Mississippi State 2018 Track & Field Notes
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MISSISSIPPI STATE 2018 TRACK & FIELD NOTES 18 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | 121 SEC CHAMPIONS | 238 ALL-AMERICAN SELECTIONS | 17 OLYMPIANS NCAA East Prelims USF Track and Field Stadium | Tampa, Fla. | May 24-26, 2018 INDOOR SCHEDULE THIS WEEK JANUARY Twenty Bulldogs, Three Relays Accepted to NCAA East Prelims 12 Blazer Invite Birmingham, Ala. 13 Vulcan Invite Birmingham, Ala. Twenty individuals along with both the men’s and women’s 4x400m relays and the men’s 4x100m relay have 18 Samford Multi Meet Birminham, Ala. qualified for the NCAA East Prelims. 19-20 Vanderbilt Invite Nashville, Tenn. The NCAA is divided into east and west qualifying regions with the Top 48 individuals and the Top 24 relays in FEBRUARY each being accepted into their respective preliminary meet. The Top 12 athletes and relays in each event will 2 Crimson Elite Meet Boston, Mass. advance to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore., on June 6-9. 3 Bruce Lehane Invite Boston, Mass. MSU put 14 men into the first round of competition. Most notably, all four of the Bulldogs’ 400m hurdlers 9-10 Music City Challenge Nashville, Tenn. qualified, with three of those among the Top 15 in the East. Ro’Derick Spears pushed himself to No. 10 in the 9-10 Tiger Paw Invite Clemson, S.C. region in the 110m hurdles with a school-record 13.65 at last week’s SEC Championships. He will be joined by 17 Alex Wilson Invite South Bend, Ind. senior Willie-Lionel Reed in that event. 24-25 SEC Indoor Champ. College Station, Texas The Bulldogs’ history-making javelin program will send NCAA-leader Anderson Peters and SEC Co-Scholar- MARCH Athlete of the Year Nicolas Quijera, to the competition. The two have not finished lower than third at any meet 9-10 NCAA Indoor Champ. College Station, Texas this season, and at least one of them has won every competition MSU has participated in this year. High jumper Reggie Miller rounds out the field athletes for the men. OUTDOOR SCHEDULE MARCH In the sprints, Karson Kowalchuk qualified for the 100m and 200m. Juston Waters will be busy in the relays 16 Jaguar Classic Mobile, Ala. and open 400m. In the 800m, SEC silver medalist and MSU freshman record holder Marco Arop will join Dejon Devroe, who finished sixth at indoor nationals. Stephen Jones will run the 5000m. 23-24 Bulldog Relays Starkville, Miss. 29-31 Florida Relays Gainesville, Fla. On the women’s side, 2015 national champion Rhianwedd Price-Weimer has again qualified in the 1500m after claiming the SEC crown last weekend. APRIL 6-7 Crimson Tide Invite Tuscaloosa, Ala. Alon Lewis will represent MSU in 800m. Stephanie Peterson’s work in the 12-14 Tennessee Relays Knoxville, Tenn. 10,000m at the Penn Relays was enough to earn her a bid to the prelims, and BROADCAST INFO 26-28 Penn Relays Philadelphia, Penn. Monica Mosley qualified in the 400m hurdles. Web streaming available to FloTrack The Bulldog women will do most of their work in the field events. Alexis Farley MAY subscribers at: 11-13 SEC Outdoor Champ. Knoxville, Tenn. qualified in both the long and triple jumps. She is second in school history and holds the freshman record in the triple jump. Brianna Smith, who is second in 24-26 NCAA East Prelims Tampa, Fla. http://bit.ly/2IdZWYf school history, will compete in the hammer throw. JUNE NEED TO KNOW 6-9 NCAA Outdoor Champ. Eugene, Ore. • The potential for severe weather • MSU's men's relay teams have • The Bulldogs boast two has already necessitated a turned in faster times this season conference champions in ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS change to the East Prelims than they did in all of 2017 in Anderson Peters (javelin) and schedule. Any additional updates every race but the 4x100m relay. Rhianwedd Price-Weimer Brian Ogden, Assistant Coordinator will be released via Twitter (1500m). The two led the NCAA Email: [email protected] (@HailStateTF) as soon as they • Anderson Peters won a bronze in their events for the majority of Cell: (972) 977-7459 are available. medla at the Commonwealth the season. Office: (662) 325-0970 Games with a 82.20m • Nicolas Quijera's throw of performance. • MSU's men are tied with Texas Athletics Communications Office 79.75m at Tennessee made MSU A&M with an NCAA-best six Phone: (662) 325-0540 the first school in NCAA history • 20 of 27 SEC teams are ranked athletes represented in the 110m Mailing: P.O. Box 5327, Mississippi State, MS 39762 with three athletes over 79.00m in the latest USTFCCCA poll, and and 400m hurdles. in its record books. All three are 13 of those are inside the Top 10. CONNECT WITH US currently on the roster. No other conference has more • 35 current Bulldogs are inside than nine. the Top Five in outdoor school • The Bulldogs have already history in their events. Since Steve HAILSTATE.COM outdone their best mark of 2017 • MSU is one of just 25 schools to Dudley was named head coach in in 22 events already this season, have qualified both its men's and 2010, the Bulldogs have broken or @HAILSTATETF including 10 relays. women's 4x400m relays. Five of reset 28 outdoor records. those schools are in the SEC. HAIL STATE MISSISSIPPI STATE TRACK & FIELD QUICK FACTS 2018 TOP OUTDOOR MARKS GENERAL INFORMATION MEN WOMEN Name ........................................Mississippi State University Event Athlete Time/Mark Event Athlete Time/Mark Nickname .................................................................Bulldogs 100m Terryon Conwell 10.33 100m Faith Gilbert 11.68 Location ........................................................Starkville, Miss. 110mH Ro'Derick Spears 13.65 100mH Shayla Broughton 13.57 Founded ......................................................... Feb. 28, 1878 200m Karson Kowalchuk 20.64 200m Faith Gilbert 24.30 Enrollment ...................................................................21,622 400m Juston Waters 46.35 400m Keturah Smith 54.39 Colors .................................Maroon (PMS 505) and White 400mH Rasheed Tatham 51.05 400mH Monica Mosley 59.82 Conference ..................................................... Southeastern 800m Marco Arop 1:47.45 800m Rhianwedd Price-Weimer 2:06.29 President .............................................Dr. Mark E. Keenum 1500m Aaron Phelps 3:49.03 1500m Rhianwedd Price-Weimer 4:10.31 3000m -- -- 3000m Antonia Hehr 9:39.78 Director of Athletics .......................................... John Cohen 3000mS Eryk Yunk 9:20.86 3000mS Katherine Badham 10:58.21 Faculty Representative .................... Dr. Steven C. Turner 5000m Stephen Jones 14:16.50 5000m Rhianwedd Price-Weimer 16:42.36 Facility .................... Mike Sanders Track Complex (3,000) 10,000m JT Mackay 31:14.24 10,000m Stephanie Peterson 35:14.21 4x100m J. Waters, S. James, 39.80 4x100m J. Sims, F. Gilbert, 46.65 2017-18 FINAL RESULTS/RANKINGS K. Kowalchuk, R. Spears M. Ethridge, K. Smith 2017 NCAA Men's Outdoor ......................................... 26th 4x200m K. Kowalchuk, S. James, 1:22.45 4x200m J. Bailey, A. Lewis, 1:37.38 2017 NCAA Women's Outdoor ................................... 38th J. Waters, B. Evans K. Smith, R. White 2017 SEC Women's Cross Country ..............................5th 4x400m V. Castillo, J. Waters, 3:04.61 4x400m A. Lewis, M. Mosley, 3:34.77 2017 NCAA Women's Cross Country ........................ 15th R. Tatham, S. James R. White, K. Smith 2018 SEC Men's Indoor ............................................... 12th 4x800m D. Nixon, K. Small, 7:14.16 4x800m A. Wallace, A. Lewis, 9:04.61 2018 SEC Women's Indoor ......................................... 10th D. Devroe, M. Arop A. Staubach, R. Price-Weimer 2018 NCAA Men's Indoor ..........................................t-53rd SHR W. Reed, R. Spears 57.04 SHR S. Broughton, A. Farley, 56.01 2018 NCAA Women's Indoor ....................................t-20th H. Wise, C. Brockman M. Mosley, Z. Tillman 2018 SEC Men's Outdoor ............................................ 11th SMR J. Waters, K. Kowalchuk, 3:15.70 SMR K. Smith, R. White, 4:02.56 2018 SEC Women's Outdoor ...................................... 12th S. James, D. Devroe A. Lewis, A. Staubach DMR C. Foos, M. Tatum, 9:49.85 DMR -- -- D. Nixon, A. Phelps COACHING STAFF High Jump Reggie Miller 2.12m High Jump Shayla Broughton 1.67m Head Coach ......................................Steve Dudley Pole Vault -- -- Long Jump Alexis Farley 6.16m Asst. Coach (Distance)..................Houston Franks Long Jump Willie-Lionel Reed 7.31m Triple Jump Alexis Farley 13.00m Asst. Coach (Hurdles) .........................Steve Silvey Triple Jump Gralyn Jones 15.20mw Shot Put Alicia Viveros 14.41m Asst. Coach (Throws) ........................ April Thomas Shot Put -- -- Discus Madleyn Lee 44.82m Asst. Coach (Jumps) ....................... Steve Thomas Discus -- -- Hammer Brianna Smith 61.43m Asst. Coach (Sprints/Relays) .............Chris Woods Javelin Anderson Peters 82.04m Javelin Zaria Tillman 29.75m Decathlon -- -- Heptathlon Shayla Broughton 5,059 pts NCAA EAST PRELIMS SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES ET) Thursday Friday Saturday Time Event MSU Entries Time Event MSU Entries Time Event MSU Entries 12:30 p.m. M 400mH C. Brockman 12:30 p.m. M 110mH W. Reed, 8:45 a.m. W Hammer B. Smith V. Castillo, R. Spears 12:30 p.m. W Triple Jump A. Farley R. Tatham, 1:30 p.m. M 400m (QF)* J. Waters 12:30 p.m. M 4x100m Relay (QF) TBA M. Tatum 2 p.m. M 100m (QF)* K. Kowalchuk 1:30 p.m. M Javelin A. Peters, 1 p.m. W 400mH M. Mosley 2:30 p.m. M 800m (QF)* M. Arop, N. Quijera 2 p.m. W 1500m R. Price-Weimer D. Devroe 2 p.m. M High Jump R. Miller 2:30 p.m. M 100m K. Kowalchuk 2:45 p.m. W 800m (QF)* A. Lewis 1:15 p.m. W 1500m (QF)* R. Price-Weimer 3:20 p.m. M 400m J. Waters 3 p.m. M 400mH (QF)* C. Brockman, 1:35 p.m. M 110mH (QF)* W. Reed, 3:30 p.m. W Long Jump A. Farley V.