T&F Opens Indoor Season at Kentucky
CORAL GABLES, Fla. - The University of Miami track and field program will open the new year competing at the two-day Kentucky Invitational Jan. 11-12 at E.J. Nutter Field House. It is the first of seven scheduled indoor meets leading up to the NCAA Championships.
"I am really looking forward to competing and seeing where we are," director of track and field/cross country Amy Deem said. "We have a young, hard-working enthusiastic group of student-athletes. Everyone is excited to get to Kentucky to start the indoor season."
The men's and women's teams will each compete in a total of 11 events at the opening meet, including sprints, hurdles, distance, relays, throws and jumps. Field events will open the meet Friday at 5:30 p.m., with a full slate of running events and additional field competitions Saturday beginning at 11 a.m.
Senior All-American Samantha Williams will lead the women in both the long and triple jumps. She finished third in the triple jump at the ACC Outdoor Championships (12.99m) last season and was seventh at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (13.34m). Williams also took part in the Jamaican Olympic Trials.
The women will be well-represented in the sprints, with three Canes running in both the 60m and the 400m.
On the men's side, the team also looks for jumps to be a strength, while expectations are also high for sprints and relays. The Hurricanes will send out two groups in the 4x400m relay, with sophomore Phillip Dorsett set to compete in that and the 60m dash in his track debut. Dorsett was named Third-team All-ACC by Phil Steele for his efforts as a wide receiver for the football team in the fall. Several athletes from cross country will run distance events for UM this weekend.
Nutter Field House is an $8.5 million climate-controlled facility that features a field turf football surface of 108,000 square feet, surrounded by a six-lane, 291-meter Mondo track with a nine lane 120m sprint straight away. It is a regular host of the SEC indoor track and field championships.
Men's Entries
60m
Phillip Dorsett
Innocent Jacob
400m
Garrett Nygren
Davin Johnson
Joseph Ryan
Anthony Wolliston
Kenny Bowden
800m
Douglas Dourado
1
mile
Sean Pezzulo
3000m
Greg Kaczka
Sean Pezzulo
Luke Fontaine
60m
high hurdles
Christian Cook
4x400m
Christian Cook, Bassim El-Sabawi, Garrett
Nygren, Phillip Dorsett
Douglas Dourado, Davin Johnson, Kenny
Bowden, Joseph Ryan, Anthony Wolliston
High
jump
Innocent Jacob
Long
jump
Timothy Richardson
Innocent Jacob
John-Patrick Friday
Triple
jump
John-Patrick Friday
Timothy Richardson
Shot
put
Isaiah Simmons
Women's Entries
60m
Alyssa McClure
Jokira Jiles
Elyse Houston
400m
Shannon Wright
Taneisha Cordell
Jasmyne King
800m
Alaine Tate
1
mile
Lindsi Arrington
60m
high hurdles
Nicole Cummings
Jamika Glades
Alexis Wright
4x400m
Taneisha Cordell, Jokira Jiles, Alyssa
McClure, Jamika Glades
Alaine Tate, Alexis Wright, Lindsi
Arrington, Jasmyne King
High
jump
Dakota Dailey-Harris
Long
jump
Samantha Williams
Nicole Cummings
Elyse Houston
Triple
jump
Samantha Williams
Shot
put
Amber Monroe
Weight
throw
Lea Johnson
