CRIMSON TIDE INDOOR TRACK & FIELD 2018 SCHEDULE at INDOOR TRACK & FIELD ALABAMA SEC Indoor Meet Date Location UAB Blazer Invitational Jan. 12 Birmingham, Ala. Vanderbilt Invitational Jan. 19-20 Nashville, Tenn. Track & field Championships Bob Pollock Invitational Jan. 26-27 Clemson, S.C. New Mexico Classic Feb. 2-3 Albuquerque, N.M. / / Iowa State Classic Feb. 9 Ames, Iowa. FEB. 24-25, 2018 11 A.M./2:30 P.M. CT COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS Tiger Paw Invitational Feb. 9-10 Clemson, S.C. Music City Challenge Feb. 9-10 Nashville, Tenn. GILLIAM INDOOR TRACK & FIELD STADIUM SEC Indoor Championships Feb. 24-25 College Station, Texas NCAA Indoor Championships March 9-10 College Station, Texas Meet Notes: The Alabama track & fi eld teams will send 41 student- athletes (21 men, 20 women) to the 2018 Southeastern Conference QUICK FACTS Indoor Track & Field Championships at Texas A&M’s Gilliam Indoor Track UNIVERSITY & Field Stadium in College Station, Texas. Location Tuscaloosa, Ala. Founded April 12, 1831 Enrollment 38,563 The battle for the SEC crown will get underway on Saturday with the Conference Southeastern men’s heptathlon at 11 a.m. CT. Field events begin Saturday at 3 p.m. Colors Crimson and White Nickname Crimson Tide with the men’s weight throw and women’s pole vault. Running events President Dr. Stuart Bell will also start at 3 p.m. with prelims in the men’s 60-meter hurdles. On Athletic Director Greg Byrne Faculty Athletics Representative Dr. James King Sunday, the men’s heptathlon begins at 2:30 p.m. fi eld events start at 5 p.m., while running events get under way at 5:01 p.m. COACHING STAFF Head Coach Dan Waters Alma Mater Kansas, 1995 How to Follow the SEC Championships: Live results for the SEC Indoor Track & Field Years at Alabama Seventh Season Championships can be found at fl ashresults.com. Additionally, the meet will be streamed Assistant Coach (Short Sprints) Dion Miller Assistant Coach (Jumps) Miguel Pate live on SEC Network+ Saturday, Feb. 24 from 2:55 p.m.-7:15 p.m. CT and will air on the SEC Assistant Coach (Distance) Adam Tribble Network on Sunday, Feb. 25 from 5 p.m.-9 p.m. CT. Assistant Coach (Long Sprints) Blaine Wiley Assistant Coach (Throws) Derek Yush Volunteer Assistant Coach (Pole Vault) Mike Bartolina Alabama in the National Rankings: The Alabama men’s track & fi eld team is ranked No. Volunteer Assistant Coach Connor Mahoney-Ashberry Volunteer Assistant Coach David Virgets 8, while the Crimson Tide women are No. 17 in the latest U.S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) regular-season indoor rankings released Feb. 19. TEAM INFORMATION 2017 SEC Finish Men-2nd/Women- 6th 2017 NCAA Finish Men- 8th/Women 3rd Head Coach Dan Waters Outlook: “Our focus has been on peaking for this meet. I’m Returnees Men- 26/Women- 47 pleased with where we are as a team and I think we’ll see some strong performances this Newcomers Men- 21/Women- 17 Home Track Sam Bailey Track & Field Complex weekend in College Station.” PROGRAM HISTORY Men’s SEC Championships 5 (1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1972) Up Next: Alabama will return to College Station for the 2018 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Women’s SEC Championships 1 (1994) Championships, March 9-10 at Texas A&M’s Gilliam Indoor Track & Field Stadium. Men’s National Champions 12 Women’s National Champions 9 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Track & Field Contact Todd Bell Offi ce 205-348-6084 SOCIAL MEDIA: Follow us on Twitter and Like us on Facebook Cell 972-825-6686 Instagram @AlabamaTrack at AlabamaTrack E-mail [email protected] Fax 205-348-8841 Follow ALABAMA TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY on the social media sites Website www.RollTide.com listed for up-to-date news, exclusive content and more. INDOOR TRACK & FIELD PAGE 1 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA / CRIMSON TIDE / INDOOR TRACK & FIELD USTFCCCA RANKINGS SEC Indoor Track & filed Championships Entries Men Latest rankings as of 2/19/18 60 Meters .........................................................................................................................Alize Ford, Keitavious Walter 200 Meters .......................................................................................................................Alize Ford, Keitavious Walter MEN’S NATIONAL 400 Meters ............................................................................................................................................ Okeen Williams Rank School Conference Pts. Previous 3,000 Meters .................................................................................................................... Gilbert Kigen, Vincent Kiprop 1 Texas Tech Big 12 161.88 1 5,000 Meters .........................................................Alfred Chelanga, Gilbert Kigen, Vincent Kiprop, Conner Thompson 2 Florida SEC 118.14 2 60-Meter Hurdles ...................................................................................................................................Ruebin Walters 3 Arkansas SEC 113.82 5 Distance Medley Relay ................................................................................................................................. Alabama A 4 USC Pac-12 109.96 4 4x400-Meter Relay ........................................................................................................................................ Alabama A 5 Georgia SEC 100.69 3 Triple Jump ............................................................................................................Christian Edwards Michael Wiggins 6 Florida State ACC 82.20 7 High Jump................................................................................................................ Christian Ewards, Shelby McEwen 7 Texas A&M SEC 74.21 6 8 ALABAMA SEC 70.35 9 Pole Vault ...................................................................................................Will Herrscher, Ryan Lipe, Jake Spotswood 9 Syracuse ACC 60.82 12 Shot Put ....................................................................................................................................................Kord Ferguson 10 Houston AAC 59.27 16 Weight Throw ........................................................................................................................................... Daniel Haugh 11 Kentucky SEC 58.51 10 Heptathlon ............................................................................................................................................ Jake Spotswood 12 TCU Big 12 58.41 11 13 Oregon Pac-12 58.30 15 Women 14 Penn State Big Ten 57.78 8 60 Meters ............................................................................................... Tamara Clark, Symone Darius, Daija Lampkin 15 Indiana Big Ten 54.21 14 200 Meters ............................................................................................. Tamara Clark, Symone Darius, Daija Lampkin 16 Stanford Pac-12 53.97 19 400 Meters .............................................................................................................. Mauricia Prieto, Takyera Roberson 17 Virginia Tech ACC 52.25 24 18 Texas Big 12 50.46 13 800 Meters .................................................................................................................Kaitlin Walker, Kryistyn Williams 19 Ohio State Big Ten 45.17 20 Mile..............................................................................................................................Caroline Barlow, Nicole Gardner 20 Southern Utah Big Sky 42.22 21 5,000 Meters ............................................................................................................. Elisabeth Danis, McKenzie Yanek 21 UTEP CUSA 41.02 23 Distance Medley Relay ................................................................................................................................. Alabama A 22 Michigan Big Ten 40.87 17 4x400-Meter Relay ........................................................................................................................................ Alabama A South Carolina SEC 40.87 22 Long Jump .............................................................................. Filippa Fotopoulou, Tamara Moncrieffe, Kiara Williams 24 Kansas Big 12 38.14 27 Triple Jump ..........................................................................................................Tamara Moncrieffe, Jaimie Robinson 25 Auburn SEC 38.00 26 High Jump...................................................................................................................................................Stacey Desin WOMEN’S NATIONAL Pole Vault .................................................................................................................................................. Britainy Smith Shot Put .................................................................................................................................................Portious Warren Rank School Conference Pts. Previous 1 Arkansas SEC 186.49 1 Pentathlon..................................................................................................................................................Stacey Destin 2 USC Pac-12 158.86 2 3 Kentucky SEC 153.13 3 4 Georgia SEC 135.37 4 5 Oregon Pac-12 120.38 5 6 LSU SEC 105.69 6 7 Texas A&M SEC 88.85 7 8 Florida SEC 86.99 8 9 Stanford Pac-12 80.41 9 10 Minnesota Big Ten 61.05 11 11 New Mexico MWC 59.24 10 12 Missouri SEC 54.54 13 13 Kansas Big 12 49.81 23 14 Tennessee SEC 46.46 14 15 Virginia Tech ACC 46.01 22 16 Purdue Big Ten 43.21 15 17 ALABAMA SEC 41.93 16 18 Colorado Pac-12 41.28 17 19 Kansas State Big 12