THE FLATS – The Georgia Tech men’s and women’s track and field teams open the calendar year with the Vanderbilt Invitational, spanning from Friday through Saturday.
Vanderbilt Invitational
- Friday, January 16 – Saturday, January 17
- Full Schedule
- Multipurpose Facility
- SEC Network+ (Day 1)
- SEC Network+ (Day 2)
- Live Results
The weekend will open with the field events starting at 11 a.m. on Friday with the running events beginning at 4:30 p.m. Saturday will have the field events at 9 a.m. with the running events starting at 11:45 a.m.
Tech returns to Nashville after competing in the invitational last season, collecting 10 top-ten finishes and seven podium placements across the two-day meet. Notable achievements featured Kendall Ward reaching 1.76m in the high jump invite to place second with Myles Collins and Ethan Curnow finishing second and third, respectively, in the 5000M run. John Watkins also placed second in the men’s triple jump at 15.46m.
In this season’s opener at Clemson, Tahir Hines launched a career-high 19.31m weight throw to claim the second-best mark in school history. Freshman Aseye Srigboh and Charlie Crowder each claimed event wins in the women’s high jump and men’s triple jump, respectively. Adoara Tagbo’s 12.38 triple jump effort was enough to secure second place. All four athletes claimed ACC standard marks.
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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