March 26, 2015
Event: Black & Gold Invitational
Day, Date: Friday-Saturday, March 26-27
Host: Vanderbilt
Site: Vanderbilt outdoor track & field complex
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The Vanderbilt track and field team will host its only home meet of the outdoor season this weekend, when the annual Black and Gold Invitational takes place at Vanderbilt’s outdoor venue. It will be a special weekend for the Vanderbilt program, which on Saturday will be honoring the seniors on the track and field and cross country teams. The Commodores will have a full list of athletes competing on Friday and Saturday (see full list at bottom of page). Vanderbilt opened its outdoor season last weekend, competing in the Alabama Relays in Tuscaloosa, Ala., where Vanderbilt set multiple marks that ranked among the Top-10 on VU’s all-time performers list. Here’s a closer look at this weekend’s meet:
l WHO’S JOINING US?
This weekend’s meet is scheduled to include roughly 600 athletes, and will feature representatives from the following schools: Austin Peay, Belmont, Bradley, Fisk, Illinois, IUPUI, Kentucky Wesleyan, Lincoln Memorial, Lipscomb, Miami (Ohio), Missouri, Ohio (Wesleyan), Saint Louis, SE Missouri, SIU-Edwardsville, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee Martin, Trevecca-Nazarene, Trine and Vanderbilt.
lSALUTING THE SENIORS
The Vanderbilt track and field and XC programs will honor its seniors on Saturday with a ceremony that is scheduled for 11:50 a.m. The seniors who will be recognized include: Liz Anderson, Claire Benjamin, Becca Chandler, Erin Edmond, Janetra Gleaves, Amira Jospeh, Hannah Jumper, Grace Orders, Ellie Tidman, Andrew Bachman, Matthew Cleveland, John Ewing and Dan Henderson.
lQUOTES FROM THE COACH
Here are a few comments from head coach Steve Keith regarding this weekend’s meet:
On the big list of Commodores who will be in action: “Everybody who is healthy for us will be competing this weekend. There’s a couple that we are still being careful with — and with it being March, we still have time — but overall, we should have the majority (of the roster) competing.”
On the field coming in: “We are scheduled to have about 600 athletes here this weekend, which is about the same size as a couple of indoor meets that we hosted. It should give us some great competition. It will run the gamut in terms of small schools to bigger schools.”
On the senior recognition: “It’s an important day for us; it gives the seniors a chance to kind of think back over their four years here and realize this will be their last competitive opportunity at home. … Every senior class is special, but this class has definitely been one of the bigger group of contributors. They’ve been good leaders and have set the stage for the years to come.”
lCOMPETING FOR THE COMMODORES
Scheduled for action this weekend for the Commodores are:
Women’s 100m Dash: Price, Tierney;
Women’s 200m Dash: Goodale, Sarah; Price, Tierney;Carpenter, Skyler; Edmond, Erin; Radan, Emma; Washington, Faith;
Women’s 800m Run: Anderson, Reagan; Criscione, Maddie; Delaney, Katherine; Williams, Lily;
Women’s 1,500m Run: Anderson, Reagan; Barron, Sara; Benjamin, Claire; Carlos, Carmen; Criscione, Maddie; Delaney, Katherine; Kriegshauser, Courtney; Valentine, Vanessa; Williams, Lily; Huebner, Megan;
Women’s 3,000m Run: Barron, Sara; Benjamin, Claire; Carlos, Carmen; Kriegshauser, Courtney; Valentine, Vanessa; Huebner, Megan;
Women’s 100m Hurdles: Gleaves, Janetra; Goodale, Sarah
Women’s 400m Intermediate Hurdles: Carpenter, Skyler; Goodale, Sarah;
Women’s 2,000m Steeplechase: Chandler, Rebecca; Joseph, Amira;
Women’s 4 x 100m Relay: Gleaves, Washington, Radan, Edmond;
Women’s 4 x 400m Relay: Edmond, Carpenter, Edobi, Washington;
Women’s High Jump: Tidman, Ellie;
Women’s Pole Vault: Bell, Sarah; McCabe, Megan; Watts, Katie;
Women’s Long Jump: Goodale, Sarah;
Women’s Triple Jump: Price, Tierney;
Women’s Shot Put: Goodale, Sarah;
Women’s Javelin: Goodale, Sarah.
lLAST TIME OUT
The Vanderbilt track and field team competed last weekend at the Alabama Relays in Tuscaloosa, Ala. It was the firstoutdoor meet of the season for the Commodores, who had several impressive performances during the meet. Vanderbilt’s 4×100 relay teamhighlighted Saturday’s efforts by posting a time of 47.62, which ranks as the No. 10 mark on Vanderbilt’s all-time list. The team — comprised of JanetraGleaves, Faith Washington, Emma Redan and Erin Edmond — took 14th in the event. Another highlight for Vanderbilt on Saturday was the return ofstandout pole vaulter Sarah Bell. The sophomore, who missed the indoor season with an injury, took ninth place at 3.85m. In the Section B pole vault,Vanderbilt’s Katie Watts cleared 3.40m to take eighth, and Megan McCabe earned a share of ninth with that same mark. During Friday’s action,Vanderbilt’s 4×200 team of Jennifer Edobi, Faith Washington, Skyler Carpenter and Erin Edmond teamed up for a second-place finish with a time of1:37.45, which broke the previous school record by almost three seconds.
lLOOKING BACK TO LAST YEAR
At last year’s Black and Gold Invitational, Vanderbilt produced a stream of highlights for the home fans, including first-place finishes by Brionne Williams in the high jump, Skyler Carpenter in the 400 hurdles and Katherine Delaney in the 800. Carpenter won the 400 hurdles with a time of 1:00.98, which ranked sixth on Vanderbilt’s all-time outdoor performers list. Vanderbilt was especially impressive in the 3000 meter race, where Liz Anderson’s time of 9:38.36 — which earned her a second-place finish — ranked as the third-best time on Vanderbilt’s all-time performers list, and Carmen Carlos posted the program’s 10th-best time by finishing at 9:49.12 (fourth place overall). Vanessa Valentine took sixth place with a time of 9:56.84, Clair Benjamin was eighth at 9:59.55 and Courtney Kriegshauser was 22nd at 10:28.11. Carpenter and Delaney completed their day by teaming up with Erin Edmond and Clayton to help Vanderbilt win the 4×400 with a time of 3:50.83, which was nearly four seconds ahead of second-place Miami (Ohio).Other top-10 finishes for the Commodores included:
* Freshman Sarah Bell earning second place in the pole vault at 3.70;
* Freshman Courtney Clayton taking third in the 400 with a time of 56.61;
* Sara Barron finishing third in the 800 at 2:12.53 and third in the 1500 at 4:26.70;
* Reagan Anderson posting a 10th-place finish in the 800 at 2:15.94;
* Amira Joseph taking third in the 2000m Steeplechase with a time of 7:01.72, followed directly by teammate Rebecca Chandler in fourth at 7:04.95.
