Feb. 26, 2016
Event: SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Day, Date: Friday-Saturday, Feb. 26-27
Host: Arkansas
Site: Randal Tyson Trak Center
Live Results: HERE
Streaming, Day 1: HERE
Streaming, Day 2: HERE
Full Schedule: HERE
Friday’s SEC Release: HERE
If the opening day of the SEC Championships was any indication, it’s going to be a memorable weekend for the Vanderbilt track and field team.
Paced by outstanding performances by Carmen Carlos and a pair of Saras — Barron and Tsai — the Commodores got off to strong start at the two-day meet in Fayetteville, Ark.
Carlos earned a second-place finish in the 3k with a time of 9:21.34. It was a six-second personal record for Carlos, who came close to breaking the school record of 9:21.05 set by Liz Anderson in 2014. Tennessee’s Chelsea Blaase won the race at 9:20.57.
The Commodores also had two shining performances in the mile prelims, with Barron and Tsai each posting qualifying times while finishing ninth and 10th, respectively. Barron, the school record holder in the event, posted a time of 4:44.67 and Tsai finished at 4:46.74. It was a three-second personal record for Tsai and ranks No. 4 on Vanderbilt’s all-time list. Barron, who set the school record at 4:39.96 earlier this season, and Tsai will return for the finals on Saturday.
Vanderbilt’s Maddie Criscione and Lydia Witty both narrowly missed qualifying for the finals in the 800. Criscione finished ninth at 2:10.48, which ranks eighth on VU’s all-time list, and Witty took 10th with a lifetime PR of 2:10.68, which is tied for ninth on VU’s all-time list. The times set by Criscione and Witty were just behind the final qualifier, Mississippi State’s Madison Milhoan, who had a time of 2:09.51.
Here’s a look at all of Vanderbilt’s results from Friday, along with team standings and a look ahead to Saturday’s schedule for VU:
VANDERBILT RESULTS: FRIDAY
Mile Women Prelim
9 – Sara Barron – 4:44.67
10 – Sara Tsai – 4:46.74
400 Meters Women Prelim
16 – Jennifer Edobi – 54.10
36 – Faith Washington – 57.48
800 Meters Women Prelim
9 – Maddie Criscione – 2:10.48
10 – Lydia Witty – 2:10.68
14 – Katherine Delaney – 2:11.54
21 – Ginger Hutton – 2:13.50
23 – Reagan Anderson – 2:13.96
200 Meters Women Prelim
32 – Faith Washington – 25.50
3000 Meters Women Final
2 – Carmen Carlos – 9:21.34
18 – Megan Huebner – 9:51.50
21 – Courtney Kriegshauser – 10:08.09
25 – Devon Grisbaum – 10:31.19
TEAM STANDINGS
1 – Georgia – 25
2 – Arkansas – 22
3 – Tennessee – 18
4 – Alabama – 15
5 – Auburn – 13
6 – Florida – 12
7 – Miss. State – 11
8 – Kentucky – 11
9 – Ole Miss – 10
10 – Vanderbilt – 8
11- Texas A&M – 7
12 – Missouri – 4
SATURDAY’S SCHEDULE
Track Events
3:50 pm Women’s Mile (Vanderbilt: Barron, Tsai)
5:45 pm 5000 Meters Women Final (Vanderbilt Caroline Pietrzyk, Vanessa Valentine)
6:40 pm Distance Medley Relay Women Final (Vanderbilt)
Field Events
4:30 pm Pole Vault Women Final (Vanderbilt: Sarah Bell, Megan McCabe)
4:30 pm High Jump Women Final (Vanderbilt: Ashlyn Hare)
4:30 pm Triple Jump Women Prelim/Final (Vanderbilt: Simone Charley)