By Mike Lehman, TTU Sports Information
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech indoor track and field team returns to Nashville for the third time this season, taking part in Vanderbilt's Music City Challenge on Friday and Saturday.
Music City Challenge Information
Feb. 9-10, 2024 – Located at the Vanderbilt Multipurpose Facility in Nashville, Tenn. Friday's action will kick off with field events at 10:30 a.m. CT and running events at 4:30 p.m. On Saturday, multis will begin with running events at 8:30 a.m. and field events are slated to kick off at 9:30 a.m.
What to Watch For
The Golden Eagles enter their final regular-season test with a ton of momentum, showing great success at the Tiger Indoor Meet at Sewanee at the end of January. The purple and gold boasted a whopping six first-place performances on the day, as well as 15 overall podium finishes.
Rookie Bay'Andria Hodges picked up a pair of first-place showings, topping the field in the 55-meter dash and later helping guide Tech's 4x400-meter relay squad, along with junior Amara Nwajagu, sophomore Paris Bowles, and junior Kategie Casseus, to a first-place finish.
Nwajagu followed Hodges closely in the 55-meter, ranking third. Veteran Anya Akili placed fifth while Casseus tacked on an eighth-place performance. Bowles earned her own first-place display on the day with a new personal-best mark in the 400-meter dash. Kendall Johnson picked up a pair of season-best performances, finishing third in the mile run and fourth in the 800-meter run.
Tech's jumps unit was particularly efficient on the day, led by Sidnee Stanton. The sophomore won the long jump before turning in a third-place finish in the triple jump. Akili picked up a runner-up showing in the long jump while rookie Mattie Bush helped Tech sweep the podium with a third-place showing. Bush also placed fourth in the triple jump.
Freshman Angela Hoover managed a PR in the triple jump to earn a fifth-place finish. She also earned a third-place performance in the pole vault. Fellow rookie Carolina Bannach continued the incredible start to her career, securing a first-place showing in the pole vault.
Up Next
The Golden Eagles wrap up the indoor season at the OVC Championships, spanning Wednesday, Feb. 21 and Thursday, Feb. 22 in Birmingham, Ala.
Photo by Thomas Corhern
