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The Bulldogs travel to Nashville for the Vanderbilt Invitational

MSU Heads to Nashville for Vanderbilt Invitational

January 18, 2018 | Track & Field

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STARKVILLE, Miss. – After setting two meet records in Birmingham last week, the Mississippi State track and field program turns north to Nashville for the Vanderbilt Invitational on Friday and Saturday.

The Bulldogs will meet five other SEC schools in the 22-team field including, Alabama, Auburn, Missouri, Ole Miss and host Vanderbilt.

Mississippi State's women are ranked No. 1 in the nation and will compete alongside No. 8 Ole Miss and No. 20 Alabama. On the men's side, Alabama is ranked ninth nationally.

"We got our feet wet last week and saw everything we needed to work on to get better," MSU coach Steve Dudley said. "I know everyone is ready to get back on the track and get better."

The Bulldogs will participate in three field events and one running event on Friday, with the field events kicking off at 4 p.m. CT and the 200m starting at 7 p.m. Both the men and women will compete in the high jump and long jump, while the Bulldog women will compete in the weight throw.

Saturday features the majority of the running events, starting at 10 a.m. The remainder of the field events will begin at 10:30, but Bulldog field athletes will not be in action until 11 a.m. when the women's shot put kicks off. There will be a break in competition from 12:15-1 p.m. before the sprint events begin. The afternoon will also feature the men's and women's triple jump, the women's seeded mile and the seeded 3K.

Two Bulldogs began their weekends on Thursday afternoon in Birmingham at the Samford Multi. Shayla Broughton and Zaria Tillman both competed in the women's pentathlon. Broughton finished fourth (3,317), and Tillman came in ninth (2,828) after not recording a height in the high jump. Both women finished as high as second in an event. Broughton took second in the 60m hurdles (8.80), while Tillman was the runner-up in the long jump (5.66m, 18-7.0).

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Women's Results (Samford Pentathlon)
Pentathlon: Selena Popp, Samford, 3,912
MSU: 4. Shayla Broughton, 3,317; 9. Zaria Tillman, 2,828

Pentathlon 60m Hurdles: Elizabeth Dadzie, Middle Tennessee State, 8.78
MSU: 2. Shayla Broughton, 8.80; 4. Zaria Tillman, 8.98

Pentathlon High Jump: Selena Popp, Samford, 1.73m (5-8.0)
MSU: 4. Shayla Broughton, 1.55m (5-1.0); 14. Zaria Tillman (NH)

Pentathlon Shot Put: Hannah Dunderdale, Arkansas State, 11.32m (37-1.75)
MSU: 6. Zaria Tillman, 9.99m (32-9.5); 11. Shayla Broughton, 9.06m (29-8.75)

Pentathlon Long Jump: Selena Popp, Samford, 5.72m (18-9.25)
MSU: 2. Zaria Tillman, 5.66m (18-7.0); 5. Shayla Broughton, 5.46m (17-11.0)

Pentathlon 800m: Hannah Dunderdale, Arkansas State, 2:16.19
MSU: 6. Zaria Tillman, 2:34.47; 10. Shayla Broughton, 2:43.70

Friday Schedule
4 p.m. – High Jump (Logan Boss)
4 p.m. – High Jump (Reggie Miller, Austin Waldrop, DeVantre Young)
4 p.m. – Weight Throw (Tiffaney Johnson, Madelyn Lee, Brianna Smith)
5 p.m. – Long Jump (Alexis Farley)
5 p.m. – Long Jump (Derrick Monroe, Willie-Lionel Reed)
7 p.m. – 200m (Jaylah Bailey, McKenzie Ethridge, Justice Sims, Riley White)
7:30 p.m. – 200m (Rasheed Tatham, Malcum Tatum, Joshua Willingham,
Saturday Schedule
10 a.m. – 3K unseeded (Katherine Badham, Audrey Honiotes, Stephanie Peterson, Kristy Terp, Alex Wallace)
10:40 a.m. – 3K unseeded (JT Mackay, Chandler Underwood, Eryk Yunk)
11 a.m. – Shot Put (Madelyn Lee, Chardae Tryon, Alicia Viveros)
11 a.m. – Mile unseeded (Katherine Badham)
11:20 a.m. – Mile unseeded (Aaron Phelps)
11:35 a.m. – 800m unseeded (Alyssa Staubach)
11:40 a.m. – 800m unseeded (Vince Castillo, Aaron Phelps)
11:45 a.m. – 400m unseeded (Monica Mosley, Riley White)
11:55 a.m. – 400m unseeded (Malcum Tatum, Juston Waters, Joshua Willingham)
12:15 p.m. – BREAK – sprints/hurdles warmup
1 p.m. – 60m Hurdles Prelims (Alexis Farley, Tiffany Flynn, Monica Mosley)
1:20 p.m. – 60m Hurdles Prelims (Charles Brockman III, Willie-Lionel Reed, Ro'Derick Spears)
1:40 p.m. – 60m Prelims (Jaylah Bailey, McKenzie Ethridge, Justice Sims)
2 p.m. – 60m Prelims (Terryon Conwell, Lawrence Crawford, Karson Kowalchuk)
2 p.m. – Triple Jump (Alexis Farley, Tiffany Flynn)
2 p.m. – Triple Jump (Gralyn Jones, Derrick Monroe)
2:20 p.m. – Mile seeded (Shannon Fair, Antonia Hehr, Mia Meydrich)
2:55 p.m. – 60m Hurdles Final (W)
3:05 p.m. – 60m Hurdles Final (M)
3:10 p.m. – 60m Finals (W)
3:15 p.m. – 60m Finals (M)
3:25 p.m. – 400m seeded (Alon Lewis, Keturah Smith)
3:40 p.m. – 400m seeded (Charles Brockman III, Brian Evans, Stephan James, Rasheed Tatham)
3:55 p.m. – 800m seeded (Charlotte Cayton-Smith, Rhianwedd Price)
4:10 p.m. – 800m seeded (Marco Arop, Dejon Devroe, Freddie Jackson III, Daniel Nixon, Kenya Small)
4:40 p.m. – 3K seeded (Stephen Jones)
4:55 p.m. – 4x400m Relay (W)
5:25 p.m. – 4x400m Relay (M)