WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University track & field team continues its outdoor season tomorrow as the squad heads to Gainesville, Florida for the Florida Relays, hosted by the University of Florida. The relays will take place over two days with the men's 200-meter dash taking place on Thursday while the men's and women's 800-meter run, the men's 400-meter hurdles and the men's 4x400-meter relay commence on Friday. The meet will be held at the Percy Beard Track.
Sprinters
Nate Alleyne (Downingtown, Pa. / Bishop Shanahan) and
D'Andre Barriffe (Jamaica, N.Y. / Bishop Loughlin Memorial) will compete in the men's 200-meter dash. In the 400-meter dash at last week's Penn Challenge, Alleyne secured a fourth-place finish crossing the line in a time of 49.05. Five runners will represent the Blue & Gray in the men's 800-meter run including All-Americans
Spencer Brown (Wilton, Conn. / Wilton) and
Ruach Padhal (London, Ontario / John Paul II Catholic) who will be making their 2019 outdoor season debuts. All-American
Lawrence Leake (Huntington, N.Y. / Huntington) will look to build off of his second-place finish a week ago in the men's 400-meter hurdles.
On the women's side, sophomore
Olivia Arizin (Media, Pa. / Cardinal O'Hara) and the freshman duo of
Sami Corman (Bellevue, Wash. / Issaquah) and
Cathilyn McIntosh (Loomis, Calif. / Del Oro) will race in the women's 800-meter run. Arizin is coming off an eighth-place finish in the women's 400-meter dash at the Penn Challenge while Corman and McIntosh will be making their collegiate outdoor debuts.
Georgetown will return to the track next weekend for a pair of races on Saturday, April 6th. Select members will head to the Sam Howell Invitational, hosted by Princeton University and one squad will head to Tempe, Arizona for the Sun Angel Classic, hosted by Arizona State.
Race Schedule (Thursday)
2:25 p.m. -- Men's 200-Meter Dash
Race Schedule (Friday)
2:35 p.m. -- Women's 800-Meter Run
3 p.m. -- Men's 800-Meter Run
3:55 p.m. -- Men's 400-Meter Hurdles
6 p.m. -- Men's 4x400-Meter Relay
