Auburn Track and Field to Host Annual Tiger Track Classic – Auburn Tigers

AUBURN, Alabama—Auburn monitor and subject is about to host the annual Tiger Track Classic on Saturday, April twenty fifth, on the Hutsell Rosen Track. Field occasions will start at 10:30 a.m. CT with males’s javelin and ladies’s hammer throw, whereas the operating occasions begin at 2:30 p.m. CT with the ladies’s 4x100m relay.  

“This is an opportunity for a couple of our athletes who are not necessarily the ones you hear about a lot to clean up a few things in a comfortable environment on their home track, and hopefully put some numbers up that indicate the ability to score at SECs or qualify for Nationals,” head coach Leory Burrell stated. “You’ll see some of the guys who have been a little bit in the background competing this weekend.” 

Admission and parking for the meet is free. Spectators are inspired to park on the AG Heritage Lots positioned east and northeast of Hutsell-Rosen Track. There is not going to be concessions; subsequently, followers are welcome to convey their very own meals and beverage. 

Entering the weekend, the boys’s squad is ranked No. 6 in the newest USTFCCCA ballot, whereas the ladies are available at No. 32. It is the Tiger males’s second-highest regular-season rating within the historical past of the USTFCCCA ballot.  

The meet will characteristic athletes from 5 faculties, together with Alabama, Alabama State, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Georgia is at the moment ranked No. 1 nationally in each the boys’s and ladies’s polls, whereas the opposite three SEC squads are ranked within the high 25 on each side. 

Prior to the beginning of the operating occasions, the Tigers will honor 20 seniors at 1:30 p.m. CT. The listing consists of Shelby Balding, Gene Coetzee, Megan Hague, Danae Nembhard, Hallie Porterfield, Alyssa Quinones-Mixon, Cassidra Thompson, and Reese Webster on the ladies’s aspect. The senior males being honored are Seth Allen, LeBron Bessick, Aaron Davis II, Azeem Fahmi, Rex Green, Austin Kresley, John Leonard, Ian Myers, Devin Nugent, Omari Lewis, Matthew Rainer, and Matthew Rueff. Also being acknowledged is senior supervisor Kadisha Francois.  

“It’s an opportunity for us to honor our seniors because for many of them, it’s their last regular-season home meet,” Burrell stated. “So, this will be all about reminiscing about the four years that they were here in graduation, and time for them to spend some time with their families.” 

The Tigers are coming off a cut up weekend with spectacular showings on the Wake Forest Invitational in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville, Florida, and can look to ship a standout efficiency in entrance of its house crowd. 

“We had a really good weekend, including several national leading marks at the time,” Burrell stated. “Just the performances we had the whole weekend were amazing. I told the staff they did an excellent job preparing this group.” 

Over the 2 meets, the Tigers broke two faculty information, tied a freshman faculty file, tallied 12 new private bests, and notched 5 NCAA high 10 marks. 

The weekend was highlighted by Junior Max Hardin breaking the longest-standing Auburn outside file within the males’s 1500m with a crossing time of three:38.28 in Winston-Salem. The Auburn native surpassed the 45-year-old mark beforehand set by Roger Jones in 1981. 

“Max really stole the show with a 3:38.28, which is a school record for us,” Burrell stated, “I’m really excited for him, given what he’s been through. Max has really stepped up to the plate and hit a home run for us. We’re looking forward to big things for him the rest of the season.” 

Senior Megan Hague shattered the outside girls’s shot put file with a toss of 18.22m/59-9.5, surpassing Valentina Muzaric’s mark set in 2013 by 0.33m. In simply her third collegiate competitors, Sophia Mazzoni matched her personal Auburn freshman file she set a month prior with a throw of 51.18m/167-11 in girls’s javelin. 

Junior NCAA Champion Ja’Kobe Tharp made his outside season debut, posting a 13.09 within the males’s 110m hurdles, the second quickest wind-legal time on the planet this season. Kayinsola Ajayi ran a wind-aided 9.90 to win the boys’s 100m invite, at the moment tied for the third quickest time within the NCAA this season. Sophomore Israel Okon captured gold within the males’s 200m race in 20.27, the second quickest time within the NCAA this season. 

“Israel in the 200m was amazing, 20.27, national No. 2 mark currently in the event, and then for Israel to bounce back and run 9.95 right behind Ajayi in the 100m,” Burrell stated. “Those two guys are completely different animals, they usually frequently characterize Auburn in one of the best ways potential. 

Live outcomes for the Tiger Track Classic may be discovered HERE.