Canes Track Set for Florida Relays
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – For the first time this outdoor season, the University of Miami track and field program hits the road to compete at the 2019 Pepsi Florida Relays.
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After hosting back-to-back home meets, the Canes travel to Gainesville to take on a field of talented programs with the likes of Alabama, Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, Purdue and plenty more. Miami will feature two student-athletes in Kevin Arreaga and Samantha Gonzalez who lead the nation in their respective events heading into this weekend’s competition.
Arreaga boasts the nation’s leading mark in the hammer throw at 71.07m. The sophomore bested his previous Miami program record which he set over a year ago in his opening outdoor meet of the season. Senior Gonzalez joins Arreaga, leading the country in the 400m hurdles with a time of 57.33 seconds. The duo earned ACC Performers of the Week for their top marks.
Arreaga is scheduled to compete in the men’s hammer invite on Friday at 5:30 p.m., while Gonzalez is entered in the 400m hurdles, the 4×200 relay, the 4x400m relay and the 1600m sprint medley relay.
Senior Anne den Otter and sophomore Simone Vreeland will start the competition off for the Canes on Thursday at 9 p.m. as the two are scheduled to run in the women’s 5000m. Sophomore Dylan Sykes will run in the men’s 5000m directly after.
Saturday’s competition will begin with the field events starting at 11:30 a.m. with the women’s discus and will conclude at 7:30 p.m. with the women’s javelin. The Canes will have Debbie Ajagbe, Selina Dantzler, Hannah-Sophia Hall and Zakiya Rashid all competing in the discus.
On the track, the women’s collegiate 400m dash will begin at 2:10 p.m. and will conclude with the men’s 4x400m relay prelims.
For a complete look at this weekend’s schedule, click here.
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Mens Entries:
100m: Raheem Chambers, Isaiah Taylor
400m: Tyrees Moulton, Davonte Fuller
5000m: Dylan Sykes
110 HH: Andreas Christodoulou
400m IH: Thomas Burns, McKinly Brown
4×100: Chauncy Smart, Raheem Chambers, Isaiah Taylor, Tyrees Moulton
Hammer: Kevin Arreaga
Womens Entries:
100m: Alfreda Steele, Symone Mason, Carolyn Brown, Amuru Patterson
800m: Kayla Johnson
5000m: Anne den Otter, Simone Vreeland
100m HH: Tiara McMinn, Michelle Atherley
400m IH: Samantha Gonzalez, Anna Runia
4×100: Carolyn Brown, Alfreda Steele, Symone Mason, Tiara McMinn
4×200: Carolyn Brown, Tiara McMinn, Alfreda Steele, Brittny Ellis
4×400: Symone Mason, Brittny Ellis, Kayla Johnson, Samantha Gonzalez
1600 SMR: Samantha Gonzalez, Amuru Patterson, Anna Runia, Michelle Atherley
Long Jump: Michelle Atherley
Shot Put: Debbie Ajagbe, Selina Dantzler, Hannah-Sophia Hall
Discus: Zakiya Rashid, Debbie Ajagbe, Selina Dantzler, Hannah-Sophia Hall
Hammer: Debbie Ajagbe
