Canes Ready for National Relay Championships
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami track and field team is headed to Fayetteville, Ark., to compete at the inaugural National Relay Championships.
Sixteen teams from Power 5 conferences will compete at John McDonnell Field on the University of Arkansas campus this Friday and Saturday. Miami is one of three teams from the ACC in the field, joined by Florida State and Virginia Tech. SEC teams include Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky and Tennessee; Texas, Baylor, TCU, Kansas and Oklahoma State from the Big 12; Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin from the Big Ten; and Stanford from the Pac-12.
Action is set to begin Friday at noon ET with the women’s hammer throw. The running events are set to begin at 4 p.m. ET with the women’s 100m hurdles. Saturday’s competition begins at 11:45 a.m. ET with the men’s hammer throw and field events will continue throughout the day, while the relays are set to start at 8:02 p.m. ET with the women’s 4x100m.
Fans can watch the National Relay Championships on SEC Network + beginning at 4 p.m. ET by clicking HERE. Saturday’s broadcast begins at 8 p.m. ET and can be viewed HERE. Fans can also follow the meet via live results by clicking HERE.
The No. 15-ranked Miami’s women’s team has several standouts set to compete this weekend at Arkansas. The Hurricanes enter the meet with the eight-ranked 4x100m relay and ninth-ranked 4x400m relay in the country this year.
Miami has several individuals to watch this weekend, including three-time ACC Performer of the Week Kayla Johnson, sprinters Alfreda Steele and Symone Mason, hurdlers Tiara McMinn, Anna Runia and Samantha Gonzalez and throwers Debbie Ajagbe and Zakiy Rashid.
On the men’s side, the Canes will look to build off their season-best time of 3:10.16 in the 4x400m relay from the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational. Miami’s men also have several competitors to keep an eye on, including Myles Valentine and Isaiah Taylor in the sprints, jumpers Tristan Schultheis and Hasani Knight and throwers Gian Piero Ragonesi and Kevin Arreaga.
Freshman Lorenzo Lingard will make his track debut in the 110m hurdles and on Miami’s 4x100m relay. Lingard, who was a five-star recruit at running back that enrolled at Miami in January, was the 2017 Florida Class 4A state champion in the 110m hurdles.
Following this weekend’s action, the Hurricanes will prepare to host the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 10-12. The conference meet returns to Cobb Stadium on the University of Miami campus for the first time since 2009. To view the complete Miami Track and Field schedule for the 2018 season, click here.
Miami Entries
Men
100m: Myles Valentine, Isaiah Taylor, Christopher Moree
200m:Isaiah Taylor, Moree
400m: Luca Bhalla, Breon Mullings
1500m: Matthew Wiefels
110m HH: Lorenzo Lingard
400m HH: McKinly Brown, Ibrahim Dodo
4x100m: Isaiah Taylor, Breon Mullings, Myles Valentine, Lorenzo Lingard
4x400m: Myles Valentine, Ibrahim Dodo, McKinly Brown, Breon Mullings
1600m SMR: Isaiah Taylor, Christopher Moree, Luca Bhalla, Ibrahim Dodo, Matthew Wiefels
High Jump: Tristan Schultheis
Triple Jump: Hasani Knight
Shot Put: Gian Piero Ragonesi
Discus: Gian Piero Ragonesi
Hammer Throw: Kevin Arreaga
Javelin: Andreas Christodoulou
Women
100m: Symone Mason, Alfreda Steele, Kristina Knott, Carolyn Brown
400m: Kayla Johnson
1500m: Anne den Otter, Abby Kettle, Emma Langlois
100m HH: Tiara McMinn
400m HH: Tiara McMinn, Anna Runia, Samantha Gonzalez
4x100m: Kristina Knott, Symone Mason, Tiara McMinn, Alfreda Steele, Carolyn Brown
4x200m: Samantha Gonzalez, Kristine Knott, Tiara McMinn, Michelle Atherley, Carolyn Brown
4x400m: Anna Runia, Samantha Gonzalez, Kayla Johnson, Michlle Atherley, Symone Mason
1600m SMR: Symone Mason, Alfreda Steele, Michelle Atherley, Kayla Johnson, Anna Runia
4000m DMR: Anne den Otter, Carolyn Brown, Emma Langlois, Abby Kettle
High Jump: Celine Thompson, Erika Voyzey, Kyra Maryland
Long Jump: Darlene Charles
Triple Jump: Darlene Charles, Niara Hill, Peyton Russell
Shot Put: Debbie Ajagbe, Zakiya Rashid, Sherry Lubin
Discus: Debbie Ajagbe, Zakiya Rashid
Hammer Throw: Debbie Ajagbe
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