@CanesTrack Ready for Tom Jones Invitational
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami track and field team will wrap up the 2017 outdoor track and field regular season Friday at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational.
The Hurricanes will be in action on Friday at Percy Beard Track on the University of Florida campus for the second time this season after previously competing at the Florida Relays from March 29-April 1. The Tom Jones Memorial Invitational will feature a talented field of Division I teams that includes Auburn, Bethune-Cookman, Coastal Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Jacksonville, Miami, North Carolina A&T, North Florida, South Florida and UCF.
Action is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., with the men’s hammer, women’s discus and women’s pole vault. Running events are set to kick off at 1 p.m., with the women’s 100m hurdles preliminaries.
Miami’s 25th-ranked women’s team will look to close the regular season with its best marks to date, as senior standouts Shakima Wimbley Ebony Morrison and Aiyanna Stiverne will look to lead the team in Gainesville. Wimbley will look to improve on her ACC-leading 200m time of 22.67 seconds that currently is tied for sixth in the NCAA this season.
Morrison posted an ACC-best time of 13.01 seconds in the 100m hurdles a week ago, but the senior will try to continue to lower her time in preparation for the upcoming ACC Championships. Stiverne will look to make a big move up the conference rankings, after opening up 19th in the ACC in the 400m a week ago.
On the men’s side, Carlos Mangum is poised for another strong competition in the men’s hammer throw. The senior currently sits third in the ACC and 22nd in the NCAA with a mark of 66.87m.
Sprinters Isaiah Taylor and Brandon Taylor are two other Canes to watch in the men’s 100m. Isaiah Taylor ranks seventh in the ACC with a time of 10.56 seconds, while Brandon Taylor is 13th with a time of 10.60 seconds.
Following this weekend’s action, the Canes will prepare for the 2017 ACC Outdoor Championships. Hosted by Georgia Tech, the 2017 ACC meet is scheduled for May 12-14. To view the complete Miami track and field schedule for the 2017 season, click here.
Miami Entries
Men
100m: Brandon Taylor, Isaiah Taylor
200m: Breon Mullings
400m: Breon Mullings, Milton Sandling
800m: Henri Delauze
1500m: Matthew Wiefels, Jonathan Keller, Sean Hagert
3000m: Nick Kaleel, Sean Grossman, Michael Miano
110m HH: Andreas Christodoulou
400m IH: Ibrahim Dodo
Pole Vault: Andreas Christodoulou
Shot Put: Daniel Polinski
Discus: Daniel Polinski, Andreas Christodoulou
Hammer Throw: Carlos Mangum
Women
100m: Carolyn Brown
200m: Shakima Wimbley, Kristina Knott, Brittny Ellis, Carolyn Brown, Anna Runia, Erin Ford, Trishelle Leacock, Samantha Gonzalez
400m: Aiyanna Stiverne, Erin Ford
800m: Amy Taintor
3000m: Anne Den Otter, Carla Rodriguez
100m HH: Ebony Morrison, Stefani Kerrison, Amy Taintor
400m IH: Samantha Gonzalez
4x100m: Ebony Morrison, Shakima Wimbley, Kristina Knott, Carolyn Brown
4x400m: Anna Runia, Aiyanna Stiverne, Samantha Gonzalez, Brittny Ellis
High Jump: Erika Voyzey, Kyra Maryland, Celine Thompson, Amy Taintor
Pole Vault: Emily Gale
Long Jump: Stefani Kerrison, Darlene Charles
Triple Jump: Darlene Charles, Niara Hill, Peyton Russell
Shot Put: Sherry Lubin
Discus: Zakiya Rashid
Hammer Throw: Karyna Armstrong, Sherry Lubin, Zakiya Rashid
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