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Saturday, January 20
Ann Arbor, MI
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Gopher Track Headed to Simmons-Harvey Invitational in Ann Arbor
1/19/2024 10:21:00 AM | Men's Cross Country, Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
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Minnesota also has competitors at the USATF Cross Country Championships.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota's track and field team is back on the road for the second straight week on Saturday, Jan. 20, at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational on the campus of the University of Michigan. The Golden Gophers also are sending a handful of student-athletes to the USATF Cross Country Championships in Richmond, Va.
About the 2024 Simmons-Harvey Invitational
The meet on Saturday will start with field events at 9 a.m. CT with the track events set to start at 10 a.m. The meet will run on schedule and will be available to watch via Michigan's website and will conclude at about 2 p.m. Additionally the meet provides live results via DeltaTiming.com.
About the 2024 USATF Cross Country Championships
The 2024 USATF Cross Country Championships will be contested on January 20, 2024, at Pole Green Park in Richmond, Va. The 2024 championships will consist of six separate races: Masters Women 6 km, Masters Men 8 km, U20 Women 6 km, U20 Men 8 km, Open Women 10 km, and Open Men 10 km. The meet will be streamed on RunnerSpace.com and will have live results available as well.
For the U20 Women's 6K the Gophers are sending Taylor Isabel and Charlotte Lange while on the men's side (8K) the Maroon and Gold will field Aidan Jones. Minnesota also will see redshirt freshman Shane Griepentrog compete at the senior level, which is scheduled to be a 10K.
About the 2024 Vanessa Seljeskog Classic
The Vanessa Seljeskog Classic begins at 9:30 a.m. with the women's weight throw while the events on the track will start at 10:30 a.m. with the 60m hurdles prelims. The meet will run to an estimated finish of 3 p.m. Macalester is scheduled to stream the meet on its website and will also have an option to watch field events via the Macalester Athletics YouTube page. The meet will also be available to follow via WayzataTiming.com.
LAST TIME OUT
The University of Minnesota picked up five event victories at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational, the team's first competition of 2024. Additionally Minnesota posted four program top 10 performances both on the track and in the field while in Houston, Texas.
GOLDEN PERFORMANCES
Minnesota's all-time top 10 was under siege all day in Houston with Alliyah McNeil posting a top-10 program mark of her own in the long jump. The Jamaican put forth the fourth-best long jump in school history and finished as the runner-up in Houston with a mark of 6.17m (20-3). Annie Nabwe put forth one of the best performances of the day with a lifetime best of 21.90m (71-10 1/4) in the weight throw. For Nabwe, the mark catapults her to the No. 4 spot in program history. Sophomore Diarra Sow broke through in the triple jump with the United Kingdom native launching herself beyond the 13-meter mark to win the event with a jump of 13.12m (43-0 1/2). Sow's lifetime best mark pushed her from the No. 4 spot on Minnesota's all-time top 10 list to No. 2, with her mark being the furthest by a Minnesota indoor triple jumper in 21 years. Sow was joined by teammate Brooke Moore with a leap of 12.43m (40-9 1/2) which is the No. 10 mark in program history.
WHO'S BACK?
On top of Minnesota's two NCAA indoor scorers both returning this season, the Gophers also welcome back 12 different scorers from the 2023 Big Ten Indoor Championships, with those 12 student-athletes contributing points in nine different events. Shelby Frank, Abigail Schaaffe, Lexy Berger, Dyandra Gray, Alliyah McNeil and Erin Reidy all return to the track after redshirtting the outdoor season. Frank will aim to defend her Big Ten indoor title this season, a title that she earned by throwing her season-best mark (24.14m).
IN THE RANKINGS
The first USTFCCCA national and regional rankings will not be released until January 22 with the first conference and Event Squad rankings coming out for the first time on January 29.
UP NEXT (ALUMNI TAILGATE!)
Minnesota's first indoor home meet of the season is on the horizon with the Jack Johnson Classic scheduled for a Jan. 26-27. The Gophers will also host a alumni tailgate on January 27, which will run throughout the entirety of the meet on Saturday.
For more information on the Gophers, continue to check back with GopherSports.com. Keep up with the University of Minnesota cross country and track and field team on X.com (Twitter) and Instagram (@GopherCCTF) and on Facebook, so you do not miss any content during the season.
About the 2024 Simmons-Harvey Invitational
The meet on Saturday will start with field events at 9 a.m. CT with the track events set to start at 10 a.m. The meet will run on schedule and will be available to watch via Michigan's website and will conclude at about 2 p.m. Additionally the meet provides live results via DeltaTiming.com.
About the 2024 USATF Cross Country Championships
The 2024 USATF Cross Country Championships will be contested on January 20, 2024, at Pole Green Park in Richmond, Va. The 2024 championships will consist of six separate races: Masters Women 6 km, Masters Men 8 km, U20 Women 6 km, U20 Men 8 km, Open Women 10 km, and Open Men 10 km. The meet will be streamed on RunnerSpace.com and will have live results available as well.
For the U20 Women's 6K the Gophers are sending Taylor Isabel and Charlotte Lange while on the men's side (8K) the Maroon and Gold will field Aidan Jones. Minnesota also will see redshirt freshman Shane Griepentrog compete at the senior level, which is scheduled to be a 10K.
About the 2024 Vanessa Seljeskog Classic
The Vanessa Seljeskog Classic begins at 9:30 a.m. with the women's weight throw while the events on the track will start at 10:30 a.m. with the 60m hurdles prelims. The meet will run to an estimated finish of 3 p.m. Macalester is scheduled to stream the meet on its website and will also have an option to watch field events via the Macalester Athletics YouTube page. The meet will also be available to follow via WayzataTiming.com.
LAST TIME OUT
The University of Minnesota picked up five event victories at the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational, the team's first competition of 2024. Additionally Minnesota posted four program top 10 performances both on the track and in the field while in Houston, Texas.
GOLDEN PERFORMANCES
Minnesota's all-time top 10 was under siege all day in Houston with Alliyah McNeil posting a top-10 program mark of her own in the long jump. The Jamaican put forth the fourth-best long jump in school history and finished as the runner-up in Houston with a mark of 6.17m (20-3). Annie Nabwe put forth one of the best performances of the day with a lifetime best of 21.90m (71-10 1/4) in the weight throw. For Nabwe, the mark catapults her to the No. 4 spot in program history. Sophomore Diarra Sow broke through in the triple jump with the United Kingdom native launching herself beyond the 13-meter mark to win the event with a jump of 13.12m (43-0 1/2). Sow's lifetime best mark pushed her from the No. 4 spot on Minnesota's all-time top 10 list to No. 2, with her mark being the furthest by a Minnesota indoor triple jumper in 21 years. Sow was joined by teammate Brooke Moore with a leap of 12.43m (40-9 1/2) which is the No. 10 mark in program history.
WHO'S BACK?
On top of Minnesota's two NCAA indoor scorers both returning this season, the Gophers also welcome back 12 different scorers from the 2023 Big Ten Indoor Championships, with those 12 student-athletes contributing points in nine different events. Shelby Frank, Abigail Schaaffe, Lexy Berger, Dyandra Gray, Alliyah McNeil and Erin Reidy all return to the track after redshirtting the outdoor season. Frank will aim to defend her Big Ten indoor title this season, a title that she earned by throwing her season-best mark (24.14m).
IN THE RANKINGS
The first USTFCCCA national and regional rankings will not be released until January 22 with the first conference and Event Squad rankings coming out for the first time on January 29.
UP NEXT (ALUMNI TAILGATE!)
Minnesota's first indoor home meet of the season is on the horizon with the Jack Johnson Classic scheduled for a Jan. 26-27. The Gophers will also host a alumni tailgate on January 27, which will run throughout the entirety of the meet on Saturday.
For more information on the Gophers, continue to check back with GopherSports.com. Keep up with the University of Minnesota cross country and track and field team on X.com (Twitter) and Instagram (@GopherCCTF) and on Facebook, so you do not miss any content during the season.
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