TRACK & FIELD CENTRAL: Bob Pollock Invitational

January 24, 2018 | Track & Field

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Tennessee is back in action this weekend in Clemson, S.C., for the Bob Pollock Invitational

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee track and field teams heads to Clemson, S.C., this week to compete in the Bob Pollock Invitational on Friday and Saturday at Clemson University Indoor Track.

Bob Pollock Invitational

MEET INFO

Date: Jan. 26-27, 2018
Location: Clemson Indoor Track & Field Complex
Host: Clemson Tigers
First Events: FRI: 2:30 p.m. Men's Long Jump, Women's Shot Put, Women's Pole Vault, Women's 60mH Prelims; SAT: 11 a.m. Women's Weight Throw, Women's High Jump
Last Event: FRI: 7:05 p.m. Men's Distance Medley Relay; SAT: 3 p.m. Men's 4x400

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Except for five UT pentathletes who competed in the Clemson Invitational at the same venue last Friday, most of the Big Orange spent this past week training in Knoxville.

"It was a really good week," Tennessee Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Beth Alford-Sullivan said. "We trained very aggressively during the weekdays last week. All of the event groups had very heavy weight training sessions, very heavy sprint training sessions and technical sessions all the way through. We let up over the weekend and had some light practices over the weekend. We should come off that really well, be freshened up by midweek and start competing again on Friday.

"We feel like we've put ourselves in a great situation to go out there and capitalize. The level of competition is a big step forward and the facility is an outstanding facility, so we're going to try to maximize everything."

The teams competing at the Bob Pollock Invitational are Alabama, Auburn, Georgia Tech, J.C. Smith, Louisville, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, Tennessee and Virginia Tech.

Senior Shania Collins and juniors Maia McCoy and Stamatia Scarvelis will look to continue their stay among the nation's top women in their respective events. Scarvelis is the only woman to rank in the nation's top five in both throwing events as she is second in the shot put (17.77 meters/58-3.75) and fifth in the weight throw (22.27 meters/73-0.75). Collins has the nation's second-fastest 200 meters at 23.14. McCoy ranks 18th in the 60 meters with a time of 7.36.

On the men's side, UT has six student-athletes ranking in the nation's top 20 in their respective events and all six will be in action. Mustaqeem Williams ranks eighth in the 200 meters with a time of 20.99 and fellow Junior Kwantreyl McConico is 12th at 21.11. Senior Nathan Strother owns the nation's sixth-best time in the 400 meters at 46.45. Junior Zach Long owns the No. 16 time in the 3,000 meters (8:11.06) and will look to top that mark on Saturday. In the men's weight throw, junior Seth Whitener ranks 14th (21.12 meters/69-3.50) and Matthew Zajac ranks 20th (20.52 meters/67-4.00).

Many of UT's distance runners will see their first action since the Indiana-Tennessee Dual on Jan. 6. Sophomore Megan Murray is slated to make her indoor season debut on Saturday in the women's 3,000 meters. Murray earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors for this past cross country season after she finished 19th in the women's 6K at the NCAA South Regional.

After this weekend's meet, UT will next compete in Clemson's Tiger Paw Invite on Feb. 9-10 and Washington's Husky Classic on Feb. 9-10.

2018 Bob Pollock Invitational Schedule

FRIDAY, Jan. 26

Track Events
2:30 p.m. ET - Women's 60m Hurdles Prelims: Alexis Duncan
4 p.m. ET - Women's 60m Prelims: Maia McCoy
4:30 p.m. ET - Men's Mile: Alex Crigger, Adam Johnston, Drew Kelley, Brad Swiney, Nicholas Boogades,
4:50 p.m. ET - Men's 60m Prelims Jeffrey Uzzell, Malik Elion
5:10 p.m. ET - Women's 400m: Lenysse Dyer, Felecia Majors, Deja Parrish
5:40 p.m. ET - Women's 60m Hurdles Final: TBD
6 p.m. ET - Men's 400m: Nathan Strother
6:30 p.m. ET - Women's 60m Final: TBD
6:40 p.m. ET - Men's 60m Final: TBD

Field Events
2:30 p.m. ET - Men's Long Jump: Ingar Kiplesund, Jalen Tate
2:30 p.m. ET - Women's Shot Put: Stamatia Scarvelis, Emily Meier, Tamia Crockett, Maya Neal
2:30 p.m. ET - Women's Pole Vault: Hannah Jefcoat
4:30 p.m. ET - Men's Shot Put: Jordan West, Cole Patterson, Joseph Maxwell

SATURDAY, Jan. 27

Track Events
12 p.m. ET - Women's 600m: Brooklynn Broadwater, Layla White
12:10 p.m. ET - Men's 600m: Scott Cousino, Trey Quealy
12:15 p.m. ET - Women's 800m: Nicole Adams, Madison Tippet
12:25 p.m. ET - Men's 800m: Nicholas Boogades, Adam Johnston, Drew Kelley, Jose Parrilla
12:35 p.m. ET - Women's 200m: Gabriella Cantrell, Shania Collins, Lenysse Dyer, Alexis Duncan, Maia McCoy, Maya Neal, Deja Parrish, Kiara Rhodes, Cidae'a Woods
1:20 p.m. ET - Men's 200m: Ari Cogdell, Darryl Harris, Kwantreyl McConico, Jeffrey Uzzell, Mustaqeem Williams, Malik Elion
1:55 p.m. ET - Women's 3000m: Cassidy Giles, Taylor Luthringer, Peighton Meske, Megan Murray, Emma Reed, Abigail Smith, Rachel Ware
2:10 p.m. ET - Men's 3000m: Nick Brey, Gashaw Duhamel, Andre Hillsman, John Elrod, Georde Goodwyn, Zach Long, Wesley Robinson, Brad Swiney
2:35 p.m. ET - Women's 4x400: Tennessee A, Tennessee B, Tennessee C
3 p.m. ET - Men's 4x400: Tennessee A

Field Events
11 a.m. ET - Women's Weight Throw: Stamatia Scarvelis, Savannah Marlow, Tamia Crockett
11 a.m. ET - Women's High Jump: Cidae'a Woods, Domonique Turner
11 a.m. ET - Men's Triple Jump: Jalen Tate
12:30 p.m. ET - Men's Pole Vault: Nate Harper, Tristan Slater
1 p.m. ET - Women's Triple Jump: LaChyna Roe
1 p.m. ET - Men's Weight Throw: Seth Whitener, Matthew Zajac, Georgios Korakidis
1 p.m. ET - Men's High Jump: Darryl Sullivan