April 5, 2015
SATURDAY’S RESULTS: HERE
Many members of the Vanderbilt track team were literally at their best this weekend.
Capped by a strong performance on the second day of Tiger Track Classic in Auburn, Ala., the Commodores completed a weekend in which they saw more than a dozen personal records set or tied. In the process, the Commodores also notched a long list of times and distances that ranked among the Top-10 on Vanderbilt’s all-time performer’s list.
The Commodores punctuated their weekend with a strong showing in the 400-meter hurdles on Saturday, placing two athletes among the top-4. Faith Washington finished second with a personal-best time of 57.74, which ranks No. 3 on VU’s all-time list, and Skyler Carpenter took fourth at 59.55. Emma Radan also set a new personal best with a time of 1:02.81 and finished 14th.
Earlier on Saturday, Erin Edmond helped set the tone for the day with a big PR in the 200-meter dash, posting a time of 24.26 to finish in eighth place and move up to No. 4 on Vanderbilt’s all-time list.
Janetra Gleaves kept things rolling with a PR in the 100-meter hurdles, where she posted a time of 14.02 and moved up to No. 5 on Vanderbilt’s all-time list.
Two other Commodores posted top-5 finishes, with Ellie Tidman taking third place in the high jump by clearing 5-09.25 and Sarah Bell earning a share of fourth place in the pole vault at 12-01.50.
Megan McCabe and Katie Watts both tied their personal records in the pole vault, with McCabe clearing 11-07.75 to finish in a tie for ninth and Watts clearing 11-01.75 to finish tied for 13th. Those two marks rank No. 7 and No. 10, respectively, on VU’s all-time list.
Vanderbilt’s 4×100 relay team — Janetra Gleaves, Washington, Radan and Edmond — finished ninth with a time of 46.95.2, and Sarah Goodale was 17th in the high jump at 5-03.25.
Vanderbilt opened the weekend with a busy — but highly productive — day on Friday, when the Commodores sent representatives to both the Stanford Invitational and the meet at Auburn.
Sophomore All-American Simone Charley and junior Tierney Price came up big in the triple jump at Auburn, with Charley taking first place with a mark of 41-11.75 and Price setting a huge PR with a mark of 40-7.50 to take sixth.
Meanwhile, at the Stanford meet, Claire Benjamin shattered her previous best by 35 seconds in 5000-meter run with a time of 16:29.07, and Vanessa Valentine also set a PR in the 5k with a time of 16:48.
Sara Barron led a strong contingent of Commodores in the 1500 by finishing third in her heat with a time of 4:23.7, and six of her teammates each set new personal bests in the event — Katherine Delaney (4:26), Reagan Anderson (4:27), Carlos Carmen (4:29), Courtney Kriegshauser (4:35), Maddie Criscione (4:38) and Megan Huebner (4:43).
Also, Rebecca Chandler posted a time of 10:37.18 in the 3K Steeplechase to add to the weekend’s highlights.
Vanderbilt’s next action will be on Saturday, when they compete in the Miami Hurricane Invitational.
SATURDAY’S VU RESULTS — TIGER TRACK CLASSIC
Women 200 M Dash
8 – Erin Edmond 24.26
Women’s 100m Hurdles
12 – Janetra Gleaves 14.02
Women’s 400m Hurdles
2 – Faith Washington 57.74
4 – Skyler Carpenter 59.55
14 – Emma Radan 1:02.81
Women 4×100 M Relay
9 – Vanderbilt ‘A’ 46.95 2
(1) Janetra Gleaves (2) Faith Washington
(3) Emma Radan (4) Erin Edmond
Women High Jump
3 – Ellie Tidman 1.76m 5-09.25
17 – Sarah Goodale J1.61m 5-03.25
Women’s Pole Vault
T-4 Sarah Bell 3.70m 12-01.50
T-9 Megan McCabe 3.55m 11-07.75
T-13 Katie Watts 3.40m 11-01.75
Women’s Triple Jump(Friday)
1 – Simone Charley 13.10m 1.7 42-11.75
6 – Tierney Price 12.38m 3.5 40-07.50
