FINAL RESULTS NASHVILLE, Tennessee – It was another weekend filled of personal best, school records and top ten finishes for the Samford University track and field teams as the competed in the Vanderbilt University Indoor Invitational on Saturday, January 24, at the Recreational Center/Indoor Track Facility.
The Bulldogs have continued to improve week after week on times and marks, especially on the big stage.
"I saw a glimpse today of what I feel this team can accomplish." Tiffin said. "I think we handled the environment much better this weekend and didn't worry as much about what was going on around us."
Tray Oates set the tone for Samford on Friday with a personal best and first place finish in the men's pole vault. The Acworth, Georgia native came into the meet with the personal best mark of 4.90m and shattered on his second attempt at the height of 5.20m; the mark also stands as the second best in the program's history.
The tone set by Oates spilled over into Saturday's competition as the Bulldogs would set three school records.
Junior
Brandon Hazouri captured a fifth place finish in the men's 800 meters with a school record time of 1:50.02. The previous record was held by current teammate
Nathan Hendershot who posted a time of 1:51.48 on Jan. 18, 2014.
Later in the afternoon it was
Arsène Guillorel who made a splash in the men's 3,000 meters with a third place finish time of 8:11.68 to shatter the school record by four seconds. Guillorel made a push at the record the previous weekend in his first ever collegiate attempt at the event but fell just shy of the 8:15.74 mark set by Cameron Bean back in 2010.
The Bulldogs capped off the night when the combination of
Sarah Sanford,
Abbie Cutcliffe,
Anna Laura Irvine and
Marie Demedicis broke Samford school record in the women's 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:52.27 which was good for a 10th place finish.
At the end of competition you couldn't count on one hand all of the personal best that this group of Bulldogs set this weekend and after the third straight week of competition the team will get a much needed break.
"Each week we get a little better and a little closer to where we want to be and hopefully we'll be there come conference weekend." Tiffin said. "We will take this next weekend off to get a few people healthy and a few others ready to compete."
The Bulldogs next competition will take place on the weekend of Feb. 13-14, when the team hosts the Samford Invitational and Multi at the Birmingham Crossplex.
FINAL RESULTS
