Track & Field Turn Attention Toward Armory Track Invite
February 04, 2016 | Track & Field
STARKVILLE, Miss. - With almost 30 athletes slated to compete this weekend, the Mississippi State track and field teams head to the Big Apple to compete in the prestigious Armory Track Invite.
Held in the world-renown Armory Track & Field Center in New York City, the Bulldogs will look to repeat their impressive showing last season at the event. Last year at the meet, the MSU women's team brought home the overall first-place trophy, while the men captured a fourth-place finish.
Competition begins Friday at 11:05 a.m. CT, with the long jump. Participating for the Bulldogs will be Tiffany Flynn and Leah Lott on the women's side. Flynn will also compete for the Maroon and White in triple jump Saturday.
Flynn and Lott will team up again on the track, competing side-by-side on the track in the 60m hurdles along with teammates Ste'yce McNeil and Zaria Tillman. Flynn and McNeil hurdled their way into the Top 3 in competition last weekend in Nashville. On the MSU men's team, Ro'Derick Spears and Wesley White will participate. Spears finished fifth at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a time of 7.93.
For the long jump on the men's side, Willie Reed and A.J. Ward will represent the Maroon and White. Reed will later move on to compete in the open high jump.
Logan Boss will partake in the women's high jump invite, while Seth Peace will represents the MSU men's team. Both secured fourth-place finishes last weekend at the Vanderbilt Invitational in Nashville, as Boss jumped 5-07.25 and Peace cleared of 6-08.25.
The Friday running events begin with the men's 3000m run. Running for the Bulldogs will be freshman JT Mackay, who will be competing for the second time this season.
Lawrence Crawford, Stephan James, Rodrigo Rocha and Philip Smith will take the track for the 60m dash. Crawford, James, Rocha and Smith will proceed to compete in the 200m dash, joined by Charles Taylor and Juston Waters. Waters also will run in the 400m dash as will Taylor.
Following Mia Meydrich's personal-best performance of 9.36.30 last weekend, Cornelia Griesche steps up to take her turn at the 3000m run. Griesche holds the second-fastest time in school history with a time of 9.35.79. Meydrich will be competing in the mile run in New York with Antonia Hehr.
Shannon Fair will try her hand at the 5000m for the first time this season, competing for the first time since the Conference Clash on January 22.
Vince Castillo will represent the Maroon and White in the 500m run at the Armory Track Invite. This is Castillo's first attempt at this event in the indoor season.
Ffion Price will be on the line for the Bulldogs in the 1000m run. Price has previously participated in the 800m run, the distance medley relay and the 4x400m relay. For the men's team, Brandon McBride will compete in the event, while also making his debut in the mile run for the 2016 indoor season.
Senior Kimari Martin heads to New York to compete in the 500m run for the Mississippi State women's team. Dustin James II, Alfred Larry and Rasheed Tatham will represent the Bulldogs in the event on the men's side.
Field events kick off on Friday at 11:05 a.m., with the long jump and the running events starting at 11:15 a.m., with the men's 3000m run. Saturday, the action will continue at 8:35 a.m., with the mile run.
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