May 15, 2015
Event: SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Day, Date: Thursday-Saturday, May 14-16Â
Host: Mississippi State (Starkville, Miss.)
Site: Mike Sanders Track Complex
Meet Home page: HERE
Schedule: HERE
Full SEC Release: HERE Â
Live Results: HERE
Viewing: SEC Network-Plus: HERE
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STARKVILLE, Miss. – The Vanderbilt track and field team continues to deliver solid performances at the SEC Championships — and the best might be yet to come for the Commodores.
Competing on Day 2 of the meet in Starkville, Miss. on Friday, the Commodores were buoyed by point-earning efforts from Rebecca Chandler (Steeplechase) and Sarah Bell (pole vault), along with a career-best performance by Sarah Goodale (heptathlon). The day also featured a pair of Vanderbilt athletes — Katherine Delaney and Sara Barron — advancing to the finals of the 1500.
Now the stage is set for the Commodores to cap off the meet in a big way during the final-day action on Saturday. Vanderbilt will have representatives in five events, including All-American Simone Charley in the triple jump.
“All of those events (that VU will compete in on Saturday) are good events for us,” said head coach Steve Keith. “We want to potentially move on the national level, so hopefully we’ll go home tonight and get a good night’s rest, wake up, have a great breakfast at the Hotel Chester and come back ready to test ourselves against the best.” (See video below for full interview with Keith).
During Friday’s action, Chandler earned two points for the Commodores by taking seventh place in the Steeplechase at 10:35.04. It marked the third consecutive season that Chandler — the school record-holder in the Steeple — has scored at the SEC meet, and she is the first distance runner to accomplish that feat for the Commodores.
Bell, who also a school record holder, earned a third of a point by finishing tied for eighth in the pole vault at 13-1.75 (4.01m).
Goodale set the tone for the Commodores early on Friday when she finished her strong effort in the heptathlon, compiling 5065 points. That mark crushed her previous best of 4920 and represented the sixth-best showing on Vanderbilt’s all-time list.
Delaney led the way for a strong cast of Commodores in 1500 preliminaries. She clinched a spot in Saturday’s finals by finishing seventh with a personal-best time of 4:25.10, which is the No. 10 mark on VU’s list. Barron is likewise headed to the finals after she won her heat and finished eighth overall at 4:25.44.
Vanderbilt had three others among the top-20 in the 1500, with Courtney Kriegshauser taking 15th with a PR of 4:29.11, Lily Williams finishing 17th at 4:30.44 and Maddie Criscione in 20th with a personal-best time of 4:35.43. Reagan Anderson was 25th at 4:38.06 and Meagan Huebner set a PR and finished 26th at 4:38.16.
Senior standout Erin Edmond posted the second best time of her career while finishing 14th in the 400 and Ellie Tidman was 11th in the high jump, clearing 5-7 (1.70m).
VANDERBILT RESULTS
Friday
Heptathlon
11 – Sarah Goodale – 5065
Pole Vault
8 – Sarah Bell – 13-1.75 (4.01m)
T14 – Megan McCabe –
1500
7 – Katherine Delaney – 4:25.10
8 – Sara Barron – 4:25.44
15 – Courtney Kriegshauser – 4:29.11
17 – Lily Williams – 4:30.44
20 – Maddie Criscione – 4:35.43
25 – Reagan Anderson – 4:38.06
26 – Meagan Huebner – 4:38.16
High Jump
11 – Ellie Tidman – 5-7 (1.70m)
400
14 – Erin Edmond – 54.72
Steeplechase
7 – Rebecca Chandler – 10:35.04
SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE (Vanderbilt)
1 pm Triple Jump — Simone Charley, Tierney Price
3:30 pm Finals of 1500
4:50 pm Finals of 800
6 pm 5K — Carmen Carlos, Vanessa Valentine
6:35 pm 4×400
Women’s Team Standings (Through Friday)
1 – Arkansas – 58.5
2- Georgia – 46
3 – Texas A&M – 37
4 – Kentucky – 32
5 – Alabama – 31.5
6 – Missouri – 24.66
7 – Miss. State – 18
8 – Auburn – 16
9 – Florida -15
10 – LSU – 12
11 – South Carolina – 12
12 – Vanderbilt – 5.33
13 – Ole Miss – 4
