NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Vanderbilt track and field will host the Black and Gold Invitational, its lone outdoor home meet of the season, this Friday and Saturday at the Vanderbilt Track.
Twenty-six Commodore student-athletes will compete, led by middle distance runners Reagan Bustamante and Haley Walker and sprinter Jenn Edobi.
There is one other SEC school scheduled to compete (Kentucky) and seven Tennessee schools (Austin Peay, Belmont, Lipscomb, Middle Tennessee State, Tennessee State, Tennessee Tech and Trevecca Nazarene). The field also includes: Ball State, Butler, Central Michigan, Dayton, Eastern Michigan, Hillsdale, Indiana State, IUPUI, Loyola, Michigan, Southeast Missouri State, UAB, Virginia Tech and Western Kentucky.
Edobi will see her first action of the season in the 400 meters. The graduate student was an NCAA Outdoor East Regional qualifier the last two seasons in the event.
Friday, March 22
200 – Regan Clay
200 – Taiya Shelby
1,500 – Haley Walker
1,500 – Reagan Bustamante
1,500 – Kendall Derry
1,500 – Ginger Hutton
1,500 – Ana Wallace
1,500 – Gillian Mortimer
1,500 – Grace Jensen
1,500 – Anna Grace Morgan
1,500 – Caroline Pietrzyk
1,500 – Lauren Moffett
1,500 – Kacie Breeding
1,500 – Devon Grisbaum
1,500 – Emily Cohen
1,500 – Nick Laning
1,500 – Luke Mowery
5,000 – Evan Suzman
5,000 – Caleb Casolaro
Saturday, March 23
Pole Vault – Caleigh Lofstead
Pole Vault – Margaret Ollinger
400 – Jennifer Edobi
100 – Taiya Shelby
100 – Regan Clay
800 – Reagan Bustamante
800 – Haley Walker
800 – Ginger Hutton
800 – Grace Jensen
800 – Kendall Derry
800 – Emily Cohen
800 – Lauren Moffett
3,000 – Anna Grace Morgan
3,000 – Gillian Mortimer
3,000 – Caroline Pietrzyk
3,000 – Ana Wallace
3,000 – Jacqueline Pinon
3,000 – Devon Grisbaum
3,000 – Kacie Breeding
3,000 – Caleb van Geffen
3,000 – Edward Harpstead
3,000 – Andrew Irvine
General admission tickets are available at the facility for $5. Doors will open at 3 p.m. CT on Friday and 9 a.m. on Saturday.
Spectators can park in the 25th Avenue Garage (levels 9-11) prior to 6 p.m. and then in lot #75 off of Natchez Trace after 6 p.m. on Friday. On Saturday, spectators can use lot #75.
