Vanderbilt Track and Field student-athletes competed at the Raleigh Relays and Pepsi Florida Relays on March 29 and 30. Split between two competitions, the Commodores totalled a half-dozen top-10 finishes. Graduate Caroline Eck and junior Julia Rosenberg represented Vanderbilt at the Raleigh Relays hosted by North Carolina State. Eck finished 31st out of 38 competitors.
As the season dawned in late August, steady improvement was the goal for head coach Althea Thomas’ third year at the helm of a historically weak program. Three months later, with the season over, the extent to which that goal was accomplished is an open question. With only three regular-season meets, the SEC Championships and.
Country teams. Both teams competed at the NCAA South Region Championships, hosted by the University of Florida at the Mark Bostick Golf Course in Gainesville, Fla. The men’s team struggled to find its footing, finishing the event in 14th place, as the women’s squad fared slightly better with a 12th place finish. The men’s team.
Vanderbilt Men’s and Women’s Cross Country went north to compete in the Joe Piane Invitational on Sept. 29, hosted by Notre Dame. The competition was loaded with Power 5 teams, as the Commodores competed against Alabama, NC State, Minnesota and Florida State, among others. The invitational was made up of 16 total teams, and the.