Feb. 24, 2017
Day One Results
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The SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships got under way at the Vanderbilt University Multipurpose Facility on Friday and the meet has already seen its fair share of facility, school and personal records.
Senior Sarah Bell broke the school’s all-time record in the pole vault with a height of 4.25 meters (13′ 11.25″). The vault broke her previous record of 4.20 meters, which she set at the 2016 Music City Invitational. Bell finished sixth overall in the event, earning three points in the team standings for the Commodores along the way. Arkansas’s Tori Weeks won first place in the event with a facility record height of 4.57 meters (15′ 0″). Freshmen Caleigh Lofstead and Margaret Ollinger both recorded top vaults of 4.00 meters (13′ 1.50″) and finished 11th and 16th, respectively. The height marked a new collegiate-best for Ollinger, who previously held a personal record of 3.99 meters, which she set on Feb. 11 at the Music City Challenge.
Senior Courtney Clayton is also poised to score points for Vanderbilt after finishing with the fourth-fastest time in the 800-meter run prelims with a mark of 2:07.60, which qualifies her for the finals section tomorrow. Sophomore Lydia Witty just missed qualification to the finals with a ninth-place finish and a new personal-best time of 2:09.78. Sophomore Ginger Hutton also earned a new personal-best and was the next finisher in the race for the Commodores, placing 15th with a time of 2:11.93. The duo of Reagan Bustamante and Maddie Criscione finished back-to-back for the Commodores in 17th and 18th, respectively, with times of 2:12.57 and 2:12.81.
Witty was one of three Commodores who put up strong performances, yet just missed on scoring team points for Vanderbilt. Jenn Edobi (400-meter dash) and Sarah Goodale (Pentathlon) also finished in ninth place overall in their respective events for Vanderbilt.
Edobi finished with a time of 53.84 and missed qualification by just .01 seconds. Skyler Carpenter also competed in the 400-meter dash for Vanderbilt and recorded a time of 57.26.
Goodale finished the day by setting four personal-bests including career marks in the 60-meter hurdles (8.77), long jump (5.62m), 800-meter run (2:16.17) and overall pentathlon score (3,878). Her overall score fell just three points shy of Brittany Kelly’s (LSU) 3,881 points and a top-eight finish.
A trio of Vanderbilt runners competed in the mile run and all finished within 10 seconds of one another. Senior Courtney Kriegshauser was the top Commodore finisher with a time of 5:04.48 and was trailed by Kendall Derry and Lauren Moffett, who earned times of 5:08.98 and 5:12.08, respectively.
Senior Tierney Price recorded a leap of 5.41 meters (17′ 9″) in the long jump for Vanderbilt. Price will also compete in the triple jump tomorrow alongside Simone Charley at 2 p.m. (CT).
The Commodores had four runners in the 3000-meter run, the team’s last event of the night. Senior Carmen Carlos led the way for Vanderbilt with a time of 9:39.22, which was good for a 13th place finish. Carlos was trailed by Devon Grisbaum and and Kacie Breeding, both of whom earned new personal-best times. Grisbaum recorded a time of 9:58.52, which dropped 10 seconds from her previous best, and Breeding earned a time of 10:24.28. Birdie Hutton also competed in the race and finished with a time of 11:15.15.
Three men’s and five women’s facility records were broken on Friday night. Here is a full list of record-breaking marks from the day:
Men’s
60-meter dash — Christian Coleman (Tennessee) 6.54
200-meter dash — Jereem Richards (Alabama) 20.70
400-meter dash — Fred Kerley (Texas A&M) 44.94
Women’s
60-meter dash — Aleia Hobbs (LSU) 7.21
200-meter dash — Jada Martin (LSU) 22.99
400-meter dash — Daina Harper (Arkansas) 51.77
Long Jump — Sha’Keela Saunders (Kentucky) 22′ 4.50″
Pole Vault — Tori Weeks (Arkansas) 15′ 0″
Action will get back under way tomorrow beginning at 10 a.m. with the men’s 60-meter hurdles in the heptathlon. Look for live updates on twitter by following @vandyxctrack or watch the live stream on WatchESPN HERE.
