Friday, April 20
Atlanta, GA
10:00 AM (CT)
Samford University
at
Georgia Tech Invitational
Track & Field Heads To Atlanta For Georgia Tech Invitational
4.19.18 | Track and Field
The two-day event will be held at the George C. Griffin Track & Field Facility
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ATLANTA, Ga. -- In its final tune-up before the highly-anticipated 2018 Southern Conference Outdoor Championships, the Samford University track and field teams will be competing this weekend at the Georgia Tech Invitational, which will be held Friday and Saturday at the George C. Griffin Track & Field Facility.
Friday's action begins at 10 a.m. (CT) with the hammer throw competitions, while the remaining events will start at 5 p.m. Saturday's slate of events will also begin at 10 a.m.
Samford will square off against more than 30 schools Friday and Saturday, including the homestanding Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Boston College, Florida State, Southern Miss, St. John's and Georgia State.
The Bulldogs are coming off a strong weekend at the Tiger Track Classic, which was hosted by Auburn University at Hutsell-Rosen Track. Senior Tray Oates highlighted the competition by winning the pole vault event with a facility-record height of 5.60 meters, or 18-feet, 4.5 inches, while Abbey Zane, Dillon Dean, Josh Salter, Selena Popp, Arsene Guillorel and Hugh Duggan all earned top-five finishes.
Additionally, Samford's Marquis Barnes (long jump), Emmanuel Tait (110-meter hurdles), Maggie Johnston (discus) and Matt Cahoon (discus) each placed sixth in their respective events.
Oates, the Bulldogs' senior All-American, tallied a height of 5.50 meters in regulation and finished the competition tied for first place with Sean Collins of South Alabama. The pair then held a jump off, in which Oates cleared 5.60 meters to set the facility record, while Collins came up short. With his record-setting performance, Oates took first place in the event.
Additionally, Samford's Duggan earned fifth place in the pole vault with a height of 4.95 meters. He finished just out of fourth place behind Kyle Baudoin of Louisiana-Lafayette.
Some of the Bulldogs' top finishers also proved to be Zane in the women's 5000-meter run and Dean in the men's 5000-meter run. Zane notched a second-place finish with a time of 17:29.76 in the competition, while Dean placed third in 14:51.71 on the men's side.
Continuing Samford's distance success this weekend was Salter in the men's 3000-meter steeplechase. Salter, the Bulldogs' talented senior from Johns Creek, Georgia, placed third in the event with a time of 9:20.20. He finished ahead of Georgia Tech's Sam Costa and Indiana State's Luke Kerstiens to round out the top five in the competition.
Samford's Popp also garnered a third-place finish at the Tiger Track Classic. Popp, the Bulldogs' dynamic junior All-SoCon performer from Hixon, Tennessee, scored 5283 points in the heptathlon to take third in the event.
Guillorel, the Bulldogs' talented senior All-American, placed fourth in the men's 1500-meter run, but could have easily finished at least second in the event. Down the stretch, he was barely edged out by Florida State's Michael Hall and Auburn's Wesley Curles by just .14 seconds. Guillorel posted a time of 3:45.18, while Hall finished in 3:45.04 and Curles notched a 3:45.15.
For results, schedule updates, breaking news and links to all of your favorite articles featuring the Bulldogs, please follow @Samford_Sports on Twitter.
Meet Central | Live Results | Schedule | Heat Sheets | Heat Sheets (200s)
ATLANTA, Ga. -- In its final tune-up before the highly-anticipated 2018 Southern Conference Outdoor Championships, the Samford University track and field teams will be competing this weekend at the Georgia Tech Invitational, which will be held Friday and Saturday at the George C. Griffin Track & Field Facility.
Friday's action begins at 10 a.m. (CT) with the hammer throw competitions, while the remaining events will start at 5 p.m. Saturday's slate of events will also begin at 10 a.m.
Samford will square off against more than 30 schools Friday and Saturday, including the homestanding Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Boston College, Florida State, Southern Miss, St. John's and Georgia State.
The Bulldogs are coming off a strong weekend at the Tiger Track Classic, which was hosted by Auburn University at Hutsell-Rosen Track. Senior Tray Oates highlighted the competition by winning the pole vault event with a facility-record height of 5.60 meters, or 18-feet, 4.5 inches, while Abbey Zane, Dillon Dean, Josh Salter, Selena Popp, Arsene Guillorel and Hugh Duggan all earned top-five finishes.
Additionally, Samford's Marquis Barnes (long jump), Emmanuel Tait (110-meter hurdles), Maggie Johnston (discus) and Matt Cahoon (discus) each placed sixth in their respective events.
Oates, the Bulldogs' senior All-American, tallied a height of 5.50 meters in regulation and finished the competition tied for first place with Sean Collins of South Alabama. The pair then held a jump off, in which Oates cleared 5.60 meters to set the facility record, while Collins came up short. With his record-setting performance, Oates took first place in the event.
Additionally, Samford's Duggan earned fifth place in the pole vault with a height of 4.95 meters. He finished just out of fourth place behind Kyle Baudoin of Louisiana-Lafayette.
Some of the Bulldogs' top finishers also proved to be Zane in the women's 5000-meter run and Dean in the men's 5000-meter run. Zane notched a second-place finish with a time of 17:29.76 in the competition, while Dean placed third in 14:51.71 on the men's side.
Continuing Samford's distance success this weekend was Salter in the men's 3000-meter steeplechase. Salter, the Bulldogs' talented senior from Johns Creek, Georgia, placed third in the event with a time of 9:20.20. He finished ahead of Georgia Tech's Sam Costa and Indiana State's Luke Kerstiens to round out the top five in the competition.
Samford's Popp also garnered a third-place finish at the Tiger Track Classic. Popp, the Bulldogs' dynamic junior All-SoCon performer from Hixon, Tennessee, scored 5283 points in the heptathlon to take third in the event.
Guillorel, the Bulldogs' talented senior All-American, placed fourth in the men's 1500-meter run, but could have easily finished at least second in the event. Down the stretch, he was barely edged out by Florida State's Michael Hall and Auburn's Wesley Curles by just .14 seconds. Guillorel posted a time of 3:45.18, while Hall finished in 3:45.04 and Curles notched a 3:45.15.
For results, schedule updates, breaking news and links to all of your favorite articles featuring the Bulldogs, please follow @Samford_Sports on Twitter.
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