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Women’s Track & Field Heads to Garden State for Larry Ellis Invitational

4.11.24 | Women's Track and Field

PRINCETON, N.J. — The Temple Women's Track & Field program is set to continue its outdoor season at the Larry Ellis Invitational this weekend in Princeton, New Jersey.

 

The two-day meet at Weaver Stadium is hosted by Princeton and will take place on April 12-13.

 

Last Time Out

> Temple remained close to home, competing at the Penn Invitational at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. The Owls tallied six top-10 finishes on the day.

> Inara Shell hauled in a new outdoor personal record in the long jump, leaping 5.88 meters (19-3.5) to place second overall in the event.

> Temple's high jump duo of Amira Green and Nicole Castor took top-10 placements once again. Green led the way with a third-place finish at 1.65 meters (5-05) and Castor placed seventh at 1.60 meters (5-03).

> In the pole vault, Cierra Crane tied an outdoor personal record with a height of 3.81 meters (12-06) to place fourth. Aliza White Vega also tied an outdoor personal record at 3.66 meters (12-0) to place seventh.

 

Previewing the Owls

> Temple's long/triple jump combo of Inara Shell and Obiamaka Igwenagu will compete in their regularly scheduled events. The same goes for Temple's high jump duo of Amira Green and Nicole Castor.

> In pole vault, Cierra Crane, Aliza White Vega, and Reece Sullivan will compete for the Owls.

> In the sprints, Allyson Metzger and Nye Browne will take the track for the 100 meters. Browne will also compete in the 100-meter hurdles, while Metzger will add the 200-meter sprint to her schedule. Jade Pope and Laila Cottom will represent the Cherry & White in the 400 meters.

> In the middle distance, Eyota Bey and Dominyka Petraskaite will compete in the 800 meters.

> Petraskaite and Delilah Ayan will both race the 1,500 meters. Elsa Chan will race the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

> Temple's 4x400 meter relay team will consist of Petraskaite, Cotton, Pope, and Bey.

 

Meet Schedule

FRIDAY

2:00 p.m. — Women's Long Jump

4:00 p.m. — Women's Hammer Throw

 

5:00 p.m. — Women's 800m Elite 

6:00 p.m. — Women's 5,000m Unseeded

6:30 p.m. — Women's 1,500m Elite 

7:30 p.m. — Women's 3,000m Steeplechase

8:15 p.m. — Women's 5,000m Seeded

9:45 p.m. — Women's 10,000m

 

SATURDAY

11:00 a.m. — Women's Discus

12:00 p.m. — Women's High Jump

12:00 p.m. — Women's Pole Vault

1:00 p.m. — Women's Shot Put

1:00 p.m. — Women's Triple Jump

 

12:00 p.m. — Women's 4x100m Relay

12:20 p.m. — Women's 1,500m

1:00 p.m. — Women's 100m hurdle prelims

1:25 p.m. — Women's 400m

2:00 p.m. — Women's 100m

2:40 p.m. — Women's 100m hurdle finals

2:45 p.m. — Women's 800m

3:10 p.m. — Women's 400m hurdles

3:35 p.m. — Women's 200m

4:00 p.m. — Women's 4x400m relay

 

Results

Full results can be found at Leone Timing.

 

Up Next

Next up, the Owls will compete at their second-to-last regular season meet of the season. Temple will travel south to Charlottesville, VA to compete at the Virginia Challenge on April 19-20.

Players Mentioned

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/ Women's Track and Field
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Distance
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Mid-Distance
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Pole Vault
/ Women's Track and Field
Jumps
/ Women's Track and Field
Long Jump/Triple Jump
/ Women's Track and Field
Jumps/Sprints
/ Women's Track and Field
Sprints
/ Women's Track and Field
Long Jump/Triple Jump
/ Women's Track and Field
Pole Vault
/ Women's Track and Field
Pole Vault
/ Women's Track and Field
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