May 9, 2014
THE FLATS – The Georgia Tech track and field team splits up this weekend to compete in the Virginia Challenge in Charlottesville, Va. on Friday and Saturday, and the Georgia Invitational in Athens, Ga. on Saturday.
Action begins Friday at the Virginia Challenge at 2 p.m., and Saturday’s competition starts at 1 p.m. In Athens, collegiate competition begins Saturday at 9 a.m.
In Georgia Tech’s most recent action, the Yellow Jackets competed at the 120th Annual Penn Relays at historic Franklin Field.
Broderick Snoddy placed eighth in the men’s 100 meter preliminaries with a mark of 10.63. Julienne McKee placed seventh in the triple jump with a leap of 12.48m (40-11.50). Teammate Jasmine Bush logged a mark of 11.39m (37-4.50) in the same event.
In the relay events, the men’s DMR team comprised of Nat Estes, Alexander Reese, Cole Jackob and Patrick Fleming placed ninth with a time of 9:57.92.
The women’s sprint medley relay team of Carissa Tipler, Jazmyne Taylor, Samantha Kiblinger and Malin Trollsas ran to a time of 4:11.42. On the men’s side, Spencer Allen, Julian Darden, Nico Metzler and Chris Burnett finished in a time of 3:32.31.
