May 2, 2015
SATURDAY’S RESULTS: HERE
A two-week layoff didn’t interrupt the rhythm of the Vanderbilt track and field team.
With Sarah Bell breaking her own school record in the pole vault, and Courtney Clayton and Carmen Carlos capturing first-place finishes in the 1500 and 3000, respectively, the Commodores produced another attention-grabbing performance Saturday at the Tennessee Challenge in Knoxville.
The Commodores, who had an open date last weekend during final exams, recorded 14 Top-10 finishes Saturday while competing in a total of eight events in the team’s second-to-last meet of the regular season. The strong effort — which featured eight times/distances that ranked among the Top-10 on the school’s all-time list — enabled the Commodores to extend their April-long surge into their first meet in May.
Bell produced one of the biggest highlights by clearing 13-08.25 (4.17m) in the pole vault while earning a fourth-place finish and shattering her previous school record of 13-03.50 that she set last season.
Carlos stormed to a victory in the 3000-meter run with a personal-best time of 9:42.23, which ranks as the No. 6 on VU list, and Clayton took first place in the 1500 with a time of 4:30.82 to set a new PR. Carlos finished directly behind Clayton in the 1500, taking second at 4:30.98.
Vanessa Valentine and Rebecca Chandler also earned spots in the Top 10 in the 1500, with Valentine taking seventh at 4:34.78 and Chandler finishing ninth at 4:43.29.
The Commodores had two Top-5 finishes in the 400-meter dash, with Erin Edmond taking third at 55.04, and Faith Washington finishing fourth, and setting the No. 5 mark on VU’s all-time list, at 55.40.
Skyler Carpenter continued her outstanding season with a third-place effort in the 400-meter hurdles, posting a personal-record time of 58.84, which is the No. 5 mark on VU’s all-time list. Teammate Emma Radan was 11th at 1:04.61.
Vanderbilt was also well-represented in the 800, with six Commodores finishing among the Top 20, including a pair of VU standouts — Katherine Delaney and Reagan Anderson — earning spots among the top six.
Delaney finished fourth with a personal-record time of 2:09.22, the No. 7 mark on Vanderbilt’s all-time list, and Anderson was sixth with a PR of 2:09.65, the No. 9 mark on VU’s list.
Maddie Criscione took 11th at 2:11.52, Lily Williams was 15th at 2:13.40, Courtney Kriegshauser was 17th at 2:16.84 and Megan Huebner was 20th at 2:17.91. Sarah Goodale won her heat and finished 24th at 2:19.32 and Sara Barron was 35th at 2:24.81.
Vanderbilt had three representatives in the Top 12 in the 3000-meter run. In addition to Carlos’ first-place effort, Chandler was ninth at 10:02.03 and Claire Benjamin was 12th at 10:14.04.
The Commodores’ 4×100 relay team — Carpenter, Washington, Radan and Edmond — finished fourth at 46.79 to set the No. 3 mark on VU’s all-time list, and Megan McCabe took eighth in the pole vault at 12-02.50 (3.72m).
Vanderbilt will conclude the regular season by competing in a mid-week meet at Duke this week. The Commodores will then turn their attention to SEC Championships that begins on May 14 in Starkville.
TENNESSEE CHALLENGE
Saturday (Knoxville, Tenn.)
Vanderbilt Results
Women 400 Meter Dash
3 – Edmond, Erin, 55.04
4 – Washington, Faith, 55.40
Women 800 Meter Run
4 – Delaney, Katherine, 2:09.29
6 – Anderson, Reagan, 2:09.65
11 – Criscione, Maddie, 2:11.52
15 – Williams, Lily, 2:13.40
17 – Kriegshauser, Courtney, 2:16.84
20 – Huebner, Megan, 2:17.91
24 – Goodale, Sarah, 2:19.32
35 – Barron, Sara, 2:24.81
Women 1500 Meter Run
1 – Clayton, Courtney, 4:30.82
2 – Carlos, Carmen, 4:30.98
7 – Valentine, Vanessa, 4:34.78
9 – Chandler, Rebecca, 4:43.29
Women 3000 Meter Run
1 – Carlos, Carmen, 9:42.23
9 – Chandler, Rebecca, 10:02.03
12 – Benjamin, Claire, 10:14.04
Women 400 Meter Hurdles
3 – Carpenter, Skyler, 58.84
11 – Radan, Emma, 1:04.61
Women 4×100 Meter Relay
4 – Vanderbilt 46.79
(Carpenter, Washington, Radan, Edmond)
Women High Jump
3 – Tidman, Ellie, 1.70m, (5-07)
Women Pole Vault
4 – Bell, Sarah, 4.17m, (13-08.25)
8 – McCabe, Megan, 3.72m, (12-02.50)
