
Split Track & Field Teams Head to Two Meets
2/8/2023 2:34:00 PM | Track & Field
ABILENE – Abilene Christian splits its track team up between two two-day meets this weekend in Lubbock and Kansas.
The Wildcats have 15 distance runners in eight events heading to Pittsburg, Kansas, for Pittsburg State's Gorilla Classic. Nearly 50 other athletes head to Texas Tech to compete in the Jarvis Scott Open.
Gorilla Classic Schedule
Friday
7:35 p.m. – Women's 5000M (Katelyn Coldicott, Tessa Holderman, Prudence Kiyeng, Irene Rono, Grace White)
8:20 p.m. – Men's 5000M (Kevin Castruita, Levi Chambers, Gabe Embree, Neal Helgerson, Maxwel Kiplagat)
Saturday
1: 50 p.m. – Women's Mile (Holderman, Kiyeng, Rono, White)
2:25 p.m. – Men's Mile (Chambers, Embree, Cooper Goggans, Helgerson, Kiplagat, Keaton Raney, Garrison Shindler)
4:15 p.m. – Women's 800M (Bella Evans)
4:45 p.m. – Men's 800M (Goggans)
5:20 p.m. – Women's 3000M (Evans)
5:35 p.m. – Men's 3000M (Castruita, Samuel Lanham)
Jarvis Scott Open
Friday
3 p.m. - Women's Weight Throw (Kailey Roskop)
4 p.m. - Women's Pole Vault B (Mackenzie Blain)
- Men's Pole Vault B (Ethan Christian) (following women)
4:30 p.m. - Men's Weight Throw (Athan Huelskamp, Tyler Richardson)
-Women's Weight Throw B (Zoe Burleson) (following men)
4:30 p.m. – Women's Long Jump B (Ella Anttila, Jessica Campbell, Skylar Harris, Luize Velmere)
4:30 p.m. - Women's Long Jump (Payton Kirk)
-Men's Long Jump (William Harris, Jamal January) (following women)
5 p.m. – Women's 60M Hurdles Prelim (Paige Boucher, Campbell, Hannah Foster, Harris, Payton Kirk, Natalie Poe)
5:15 p.m. - Men's 60M Hurdles Prelim (Christian, Jeremy King)
5:30 p.m. - Women's 60M Prelim (Amy Ambelang, Ja'Kaylon Sabbath, D'anna Smith)
5:50 p.m. - Men's 60M Prelim (Joseph Baluti, Addison Franklin, William Harris, Charlie Lee-Alliston, Tiras Reed, Aydan Roberts, Jayme Wooley, Marquis Wortham-Edwards)
6:10 p.m. - Women's 800M (Courtney Latham, Breonna McCarthy Reese, Riley Pyeatt)
6:30 p.m. - Men's Long Jump B (Donovan Ramirez)
6:30 p.m. - Men's 800M (Noah Jones, JP Trook)
7:30 p.m. - Women's 400M (Julia Perry, Gracyn Reed, Savannah Walker)
8 p.m. - Men's 400M (Tyce Chaney, Matthew Mills)
8:40 p.m. – Women's 60M Hurdles Final
8:45 p.m. - Men's 60M Hurdles (January)
8:50 p.m. – Women's 60M Final
8:55 p.m. – Men's 60M Final
Saturday
11 a.m. – Women's Triple Jump (Anttila, Boucher, Velmere)
11 a.m. - Men's Triple Jump (William Harris, Ramirez)
11 a.m. - Women's 200M B (Ja'Dasia Sims)
11:30 a.m. - Women's Pole Vault (Kirk)
12 p.m. - Men's Shot Put B (Colt Cooper, Athan Huelskamp)
12:10 p.m. - Men's 1000M (Noah Jones)
1 p.m. - Women's High Jump (Campbell, Foster, Skylar Harris, Poe, Sims)
1:10 p.m. - Men's Mile (Trook)
1:30 p.m. - Women's 200M (Ambelang, J Sabbath, Smith, Walker)
2: p.m. - Men's 200M (Franklin, January, Jack Marshall)
2 p.m. - Women's Shot Put (Zoe Burleson)
3:10 p.m. - Women's 4x400 Relay
3:30 p.m. - Men's Shot Put: (Richardson)
3:40 p.m. - Men's 4x400 Relay
The Wildcats have 15 distance runners in eight events heading to Pittsburg, Kansas, for Pittsburg State's Gorilla Classic. Nearly 50 other athletes head to Texas Tech to compete in the Jarvis Scott Open.
Gorilla Classic Schedule
Friday
7:35 p.m. – Women's 5000M (Katelyn Coldicott, Tessa Holderman, Prudence Kiyeng, Irene Rono, Grace White)
8:20 p.m. – Men's 5000M (Kevin Castruita, Levi Chambers, Gabe Embree, Neal Helgerson, Maxwel Kiplagat)
Saturday
1: 50 p.m. – Women's Mile (Holderman, Kiyeng, Rono, White)
2:25 p.m. – Men's Mile (Chambers, Embree, Cooper Goggans, Helgerson, Kiplagat, Keaton Raney, Garrison Shindler)
4:15 p.m. – Women's 800M (Bella Evans)
4:45 p.m. – Men's 800M (Goggans)
5:20 p.m. – Women's 3000M (Evans)
5:35 p.m. – Men's 3000M (Castruita, Samuel Lanham)
Jarvis Scott Open
Friday
3 p.m. - Women's Weight Throw (Kailey Roskop)
4 p.m. - Women's Pole Vault B (Mackenzie Blain)
- Men's Pole Vault B (Ethan Christian) (following women)
4:30 p.m. - Men's Weight Throw (Athan Huelskamp, Tyler Richardson)
-Women's Weight Throw B (Zoe Burleson) (following men)
4:30 p.m. – Women's Long Jump B (Ella Anttila, Jessica Campbell, Skylar Harris, Luize Velmere)
4:30 p.m. - Women's Long Jump (Payton Kirk)
-Men's Long Jump (William Harris, Jamal January) (following women)
5 p.m. – Women's 60M Hurdles Prelim (Paige Boucher, Campbell, Hannah Foster, Harris, Payton Kirk, Natalie Poe)
5:15 p.m. - Men's 60M Hurdles Prelim (Christian, Jeremy King)
5:30 p.m. - Women's 60M Prelim (Amy Ambelang, Ja'Kaylon Sabbath, D'anna Smith)
5:50 p.m. - Men's 60M Prelim (Joseph Baluti, Addison Franklin, William Harris, Charlie Lee-Alliston, Tiras Reed, Aydan Roberts, Jayme Wooley, Marquis Wortham-Edwards)
6:10 p.m. - Women's 800M (Courtney Latham, Breonna McCarthy Reese, Riley Pyeatt)
6:30 p.m. - Men's Long Jump B (Donovan Ramirez)
6:30 p.m. - Men's 800M (Noah Jones, JP Trook)
7:30 p.m. - Women's 400M (Julia Perry, Gracyn Reed, Savannah Walker)
8 p.m. - Men's 400M (Tyce Chaney, Matthew Mills)
8:40 p.m. – Women's 60M Hurdles Final
8:45 p.m. - Men's 60M Hurdles (January)
8:50 p.m. – Women's 60M Final
8:55 p.m. – Men's 60M Final
Saturday
11 a.m. – Women's Triple Jump (Anttila, Boucher, Velmere)
11 a.m. - Men's Triple Jump (William Harris, Ramirez)
11 a.m. - Women's 200M B (Ja'Dasia Sims)
11:30 a.m. - Women's Pole Vault (Kirk)
- Men's Pole Vault (Jacob Thomas) (following women)
12 p.m. - Men's Shot Put B (Colt Cooper, Athan Huelskamp)
12:10 p.m. - Men's 1000M (Noah Jones)
1 p.m. - Women's High Jump (Campbell, Foster, Skylar Harris, Poe, Sims)
1:10 p.m. - Men's Mile (Trook)
1:30 p.m. - Women's 200M (Ambelang, J Sabbath, Smith, Walker)
2: p.m. - Men's 200M (Franklin, January, Jack Marshall)
2 p.m. - Women's Shot Put (Zoe Burleson)
3:10 p.m. - Women's 4x400 Relay
3:30 p.m. - Men's Shot Put: (Richardson)
3:40 p.m. - Men's 4x400 Relay
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