Track and Field Hosts the Cardinal Twilight on Friday
May 07, 2015 | Track & Field
Event: Cardinal Twilight
Date: May 8, 2015
Start Time: 10:00 a.m.
Place: Cardinal Park | Louisville, Ky.
This Week: The Louisville men's and women's track and field teams continue postseason preparation as they continue competition when they host the Cardinal Twilight at Cardinal Park on Friday.
The event is scheduled to begin Friday morning with the men's shot put and the women's hammer throw. Running events are slated to begin at 4:00 p.m. with the men's 110m hurdles preliminaries.
Up Next: Louisville competes at their first ACC Outdoor Championships that will take place in Tallahassee, Fla., May 14-16.
SEASON NOTES:
Henderson Named Performer of the Week: After having a career day and posting two wins Emmonnie Henderson was named the ACC Women's Field Performer of the Week. The two-sport athlete tossed a personal best of 16.35m/53-7.75 in the shot put to record her second career victory. Henderson also threw a personal best of 57.54m/188-9 in the discus to pick up a victory. Her mark ranks third all-time in Louisville's history and also currently ranks fifth in the nation this season.
Kibichiy Picks Up Two Wins: Distance runner Edwin Kibichiy had a dominating performance at the UT Challenge in which the junior picked up two wins. Kibichiy won the 1500m race with a personal best time of 3:45.79 which was just a quarter of a second off the school record. Kibichiy picked up another win when he won the 3000m race with a season best time of 8:18.13.
Krause Lands Victory: At the Georgia Tech Invitational, sophomore Chanel Krause picked up her second outdoor victory of the season with a season best mark of 4.12m/13-6.25 in the pole vault. She also won the pole vault at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational.
Westrich Takes Home Win: Despite facing adverse weather conditions at the Georgia Tech Invitational, junior Nils Westrich won the hammer throw event with a throw of 58.62m/192-04 for his first outdoor victory of the season.
Arsenault Continues Winning Ways: At the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, Calvin Arsenault turned in impressive performances while sweeping both hurdle events. In the 110m hurdles, Arsenault broke his previous school record of 13.83 that was set two weekends ago at Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational. His first place time of 13.82 was also a meet record. Later that afternoon, Arsenault set a new meet record in the 400m hurdles with a time of 51.68.
Williams Makes Season Debut: Coming off a fourth place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships, junior Ben Williams made his season debut of the 2015 outdoor season. The All-American set a new meet record and recorded the best jump of the season in the ACC at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. His jump of 16.06m/52-8.25 earned him his first victory of the season.
Cards Win Seven at ACC/Big Ten Challenge: In the Cardinals' second home meet of the season, the Cardinals faced elite competition with Indiana, Michigan State, and Notre Dame at Cardinal Park. The Cardinals rose to the occasion and accomplished seven wins in the meet. Arsenault led the team with two victories while Henderson and Williams also took wins in their respective events. Junior Japhet Kipkoech recorded his first win of the season in the 5000m run with a time of 14:39.20. Freshman Josh Hall won his first event of the outdoor season with a personal best 47.08 finish in the 400m dash. Redshirt senior Maggie Gilbertson won her second event of the season in the high jump with a mark of 1.67m/5-5.75.
Freshmen Impress at Tennessee Relays: While the Cardinals competed at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, two freshmen competed at the Tennessee Relays in the heptathlon and decathlon events. Eric Fox finished second with 6,627 points in the decathlon while Linda Mutter finished second with a total of 4,957 points in the heptathlon. Each athlete posted an individual win with Fox winning the shot put with a mark of 12.67m/41-7 and Mutter winning the long jump with a mark of 5.69m/18-8.
Wash Goes Long: Sophomore Bre'Yana Wash continued her winning ways with her second consecutive long jump victory. She finished first at the Florida Relays with a personal best mark of 6.16m/20-2.50 after winning at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational the week before.
Cheruiyot Resets School Record: At the Florida Relays, junior Benadate Cheruiyot set the school record in the 3000m steeplechases with a time of 10:19.38. She broke the previous school record of 10:19.64 that she set at the AAC Championships in 2014.
Relay Team Breaks School Record: The team of Jeron Brown, Andrew Nsuk, Teague Peck, and Josh Hall continued their momentum, once again breaking the school record. The four finished with a time of 3:11.07, breaking their previous school record of 3:12.93 that was set at the Alabama Relays last month.
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