UM Hosts Hurricane Invitational to Start Outdoors
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami track and field program is set to open its 2019 outdoor season this weekend, as it hosts the Hurricane Invitational.
Miami will welcome a number of Florida universities to Coral Gables, in FIU, Florida Atlantic, FGCU and Nova Southeastern, along with Boston University, Michigan, Minnesota, VCU and others. The two-day meet is to begin at 12:30 p.m. on Friday with the men’s discus, followed by the hammer, pole vault and high jump at 5 p.m. The lone track event will be both the men’s and women’s 5,000m scheduled to start at 7 p.m.
Friday will also feature a separate Hurricane Invitational High School Division meet, scheduled to start at 9 a.m. and run through 2 p.m.
Saturday’s action will begin at noon with the women’s shot put, men’s javelin and both the men’s and women’s long jump, while the track events will start with the women’s 4x100m relay at 1 p.m. The men’s 4x400m relay will conclude the final event of the meet at 5 p.m.
Miami’s women will be led by the 2019 NCAA Women’s Pentathlon Champion Michelle Atherley who’s scheduled to compete in the women’s javelin. Atherley will be joined by the 2018 ACC Outdoor Track MVP Symone Mason who will compete in the 200m and the 4x100m relay. After finishing the season with eight USTFCCCA All-America honors, the Miami women will look to continue off the indoor season’s success into outdoor.
The men will be led by a number of talented freshmen in the likes of Davonte Fuller, Chauncy Smart, Tyrees Moulton and Thomas Burns. The youthful team will also be joined by Auburn transfer, Raheem Chambers, who will make his Miami home debut on Saturday in both the 200m and the 4x100m relay as the second leg.
Last time out, Chambers broke the program record in the 60m dash at ACCs with his time of 6.62 seconds to earn a silver medal. The Bahamas native will be joined by veteran Andreas Christodoulou who will compete in the pole vault, discus and 4x400m relay.
This two-day meet is the first of three home meets for the Canes. Miami will host the Power 5 Trailblazer Challenge on March 23 at Cobb Stadium. The Canes final home meet is schedule for April 12-13 as they host the Hurricane Alumni Invitational.
Miami Entries:
Men
100m: Christopher Moree
200m: Raheem Chambers, Isaiah Taylor, Christopher Moree, Eric Labartor
400m: Davonte Fuller, Paula Spada, Luca Bhalla, Jared Lee
800m: Taj Bland
5000m: Dylan Sykes, Matthew Wiefels, Samuel Fleischman
4x100m: Chuancy Smart, Raheem Chambers, Isaiah Taylor, Tyrees Moulton
4x400m: Tyree Moulton, Davonte Fuller, Thomas Burns, McKinly Brown
Andreas Christdoulou, Paula Spada, Taj Bland, Luca Bhalla
High Jump: Tristan Schultheis
Pole Vault: Andreas Christodoulou
Long Jump: Hasani Knight
Triple Jump: Hasani Knight
Discus: Andreas Christodoulou
Women
100m: Alfreda Steele, Tia Murray
200m: Symone Mason, Amuru Patterson, Tia Murray
400m: Anna Runia
5000m: Anne den Otter, Simone Vreeland, Emma Langlois, Alison Johnson, Daria Pietropaolo
4x100m: Carolyn Brown, Symone Mason, Amuru Patterson, Alfreda Steele
4x400m: Carolyn Brown, Amuru Patterson, Alfreda Steele, Anna Runia
High Jump: Celine Thompson
Long Jump: Darlene Charles
Triple Jump: Darlene Charles, Peyton Russell
Javelin: Michelle Atherley
