THE FLATS – The Georgia Tech men’s and women’s track and field teams will return to Clemson for a second consecutive week for the two-day Bob Pollock Invitational starting on Friday.
Bob Pollock Invitational
- Friday, January 30 – Saturday, January 31
- Schedule
- Clemson Indoor Track & Field Complex
- ACC Network Extra (Day 1)
- ACC Network Extra (Day 2)
- Live Results
The meet will start at noon with track and field events commencing on Friday. Saturday’s field events will begin at 10 a.m. with the track races beginning with the 800m run at 1 p.m.
The Jackets recorded three podium-place finishes in last year’s meet. Mary Brady crossed the line first in the women’s 3000m at 9:20.87. Kendall Ward placed second in the women’s high jump while John Watkins set a personal best at 15.88 in the men’s triple jump.
Lottie Chappell raced past her previous best in the women’s one-mile event with a new time of 4:44.46 to claim the second-fastest time in school history at the Orange & Purple Invitational. Underclassmen Claire Shelton and Sadie Honig completed a 1-3 Tech finish in the women’s 3000m while Billy Carlton claimed third place in the men’s one-mile race.
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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