Track and Field Set to Host the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational

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Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational

Track and Field Set to Host the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational

April 21, 2016 | Track & Field

Cardinals host sevent teams in final home meet of the season

By: Kim Pemberton

Event: Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational
Date: April 22-24, 2016
Site: University of Louisville Cardinal Park | Louisville, Ky.
Start Times: 2:30 p.m. Friday | 10 a.m. Saturday | 11:30 a.m. Sunday

This Week: The Louisville men's and women's track and field teams continue their outdoor season as they host the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational at Cardinal Park on April 22-24.

Competition will begin on Friday afternoon with the men's hammer throw scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. followed by the women's hammer throw slated to start at 4 p.m. at the UofL Throws Field.

The majority of the competition comes on Saturday with throwing events scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. with the men's discus event. The women's long jump and high jump will kick off the jumping events at 11 a.m. and the running events are slated to begin at 12:10 p.m. with the men's 100m hurdles preliminaries. The multi-events are also scheduled to compete on Saturday with the men's decathlon slated to begin at 12:05 p.m. and the women's heptathlon scheduled to begin at 12:35 p.m.

Action concludes on Sunday at the Cardinal Park with the multi-events. The men's decathlon beginning at 11:30 a.m. with the 110 meter hurdles followed by the discus, pole vault, javelin, and the 1500m run. The women's heptathlon concludes at 1 p.m. with the long jump, javelin, and the 800m run.

The Cardinals will face athletes from Cincinnati, Eastern Kentucky, IUPUI, Northern Kentucky, Western Kentucky, Valparaiso, and Xavier.

Up Next: Next weekend, the Cardinals will continue to gear up for the postseason with competition at the Memphis Invite on April 30.

FRESHMAN PROWESS
In her first season with the Cardinals, Raven Grant has put her speed on display. After a strong indoor season, the Conway, S.C. native has continued to impress. At the Louisville Invitational, Grant set a school record in the 100m with a time of 11.46 breaking the previous record of 11.48 that was set in 2013 by Margaret Harris. Grant followed the record breaking performance with a third place finish in the 200m. The freshman already has three individual victories and also has been a part of two 4x100m relay victories this season.

STRONG SHOWING AT LOUISVILLE INVITATIONAL
At the first home meet of the season, the Cardinals displayed a strong performance as there were 10 individual wins plus a relay victory at the Louisville Invitational. Freshman Raven Grant continued to have an impressive freshman campaign as she set a school record in her 100m victory. Emmonnie Henderson won both the shot put and the discus and her throw in the shot put is currently ranked 12th in the nation. Edwin Kibichiy competed in the 3000m steeplechase for the first time this season and won the event displaying the ninth best time in the event in the nation. Martice Moore (110m hurdles) and Alexis Murry (400m hurdles) led the Cardinals in the hurdle events while Japhet Kipkoech (5000m) and Claire Noser (3000m steeplechase) paced the Cardinal distance runners. In the jumps, Kaleb Rowe picked up a victory in the triple jump while Bre'Yana Wash picked up her three outdoor victory in the long jump. The women's 4x100 relay team of Murry, Kayla Tyson, Wash, and Grant won the event with a time of 45.39.

RECAPPING THE HILLTOPPER RELAYS
In early April, the Cardinals competed at the Hilltopper Relays and picked up two victories. In the 3000m, Ernest Kibet paced the field and led a quintet of Cardinal runners as he ran a season best 8:25.96. Matt Stephenson ran a personal best time of 8:26.43 to finish second as Japhet Kipkoech, Calvin Chemoiywo, and Jonathan Reynolds rounded out the top five. The women's 4x100 relay squad of Alexis Murry, Kayla Tyson, Bre'Yana Wash, and Raven Grant won the event in 45.78.

SETTING NEW RECORDS
At the Florida Relays, two school records were broken to highlight the Cardinals' performance at the meet. In the preliminaries, the men's 4x400m relay team of Martice Moore, Jeron Brown, Teague Peck, and Antoine Keys won their heat with a school record time of 3:08.74. They broke the record of 3:11.07 that was set last year at the Florida Relays. The women's 4x100m shuttle relay team of Brianne Brown, Alexis Murry, Holly Hankenson, and Linda Mutter broke a 16-year-old school record. The foursome finished 10th in the event with a time of 58.49 which broke the previous record of 1:00.76 that was set in 2000 at the Alabama Relays.

BOWLING PICKS UP WIN
At the Florida Relays, fifth-year senior Isaac Bowling won the men's discus with a throw of 53.50m/175-06, which was a personal best. The victory for Bowling is his first of his career in the discus throw event.

GOING THE DISTANCE
Junior Calvin Chemoiywo is off to a fantastic start in the outdoor season. Chemoiywo began the season with a victory in the 5000m at the USF Bulls Invitational. The Kabarnet, Kenya native followed the victory with a career best performance in the 10,000m against elite competition at the Raleigh Relays. He led the Cardinals with a seventh place finish.

MEN EARN TOP 25 RANKING
For the first time since 2011, the men's track and field team was ranked in the top 25 as they were ranked 24th in the preseason edition of the USTFCCCA Outdoor Team rankings. The team racked up a total of 86.68 points in the computer-based rankings which were based on the 2015 outdoor performances from each team's top talent and top marks from the current outdoor season. The men are currently ranked 28^th this week.

CARDS SWEEP ACC WEEKLY FIELD HONORS
After turning in impressive performances at the USF Invitational, Javen Reeves and Bre'Yana Wash earned weekly ACC honors. Both student-athletes posted marks in their events that currently rank in the nation's top-15. Reeves won the high jump with a personal best mark of 2.20m (7-2.50) which was just shy of the school record of 2.23m (7-3.75) set by Tone Belt. Bre'Yana Wash was victorious in the long jump with a personal best mark of 6.30m (20-8) just shy of the school record of 6.34m (20-9.75) set by Charachesicia Lockhart.

CARDS OPEN OUTDOOR SEASON WITH A BOOM
The Cardinals opened up their outdoor season with nine wins at the USF Bulls Invitational. While both squads won their respective 4x400m relays, the Cardinals had four individual victories on Friday before concluding the meet with three individual victories on Saturday. On Friday, Caitlin Gilmore won the hammer throw while Javen Reeves (high jump) and Bre'Yana Wash (long jump) turned in impressive performances that were just shy of existing records. In the distance events, Ernest Kibet won the 1500m run while Calvin Chemoiywo won the 5000m. Mara Zielonka was victorious in the high jump while Steve Wade won the shot put invitational.

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