By Holly Weber, TTU Sports Information
COOKEVILLE, Tenn.—The Tennessee Tech track and field team continues their outdoor OVC in familiar OVC territory on Friday-Saturday. The Golden Eagle squad will head to Clarksville, Tenn., to compete at the Austin Peay Invitational. The Purple and Gold squad will be joined numerous teams from throughout the area and Ohio Valley Conference including: Austin Peay, Tennessee State, Murray State, UT Martin, Belmont, Austin Peay, Morehead State, Lipscomb, Middle Tennessee State, Western Kentucky, Kentucky State, Dalton State, and Fisk.
"The takeaways from last week were very positive," head coach Wayne Angel said. "As a team, I thought we were very competitive. We were able to get a lot of work done. Now it's just a matter of being focused this week and consistent with our performances and continuing to improve. If we engage in this manner, I am confident that we will put ourselves in a position in the future to battle for a top three finish like we did at the indoor OVC championships this year."
Meet Schedule
A complete schedule of events can be found here.
Live Results
Live results will be available throughout the day as the heats finish here.
Competitions to Watch
Returning to the track to compete in the 800-meter run is current adidas® OVC Outdoor Female Track Athlete of the Week, D'Airrien Jackson. Jackson holds the current Tech school record in the 800-meter with a time of 2:08.81. She will compete alongside teammates Sarah Brandt, Micayla Rennick, Andrea Retano, and Madison Stremler and look to top her own time.
Na'Asha Robinson and Jaydean Joseph will compete in the 400-meter. Last weekend, Joseph recorded a 400-meter time of 57.93 at the Hilltopper Relays and will to improve upon that mark.
Last Time Out
Most recently, the Golden Eagles competed at the Hilltopper Relays. There, Micayla Rennick placed first in the 1,500-meter run, beating out all other runners from schools of Bellarmine, Murray State, Eastern Kentucky, Ohio, Northern Kentucky, and Cumberland (Tenn.) Rennick recorded a time of 4:32.55 in the race, which clocked in two seconds faster than the next participant.
D'Airrien Jackson claimed a first-place finish in the 400-meter dash with a time of 55.38. Jackson clocked in faster than runners from schools of Findlay, Austin Peay, Northern Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky, Ohio, Cumberland (Tenn.), Indiana Tech, and Kentucky State. Na'Asha Robinson placed first in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.68, beating out all other runners from Western Kentucky, Murray State, Indiana Tech, Austin Peay, and Grand Valley State. Teammate Jackson placed 10th with a time of 25.08 and Eshe' Robinson placed 58th with a 29.23 mark.
The quad of N. Robinson, Jaydean Joseph, Sharnique Leonce, and Jackson claimed a first-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:42.21 beating out all other teams of Murray State, Western Kentucky, Grand Valley State, and Northern Kentucky.
