
ACU Hosts Kittley Invitational this Weekend
3/14/2024 11:26:00 AM | Track & Field
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ABILENE – Abilene Christian hosts its annual Wes Kittley Invitational this Friday and Saturday at Elmer Gray Stadium.
The lone home meet on this year's schedule, ACU will use the occasion to honor its alumni, seniors, Hall of Fame Coach Wes Kittley and the late Don W. Hood on Saturday.
The two-day meet begins with throwing events at 12:30 p.m. on Friday and the distance carnival with rolling starts beginning at 6 p.m. and includes the 1500, 3000 steeplechase, 5000 and 10,000.
Field events begin Saturday at 1 p.m. with the first race on the track at 2 p.m.
Rain is in the forecast for both days and the schedules are subject to change.
The Wildcats host Texas Tech, Tarleton State, Hardin-Simmons, McMurry, Angelo State, Midwestern State, Trinity, Cameron, Ranger, Western Texas, Hill and Iowa Central.
ACU's Entrants
Friday
12:30 p.m. – Women's Discus: Avery Myrick
12:30 p.m. – Men's Discus (following women): Athan Huelskamp, Colt Cooper, Stone Smith, Rylan Smart
5 p.m. – Women's Javelin: Eliza Lemberga, Natalie Poe, Avery Myrick, Kaitlyn Callaway
5 p.m. – Men's Javelin (following women): Canaan Fairley, Ethan Christian, Christian Morales
6 p.m. – Distance Carnival (rolling schedule)
Women's 1500m: Bella Evans, Riley Pyeatt, Autumn Smith, Emma Shackelford
Men's 1500m (following women): JP Trook, Ethan Rodriguez
Women's 3000m Steeplechase: Peyton Bornstein
Men's 3000m Steeplechase: Gabe Embree
Women's 5000m: Katelyn Coldicott, Kate Williams, Tessa Holderman, Hadley Phillips
Men's 5000m: Levi Chambers, Kevin Castruita, Zach Martin, Garrison Shindler, Samuel Lanham, O'Brien Verdin
Men's 10,000m: O'Brien Verdin
Saturday
1 p.m. – Men's Long Jump: Rhett Kahlden, Canaan Fairley, Ethan Christian
2 p.m. – Women's High Jump: Natalie Poe, Eliza Lemberga, Ja'Dasia Sims
2 p.m. – Women's 4x100 Relay: Ja'Kaylon Sabbath, Savannah McCaleb, Hannah Foster, Brianna Brand
2 p.m. – Men's 4x100 Relay (following women): Jayme Wooley, Sean Cooksey, Tiras Reed, Ethan Krause
2:30 p.m. – Women's Hammer Throw: Avery Myrick
2:30 p.m. – Men's Hammer (following women): Stone Smith, Rylan Smart, Sutton Welch
2:30 p.m. – Men's Shot Put: Sutton Welch, Rylan Smart, Athan Huelskamp
2:30 p.m. – Women's 100m Hurdles: Hana Banks, Paige Boucher, Eliza Lemberga
2:40 p.m. – Men's 110m Hurdles: Miguel Hall, Canaan Fairley, Harrison Manuel, Ryan Bornemeier, Ethan Christian
2:55 p.m. – Women's 400m: Ja'Dasia Sims, Shiean Walters, Savannah McCaleb, Gracyn Reed
2:55 p.m. – Men's 400m (following women): Matthew Mills, Tyce Chaney, Ethan Christian, Canaan Fairley, Miguel Hall, Ryan Bornemeier, Noah Jones, Harrison Manuel
3:25 p.m. – Women's 100m: Brianna Brand, Elle Evans, Hannah Foster, Ja'Kaylon Sabbath
3:25 p.m. – Men's 100m (following women): Sean Cooksey, Charlie Lee-Alliston, Tiras Reed, Ethan Krause, Jayme Wooley
3:50 p.m. – Women's 800m: Jess Reyes
3:50 p.m. – Men's 800m (following women): Cooper Goggans
4 p.m. – Women's Triple Jump: Ella Antilla, Luize Velmere
4:30 p.m. – Women's 400m Hurdles: Courtney Latham
4:45 p.m. – Women's 200m: Ja'Kaylon Sabbath, Hannah Foster, Natalie Poe, Eliza Lemberga
4:45 p.m. – Men's 200m (following women): Ethan Krause, Sean Cooksey, Charlie Lee-Alliston, Tiras Reed, Jayme Wooley
6 p.m. – Women's 4x400 Relay: A-Shiean Walters, Savannah McCaleb, Jess Reyes, Ja'Dasia Sims; B-Gracyn Reed, Ja'Kaylon Sabbath, Lydia Szabo, Courtney Latham
6 p.m. Men's 4x400 Relay (following women): A-Matthew Mills, Tyce Chaney, Tiras Reed, Cooper Goggans; B-Ryan Bornemeier, Miguel Hall, Horatio Brooks, Harrison Manuel
ABILENE – Abilene Christian hosts its annual Wes Kittley Invitational this Friday and Saturday at Elmer Gray Stadium.
The lone home meet on this year's schedule, ACU will use the occasion to honor its alumni, seniors, Hall of Fame Coach Wes Kittley and the late Don W. Hood on Saturday.
The two-day meet begins with throwing events at 12:30 p.m. on Friday and the distance carnival with rolling starts beginning at 6 p.m. and includes the 1500, 3000 steeplechase, 5000 and 10,000.
Field events begin Saturday at 1 p.m. with the first race on the track at 2 p.m.
Rain is in the forecast for both days and the schedules are subject to change.
The Wildcats host Texas Tech, Tarleton State, Hardin-Simmons, McMurry, Angelo State, Midwestern State, Trinity, Cameron, Ranger, Western Texas, Hill and Iowa Central.
ACU's Entrants
Friday
12:30 p.m. – Women's Discus: Avery Myrick
12:30 p.m. – Men's Discus (following women): Athan Huelskamp, Colt Cooper, Stone Smith, Rylan Smart
5 p.m. – Women's Javelin: Eliza Lemberga, Natalie Poe, Avery Myrick, Kaitlyn Callaway
5 p.m. – Men's Javelin (following women): Canaan Fairley, Ethan Christian, Christian Morales
6 p.m. – Distance Carnival (rolling schedule)
Women's 1500m: Bella Evans, Riley Pyeatt, Autumn Smith, Emma Shackelford
Men's 1500m (following women): JP Trook, Ethan Rodriguez
Women's 3000m Steeplechase: Peyton Bornstein
Men's 3000m Steeplechase: Gabe Embree
Women's 5000m: Katelyn Coldicott, Kate Williams, Tessa Holderman, Hadley Phillips
Men's 5000m: Levi Chambers, Kevin Castruita, Zach Martin, Garrison Shindler, Samuel Lanham, O'Brien Verdin
Men's 10,000m: O'Brien Verdin
Saturday
1 p.m. – Men's Long Jump: Rhett Kahlden, Canaan Fairley, Ethan Christian
2 p.m. – Women's High Jump: Natalie Poe, Eliza Lemberga, Ja'Dasia Sims
2 p.m. – Women's 4x100 Relay: Ja'Kaylon Sabbath, Savannah McCaleb, Hannah Foster, Brianna Brand
2 p.m. – Men's 4x100 Relay (following women): Jayme Wooley, Sean Cooksey, Tiras Reed, Ethan Krause
2:30 p.m. – Women's Hammer Throw: Avery Myrick
2:30 p.m. – Men's Hammer (following women): Stone Smith, Rylan Smart, Sutton Welch
2:30 p.m. – Men's Shot Put: Sutton Welch, Rylan Smart, Athan Huelskamp
2:30 p.m. – Women's 100m Hurdles: Hana Banks, Paige Boucher, Eliza Lemberga
2:40 p.m. – Men's 110m Hurdles: Miguel Hall, Canaan Fairley, Harrison Manuel, Ryan Bornemeier, Ethan Christian
2:55 p.m. – Women's 400m: Ja'Dasia Sims, Shiean Walters, Savannah McCaleb, Gracyn Reed
2:55 p.m. – Men's 400m (following women): Matthew Mills, Tyce Chaney, Ethan Christian, Canaan Fairley, Miguel Hall, Ryan Bornemeier, Noah Jones, Harrison Manuel
3:25 p.m. – Women's 100m: Brianna Brand, Elle Evans, Hannah Foster, Ja'Kaylon Sabbath
3:25 p.m. – Men's 100m (following women): Sean Cooksey, Charlie Lee-Alliston, Tiras Reed, Ethan Krause, Jayme Wooley
3:50 p.m. – Women's 800m: Jess Reyes
3:50 p.m. – Men's 800m (following women): Cooper Goggans
4 p.m. – Women's Triple Jump: Ella Antilla, Luize Velmere
4:30 p.m. – Women's 400m Hurdles: Courtney Latham
4:45 p.m. – Women's 200m: Ja'Kaylon Sabbath, Hannah Foster, Natalie Poe, Eliza Lemberga
4:45 p.m. – Men's 200m (following women): Ethan Krause, Sean Cooksey, Charlie Lee-Alliston, Tiras Reed, Jayme Wooley
6 p.m. – Women's 4x400 Relay: A-Shiean Walters, Savannah McCaleb, Jess Reyes, Ja'Dasia Sims; B-Gracyn Reed, Ja'Kaylon Sabbath, Lydia Szabo, Courtney Latham
6 p.m. Men's 4x400 Relay (following women): A-Matthew Mills, Tyce Chaney, Tiras Reed, Cooper Goggans; B-Ryan Bornemeier, Miguel Hall, Horatio Brooks, Harrison Manuel
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