Track Travels To Tiger Paw Invite, ISU Classic

Friday, February 9

Clemson, S.C.

All Day

University of Georgia

Tiger Paw Invite

Photo by: Beth Hall

February 08, 2018 | Track & Field

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ATHENS, Ga. --- The Bulldog track and field teams wrap up their indoor regular season at the Tiger Paw Invitational in Clemson, S.C., and the Iowa State Classic in Ames, Iowa, starting on Friday.

Who's Competing & Who's Ranked: The second-ranked Lady Bulldogs and the third-ranked Georgia men will join No. 17/No. 5 Alabama, --/No. 24 Auburn, No. 6/No. 1 Florida, No. 5/No. 18 Kentucky, No. 18/-- Tennessee, No. 8/No. 4 Texas A&M, No. 4/No. 15 Southern California and --/No. 9 Virginia Tech, among others, in Clemson's facility.

Live Results: To check on Georgia at the Tiger Paw meet, please visit the live results link at:
gado.gs/8g4.

To check on the Bulldogs competing at the ISU Classic, please visit the live results link at:
gado.gs/8g3.

Kyprianou's Comments: "This is our last meet before the (Southeastern Conference) Championships and the long-awaited postseason so our main goal remains the same," said Bulldog head coach Petros Kyprianou. "We have to find ways to acquire some more NCAA qualifiers to help us elevate the team's chances for a great NCAA meet. Having the majority of the team at Clemson for the third time this season gives us a familiarity advantage to get another shot in improving our status on the NCAA list. It is time for us to get healthy and happy for the fun part of the season.

"As injuries continue to be a major issue for our sport, we try to rely on our student-athletes' competitiveness and perseverance when the postseason comes. We must fight through and give 100 percent of our bodies and souls. This is a very talented team that is hungry. We have been talking about how close we came last year. We have the pieces to put it together, especially if we control well what we can control well.

"I'm looking forward to some good performances from the elite distance crew flying to Ames to take advantage of the oversized track. All in all, we must master the art of doing simple things extraordinarily well. It is a lot harder than it sounds but it is the solid and desired foundation in finding our greatness. Once again, we will rely on the team's strong leadership in coming together stronger than ever. Excitement is contagious and we must continue spreading it. GO Dawgs!"

When Do The Bulldogs Start At Tiger Paw Invite, ISU Classic:
Georgia starts the Tiger Paw meet with the 60-meter hurdle prelims at noon as both sophomore Louisa Grauvogel and freshman Tara Davis are scheduled to run. Competition continues through the start of the men's 60m final at 7 p.m. On Saturday, seniors Bailey Weiland and Mady Fagan and junior Mary Terry will start the day in the high jump at 11 a.m. The women's 4x400m relay team is slated to wrap up the meet for the Bulldogs at 2:30 p.m.

The Bulldogs begin at the ISU Classic on Friday at 2:30 p.m. ET as junior Grace Tavani and senior Addy Lippitt run in the first section of the 5000m. The second day of action begins with senior Bryan Kamau in the mile at 2:20 p.m. on Saturday.

What Other Bulldogs Are Competing: Other Georgia team members who will travel to Clemson include: seniors Aliyah Johnson, Keturah Orji, Alex Larsson, Cejhae Greene, Henry Dwyer, Emily Savage, Jon Moses, Karl Saluri, juniors Michael Nicholls, Denzel Comenentia, Kate Hall, Anna Machovec, Keenon Laine, Kendal Williams, Hailey Branch, Terrell Estime, Daniel Navarro, Eric Westog, sophomores Micaiah Ransby, Tyler Jones, Jonathan Pelham, Darius Carbin, Amber Tanner, Ansley Heavern, Caroline Dickey, and freshmen Lynna Irby, Halle McClintock, Antonios Merlos, Ryne Bevan, Tiffany Yue, Davis Stockwell, Michael Hans, Johannes Erm, John Bradley, Quinn Burden, Nate Reichard and Justes Nance.

The other three runners headed to Iowa are: junior Austin Sprague, sophomore Jessica Drop and junior Jeramey Hampton.

Bulldogs For The Bowerman: Both Irby and Orji have been included on the Women's Mid-Indoor Watch List for the Bowerman Award, which is collegiate track and field's highest honor. The Lady Bulldogs are one of only two schools with more than one team members on the 10-woman list. The SEC has seven women on the list.

What To Look For This Weekend: A number of highly ranked/proven Georgia team members are expected to wrap up their indoor regular season at this weekend's meets. Here's a glance at what to look for:
*Grauvogel (pentathlon – 4,253 points) and Saluri (heptathlon – 5,866) are both ranked fourth nationally in their respective events and will be "training through" the meet by competing in a couple events. Erm, who is ranked eighth in the heptathlon (5,679), will also be joining Saluri as they continue postseason preparations.
*Irby, who leads the country in the 200m (22.96) and is ranked second nationally in the 400m (51.48), debuts in the 60m.
*In the men's 60m, Greene owns the NCAA's seventh-best time this year (6.63) and will be lining up with Williams, a 2017 First Team All-American in the event who has run a 6.67 this year.
*Hall is the national leader in the long jump (21 feet, 9 ½ inches) while Orji is third (21-1) and both will be lining up in the event on Friday.
*Comenentia enters this weekend with the second-longest shot put mark nationally (65-11) and will be aiming for a school record that is less than a foot away in the final weeks of the season. The Bulldog junior is also slated to throw the weight (73-6.75), an event that he stands fourth nationally in.
*Saturday begins with Fagan aiming to continue to position herself to defend her SEC and NCAA high jump titles. She stands fourth nationally (6-0.75).
*Laine is ranked third nationally in the high jump (7-5.25) and Carbin is ninth (7-3) going into their final action before the postseason.
*Irby is also scheduled to join Ransby and others in the 4x400m relay to complete the meet.

Glimpse At Georgia's Last Meet: The Bulldogs had their third indoor meet of the year two weeks ago at the Razorback Invitational and produced a number of eye-opening results for the rest of the country to see as the postseason nears:
*Irby swept the 200m and the 400m with then national leading times and shot to No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in the school record books.
*Fagan continued her consistency in the high jump, winning with a mark of 6-0.
*Hall (21-6), Davis (21-1.25) and Orji (21-0.50) dominated the long jump field going 1-2-3.
*Grauvogel secured her season-best score in the pentathlon for runner-up honors behind the national leader.
*Greene sped to his career-best time of 6.63 to move up in the national rankings and win his the final.
*Soaring over the bar at 7-3.25, Laine took second in the high jump while Carbin cleared 7-2.25 for third-place honors.
*Comenentia had his second-best showing of the year in the shot (65-4.25) to win.
*Saluri won the heptathlon by nearly 100 points to position himself in the NCAA field with his top score of the year.

What Is Left Of The Indoor Season: This will mark the fourth and final weekend of regular season indoor meets for Georgia. The postseason arrives with the SEC Championships (Feb. 23-24) and NCAA Championships (March 9-10) in College Station, Texas.

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