May 5, 2015
Looking to deliver one more strong performance before the postseason, the Vanderbilt track and field team will compete in its final regular-season meet this week, traveling to Durham, N.C., for the Duke Twilight Meet on Wednesday and Thursday. The Commodores, who will have representatives in nine events during the meet, are tuning up for the SEC Championships that will be hosted by Mississippi State on May 14-16. Here’s a closer look at the meet:
Event: Duke Twilight Meet
Day, Date: Wednesday-Thursday, May 6-7Â
Host: Duke University (Durham, N.C.)
Site: Morris Williams Track & Field Stadium
Meet Information: HERE
Meet Schedule:Â HERE
Start Lists: HERE
Live Results: HERE
lTHE COMPETITION
The Twilight Meet will have a heavy North Carolina flavor, with more than 15 schools from the state scheduled to compete. The list includes ACC members North Carolina, NC State, Wake Forest and host Duke, along with some of their smaller North Carolina siblings, such as Elon, High Point and Mars Hill, among others. Vanderbilt will be the lone SEC team in action during the two-day meet.
l COMPETING FOR THE COMMODORES:
Here’s a look at who is scheduled to be in action in Durham for Vanderbilt:
WEDNESDAY
6:45 pm – 1500: Reagan Anderson, Maddie Criscione, Katherine Delaney, Megan Huebner, Courtney Kriegshauser, Lily Williams
7 pm – Pole Vault:Â Sarah Bell, Megan McCabe
8:25 pm – 400 Hurdles:Â Emma Radan
8:55 pm – 400-meter Dash:Â Courtney Clayton
9:25 pm – 5000:Â Carmen Carlos, Vanessa ValentineÂ
THURSDAY
6:10 pm – 800:Â Reagan Anderson, Courtney Clayton, Maddie Criscione, Katherine Delaney, Megan Huebner, Courtney Kriegshauser, Lily Williams
6:30 pm – Triple Jump:Â Simone Charley, Tierney Price
7:10 pm – 200:Â Skyler Carpenter, Emma Radan, Faith Washington
7:30 pm – High Jump:Â Ellie Tidman
l REWRITING THE RECORD BOOKS
The Commodores have put together an outstanding regular season that has included four school records and a total of 27 times/distances that rank among the Top-10 on Vanderbilt’s all-time performers’ list. The Commodores have also posted 10 times/distances that rank among the Top-10 in the SEC this season, including three that rank in the Top-5. Here’s a look at VU’s marks that are in the conference’s Top-10:
Triple Jump — No. 3, Simone Charley, 42-11.75 (13.10m)
4×400 relay — No. 5, Vanderbilt 3:34.98 (Faith Washington, Skyler Carpenter, Courtney Clayton, Erin Edmond)
1500 — No. 6, Sara Barron, 4:20.41
5000 — No. 6, Claire Benjamin, 16:29.07
400 Hurdles — No. 6, Faith Washington, 57.64
3K Steeplechase — No. 7, Rebecca Chandler, 10:21.20
Pole Vault — No. 7, Sarah Bell, 13-8.25 (4.17m)
800 — No. 8, Courtney Clayton, 2:07.05
High jump — No. 8, Ellie Tidman, 5-9.25 (1.76m)
10,000— No. 10, Elizabeth Anderson, 35:07.19
l LAST TIME OUT
Vanderbilt had a successful showing last weekend at the Tennessee Challenge in Knoxville, where Sarah Bell brokeher own school record in the pole vault and the Commodores recorded 14 Top-10 finishes. Bell cleared 13-08.25 (4.17m) in the pole vault while earning a fourth-place finish and shattering her previous school record of 13-03.50 that she set last season. Carmen Carlos ran to a victory in the 3000-meter run with a personal-best time of 9:42.23, which ranks as the No. 6 on VU list, and Courtney Clayton took first place in the 1500 with a time of 4:30.82 to set a new PR. Carlos finished directly behind Clayton in the 1500, taking second at 4:30.98. Vanessa Valentine and Rebecca Chandler also earned spots in the Top 10 in the 1500, with Valentine taking seventh at 4:34.78 and Chandler finishing ninth at 4:43.29. The Commodores had two Top-5 finishes in the 400-meter dash, with Erin Edmond taking third at 55.04, and Faith Washington finishing fourth, and setting the No. 5 mark on VU’s all-time list, at 55.40. Skyler Carpenter continued her outstanding season with a third-place effort in the 400-meter hurdles, posting a personal-record time of 58.84, which is the No. 5 mark on VU’s all-time list. Vanderbilt was also well-represented in the 800, with six Commodores finishing among the Top 20, including a pair of VU standouts — Katherine Delaney and Reagan Anderson — earning spots among the top six. Delaney finished fourth with a personal-record time of 2:09.22, the No. 7 mark on Vanderbilt’s all-time list, and Anderson was sixth with a PR of 2:09.65, the No. 9 mark on VU’s list. Vanderbilt had three representatives in the Top 12 in the 3000-meter run. In addition to Carlos’ first-place effort, Chandler was ninth at 10:02.03 and Claire Benjamin was 12th at 10:14.04. The Commodores’ 4×100 relay team — Carpenter, Washington, Radan and Edmond — finished fourth at 46.79 to set the No. 3 mark on VU’s all-time list, and Megan McCabe took eighth in the pole vault at 12-02.50 (3.72m).
