WASHINGTON – This weekend Georgetown's men's and women's track & field program will compete in the Hokie Invitational hosted by Virginia Tech.
The Hoyas are coming off a strong performance at the Penn State-hosted Nittany Lion Invitational. The meet saw three wins for the Hoyas:
Tinoda Matsatsa taking the 600m and
Matthew Payamps winning the 3k for the men, and
Maya Drayton winning the women's 400m.
About the Georgetown Men
- Freshman Tinoda Matsatsa has been on fire to start his Georgetown career. Before the break Matsatsa won the 800m at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener and took the 600m at Penn State this past weekend.
- At Penn State, Matthew Payamps won the 3,000m by an 11-second margin with a 8:06.20 finish.
- Joshua Paige has also had a strong start to his season. He won the 200m at Penn State and finished sixth in the 60m, winning his heat.
About the Georgetown Women
- Maya Drayton has two wins under her belt to start off the season; winning the 400m this past weekend and setting a new school record to take the 300m with a 38.85 time at the Youree-Spence Garcia Invitational earlier this season.
- In the 400m, Drayton was joined by two other Hoyas in the top 10: KC Ashiogwu finished second while Grace Smiechowski finished eighth.
- Rebecca Ochan finished fifth in the 200m with a career best 24.76 time at Penn State.
- Earlier in the season at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener, Chloe Scrimgeour set a new school record for the 5000m run with a 15:24.36 finish, earning her BIG EAST Female Athlete of the Week honors.
Meet Schedule for Friday January, 19:
5:50 PM Women's 60 Hurdles Prelims –
Grace Smiechowski
6:20 PM- Women's 60 Prelims –
Maya Drayton,
Jadah Fitzgerald,
Rebecca Ochan,
Piper Rodgers
6:35 PM- Men's 60 Prelims –
Joshua Paige,
Christopher Pitt,
Julian Williams
6:50 PM- Women's 1000 –
Mary Hennelly,
Anya Hirschfeld,
DeAnna Martin,
Melissa Riggins,
Alexandra Stout
7:00 PM- Men's Long Jump –
Christopher Pitt
7:05 PM- Men's 1000 – Matteo Althouse,
Camden Gilmore,
Lucas Guerra,
Owen Johnson,
Tinoda Matsatsa,
Charlie North,
Matthew Payamps,
Parker Stokes,
Abel Teffra,
Jantz Tostenson
7:35 PM- Women's 60 Hurdles Final
7:40 PM- Men's 60 Final
7:45 PM- Women's 60 Final
7:50 PM- Women's 600 –
Angeline Caamano,
Sierra Dinneen,
Mary Hennelly,
Anya Hirschfeld,
Emilia Puskas,
Melissa Riggins,
Victoria Vidolova
8:05 PM- Men's 600 – Matteo Althouse,
Matthew Griffin,
Owen Johnson,
Tim McInerney,
Ryan Mulrooney,
Jantz Tostenson
8:55 PM- Women's 300 –
KC Ashiogwu,
Angeline Caamano,
Sierra Dinneen,
Jadah Fitzgerald,
Finley McGee,
Rebecca Ochan,
Piper Rodgers
9:15 PM- Men's 300 –
Christian Dohler,
Nicholas Givan
Meet Schedule for Saturday January, 20:
12:00 PM- Women's Triple Jump –
Alexis Emery
2:30 PM- Women's 400 –
Kaira Brown,
Maya Drayton,
Finley McGee,
Emilia Puskas,
Grace Smiechowski
2:45 PM- Men's 400 –
Jabril El-Amin,
Sean Hewitt
3:45 PM- Men's 200 –
Joshua Paige,
Julian Williams
4:40 PM- Women's 4x400 (TBD)
5:00 PM- Men's 4x400 (TBD)
