Feb. 6, 2015
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Performing on the road for the first time this season, the Vanderbilt track and field team had a strong showing on the opening day of the Meyo Invitational hosted by Notre Dame University.
Ellie Tidman, Jennifer Edobi and Claire Benjamin each earned Top-10 finishes in their respective events for the Commodores, who will be back in action on Saturday for the final day of the Invitational.
“All in all, it was a good day at the office,” said head coach Steve Keith. “We had several nice PRs today, and we were pretty pleased with our efforts overall. We have a long, full day ahead of us (Saturday), and our athletes know that they will have another great opportunity ahead them.”
Edobi provided one of Friday’s biggest highlights when she took fourth place in the 600 with a time of 1:31.70 — the second-best mark on Vanderbilt’s all-time performer’s list. Tidman was fourth in the high jump at 1.67m, and Benjamin took ninth in the 5000 meter run with a time of 16:57.19.
Vanessa Valentine finished 12th in the 5000 with a time of 17:01.81, which shattered her previous best by 22 seconds and represented the eighth-best time on VU’s all-time performer’s list.
Faith Washington set a new personal record with a time of 24.58 in the 200, the second-best time on the VU all-time list, and Erin Edmond narrowly missed a PR in the same event, finishing at 25.09. (Edmonds’ PR is 25.08, set earlier this season). Vanderbilt’s Janetra Gleaves earned a spot in the 60-meter hurdles semifinals after a ninth-place finish in the preliminaries. She posted time of 8.64 in the prelims, and 8.60 in the semifinals.
Early in the day, Sarah Goodale ran a personal-best time of 1:35.72 in the 600 to help set the tone for the Commodores, who are one of roughy 50 teams participating in the massive meet that features close to 1,000 participants.
The Commodores, who were idle last weekend, hosted back-to-back meets their indoor complex in January, and Keith said this weekend’s road trip has presented some new wrinkles for the team.
“There’s always a challenge to traveling,” said Keith. “And to be honest, I wouldn’t mind be at home this weekend, hosting another meet. We got used to that pretty fast.”
VANDERBILT’S RESULTS (Friday)
Women Long Jump
14 – Goodale, Sarah 5.45m
Women High Jump
4 – Tidman, Ellie 1.67m
Women 60 Meter Hurdles Prelims
9 – Gleaves, Janetra 8.64Q
31 – Goodale, Sarah 8.94
Women 60 Meter Dash Prelims
62 – Price, Tierney 8.08
Women 60 Meter Hurdles Semifinals
16 – Gleaves, Janetra 8.60
Women 600 Meter Run
4 – Edobi, Jennifer 1:31.70
20 – Goodale, Sarah 1:35.72
Women 200 Meter Dash
15 – Washington, Faith 24.58
34 – Edmond, Erin 25.09
Women 5000 Meter Run
9 – Benjamin, Claire 16:57.19
12 – Valentine, Vanessa 17:01.81
25 – Joseph, Amira 17:20.67
26 – Chandler, Rebecca 17:21.49
