THE FLATS – Georgia Tech track and field hits the road again this weekend for another two-day meet, traveling to Clemson for the Orange and Purple Invitational. Action for the Yellow Jackets will start Friday and will continue through Saturday night.
Live results for the Orange and Purple Invitational can be found here. Both days of the meet will also be streamed on ACCNX.
The Yellow Jackets are coming off a two-day meet a week ago, where Tech left the Vanderbilt Invitational with seven podium finishes and multiple top-ten finishes. Of the seven podium finishes, four of them were in field events – Tahir Hines (2nd in weight throw), Kendall Ward (2nd in high jump), Ameia Wilson (long jump) and John Watkins (second in triple jump), while three were in running events – Myles Collins (2nd in 5000m), Ethan Curnow (3rd in 5000m) and Kennedy Myers (3rd in the 60-meter hurdles).
Tech sends 26 from the men’s squad and 31 on the women’s side to the meet. Of the squad lists, five freshmen will compete for the men, while 11 will make the trip for the Tech women. Five Yellow Jackets will compete in their first collegiate meet this weekend – Joseph Jacquot, Willem Mandel, Richard Planck, Cooper Timberman and Zoe Garcia.
Senior John Watkins holds the lone event win for the Yellow Jackets this season, claiming the triple jump (15.51m) at the Clemson Indoor Opener in December.
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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