Thundering Herd Hosts Thundering Herd Invitational Friday, Saturday

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HUNTINGTON, W. Va.- Marshall Track and Field is back home Friday, where it will kick off the fifth-annual Thundering Herd Invitational. The two-day meet, which begins at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, will take place at the Jeff Small Track within the Chris Cline Indoor Athletic Complex.

The first event featuring Herd athletes is the weight throw, which begins at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Day two of the Invitational begins with pole vault at 9 a.m.

Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for ages 12 and under, and $2 for groups of 10 or more people. With a student ID, Marshall students can gain free admission.

Aside from Marshall, twelve other teams from eight conferences and seven states will compete in the meet. Those twelve teams are: Ohio, Xavier, Cincinnati, Eastern Kentucky, Northern Kentucky, Morehead State, Saint Louis, Belmont, Austin Peay, Charlotte, Winthrop, and Jacksonville State.

The Thundering Herd is looking to follow its great performance in the Invitational last year, when it finished second overall in team points, broke two records, and had 21 top-10 finishes.

Safiyyah Mitchell, who holds the third-best 60-meter hurdle time in C-USA, will go up against the current conference leader in Charlotte's Kyra Atkins. Hasana Clark, whose best weight throw mark is second among C-USA athletes, and Reneese Batson, whose best mark is sixth, will be up against two other C-USA athletes with top-12 conference marks.

Pole vaulters Lauren Zaglifa and Macie Majoy, whose best marks are first and third in the C-USA, respectively, will face some strong competition from Austin Peay. Finally, look for Elena Marchand to build on her excellent first-place shot put finish at the KeyDet Invitational.

"We had a great time and a good performance at the KeyDet," said assistant coach Caleb Bowen. "I want to give a tip of the cap to Christianna Dogan for breaking the school record in the 500-meter. Now we're looking to roll on from that great experience into this meet. It'll be particularly exciting to go up against Charlotte, a great fellow C-USA competitor."

TENTATIVE MEET SCHEDULE/SCHEDULED COMPETING ATHLETES

Friday, January 25
5:30 p.m. Weight Throw: MaryAnn Adebayo, Reneese Batson, Hasana Clark, Kylie Miles
5:30 p.m. Long Jump: Lauren George, Josie Raines
8:30 p.m. 5000m: Alexandria Evans, Mary Kerby, Abigail Short

Saturday, January 26
9:00 a.m. Pole Vault: Macie Majoy, Lauren Zaglifa
9:30 a.m. High Jump: Sarah Bever, Torie Derrow
10:00 a.m. Shot Put: MaryAnn Adebayo, Elena Marchand, Kylie Miles
12:00 p.m. 60mH Semi: Sarah Bever, Hannah Carreon, Torie Derrow, Christiana Dogan, Safiyyah Mitchell, Taylor Robinson, Ashonti Warner
12:30 p.m. Triple Jump: Denisha West, Takira Williams
12:30 p.m. 60m Semi: Kayla Haywood, Jose Raines
1:10 p.m. 1-Mile: Madelyn Garrison, Myah McAlister, Stephanie Roger
2:10 p.m. 60mH Finals
2:30 p.m. 60m Finals
2:50 p.m. 400m: Christianna Dogan, Brandy Elysee, Talor Wilkerson
3:30 p.m. 800m: Alyssa Long
4:00 p.m. 200m: Kayla Haywood, Sydnei Taylor, Danere'a White
4:45 p.m. 3000m: Adriana Cook, Mary Kerby
6:05 p.m. 4x400m Relay:
Team of Brandy Elysee, Sydnei Taylor, Ashonti Warner, Danere'a White
Team of Madelyn Garrison, Alyssa Long, Myah McAlister, Isabella Tremble

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Thundering Herd Hosts Thundering Herd Invitational Friday, Saturday

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Players Mentioned

Reneese Batson

Talor Bennett

Sarah Bever

Hannah Carreon

Hasana Clark

Adriana Cook

Torie Derrow

Christianna Dogan

Brandy Elysee

Madelyn Garrison

Lauren George

Kayla Haywood

Mary Kerby

Alyssa Long

Macie Majoy

Myah McAlister

Kylie Miles

Safiyyah Mitchell

Josie Raines

Taylor Robinson

Abigail Short

Sydnei Taylor

Isabella Tremble

Ashonti Warner

Denisha West

Danere'a White

Takira Williams

Lauren Zaglifa

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