Track and Field Travels to the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational
January 22, 2015 | Track & Field
Event: Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational
Date: Jan. 23-24, 2015
Start Times: Noon Friday | 8:30 a.m. Saturday
Place: Vanderbilt Student Rec Center | Nashville, Tenn.
This Week: The Louisville men's and women's track and field teams continue their indoor season with a two-day event at the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational in Nashville, Tenn. Field events are scheduled to start at Noon with the women's pentathlon and running events are slated to start at 8:30 p.m. with the distance medley relay inside the Vanderbilt Student Rec Center.
The meet continues on Saturday with running events beginning at 11:30 a.m. with the mile run and the field events slated to start at 12 p.m. with the shot put.
The Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational will play host to 15 women's teams and 14 men's teams. The 15 women's teams that will be represented are: Alabama, Auburn, Furman, Georgia Tech, Louisiana Tech, Louisville, MTSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Samford, SMU, Southern Illinois, Southern Mississippi, Vanderbilt, and Western Kentucky.
On the men's side, schools that will be represented are: Alabama, Auburn, Furman, Georgia Tech, Louisiana Tech, Louisville, Michigan, MTSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Samford, Southern Illinois, Southern Mississippi, and Western Kentucky.
SEASON NOTES
Hall Continues Strong Start: At the UK Invite, freshman Josh Hall continued his strong start with the Cardinals with a win in the 400m with a season-best time of 47.84. Hall was also a member of the 4x400 relay along with Antoine Keys, Jaron Brown, and Carlos Coleman which finished first in 3:17.06. Along with the two wins, he also placed third in the 200m with a season-best time of 21.93.
Vivace Throws Personal Best: Senior Brad Vivace kicked off the 2015 indoor season with a personal best in the weight throw at the UK Invite. Vivace threw a mark of 18.46m/60' 6.75" surpassing his previous mark of 18.16m/59' 7" that was set a month ago at the Music City Invitational.
Two Set Personal Bests: At the Hoosier Open, Edwin Kibichy and Dolly Nyemah both set new personal best records. Kibichy competed in the 5000m Invitational and finished third with a time of 13:53.18 in an extremely competitive field. His time was also less than a second off a school record set by Wesley Korir with a time of 13:52.63. Nyemah broke her previous personal best in the weight throw with a mark of 19.79m/64-11.25 to place fourth in competition. Her previous personal best was posted the week before at the Music City Invitational with a mark of 17.32m/56-10.0.
Immediate Impact: The Cardinal freshmen made an immediate impact in their first meets of the season with five freshman notching individual wins. Josh Hall paced the Cardinals in two events as he won both the 200m and 400m events. Javen Reeves notched his first collegiate victory in the high jump by clearing 2.04m/6' 8.25". Oliver Newport joined his counterparts with his first collegiate win in the long jump with a mark of 7.25m/23' 9.50". Devin Valentine took the triple jump with a mark of 14.87m/48' 9.50", registering his first victory of the season.
Two Cardinals Shatter School Record: Motill and freshman Eric Fox both broke the school record in the men's heptathlon with their performances at the Golden Flash Gala. Motill finished second with 5036 points while Fox, competing in his first collegiate competition, amassed a total of 4758 points. Both totals broke the previous school record of 4731 points that was set by Motill last season at the AAC Championships.
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