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Tyson Invitational
Alabama Track and Field Will Cover Ground at Three Meets This Weekend
2/7/2019 1:30:00 PM | Track & Field, Cross Country
The Crimson Tide is sending student-athletes to three different states this weekend
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – In its last weekend of regular-season action, the Alabama track and field teams are splitting their squads between a trio of meets, as it begins to hone in on the championship season.
The Crimson Tide is sending a contingent of sprinters and jumpers to the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., site of this year's Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships. A crew of sprint and distance runners, as well as those competing in the throws and jumps, will head to Nashville, Tenn., for the Music City Challenge. Alabama is also sending a distance contingent to the Iowa State Classic in Ames, Iowa.
The Tide will compete in Ames on Friday, while the meets in Fayetteville and Nashville will include events on both Friday and Saturday.
Junior Shelby McEwen, the nation's No. 1 ranked men's high jumper, is among those traveling to the Tyson Invitational, along with sophomores Tamara Clark and Daija Lampkin. Clark and Lampkin are ranked seventh and 14th in the nation, respectively, in the women's 60 meters, while Lampkin is 20th at 200 meters. Senior Stacey Destin, ranked 10th nationally in the women's high jump and 12th in the pentathlon, will also be in Fayetteville.
The Crimson Tide's women's shot put corps, headed to Nashville this weekend, has three ranked in the top-25 nationally, with senior Portious Warren sitting at No. 7, senior Haley Teel at No. 18 and sophomore Nickolette Dunbar at No. 25. Senior Kord Ferguson and freshman Bobby Colantonio Jr. will also be part of the Tide's Music City Challenge squad. Ferguson is ranked 14th nationally in the men's shot put, while Colantonio is 12th overall and first among freshmen in the men's weight throw.
Distance aces Vincent Kiprop and Gilbert Kigen, ranked just outside the top-25 nationally in the men's 3,000 meters at 26th and 27th, respectively, will lead Alabama's efforts at the Iowa State Classic.
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