WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University track & field teams will be in Fairfax, Virginia on Saturday for the George Mason Spring Invitational, hosted by George Mason. The day will start off with the men's and women's long jump beginning at 10:30 a.m. while the first track event commences at 12:40 p.m. with the women's 400-meter dash.
All-Americans
Ruach Padhal (London, Ontario / John Paul II Catholic) and
Joe White (Clifton, N.J. / DePaul Catholic) will compete in the men's 400-meter dash. White will be making his 2019 outdoor debut after placing sixth in the country in the men's 800-meter run at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Later in the afternoon, both runners will return for the men's 800-meter run where they will join seven other Georgetown competitors to race against a stacked field. The last event of the day is the men's 1,500-meter run and will feature
Christian Liddell (Rogers, Ark. / Rogers), who is coming off a BIG EAST Men's Track Athlete of the Week honor after winning the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase in dominating fashion at the Sam Howell Invitational in Princeton, New Jersey.
On the women's side,
Vickie Milledge (Simsbury, Conn. / Simsbury), will compete in both the women's 100-meter hurdles and the 200-meter dash. She is coming off a top-five finish in the women's 100-meter hurdles last weekend. Senior
Kayla Grahn (La Canada Flintridge, Calif. / Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy) posted a top-10 time in the women's 5,000-meter run at Princeton and will race in the women's 1,500-meter run.
Georgetown will return to the track on Thursday, April 18 to begin a pair of meets at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California and the Mount Sac Relays in Torrance, California.
Race Schedule
10:30 a.m. -- Men's Long Jump
10:30 a.m. -- Women's Long Jump
12:40 p.m. -- Women's 400-Meter Dash
1:05 p.m. -- Men's 400-Meter Dash
2 p.m. -- Women's Triple Jump
2:10 p.m. -- Women's 100-Meter Hurdles
2:25 p.m. -- Men's 100-Meter Dash
3:10 p.m. -- Women's 400-Meter Hurdles
3:45 p.m. -- Women's 200-Meter Dash
4:15 p.m. -- Men's 200-Meter Dash
4:45 p.m. -- Women's 4x400-Meter Relay
6:55 p.m. -- Men's 800-Meter Run
8:10 p.m. -- Women's 1,500-Meter Run
8:35 p.m. -- Men's 1,500-Meter Run
