdles and 25.70 in the 200-meter dash.
Vanderbilt currently ranks fifth out of the nine teams competing in team scoring with nine points. The scoring system combines the scores of both the men’s and women’s programs. Below are the full standings:
| Place | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas A&M | 35 |
| 2 | Arkansas | 27 |
| 2 | LSU | 27 |
| 4 | Miss. State | 20 |
| 5 | Vanderbilt | 9 |
| 6 | Alabama | 8 |
| 7 | Ole Miss | 6 |
| 8 | Tennessee | 5 |
| 9 | Kentucky | 0 |
Vanderbilt will be back in action tomorrow for day two beginning at 11:30 a.m. with the pole vault. Check below for a full schedule of events with Vanderbilt competitors:
Saturday
Pole Vault (11:30 a.m.) – Sarah Bell, Caleigh Lofstead, Margaret Ollinger and Megan McCabe
Javelin (12:00 p.m.) – Sarah Goodale
1500-meters (12:15 p.m.) – Megan Huebner, Kendall Derry, Courtney Kriegshauser
Triple Jump (1:00 p.m.) – Tierney Price
Distance Medley (1:20 p.m.) – Ginger Hutton, Sarah Goodale, Reagan Bustamante, Maddie Criscione
4×400 Relay (2:05 p.m.) – Becca Schulte, Courtney Clayton, Lydia Witty, Jenn Edobi
