March 31, 2016
The Vanderbilt track and field will be looking to divide and conquer this weekend when the Commodores send representatives to a pair of meets on opposite sides of the country. One group of Vanderbilt athletes will be competing at the Florida Relays in Gainesville, Fla. , while the other Commodore contingent travels to Palo Alto, Calif., for the Stanford invitational. Here’s a closer look at the two meets.
Event: FLORIDA RELAYS
Day, Date: Friday-Saturday, April 1-2
Host: University of Florida
Site: James G. Pressly Stadium at Percy Beard Track
Start List: HERE
Live Scoring: HERE
Viewing: SEC Network + (via Watch ESPN) will stream the meet online from 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Friday and from 1:30 p.m.-conclusion on Saturday
Friday’s stream: HEREl Saturday’s stream: HERE
Competing for the Commodores:
400 hurdles: Faith Washington, Skyler Carpenter
400: Jennifer Edobi
Pole vault: Sarah Bell, Megan McCabe
High jump: Ashlyn Hare
800: Lydia Witty
Event: STANFORD INVITATIONAL
Day, Date: Friday, April 1
Host: University of Stanford
Schedule: HERE
Start List: HERE
Competing for the Commodores:
1500 (SF State): Maddie Criscione, Megan Huebner, Ginger Hutton
1500 (open): Reagan Anderson, Katherine Delaney, Courtney Kriegshauser, Sara Tsai, Lily Williams
1500 (sec 1-3): Sara Barron
5000 (sec 3): Carmen Carlos, Vanessa Valentine
10000 (sec 2): Caroline Pietryzk
l Update on the Commodores: With Carmen Carlos and Jake Van Geffen delivering record-breaking performances, the Commodores opened their outdoor season in strong style last weekend. Hosting the annual Black and Gold Invitational — which is Vanderbilt’s only home meet of the season — the Commodores delivered a series of impressive performances throughout the weekend. Carlos ran to a victory in the 3k with a personal-best time of 9:28.97 to break a school record that had been in place for more than 20 years. (The previous mark was set by Beth Tallent in 1994 with a time of 9:29.10). Van Geffen finished second in the 5k with a school-record time of 14:45.88. The Commodores also had a pair of impressive performances in the 400, with Skyler Carpenter taking second with a time of 55.15 and Faith Washington finishing third at 55.32. Carpenter and Washington each set new PRs while posting the No. 5 and No. 6 marks, respectively, on VU’s all-time list. Senior Vanessa Valentine took third in the 3k with a personal-best time of 9:36.30, which ranks No. 3 on VU’s all-time list.
l Looking back to last year: At last year’s Stanford Invitational, Vanessa Valentine set a PR in the 5k with a time of 16:48, and Sara Barron led a strong contingent of Commodores in the 1500 with a time of 4:23.7. Six of Barron’s teammates set new personal bests in the event — Katherine Delaney (4:26), Reagan Anderson (4:27), Carlos Carmen (4:29), Courtney Kriegshauser (4:35), Maddie Criscione (4:38) and Megan Huebner (4:43).