The Vanderbilt Track and Field team traveled to Baton Rouge, La. to compete in the LSU Alumni Gold meet this past Saturday, April 20. The Commodores turned in a solid performance complete with numerous top-10 placements, multiple season bests and personal records and improvements to individual NCAA ranked performances. In the hammer throw, both Commodores.
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.
Two seasons ago, when former LSU runner Althea Thomas took the job as Vanderbilt’s track and field coach, the program was in a state of rebuilding. The Commodores finished a dismal 13th at the SEC Indoor Championships and tied for 12th at the Outdoor Championships. Progress was made a year later when Vanderbilt climbed two.
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.
Vanderbilt students face a litany of challenges when returning to campus each fall. The weather is inhospitable to human life. Construction makes it impossible to efficiently navigate campus. Morning classes and treks to Peabody and Commons compound the misery. But, while regular students have it bad, nobody is more exposed to the weather, long-distance voyages.