Track & Field Ready for Challenge in Lafayette on Saturday

Friday, April 12

Lafayette, La.

Tulane University

Cole-Lancon Conference Showdown

Cole-Lancon Conference Challenge Preview

Track & Field Ready for Challenge in Lafayette on Saturday

Apr 12, 2019 | Track & Field

Meet Information

NEW ORLEANS – After a weekend off, the Green Wave track & field teams will return to action this weekend in Lafayette for the Cole-Lancon Conference Challenge. The meet will mark the first time this outdoor season that Tulane's male sprinters will compete.

Competing against Tulane will be athletes from Southeastern Louisiana, Southern-Baton Rouge and Louisiana-Lafayette.

The meet will take place entirely on Saturday, a change of pace from Tulane's usual Friday-Saturday weekend schedule. Field events begin early in the morning with James Thomas Watson throwing the javelin at 10:30 a.m. while Danielle Wember and Trina Malej are competing the long jump.

The pole vault will be held at 12 p.m. featuring five Green Wave student-athletes along with the high jump featuring two more. Malej and Kyla Denwood will finish off Tulane's field competitors with the triple jump and discus, respectively, at 2:30 p.m.

On the track, races begin at 12 p.m. with the 4x100 relays and continue throughout the afternoon. The meet closes with the 4x400 relays at 3:25 p.m. Men's sprinters Devin Glenn and Jalen LaCour will see their first action of the spring in the 100, and LaCour will also run the 200.

Last time the Green Wave competed, the team was all over the map at four different meets. Tulane got excellent performances from Rebekah Markel in the pole vault at the Texas Relays, as she improved on her outdoor personal best and currently leads the conference with a clearance of 4.21 meters. Emmanuel Rotich had a league-best 3K steeplechase as well, and Mckenzie Melius posted the league's third-fastest steeplechase time this season at the Stanford Invitational.

At Texas State's Bobcat Invitational, Kyah Loyd had a season-best 13.91 seconds in the 100 hurdles to move to fourth in the league, and Maya Harewood ran a 54.33 to sit third in the conference in the 400.

Saturday will mark the Green Wave's second meet this season at the Ragin' Cajuns Soccer/Track Complex, as the team competed at the Louisiana Classics in March.

Following this weekend, Tulane will split up for two different meets next weekend. Some members of the team will race at the Mt. SAC Relays in California while the rest of the squad will take part at the LSU Alumni Gold Meet in Baton Rouge.

Tulane Entries
Track
100: Aldrianna Dupree, Kyah Loyd | Devin Glenn, Jalen LaCour
200: Aldrianna Dupree, Oneke Gwan | Jalen LaCour
400: Maya Harewood, Tahja Mitchell, Kyra Ness-Lanckriet, Oneke Gwan
800: Paige Fatland, Jennifer LaMori, Reid Belanger | Tom Coe, Pierce Hill
1500: Jennifer LaMori, Emma Newton, Mckenzie Melius, Reid Belanger | Tom Coe, Pierce Hill, Evans Kipchumba, Joshua Cheruyot
3K: Emma Newton, Bridgid Selfors, Mary Catherine Stovall | Evans Kipchumba, Carlos Zervigon, Andrew Kipkemboi, Jamie Polakoff, Ian Valdez
100 hurdles: Kyah Loyd, Pauline Helm, Louise Jones
400 hurdles: Louise Jones, Pauline Helm

Field
High jump: Olivia Hicks, Emma King
Pole vault: Rebekah Markel, Nastja Modic, Alex Potts, Rose Brutkiewicz, Megan Fitzgerald
Long jump: Danielle Wember, Trina Malej
Triple jump: Trina Malej
Discus: Kyla Denwood
Javeiln: James Thomas Watson