Feb. 11, 2016
After a strong performance in New York last weekend, the Vanderbilt track and field team returns home this weekend for the Music City Invitational, which is the final regular-season event of the season for the Commodores. The meet runs Friday and Saturday at the Vanderbilt Multi-Purpose Complex, and will feature a talented field of teams. Here’s a look at the meet:
Event: Music City Challenge
Day, Date: Friday-Saturday, Feb. 12-13
Host: Vanderbilt
Site: Vanderbilt Indoor Multi-purpose Facility
Start list: HERE
Home Meet Info & Full Schedule: HERE
Live Results: HERE
Admission: $5 per person; Students free with Vanderbilt ID
l Impressive field: In what is becoming the standard for Vanderbilt’s home track, the Commodores will once again welcome a deep and talented field for this weekend’s Challenge, including a trio of SEC teams — Georgia, Mississippi State and the host Commodores. Here’s the complete list of teams: Austin Peay (F/M), Belmont (M/F), Clayton State (F), Furman (F/M), Georgia (M), Georgia Tech (F/M), Jacksonville (F), Lipscomb (F), Memphis (F/M), Miami (Ohio) (F/M), MTSU (F/M), Milligan (F/M), Miss State (F/M), Murray State (F), SMU (F), TAMU-Kingsville (M/F), Tennessee Tech (F), Texas Tech (F/M), UCF (F), Vanderbilt (M/F) and Western Kentucky (F/M).
l Update on the Commodores: Vanderbilt delivered a strong showing at last week’s New Balance Armory Invitational, where the Commodores took home a fourth-place finish. Simone Charley, the All-American triple jumper, finished first in her event with a leap of 42-11.75 (13.10m) on Saturday to add the final exclamation point to a weekend in which the Commodores compiled 16 personal bests, including two school records. Sara Barron and Katherine Delaney finishing fourth and fifth, respectively, in the mile. Barron posted a time of 4:46.74 and Delaney notched a personal-best time of 4:46.85, which is the No. 3 mark on VU’s all-time list. Sarah Bell and Megan McCabe both scored for the Commodores in the pole vault, with Bell taking fourth at 13-5.25 (4.10m) and McCabe finishing sixth at 12-03.50 (3.75m). On Friday, Delaney set a school record in the 1000-meter run while storming to a victory with a personal-best time of 2:47.16, and Jennifer Edobi put her name in the VU record books by posting a time of 1:13.66 in the 500-meter run. Carmen Carlos captured a victory, and set a 12-second PR, in the 3k with a time of 9:27.90, which ranks as the No. 2 mark on VU’s all-time list. The Commodores notched three of the top six spots — and set three personal records — in the 5k. Vanessa Valentine took second place, and posted the No. 2 mark on VU’s all-time list, at 166:25.75, and Caroline Pietrzyk finished fourth and set the No. 4 mark on VU’s all-time list at 16:37.74.
l Competing for the Commodores: Here’s a look who scheduled to represent Vanderbilt at this weekend’s meet:
Friday
4 pm High Jump – Vanderbilt: Ashlyn Hare
5 pm Triple Jump – Vanderbilt: Simone Charley
7 pm 200 Meters – Vanderbilt: Faith Washington, Erin Hardnett
8:50 pm 5000 Meters – Vanderbilt: Dan Arthur, Nick French, Evan Suzman, Jake Van Geffen, Jason Vincze
Saturday
Noon Pole Vault – Vanderbilt: Sarah Bell, Megan McCabe, Katie Watts
10 am 3000 Meters-Unseeded – Vanderbilt: Devon Grisbaum
10:35 am 3000 Meters-Unseeded – Vanderbilt: Caleb Casolaro
11:10 am Mile Run-Unseeded – Vanderbilt: Sam Reilly, Waqqas Fazili
1 pm 60 Hurdles-Prelim – Vanderbilt: Erin Hardnett
2:20 pm Mile Run-Seeded – Vanderbilt: Sara Barron, Carmen Carlos, Katherine Delaney, Megan Huebner, Sara Tsai, Vanessa Valentine
2:35 pm Mile Run-Seeded – Vanderbilt: Nikos Gkotsis
3:20 pm 400 Meters-Seeded – Vanderbilt: Skyler Carpenter, Jennifer Edobi, Faith Washington
3:50 pm 800 Meters-Seeded – Vanderbilt: Reagan Anderson, Ginger Hutton, Lydia Witty
4:20 pm 3000 Meters-Seeded – Vanderbilt: Courtney Kriegshauser, Caroline Pietrzyk
