April 16, 2015
Looking to put the exclamation point on an impressive April surge that has included a continual series of personal records, the Vanderbilt track and field team travels to Charlottesville, Va., this weekend to compete in the Virginia Challenge. The two-day event represents Vanderbilt’s second-to-last meet of the regular season and also marks the team’s final action of the month. (With final exams being held on the Vanderbilt campus this week, the Commodores will not compete next weekend). Here’s a closer look at the meet in Charlottesville, which opens Friday:
Event: Virginia Challenge
Day, Date: Friday-Saturday, April 17-18
Host: University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Va.)
Site: Lannigan Field
Meet Schedule: HERE
Heat Sheet:HERE
Live Results: HERE
lIT’S CROWDED HERE
This weekend’s meet will feature more than 1,300 athletes, with a total of 35 schools being represented. Vanderbilt and Ole Miss will represent the SEC, and they will be joined by the following teams: North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Wake Forest, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Notre Dame, South Florida, East Carolina, West Virginia, Michigan, Ohio State, Minnesota (women), Michigan State, Harvard, Yale, Brown, Iona, Davidson, Maryland Eastern-Shore, Radford (women), William & Mary, Furman, Robert Morris, Eastern Kentucky, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, Marshall (women), Georgetown, VCU, Kennesaw State and Glueph (Canada).
lANCHORING DOWN
The Commodores have been on a major roll in April. The team has seen more than 20 personal records set or tied during the past two weekends, and has also recorded a continual stream of times/distances that rank among the Top-10 on Vanderbilt’s all-time performers list. Among the biggest highlights was the performance of the 4×400 relay team at last weekend’s Hurricane Alumni Invitational. The Vanderbilt foursome of Faith Washington, Skyler Carpenter, Courtney Clayton and Erin Edmond produced a school-recordtime of 3:34.98, which was the No. 8 mark on the national list.The time easily surpassedthe previous school record (3:36.13) that had stood as the benchmark since 1998. Last weekend’s highlights also included three new PRs in the 400, led by Edmond’s second-place finish at 54.40. Clayton finished eighth at 55.49 and Carpenter was 10th at 55.98. The previous weekend, Vanderbilt sent representatives to the Stanford Invitational and the Tiger Track Classic in Auburn. The Commodores punctuated their weekend with a strong showing in the 400-meter hurdles, where Faith Washington finished second with a personal-best time of 57.74, which ranks No. 3 on VU’s all-time list, and Skyler Carpenter took fourth at 59.55. Edmond had a big PR in the 200-meter dash, posting a time of 24.26 to finish eighth and move up to No. 4 on Vanderbilt’s all-time list, and Janetra Gleaves posted a PR in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.02 and moved up to No. 5 on Vanderbilt’s all-time list.
lCOMPETING FOR THE COMMODORES
Here’s a look at the Vanderbilt athletes who are schedule to compete this weekend in Charlottesville:
FRIDAY
11 a.m. Pole Vault: Megan McCabe; Heptathlon: Sarah Goodale
2 p.m. Triple Jump: Tierney Price
5 p.m. 800: Sara Barron, Lily Williams, Katherine Delaney, Reagan Anderson, Courtney Kriegshauser
6:45 p.m. Pole Vault: Sarah Bell
7:30 p.m. Steeple: Becca Chandler
8 p.m. Triple Jump: Simone Charley
8:33 p.m. 800: Courtney Clayton
9 p.m. 400: Erin Edmond
SATURDAY
9:40 a.m. 5000: Vanessa Valentine
10:50 a.m. 1500: Courtney Kriegshauser, Maddie Criscione, Megan Huebner
3 p.m. High Jump: Ellie Tidman
3:45 p.m. 100-hurdles: Janetra Gleaves
4:05 p.m. 200: Erin Edmond
4:50 p.m. 400-hurdles: Faith Washington, Skyler Carpenter, Emma Radan
7:55 p.m. 1500: Sara Barron, Katherine Delaney, Reagan Anderson, Carmen Carlos
8:30 p.m. 4×400: Faith Washington, Skyler Carpenter, Courtney Clayton, Erin Edmond
9:05 p.m. 5000: Claire Benjamin
10:05 p.m. 10000: Liz Anderson
