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Husky Classic
TRACK & FIELD CENTRAL: Tiger Paw Invite & Husky Classic
February 07, 2018 | Track & Field
Tennessee will be in action coast-to-coast as the Big Orange competes in meets at Clemson and Washington from Feb. 9-10
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee track and field team will compete in both Washington's Husky Classic and Clemson's Tiger Paw Invite from Feb. 9-10.
Most of the team will head down to Clemson, South Carolina, to compete in the Tiger Paw Invite at Clemson Indoor Track. UT
"We look to go back to Clemson this weekend, our second time in the facility this season, being much more comfortable and also much more prepared for the increase in the level of competition," Tennessee Director of Track and Field/Cross Country Beth Alford-Sullivan said. "We will see most of the SEC and some other great competition from around the country. We look to really show up and compete in that environment and set us up to be ready to be compete at that competition level needed at the SEC Championships."
Nine distance runners will make the trip across the country for the Husky Classic at Dempsey Indoor.
"We look forward to being in a great distance competition," Alford-Sullivan said. "The University of Washington and head coach Greg Metcalf put on a great meet every year. They really seed up the heats of each race very well and competitive. We hope to bring back a lot of personal bests and some great times from the competition."
Tiger Paw Invite
A slew of Tennessee standouts in the sprints and the throwing events rank among the nation's best and will look to improve their times and distances this weekend at Clemson Indoor Track.
Junior thrower Stamatia Scarvelis is the only woman in the nation who ranks in the top five in both the shot put and the weight throw this indoor season. She ranks second in the shot put with a distance of 17.77 meters (58-3.75) and fifth in the weight throw at 22.27 meters (73-0.75).
Senior women's sprinter Shania Collins owns the nation's sixth-fastest time in the 200 meters at 23.14.
On the men's side, junior sprinter Mustaqeem Williams, junior sprinter Nathan Strother and junior thrower Seth Whitener will look to continue building on their strong indoor seasons. Williams ranks 17th nationally in the 200 meters with a time of 20.99. Strother's 46.39 in the 400 meters from last month's Bob Pollock Invitational at the same track ranks 13th in the nation. Whitener threw 21.14 meters (69-4.25) in the weight throw at the Bob Pollock Invitational and that mark ranks 19th nationally.
Husky Classic
Tennessee is bringing some of its top distance runners to compete against the nation's best at Dempsey Indoor. On the men's side, UT brings seniors Nick Brey and Andre Hillsman, juniors Zach Long and Wesley Robinson and freshmen Alex Crigger, John Elrod and Georde Goodwyn. Sophomore Megan Murray and freshman Abigail Smith will represent the UT women.
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On Friday night, Murray will run in the women's 5,000 meters and Brey, Hillsman and Robinson will run in the men's 5,000 meters.
On Saturday, Smith will run in the women's unseeded 3,000 meters and Crigger, Elrod and Goodwyn will run in the men's unseeded 3,000 meters.
Long will look to improve on his 7:59.15 in the men's 3,000 meters at the Bob Pollock Invitational. That time set a new Tennessee school record and currently ranks 19th in the nation. Long runs in the men's 3000-meter seeded race on Friday evening at 4:44 p.m. PT (7:44 p.m. ET).
Tiger Paw Invite
FRIDAY, Feb. 9
TRACK EVENTS
12 p.m. ET - Women's 60m Hurdles Prelims: Maya Neal, Domonique Turner, Kiara Rhodes
1:30 p.m. ET - Women's 60m Prelims: Maia McCoy, Shania Collins, Cidae'a Woods
2:15 p.m. ET - Men's 60m Prelims: Malik Elion, Darryl Harris, Mustaqeem Williams
3 p.m. ET - Women's 60m Hurdles Semifinals: TBD
3:55 p.m. ET - Women's Mile: Taylor Luthringer
4:20 p.m. ET - Women's 60m Semifinals: TBD
4:35 p.m. ET - Men's Mile: Nicholas Boogades, Adam Johnston, Drew Kelley
5 p.m. ET - Men's 60m Semifinals: TBD
5:15 p.m. ET - Women's 400m: Lenysse Dyer, Felecia Majors, Layla White, Brooklynn Broadwater, Deja Parrish
5:55 p.m. ET - Women's 60m Hurdles Final: TBD
6:10 p.m. ET - Men's 400m: Nathan Strother, Ari Cogdell, Kwantreyl McConico
6:55 p.m. ET - Women's 60m Final: TBD
7 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, Tamia Crockett
2:30 p.m. ET - Women's Pole Vault: Hannah Jefcoat
4:30 p.m. ET - Women's Long Jump: Cidae'a Woods, Kiara Rhodes, Maya Neal
4:30 p.m. ET - Men's Shot Put: Jordan West, Cole Patterson, Joseph Maxwell
SATURDAY, Feb. 10
TRACK EVENTS
12 p.m. ET - Women's 800m: Nicole Adams, Madison Tippet
12:20 p.m. ET - Men's 800m: Nicholas Boogades, Adam Johnston, Drew Kelley, Jose Parrilla
12:40 p.m. ET - Women's 200m: Shania Collins, Lenysse Dyer, Maia McCoy, Maya Neal, Domonique Turner, Kiara Rhodes
1:20 p.m. ET - Men's 200m: Malik Elion, Darryl Harris, Kwantreyl McConico, Mustaqeem Williams, Ingar Kiplesund
1:50 p.m. ET - Women's 3,000m: Peighton Meske, Rachel Ware
2:30 p.m. ET - Women's 4x400: Tennessee
3 p.m. ET - Men's 4x400: Tennessee
FIELD EVENTS
11 a.m. ET - Women's Weight Throw: Stamatia Scarvelis, Savannah Marlow
11 a.m. ET - Women's High Jump: Domonique Turner
11 a.m. ET - Men's Triple Jump: Jalen Tate
12 p.m. ET - Men's Pole Vault: Tristan Slater, Nate Harper
1:30 p.m. ET - Women's Triple Jump: LaChyna Roe, Cidae'a Woods
1:30 p.m. ET - Men's Weight Throw: Seth Whitener, Matthew Zajac, Georgios Korakidis, Jordan West
1:30 p.m. ET - Men's High Jump: Darryl Sullivan
Husky Classic
FRIDAY, Feb. 9
TRACK EVENTS
5:45 p.m. PT - Women's 5,000m: Megan Murray
6:45 p.m. PT - Men's 5,000m: Nick Brey, Andre Hillsman, Wesley Robinson
SATURDAY, Feb. 10
TRACK EVENTS
12:05 p.m. PT - Women's 3,000m (unseeded): Abigail Smith
12:40 p.m. PT - Men's 3,000m (unseeded): Alex Crigger, John Elrod, Georde Goodwyn
4:44 p.m. PT - Men's 3,000m (seeded): Zach Long
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