Track and Field Opens Outdoor Season at Shamrock Invitational
March 13, 2013 | Women's Track and Field
March 13, 2013
NEW YORK - The University of Louisville track and field teams open the outdoor season this week with the 2013 Shamrock Invitational in Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
The Cardinals begin the three-day event that is hosted by Coastal Carolina University and the City of Myrtle Beach on Thursday, March 14.
The school's indoor season concluded with a pair of All-Americans and fifth- and sixth-place finishes by the men's and women's teams, respectively, at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships.
Louisville is only competing in one event on the first day of competition, as Sam Bombaugh leads a quartet in the hammer throw at 11 a.m. Bombaugh had a stellar ending to his indoor season, as he was named BIG EAST Most Outstanding Field Performer of the Meet upon winning the weight throw and shot put conference titles.
Day two features a slew of competitions, beginning with the field events in the morning. The first race on the track is the 100m in which five Cardinals, including four women, will run.
Later in the day, Calvin Arsenault will take part in the 110m hurdles trials at 5:30 p.m. Arsenault finished his indoor season this year by breaking the 60m hurdles record and placing third at the BIG EAST Championships. He's also scheduled to run in the 400m hurdles on Saturday.
The team finishes the day with a pair of distance events. Louisville has three freshmen in Leah Kiyohara, Agnes Chepchumba, and Benadate Cheruiyot slated to run in the 5,000m at 6:45 p.m.
Louisville's throwers open Saturday in the discus, javelin, and shot put competitions. Bombaugh, Brad Vivace, and Steve Wade, who will participate in the shot put at 10 a.m., finished 1-2-3 at the conference indoor championships in February.
In one of the first track events of the day, the Cardinals will line up six men in the 1,500m.
The day progresses with the day sprint events, and Chrisjaan Smith, who earned all-BIG EAST indoor high honors as a freshman, begins his outdoor campaign in the event at 1 p.m. He cleared 2.12m/6-11.50 to finish third at the conference championships.
Louisville wraps up its stay in South Carolina with the men's and women's 200m and 3,000m events.
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2013 SHAMROCK INVITATIONAL (DOUG SHAW MEMORIAL STADIUM - MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.)
Thursday, March 14
Men's Hammer Throw, 11 a.m.
Sam Bombaugh, Sebastian Lenz, Nils Westrich, Brad Vivace
Friday, March 15
Women's Invite Hammer Throw, 11:30 a.m.
Amashi Kendall, Patrice Gates, Hannah Baker, Rachel Serafin
Women's Hammer Throw, 1 p.m.
Amashi Kendall, Patrice Gates, Hannah Baker, Rachel Serafin
Women's 100m Trials, 2:30 p.m.
Nitaya Walker, Brittany Owens, Hannah Cox, Naadira Taylor
Men's 100m Trials, 2:30 p.m.
Michael Thompson
Women's High Jump, 4 p.m.
Kim Cardeiro
Women's 4x800m Relay, 4 p.m.
Louisville 'A' (K. Cramsey, J. Diaz, M. Frigo, M. Molodynia)
Men's 4x800m Relay, 4 p.m.
Louisville 'A' (E. Hibbs, E. Kibet, A. Stewart, L. Lovelace)
Louisville 'A' (J. Kipkoech, T. Byrne, M. Wolter, M. Motill)
Women's Long Jump, 5 p.m.
Brittany Owens, Kim Cardeiro, Hannah Cox, Naadira Taylor
Men's Long Jump, 5 p.m.
Jeron Brown, Chrisjaan Smith
Men's 110m Hurdles Trials, 5:30 p.m.
Calvin Arsenault
Women's Pole Vault, 6 p.m.
Chelsea Bingham
Women's 3,000m Steeplechase, 6:15 p.m.
Megan Klein, Cassie Martin
Women's 5,000m, 6:45 p.m.
Leah Kiyohara, Agnes Chepchumba, Benadate Cheruiyot
Saturday, March 16
Men's Discus, 9 a.m.
Isaac Bowling, Steve Wade, Andrew Nelson
Women's Discus, 9 a.m.
Amashi Kendall, Hannah Baker, Rachel Serafin, Liberty Slinden
Women's Long Jump, 9 a.m.
Brittany Owens, Kim Cardeiro, Hannah Cox, Naadira Taylor
Men's Long Jump, 9 a.m.
Jeron Brown, Chrisjaan Smith
Women's Javelin, 10 a.m.
Katie Wimpari
Women's Shot Put, 10 a.m.
Amashi Kendall, Liberty Slinden, Patrice Gates, Rachel Serafin
Men's Shot Put, 10 a.m.
Sam Bombaugh, Steve Wade, Brad Vivace, Isaac Bowling
Women's 1,500m, 10 a.m.
Kelsey Cramsey, Megan Klein
Men's 1,500m, 10 a.m.
Ernest Kibet, Luke Lovelace, Andrew Stewart, Evan Hibbs, Mattias Wolter, Tyler Byrne
Men's 110m Hurdles Final, 11:45 a.m. (contingent upon advancing)
Calvin Arsenault
Women's 400m, 12:05 p.m.
Michelle Kinsella, Margret Harris, Chelsea Brown, Jordan Diaz
Men's 400m, 12:05 p.m.
Jeron Brown, Marcellus Hobbs, Marcus Motill, Antoine Keys
Men's High Jump, 1 p.m.
Chrisjaan Smith
Women's 100m Finals, 1:15 p.m. (contingent upon advancing)
Nitaya Walker, Brittany Owens, Hannah Cox, Naadira Taylor
Men's 100m Final, 1:15 p.m. (contingent upon advancing)
Michael Thompson
Women's Triple Jump, 1:30 p.m.
Brittany Owens, Naadira Taylor
Women's 800m, 1:30 p.m.
Kelsey Cramsey
Men's 800m, 1:30 p.m.
Luke Lovelace, Andrew Stewart
Men's Pole Vault, 2 p.m.
Kevin Jackson, Jacob Sebastian
Men's 400m Hurdles Final, 2 p.m.
Calvin Arsenault
Women's 200m, 3:05 p.m.
Jeron Brown, Nitaya Walker, Jordan Diaz, Kim Cardeiro, Hannah Cox, Chelsea Bingham
Men's 200m, 3:05 p.m.
Michael Thompson, Antoine Keys, Marcellus Hobbs
Women's 3,000m, 4:15 p.m.
Michelle Molodynia
Men's 3,000m, 4:15 p.m.
Japhet Kipkoech
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