Saturday, December 14
Fort Wayne, Ind.
11 AM
Purdue Fort Wayne
at
Strive for Greatness Invitational
Payton McHenry
Track and Field Heads Across Town for Strive For Greatness Invitational
12/13/2019 10:32:00 AM | Women's Track and Field, Men's Track and Field
Meet: Strive for Greatness Invitational Presented by Circle Logisitics
When: Saturday, December 14
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Turnstone Center
Live Results: Link
Teams: Cumberland, Glenville State, Goshen, Grace, Huntington, Indiana Tech, IU East, IU Kokomo, Madonna, Saint Francis, Saint Xavier, Taylor
What Happened Last Time?
The 'Dons are heading down the road to Indiana Tech for the Strive for Greatness Invitational Presented by Circle Logistics on Saturday (Dec. 14) at 10 a.m. Last week, the Mastodons competed at the Mastodon Opener held in the Lutheran Health Fieldhouse. The men's program finished third with 82 points and then women finished in fifth with 52 points. Eight school records were broken in the first meet of the season. After a 16 year break from competition, the men's track and field team broke seven out of the eight school records. Bradon Gulch (shot put, 14.74m), Luke Beehler (long jump, 6.48m), Braxton Trittipo (60m dash, 7.10 and 300m dash, 35.26), Michael Oliver (5K, 15:31.26), Ben Marano (200m dash, 23.25) and Nick Derickson (600m run, 1:33.19) broke the school records, all of them are freshmen. On the women's side, freshman Naimah Slaughter broke the school record in long jump (1.68m) in her very first collegiate meet. Kathy Potter finished first in the women's 5K (18:44.18) and Ally Bailey finished second in the 300m dash (40.47).
Schedule:
2:20 p.m. National Anthem
Field Events
10:00 a.m. (W) Pole Vault - Men to follow
11:30 a.m. (M) Long Jump - Women to follow
11:30 a.m. (W) Weight Throw - Men to follow
11:30 a.m. (W) High Jump - Men to follow
Running Events:
1:00 p.m. (W) 4x800 Relay
1:10 p.m. (W) 60 Meter Dash Qualifying
2:10 p.m. (W) 60 Meter Hurdles - Men to follow
2:30 p.m. (M) Mile Run
2:45 p.m. (W) 60 Meter Dash Semifinals - Men to follow
2:55 p.m. (M) 60 Meter Hurdles Semifinals - Women to follow
3:05 p.m. (W) 600 Meter Run - Men to follow
3:25 p.m. (W) 800 Meter Run - Men to follow
4:00 p.m. (W) 60 Meter Dash Final - Men to follow
4:10 p.m. (M) 60 Meter Hurdles Final - Women to follow
4:25 p.m. (W) 400 Meter Dash - Men to follow
5:05 p.m. (W) 1000 Meter Run - Men to follow
5:20 p.m. (W) 3000 Meter Run
5:40 p.m. (W) 200 Meter Dash
6:00 p.m. (M) 200 Meter Dash
6:25 p.m. (M) 3000 Meter Run
6:45 p.m. (W) 4x400 Meter Relay - Men to follow
Up Next
Purdue Fort Wayne will come back from break and compete at the GVSU Bob Eubanks Open on Saturday (Jan. 18) in Allendale, Mich.
When: Saturday, December 14
Where: Fort Wayne, Ind. | Turnstone Center
Live Results: Link
Teams: Cumberland, Glenville State, Goshen, Grace, Huntington, Indiana Tech, IU East, IU Kokomo, Madonna, Saint Francis, Saint Xavier, Taylor
What Happened Last Time?
The 'Dons are heading down the road to Indiana Tech for the Strive for Greatness Invitational Presented by Circle Logistics on Saturday (Dec. 14) at 10 a.m. Last week, the Mastodons competed at the Mastodon Opener held in the Lutheran Health Fieldhouse. The men's program finished third with 82 points and then women finished in fifth with 52 points. Eight school records were broken in the first meet of the season. After a 16 year break from competition, the men's track and field team broke seven out of the eight school records. Bradon Gulch (shot put, 14.74m), Luke Beehler (long jump, 6.48m), Braxton Trittipo (60m dash, 7.10 and 300m dash, 35.26), Michael Oliver (5K, 15:31.26), Ben Marano (200m dash, 23.25) and Nick Derickson (600m run, 1:33.19) broke the school records, all of them are freshmen. On the women's side, freshman Naimah Slaughter broke the school record in long jump (1.68m) in her very first collegiate meet. Kathy Potter finished first in the women's 5K (18:44.18) and Ally Bailey finished second in the 300m dash (40.47).
Schedule:
2:20 p.m. National Anthem
Field Events
10:00 a.m. (W) Pole Vault - Men to follow
11:30 a.m. (M) Long Jump - Women to follow
11:30 a.m. (W) Weight Throw - Men to follow
11:30 a.m. (W) High Jump - Men to follow
Running Events:
1:00 p.m. (W) 4x800 Relay
1:10 p.m. (W) 60 Meter Dash Qualifying
2:10 p.m. (W) 60 Meter Hurdles - Men to follow
2:30 p.m. (M) Mile Run
2:45 p.m. (W) 60 Meter Dash Semifinals - Men to follow
2:55 p.m. (M) 60 Meter Hurdles Semifinals - Women to follow
3:05 p.m. (W) 600 Meter Run - Men to follow
3:25 p.m. (W) 800 Meter Run - Men to follow
4:00 p.m. (W) 60 Meter Dash Final - Men to follow
4:10 p.m. (M) 60 Meter Hurdles Final - Women to follow
4:25 p.m. (W) 400 Meter Dash - Men to follow
5:05 p.m. (W) 1000 Meter Run - Men to follow
5:20 p.m. (W) 3000 Meter Run
5:40 p.m. (W) 200 Meter Dash
6:00 p.m. (M) 200 Meter Dash
6:25 p.m. (M) 3000 Meter Run
6:45 p.m. (W) 4x400 Meter Relay - Men to follow
Up Next
Purdue Fort Wayne will come back from break and compete at the GVSU Bob Eubanks Open on Saturday (Jan. 18) in Allendale, Mich.
Players Mentioned
Sprints
/ Women's Track and Field
Jumps
/ Men's Track and Field
Distance
/ Men's Track and Field
Throws
/ Men's Track and Field
Hurdles
/ Men's Track and Field
Distance
/ Men's Track and Field
Distance
/ Women's Track and Field
Jumps
/ Women's Track and Field
Sprints
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