University of Richmond Athletics
Spiders Set for Indoor Opener on Sunday
12/02/2011 | Women's Track & Field
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va. - The Richmond women's track & field team opens its indoor season on Sunday with the Christopher Newport Holiday Open at the CNU Freeman Center Fieldhouse in Newport News, Va. Sunday's field events begin at 9 a.m. with the men's weight throw with the track slate set to start at 11 a.m. with the women's 5,000 meters.
SPIDER
WOMEN'S LINEUP
The Spiders will feature a relatively young lineup at this weekend's
meet, as nine of the meet's 10 participants are underclassmen. Senior Meaghan
McGovern (weight throws) will join three sophomores Meghan Hart (60 hurdles,
high jump, 600 meters, 200 meters) Alyson McGonigle (800 meters, 4x400m relay) and Ann O'Toole (60m hurdles, high jump, 600 meters, 200 meters) in Newport News.
Six freshmen in Emily Beckley (high jump), Deborah Fajuyigbe (600 meters, 200 meters, 4x400m relay), Karissa Jenkins (long jump, 60 meters, 200 meters), Melanie Overall (throws), Jasmine Smalls (400 meters, 60 meters, 4x400m relay) and Amber Young (60 meters, 200 meters, 4x400m relay) will also make the trip.
COACH
LORI TAYLOR ON THE UPCOMING INDOOR SEASON
"We've got a large group of freshmen
women who will be able to step in right away this season. Our expectation is to
really make our team look a lot different on the track & field side this
year. We're excited about this year's squad and hope that it translates into
improved results at indoor conference meet. We hope we will be in a position
that we can consistently shoot for a top-three finish year in and year out with
these freshmen women. Jasmine Smalls and Amber Young, in particular, in the
short sprints can be very competitive in the A-10 as well as in this region over
their four years here."
COACH
TAYLOR ON THIS WEEKEND'S CNU MEET
"What we're trying to accomplish this
weekend is giving the freshmen and upperclassmen a chance to get out there and
see the results of their training this fall. It will serve to measure and reinforce
what they've been working at all fall. This meet will help motivate the ladies
and put them in a position to really get the season going after the holidays."
MEET
RESULTS
A meet recap and complete results will be made available on
RichmondSpiders.com on Sunday. More immediate results can be found via CNU
Athletics here.
Results and additional in-depth coverage can also be found on Coach Taylor's blog and by following him on Twitter.
FIELD ORDER
OF EVENTS
9:00 a.m.
M Weight Throw
W Weight Throw
10:00 a.m.
W Long Jump (east pit)/Triple Jump to follow
M Long Jump (west pit)/Triple Jump to follow
11:00 a.m.
W Pole Vault/Men to follow
M High Jump/Women to follow
W Shot Put/Men to follow (after weight throws)
TRACK ORDER
OF EVENTS
*Timed finals
unless otherwise indicated
11 a.m.
W 5,000m
M 5,000m
Noon
W 60m Hurdles prelims
M 60m Hurdles prelims
W 60m Dash prelims
M 60m Dash prelims
W Mile
M Mile
W 60m Hurdles 2-heat finals
M 60m Hurdles 2-heat finals
W 400m
M 400m
W 600m Dec. meet only
M 600m Dec. meet only
W 60m Dash 2-heat finals
M 60m Dash 2-heat finals
W 800m
M 800m
W 200m
M 200m
W 3,000m
M 3,000m
W 4x400m Relay
M 4x400m Relay
W Distance Medley Relay
M Distance Medley Relay
Players Mentioned
