Dec. 3, 2013
Vanderbilt is set host the first-ever event in the school’s brand new multipurpose facility Tuesday afternoon as the Commodores host the Music City Challenge.
The Challenge serves as the opening meet of the indoor track and field season for the Commodores with teams from Belmont, Tennessee State and Western Kentucky set to join the Dores in the debut event. The meet will consist of 13 events on the men’s and women’s side – 60-meters, 200-meters, 300-meters, 500-meters, 1000-meters, 1-mile run, 60-meter hurdles, high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump, shot put and weight throw. The Commodores have 15 athletes set to compete in the meet led by All-American high jumper Brionne Williams.
In the women’s 60 meters freshman Tierney Price will toe the line for the Commodores and later compete in the 300 meters and triple jump. In the 300 meters, Price will joined by fellow freshman Sarah Goodale and Faith Washington. The 300 meters is just the beginning to a busy day for Goodale, who will also competed in the 60-meter hurdles, the long jump and shot put. Washington is also set to run in the 60-meter hurdles as well. Jennifer Cannon and Skyler Carpenter will square off in the 500 meters with Cannon scheduled to run the 60-meter hurdles and compete in the shot put. Junior Erin Edmond will be the lone Dore to line up for the 200 meters. Three Dores will run the 1000 meters with Katherine Delaney, Courtney Clayton and Sara Barron lining up for the race. Seniors Megan Yohe and Kara Slavoski are slated to compete in the 1-mile run. A pair of freshmen will make their collegiate debuts for the Dores in the pole vault with Katie Watts and Sarah Bell competing in the six-woman field.
Nikolaos Gkotsis will represent on the men’s side in the 1000 meters.
The Music City Challenge is set to begin at 5 p.m.
Keith earns distinction at Vanderbilt
Head Coach Steve Keith has been named the John Ingram Chair in Coaching Excellence. The honor was established in 2006 by Ingram in an effort to support one Olympic sport coach on the Vanderbilt staff. The honor is a two-year appointment.
Keith has led the Commodores to unprecedented heights over the last three years. Vanderbilt’s cross country team had never won a Southeastern Conference title until Keith led his alma mater to the top in 2011, also earning a birth in the NCAA Championships for the first time in school history. The Dores are now on a three-year streak of making it to the NCAA Championships after running in the race last month. The VU track & field program is also on the rise with the opening of the multipurpose facility and expanded outdoor track venue.
