Another Weekend of Coast to Coast Action in Store for Liberty Track
4/7/2022 10:31:30 AM | Track and Field
Triton Invitational Live Results
Aggie Invitational Meet Information
Aggie Invitational Live Results
For the second consecutive week, Liberty’s track & field athletes will be divided between meets in California and North Carolina. A group of 13 throwers, hurdlers and jumpers will compete in the Triton Invitational, Friday and Saturday in San Diego, Calif. The rest of the Flames will travel to Greensboro, N.C., for Saturday’s Aggie Invitational.
How to Follow the Flames and Lady Flames
Live results will be available throughout both the Triton Invitational and Aggie Invitational.
Weather Report
Friday’s forecast in San Diego calls for sunny skies and a high in the upper 80s. Saturday will be cooler (high in the upper 60s) with a mixture of sunshine and clouds.
In Greensboro, Saturday’s weather is expected to feature morning sunshine and afternoon clouds with a high in the mid 50s.
Triton Invitational Preview
A week after setting the ASUN men’s discus record (186-3) at the VertKlasse Meeting, ASUN Men’s Field Athlete of the Week Kevin Nedrick will be among a sizable group of discus throwers chasing big marks on the West Coast at the Triton Invitational.
Nedrick and the other Liberty discus throwers will compete in the open sections. The invitational sections are headlined by the Tokyo men’s (Sweden’s Daniel Stahl) and women’s (USA’s Valarie Allman) discus gold medalists.
Quinten Clay and Ayanna Johnson set Liberty’s indoor long jump records in February. Now they will set their sights on the long-standing outdoor long jump program records. Chad Wilson has held the men’s long jump standard (25-6.75) since 2004, while Gina Gibson’s women’s long jump record (20-0.25) dates all the way back to 1984.
Aggie Invitational Preview
The women’s throws are some of the top events which bear watching on Saturday at the Aggie Invitational.
Reigning ASUN Women’s Field Athlete of the Week Megan Mann is entered in three events (women’s shot put, discus and hammer). Meanwhile, Kali Grayson will continue her comeback from injury as she attempts to defend her Aggie Invitational women’s javelin title.
Luke Anderson fared well at this meet a year ago, clocking a then personal-best 14.61 in the men’s 110 hurdles prelims before taking seventh place in the final. He will be back in the 110 hurdles on Saturday.
Record Setters
Liberty has been rewriting the record books during the opening weeks of the 2022 outdoor season.
New ASUN Records
March 25 – Men’s 4 x 100 – 39.65 by Letts, Griffin, Lyon & McClinton (Old Record: 39.68 by ETSU, 3/31/07)
April 1 – Women’s 5K – 15:54.98 by Adelyn Ackley (Old Record: 16:10.19 by Ackley, 4/16/21)
April 1 – Men’s 5K – 13:40.82 by Ryan Drew (Old Record: 13:53.30 by Drew, 5/1/21)
April 2 – Men’s Discus – 186-3 by Kevin Nedrick (Old Record: 186-3 by Kennesaw State’s Daniel Haugh, 5/11/19)
April 2 – Men’s 4 x 100 – 39.44 by Letts, Griffin, Lyon & McClinton (Old Record: 39.65 by Letts, Griffin, Lyon & McClinton, 3/25/22)
New Program Records
March 19 – Women’s 100 – 11.48 by Isis Brooks (Old Record: 11.57 by Abigail Flower, 4/19/13)
March 24 – Men’s 1,500 – 3:41.87 by Ryan Drew (Old Record: 3:43.05 by Drew, 5/5/21)
March 25 – Men’s 4 x 100 – 39.65 by Letts, Griffin, Lyon & McClinton (Old Record: 39.86 by McFadden, Swinton, McDuffie & Marriott, 5/18/96)
April 2 – Men’s 4 x 100 – 39.44 by Letts, Griffin, Lyon & McClinton (Old Record: 39.65 by Letts, Griffin, Lyon & McClinton, 3/25/22)
Among the Nation’s Elite
Liberty ranks among the top 20 nationally in the following events at this stage of the season.
Men’s Steeplechase – No. 2 – Felix Kandie – 8:37.00
Men’s 1,500 – No. 13 – Ryan Drew – 3:41.87
Men’s 4 x 100 – No. 14 – Letts, Griffin, Lyon, McClinton – 39.44
Women’s 5K – No. 14 – Adelyn Ackley – 15:54.98
Men’s 5K – No. 15 – Ryan Drew – 13:40.82
Men’s 200 – No. 19 – Diamantae Griffin – 20.63
ASUN Leaders
Through three weekends of competition, Liberty ranks No. 1 in the ASUN Conference in the following events:
Men’s 100 – Christian Lyon – 10.39
Men’s 200 – Diamantae Griffin – 20.63
Men’s 5K – Ryan Drew – 13:40.82
Men’s 10K – Caleb Olson – 29:14.24
Men’s 110 Hurdles – Felix Lawrence – 14.21
Men’s Steeplechase – Felix Kandie – 8:37.00
Men’s 4 x 100 Relay – 39.44
Men’s Long Jump – Quinten Clay – 24-7.25
Men’s Discus – Kevin Nedrick – 186-3
Men’s Hammer – John Hicks – 206-5
Women’s 100 – Isis Brooks – 11.48
Women’s 400 – Janai Scott – 54.07
Women’s 5K – Adelyn Ackley – 15:54.98
Women’s Pole Vault – Taylen Langin – 12-11.5
Women’s Shot Put – Naomi Mojica – 51-3.5
Women’s Discus – Megan Mann – 157-4
Women’s Hammer – Grace Artis – 186-2
Women’s Javelin – Mackenzie Hainley – 151-2
Bound for Bloomington
The NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round meet is scheduled for May 25-28 in Bloomington, Ind. The following Flames are likely to qualify for the meet, based upon their marks thus far in the 2022 outdoor season.
Quinten Clay – Men’s Long Jump
Ryan Drew – Men’s 1,500, 5K
Diamantae Griffin – Men’s 200, 4 x 100 Relay
John Hicks – Men’s Hammer
Felix Kandie – Men’s Steeplechase
Brandon Letts – Men’s 4 x 100 Relay
Christian Lyon – Men’s 100, 4 x 100 Relay
Donald McClinton – Men’s 200, Men’s 4 x 100 Relay
Kyle Mitchell – Men’s Shot Put
Kevin Nedrick – Men’s Shot Put, Men’s Discus
Caleb Olson – Men’s 10K
Adelyn Ackley – Women’s 5K
Isis Brooks – Women’s 100
Mackenzie Hainley – Women’s Javelin
Up Next
Liberty will have one final week of splitting its athletes between the East and West Coasts. A small group of decathletes and heptathletes will compete at the Bryan Clay Invitational, Wednesday and Thursday in Azusa, Calif. The rest of the team will compete in the inaugural Meet of Champions, Saturday in High Point, N.C. The team-scored event will pit the Flames against Charlotte, Duke, Elon, North Carolina A&T and host High Point.
