COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Vanderbilt track and field ended its day at the Ted Nelson Invitational with two program all-time top 10 marks and four personal bests.
To start the day, junior Taylor McKinnon clocked 8.61 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles. She was the Dores top finisher and 11th overall. Junior Marta Sivina recorded a personal-best time of 8.66 seconds, which is the 10th-ranked time on the program’s all-time performers list.
In the 60 meters, freshman Alima Kassim turned in a time of 7.69 seconds, the No. 9 mark in school history.
Junior Audrey Allman PRed in the mile with a time of 4:47.93, which also earned a fourth-place finish.
Senior Julia Rosenberg won the 3,000 meters invite section with a time of 9:26.05. Graduate student Ellie Wolski clocked 9:35.32 to finish third. Her time was a 10-second personal best. Seniors Cameron Fawcett and Gigi Clifford finished sixth and eighth, respectively, with times of 9:41.98 and 9:44.11. Fawcett PRed by six seconds and Clifford’s mark was a 15-second personal best.
The distance medley relay of junior Mackenzie Culpepper, freshmen Devyn Parham and Kenyah Conner and graduate student Ella Lambert won the event and set the facility record.
Freshman Isabella Dagrosa, McKinnon and juniors Santana and Falon Spearman represented the Dores in the 4×400-meter relay and turned in a time of 3:54.79 to finish eighth.
On the field, senior Sarah Marvin finished sixth in the shot put with a 14.67-meter throw.
Junior Allyria McBride was Vandy’s top finisher in the long jump, recording a 5.99-meter mark and placing seventh.
In the high jump, sophomore Rowan Houston finished fifth with a 1.67-meter clearance.
The Commodores will take a week off and then head to Virginia Beach, Virginia, for the East Coast Invitational Feb. 7-8.
