Women?s Track & Field Begins Postseason With SEC Championships
STARKVILLE, Miss., - Postseason for the No. 18 Mississippi State women’s track and field team will kick off with the SEC Championships Friday and Saturday.
“This is a big weekend for our team,” MSU coach Steve Dudley said. “We have a talented women’s team competing this weekend and I think they really can do something special for this program.”
Senior Erica Bougard will begin the championships with the pentathlon. The pentathlon is made up of five events: 60m hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump and 800m run. Bougard won the SEC pentathlon title at last year’s championships.
Competing in the field on Friday will be Sydney Rodkey in the pole vault and Bougard, Rochelle Farquharson and Tiffany Flynn in the long jump.
On the track for the Bulldogs will be Bougard and Ste’yce McNeil in the 60m hurdles. Following the 60m hurdles will be Euricka Hardy in the 60m dash and 200m dash.
Distance runners Mia Meydrich, Madison Milhoan, Emma Neigel and Rhianwedd Price will be competing in the mile run, while Cornelia Griesche and Carly Terp take part in the 3000m run. In the 5000m run will be Lisa Ziegler.
Ocian Archer, Shayla Luckett and Kimari Martin will represent the Maroon and White in the 400m dash.
Friday’s events will begin at 9:15 a.m. CT. Action will resume on Saturday with the triple jump at 10:30 a.m. CT, with MSU’s Flynn and Ebony Brinker both be competing.
In the 2014 SEC Indoor Championships, the Bulldogs finished in eighth place, while Florida brought home first place.
“These women have competed hard all season and I hope to see that continue into this weekend,“ Dudley said. “I hope to see us finish higher than we did last year.”
The SEC Championships will be shown live on the SEC Network+.
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