Feb. 9, 2017
Event: Music City Challenge
Dates: Feb. 10-11
Site: Vanderbilt Multipurpose Facility
After competing at the University of Notre Dame in last week’s Meyo Invitational, Vanderbilt’s track and field program returns back to Nashville this weekend and will host 23 other programs at the Music City Challenge. The Music City Challenge will be Vanderbilt’s fourth home track meet of the season and the first since the Vanderbilt Invitational on Jan. 20-21.
Of the 24 teams competing this weekend, 11 of them will be making their first trip to the Vanderbilt Multipurpose Facility this season including Cincinnati, East Tennessee State, Georgia, Jacksonville, Illinois, Kennesaw State, Minnesota, SMU, Southeast Missouri State, UCF and Virginia Tech. After this weekend, 44 different schools will have competed at a Vanderbilt-hosted track meet for the 2016-17 season. Several of the teams competing this weekend come in boasting a top-50 national ranking. No. 3 Georgia, No. 26 Cincinnati, No. 30 Louisville, No.31 Illinois and No. 43 Virginia Tech all hold top-50 distinctions in the USTFCCCA’s women’s rankings. On the men’s side, No. 7 Georgia, No. 18 Virginia Tech, No. 31 Minnesota and No. 49 Illinois are all ranked in the top 50.
The 13 seniors for the track and field and cross country programs will be honored during Saturday’s portion of the meet at 12:40 p.m. before sprints begin. Seniors that will be honored include Reagan Anderson, Sarah Bell, Carmen Carlos, Skyler Carpenter, Simone Charley, Courtney Clayton, Sarah Goodale, Courtney Kriegshauser, Tierney Price, Katie Watts, Dan Arthur, Nikos Gkotsis and Jake Van Geffen.
The Music City Challenge will be the team’s final regular season meet before hosting the SEC Indoor Conference Championship on Feb. 24-25.
Vanderbilt currently has ten marks that rank inside the top 10 in the SEC for the 2017 season. Here’s a full list of Commodores athletes that place in the conference’s top 10 this season:
Athlete Event(s) Time/Height/Points(conference rank)
Jenn Edobi: 400-meter dash 53.94 (7th)
800-meter run 2:09.16 (8th)
Courtney Clayton: 800-meter run 2:07.19 (6th)
Megan Huebner: 5000-meter run 16:54.74 (2nd)
Mailin Struck: 5000-meter run 16:59.66 (3rd)
Carmen Carlos: 5000-meter run 17:13.79 (5th)
Sarah Bell: Pole Vault 13′ 7.25″ (7th)
Caleigh Lofstead: Pole Vault 13′ 5.25″ (8th)
Simone Charley: Triple Jump 43′ 7″ (5th)
Sarah Goodale: Pentathlon 3,833 (8th)
Here is a full list of Vanderbilt athletes that will be competing this weekend:
Friday
Field Events
5:00 PM Triple Jump — Simone Charley and Tierney Price
Running Events
7:00 PM 200-meters — Sarah Goodale and Erin Hardnett
8:30 PM 5000-meters — Devon Grisbaum
Saturday
Field Events
10:30 AM Pole Vault (Unseeded) — Katie Watts
1:00 PM Long Jump — Sarah Goodale and Tierney Price
1:30 PM Pole Vault (Seeded) — Sarah Bell, Caleigh Lofstead and Margaret Ollinger
Running Events
10:00 AM 3000-meters (Unseeded) — Kacie Breeding
10:55 AM Mile Run (Unseeded) — Reagan Anderson
1:00 PM 60-meter Hurdles (Pre-lims) — Sarah Goodale and Erin Hardnett
2:35 PM Mile Run (seeded) — Maddie Criscione, Kendall Derry, Courtney Kriegshauser and Lauren Moffett
3:25 PM 400-meters — Skyler Carpenter and Jenn Edobi
3:55 PM 800-meters — Reagan Bustamante, Courtney Clayton, Ginger Hutton and Lydia Witty
4:25 PM 3000-meters — Carmen Carlos, Megan Huebner, Birdie Hutton and Mailin Struck
4:55 PM 4×400 Relay