Louisville Track and Field Prepares for Action-Filled Weekend

The Cardinals will have athletes competing in three different meets this weekend.

 

April 5, 2012

 

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville track and field teams are set for an action-filled weekend, with student-athletes competing at three different meets.

 

On Friday, April 6, Ariel Briggs will run in the 10,000m at the Bellarmine Invitational in Louisville. Holly Knight is scheduled to compete in the same event on Friday at the Stanford Invitational in Stanford, Calif. Both athletes are running the event for the first time in 2012. Knight earned All-America honors in the event while at Auburn in 2011.

 

A majority of the Cardinals are competing on Saturday, April 7, at the Tennessee Challenge in Knoxville, Tenn. Along with the Cardinals and event-host Tennessee, Akron, Carson-Newman and East Tennessee State round out the participating teams. Live results will be available at http://www.ptgrouponline.com/Live/2012/UT/Challenge/.

 

Sam Bombaugh and Brad Vivace open the meet for the Cardinals at 9 a.m. in the hammer throw. The women’s section starts upon the conclusion of the men’s event.

 

During those events, the men’s and women’s long jump and women’s javelin will be taking place.

 

The first track event of the day is the women’s 3,000m steeplechase at 12:30 p.m. The men’s race is set to start at 12:45 p.m., with Gordon Dooley and Mattias Wolter competing in the event. Wolter finished runner-up in the steeplechase at last year’s BIG EAST Championships, and he qualified for the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Rounds in the event.

 

While the race is in progress, Bombaugh, Vivace and Isaac Bowling will take part in the men’s shot put. Khadija Abdullah, Amashi-ali Kendall and Chinwe Okoro are scheduled to participate in the women’s section later in the day.

 

Field athletes Maggie Gilbertson, Megan Schubert and Michelle Theophille continue action in the jumps area, taking part in the high jump at 1 p.m. Theophille is tied for 12th nationally in the event after clearing 1.78m/5-10 at the Bulls Invitational. Taylor Caldwell and Michael Edwards follow with the men’s high jump at 2:30 p.m.

 

Later in the day, eight Cardinals – four on each side – will run their respective sections of the 800m.

 

Madie Davidson is scheduled to run the Cardinals’ last individual event of the day, participating in the 3,000m race, before the men’s and women’s 4x400m relay races.

 

For all of the latest information on Louisville cross country and track and field, log on to UofLsports.com, or, for up-to-the-minute updates, follow the team's Twitter account at www.twitter.com/louisvilletrack.

 

BELLARMINE INVITATIONAL (LOUISVILLE, KY. – OWSLEY B. FRAZIER STADIUM)

 

Friday, April 6

 

Women’s 10,000m, 6:15 p.m.

Ariel Briggs

 

STANFORD INVITATIONAL (STANFORD, CALIF. – COBB TRACK AT ANGELL FIELD)

 

Friday, April 6

 

Women’s 10,000m, 8:52 p.m. ET

Holly Knight

 

TENNESSEE CHALLENGE (KNOXVILLE, TENN. – TOM BLACK TRACK AT LaPORTE STADIUM)

 

Saturday, April 7

 

Men's Hammer Throw, 9 a.m.

Sam Bombaugh, Brad Vivace

 

Women's Hammer Throw, Following

Hannah Baker, Patrice Gates, Amashi-ali Kendall

 

Women's Long Jump, Noon

Kim Cardeiro, Charachesicia Lockhart

 

Women's Javelin Throw, following men at noon

Jenna Wargo, Patrice Gates

 

Men's Long Jump, Following

Wesley Smith

 

Women's 3,000m Steeplechase, 12:30 p.m.

Cassie Martin, Paige Dooley

 

Men's 3,000m Steeplechase, 12:45 p.m.

Gordon Dooley, Mattias Wolter

 

Men's Shot Put, 12:45 p.m.

Sam Bombaugh, Isaac Bowling, Brad Vivace

 

Women's Shot Put, Following

Khadija Abdullah, Amashi-ali Kendall, Chinwe Okoro

 

Women's High Jump, 1 p.m.

Maggie Gilbertson, Megan Schubert, Michelle Theophille

 

Men's 4x100m Relay, 1:10 p.m.

Louisville 'A' (R. Davis, J. Frazier, M. Hobbs, E. Matadi)

 

Women's 1,500m, 1:20 p.m.

Jordan Diaz, Maria Frigo, Michelle Molodynia, Megan Klein

 

Men's Pole Vault, 1:30 p.m.

Kevin Jackson

 

Men's 1,500m, 1:35 p.m.

Ryan Eaton, Luke Lovelace, Andrew Stewart, Evan Hibbs

 

Women's 100m Hurdles, 1:50 p.m.

Kim Cardeiro, Gabrielle Jackson

 

Men's 110m Hurdles, 2 p.m.

Calvin Arsenault

 

Women's Triple Jump, 2 p.m.

Charachesicia Lockhart, Malina Simmers

 

Women's 400m, 2:10 p.m.

Hadassah Bruno, Margret Harris, DeAudrea Horne

 

Men's 400m, 2:25 p.m.

Marcellus Hobbs

 

Men's Discus, 2:30 p.m.

Isaac Bowling, Andrew Nelson

 

Women's Discus, Following

Khadija Abdullah, Amashi-ali Kendall, Chinwe Okoro, Hannah Baker

 

Men's High Jump, 2:30 p.m.

Michael Edwards, Taylor Caldwell

 

Men's 100m, 2:50 p.m.

Raymond Davis

 

Women's 800m, 3 p.m.

Maria Frigo, Michelle Molodynia, Ahlivia Spencer, Jordan Diaz

 

Men's 800m, 3:20 p.m.

Ryan Eaton, Luke Lovelace, Andrew Stewart, Evan Hibbs

 

Women's 400m Hurdles, 3:40 p.m.

Gabrielle Jackson

 

Men's 400m Hurdles, 3:50 p.m.

Calvin Arsenault, Jordon Frazier

 

Women's 200m, 4 p.m.

Hadassah Bruno, Kim Cardeiro, DeAudrea Horne

 

Men's 200m, 4:10 p.m.

Marcellus Hobbs, Emmanuel Matadi

 

Women's 3,000m, 4:20 p.m.

Madie Davidson

 

Women's 4x400m Relay, 4 p.m.

Louisville 'A' (H. Bruno, D. Horne, G. Jackson, C. Lockhart, A. Spencer)

 

Men's 4x400m Relay, 4:15 p.m.

Louisville 'A' (C. Arsenault, J. Frazier, M. Hobbs, E. Matadi, A. Stewart)

 

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For More Information, Contact:

Ira Green, (502) 852-4857

Ira.Green@louisville.edu