WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University track & field program will continue its 2021 campaign on April 3 when it travels to Charlottesville, Virginia to compete in the Virginia Invitational, hosted by UVA. Action for the Hoyas begins at 2:40 p.m. with the men's 110m hurdles and will conclude the same day with the men's 4x400 relay. This will be the Hoyas' first of three trips to Charlottesville, with the other two competitions slated for April 15 and April 30.
HOW TO FOLLOW
A live results link will be available on GUHoyas.com.
WOMEN'S PREVIEW
- The women's squad is entering 16 athletes into the competition.
- Sprints/Jumps/Hurdles: Maya Drayton, Lexi Del Gizzo, Tamiya Roberts, Grace Smiechowski, Chelsea Smith.
- Middle Distance/Distance: Olivia Arizin, Sami Corman, Katie Dammer, Sierra Dinneen, Maegan Doody, Chloe Gonzalez, Mary Hennelly, Baylee Jones, Katherine Modrall, and Julia Trethaway.
- Dinnen, Gonzalez, Jones, and Trethaway will all be making their outdoor track & field debuts for the Blue & Gray.
- Arizin was crowned the BIG EAST indoor champion in the 800m in 2020, and will look to continue her success in the event.
- Corman, the 2020 indoor BIG EAST champion in the mile and, most recently, the 2020 BIG EAST Cross Country Championships individual winner, returns to outdoor track & field action.
MEN'S PREVIEW
- The men's squad is entering 12 athletes into the competition.
- Sprints/Jumps/Hurdles: Jabril El-Amin, Lawrence Leake, Joshua Paige, Christopher Pitt, Andrew Robinson, Malachi Quarles.
- Middle Distance/Distance: Ethan Delgado, Camden Gilmore, Tim McInerney, Price Owens, Ruach Padhal, Matthew Payamps, Jack Salisbury.
- Quarles will be making his debut in the 110m hurdles after the cancelation of the 2020 outdoor season.
- Payamps returns to the middle-distance events after a freshmen indoor campaign that saw him become the BIG EAST champion in the mile.
SCHEDULE:
Saturday, 4/3:
- Men's 110 Hurdles (2:40 p.m.) - Quarles
- Women's 100m (2:50 p.m.) - Drayton, Roberts
- Men's 100m (3:00 p.m.) - Paige, Pitt, Robinson
- Women's 400m (3:15 p.m.) - Del Gizzo, Smiechowski, Smith
- Men's 400m (3:25 p.m.) - El-Amin, Leake
- Women's 800m (3:35 p.m.) - Arizin, Corman, Dinneen, Doody, Modrall
- Men's 800m (3:45 p.m.) - Delgado, Gilmore, Padhal, Payamps, Salisbury
- Women's 200m (4:15 p.m.) - Drayton, Roberts, Smith
- Men's 200m (4:30 p.m.) - Leake, Paige, Quarles, Robinson
- Women's 3000m Steeplechase (4:45 p.m.) - Dammer, Hennelly
- Men's 3000m Steeplechase (5:00 p.m.) - Gilmore, McInerney, Owens
- Women's 1500m (5:15 p.m.) - Dinneen, Gonzalez, Jones, Trethaway
- Men's 1500m (5:20 p.m.) - McInerney, Padhal
- Women's 4x400m (5:30 p.m.) - TBD
- Men's 4x400m (5:35 p.m.) - TBD
UP NEXT:
Both teams will travel to Oxford to compete in the Joe Walker Invitational, hosted by the University of Mississippi on April 9.