Commodores get into action at Conference Clash

Jan. 22, 2016

Event: Conference Clash: Power Five Invitational
Day, Date: Jan. 22-23
Host: Auburn and Tennessee
Site: Birmingham Crossplex (Birmingham, Ala.)
Friday’s results: Clash Day 1 Results Get Acrobat Reader
Live Scoring: HERE

The snowstorm that pounded Nashville on Friday caused the Vanderbilt track team to adjust its travel schedule, but the Commodores still managed to make their presence felt on the opening day of the Conference Clash in Birmingham, Ala.

Simone Charley, the Commodores’ All-American triple jumper, earned two points for Vanderbilt by finishing third with a leap of 42-01.50 (12.84m). It was the season debut — and a homecoming-type meet — for Charley, who is from Hoover, Ala.

Vanderbilt’s Sarah Bell finished fourth in the pole vault at 13-03.75 (4.06m) and Megan McCabe was seventh at 12-04 (3.76).

The Commodores were slated to compete in several other events on Friday, but had to alter their plans when the road conditions in Nashville caused a delayed departure on Friday morning. The two-day meet resumes today, and the Commodores are slated to competed in several events.

Vanderbilt is one of eight teams representing the SEC at the Conference Clash, which features the SEC teams being matched up against seven teams from the other Power Five conferences. The Clash is being held at the venue that will host this year’s NCAA Indoor Championships.

Along with Vanderbilt, the other teams representing the SEC are Auburn, Alabama LSU, Miss. State, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Tennessee. Representing the other Power 5 conferences will be Arizona, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Ohio State, Purdue, USC and Texas. The format for this weekend will be dual-meet scoring.

FRIDAY’S RESULTS (Vanderbilt)
Triple Jump
3 – Simone Charley – 42-01.50 (12.84m)
Pole Vault
4 – Sarah Bell – 13-03.75 (4.06m)
7 – Megan McCabe – 12-04.00 (3.76m)

SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE
Field Events:
11 am Men’s Pole Vault
Women’s Long Jump
Men’s Long Jump
11 am Women’s Shot Put
1:30 pm Men’s Shot Put
1:40 pm Women’s High Jump (VU: Ashlyn Hare)
Running Events:
Noon Women’s 60 Hurdle Final
12:04 pm Men’s 60 Hurdle Final
12:08 pm Women’s 60m Final
12:11 pm Men’s 60m Final
12:21 pm Women’s Mile (VU: Sara Barron, Maddie Criscione, Katherine Delaney)
12:40 pm Men’s Mile
1 pm Women’s 400m (VU: Jennifer Edobi, Erin Hardnett, Lydia Witty)
1:35 pm Men’s 400m
2 pm Women’s 800m (VU: Reagan Anderson, Ginger Hutton)
2:15 pm Men’s 800m
2:30 pm Women’s 200m Final
2:35 pm Men’s 200m Final
2:40 pm Women’s 3000m (VU; Carmen Carlos, Devon Grisbaum, Megan Huebner, Vanessa Valentine, Lily WIlliams)
3:20 pm Men’s 3000m
3:45 pm Women’s 4x400m
4:05 pm Men’s 4x400m