Alabama Track and Field Splits Squad for this Weekend's Tiger Paw and David Hemery Valentine Invitational

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama men's and women's track and field teams will split up for a pair of two-day meets over the weekend. The Crimson Tide will send 55 student-athletes to Clemson, S.C., for the Tiger Paw Invitational at the Clemson Indoor Complex, with an additional nine making the trip to Boston, Mass., as it competes in the David Hemery Valentine Invitational inside the Boston University Track & Tennis Center.

The Crimson Tide opens the two-day Tiger Paw Invitational in the women's long jump with Miracle Ailes leading things off at 11 a.m. CT Friday morning.

UA also opens the two-day David Hemery Valentine Invitational in the women's 3,000-meter with Hilda Olemomoi getting things started at 5:37 p.m. CT Friday.

THE TIGER PAW INVITATIONAL

Follow Live: Live stats link is available at RollTide.com
Date: Friday, Feb. 9 - Saturday, Feb. 10
Time: First field event will begin at 11 a.m. CT in the women's long jump, with the first track event starting at 12:05 p.m. CT in the women's 60-meter dash
Location: Clemson, S.C.

THE DAVID HEMERY VALENTINE INVITATIONAL

Follow Live: Live stats link is available at RollTide.com
Date: Friday, Feb. 9 – Saturday, Feb. 10
Time: First track event starts at 5:37 p.m. CT in the women's 3,000-meter
Location: Boston, Mass.

LAST TIME OUT

The Crimson Tide posted six first-place finishes: Chandler Hayden (women's weight throw), Miracle Ailes (women's high jump), Ruben Banks (men's weight throw), Matthew Weaver (men's unseeded 200-meter dash), Tarsis Orogot (men's 200-meter dash) and Khaleb McRae (men's 400-meter dash)
Khaleb McRae, in the men's 400-meter dash, posted a national-leading, world-leading and new personal-best time of 45.02.
Louis Martinez broke the school record in the men's pole vault, giving him a new personal-best with a 5.40 (17-8.50) mark
Third consecutive week Hayden and Banks swept the weight throw event

UP NEXT

Alabama will be back in action at the 2024 SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships, Feb. 23-24, held in Fayetteville, Ark.

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