Jan. 18, 2008
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Vanderbilt track and field team travels to Bloomington, Ind., on Saturday to compete in the Big Ten/SEC Challenge. The meet includes three teams ranked in the top 25 of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Rankings, including SEC-foes No. 9 Arkansas and No. 13 Florida.
“We’re looking for some improvement on the performances from last week,” Vanderbilt head coach D’Andre Hill said. “This is going to be a big challenge for our kids this week. It will be the first time that some of our kids have seen this type of competition. We want to make some improvement on the marks we started with last week and just keep moving forward.”
The Commodores opened their indoor season last week at the Kentucky Invitational. The Commodores were led by distance runners Kristabel Doebel-Hickok and Adrienne Diraddo, who both finished in the top-15 of the 3,000-meter run. Doebel-Hickok finished in 12th, recording a time of 10:08.83, while Diraddo ran the distance in 10:14.29, good for a 14th-place finish.
Other performances of note included freshman Sheri Sullivan, who finished 13th in the long jump, with a jump of 17’5.25. Fellow freshman Kate Southcote-Want notched a 22nd-place finish in the mile with a time of 5:15.22.
Competition at the Harry Gladstein Fieldhouse begins Saturday morning at 10. Complete results will be available on vucommodores.com.