Canes Hosting Hurricane Alumni Invitational
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami track and field program will host its final home meet of the 2016 outdoor season, the Hurricane Alumni Invitational, this Friday and Saturday.
A two-day meet, the Hurricane Alumni Invitational is the highlight of Miami’s three outdoor meets this season. In addition to the track and field action, Miami welcomes back its track alumni for an annual reunion weekend.
“It is always exciting when the alumni come back,” Miami director of track and field/cross country Amy Deem said. “It will be great to have All-Americans like Devon Hill, Kelsey Balkwill and Alyssa McClure back on the track and to have Lauryn [Williams] on our ESPN3 broadcast again. We have a ton of athletes who always come back to say hello and watch the meet and support the Canes. It’s always good to see them.”
On Saturday night at 6:10 p.m., the Hurricanes will honor 16 seniors for all their contributions to the track and field program. Seniors and their families will be brought onto the infield at Cobb Stadium to be presented with a senior gift and recognized in front of Hurricanes fans in commemoration of their careers at Miami.
“We are excited to recognize our seniors,” Deem said “It will be great to see them compete at home one more time.”
FAU, FIU, Georgetown, Harvard, Maine, Pitt, Syracuse and Villanova highlight the list of schools set to compete at this weekend’s Hurricane Alumni Invitational. Action begins Friday at 10 a.m., with the decathlon 100m dash, while the javelin throw and hammer throw are scheduled for 2 p.m.
Saturday’s action begins at 9 a.m., with the heptathlon long jump. Field events begin at 10:15 a.m., with the men’s high jump and running events open at 12:30 p.m., with the unseeded section of the women’s 1,500-meter run.
The Hurricane Alumni Invitational will be broadcast live on ESPN3 from 3-6 p.m., featuring exciting seeded sections of the 4×100-meter relay, 1,500-meter run, 100-meter and 110-meter hurdles, 100-meters, 400-meters, 800-meters and the 400-meter hurdles on the track and several exciting field events in the throws and jumps. The Voice of the Miami Hurricanes, Joe Zagacki, will handle play-by-play duties, while Olympic gold medalist, 2004 NCAA 100m champion and UM Sports Hall of Fame member Lauryn Williams will provide analysis.
Miami Entries
Men
100m: Isaiah Taylor
200m: Breon Mullings, Henri Delauze
400m: Anthony Wolliston, Joseph Ryan
800m: Tom Gassner, Luke Dublirer
1500m: Sean Grossman
5000m: Sean Grossman, Jonathan Keller, Kevin Marsh
110m HH: TeQuille Jackson
400m IH: Ibrahim Dodo
4x100m: TeQuille Jackson, Breon Mullings, Isaiah Taylor, Anthony Wolliston
4x400m: Ibrahim Dodo, Henri Delauze, Joseph Ryan, Thomas Gassner
High Jump: John-Patrick Friday
Long Jump: Innocent Jacob, John-Patrick Friday
Pole Vault: Nick Catchur
Shot Put: Gian Piero Ragonesi, Daniel Polinski, Isaiah Simmons
Discus: Gian Piero Ragonesi, Daniel Polinski
Hammer: Isaiah Simmons
Decathlon: Andreas Christodoulou
Women
100m: Anna Runia, Trishelle Leacock
200m: Aiyanna Stiverne, Stefani Kerrison, Carolyn Brown, Trishelle Leacock, Destiny Washington, Samantha Gonzalez, Meridith Louisville
400m: Shakima Wimbley, Meridith Louisville
1500m: Gabrielle Hesslau, Anne Den Otter
5000m: Gabrielle Hesslau, Carla Rodriguez, Mulloy Manning, Anne Den Otter, Andrea Harrah
100m HH: Ebony Morrison, Stefani Kerrison
400m IH: Jamika Glades
4x100m: Carolyn Brown, Ebony Morrison, Aiyanna Stiverne, Shakima Wimbley, Anna Runia
4x400m: Samantha Gonzalez, Jamika Glades, Destiny Washington, Shakima Wimbley, Aiyanna Stiverne, Anna Runia, Trishelle Leacock, Carolyn Brown
High Jump: Dakota Dailey-Harris, Kyra Maryland, Stefani Kerrison
Long Jump: Carolyn Brown, Dorothy Chow, Kyra Maryland
Triple Jump: Alexis Wright, Niara Hill
Pole Vault: Alysha Newman, Amanda Gale, Emily Gale
Shot Put: Precious Ogunleye
Discus: Precious Ogunleye
Hammer: Tiffany Okieme, Precious Ogunleye
Heptathlon: Amy Taintor, Stefani Kerrison
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