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Auburn War Eagle Invitational
Alabama Track & Field to Visit Auburn this Weekend for War Eagle Invitational
4/19/2017 3:13:00 PM | Track & Field, Cross Country
Crimson Tide back in action after successful weekend in Southern California
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama men's and women's track & field teams will travel downstate this weekend to compete in the War Eagle Invitational on April 21-22 at Auburn University.
Alabama Men Remain No. 4, Women No. 20 in Latest USTFCCCA Outdoor Rankings
The Alabama men's track and field team remained at No. 4 for the third consecutive week while the women are ranked No. 20 in the U.S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Team Rankings, released April 17. The men's team posted 220.26 points while the women's team earned 94.75 points. Regionally, the men are ranked No. 1 in the South region for the second week in a row, while the women are No. 3.
Alabama Finishes Successful West Coast Swing with Strong Outing at UCLA
The Alabama women posted victories in both hurdle races, the long jump and pole vault while the men made a clean sweep of first place in the shot put, discus and hammer throw at the Jim Bush Collegiate Invitational at UCLA on April 15. The meet wrapped up three days of competition in Southern California for the Crimson Tide.
At UCLA, senior Quanesha Burks won the women's the long jump while fellow senior Vanessa Clerveaux sprinted to a win in the 100-meter hurdles and junior Kaitlin Walker won the 400-meter hurdles. Senior Lakan Taylor capped the day with a win in the pole vault with a clearance of 14-1 ½ (4.31m), the fifth-best clearance all-time at Alabama.
For the men, senior Elias Hakansson won the men's hammer throw, senior Kyle Felpel won the men's shot put and sophomore Kord Ferguson won the discus. Ferguson also won the discus at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate on April 13 and Robbie Farnham-Rose ran a personal-best 3:41.64 in the 1,500 meters at the Brian Clay Invitational, the third-fastest time in school history on April 14.
Head Coach Dan Waters' Outlook
"Last weekend was a good trip for us," head coach Dan Waters said. "We had a number of personal-bests and top-10 performances and got a taste of high-level competition as well. We've got some work to do as we start to move closer to the championship portion of the schedule so these next two weeks will be important for us. I like where we are as a team right now, we just need to continue to improve from meet to meet."
Next Up: SEC Relays
The Crimson Tide will visit Baton Rouge, La. for the SEC Relays on April 28-29 at LSU. The meet is Alabama's final scheduled competition before the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships May 11-13 at the University of South Carolina.
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