Tech track & field team at Sewanee Invitational Saturday
The Tennessee Tech women's track & field team has enjoyed success in the past when it competed in the Sewanee Invitational. Head coach Tony Cox is hoping for more of the same Saturday when he takes his team to the familiar event.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Tech women's track & field
team has enjoyed some success in the past when it competed in the
Sewanee Invitational, hosted by the University of the South. Head
coach Tony Cox is hoping for more of the same Saturday when he
takes his team to the familiar site.
"Nearly everybody on the team has competed at this meet, and in
this facility, so we'll be in very familiar territory," Cox said.
"We're know many of the teams and athletes we're competing against.
It makes it a very enjoyable day for our team, and they always seem
to respond with some really strong performances."
Among Tech's top prospects this weekend, Cox is looking for strong performances from senior pole vaulter Katie Lowerty, senior thrower Madison Borden and junior distance runner Rebecca Cline.
Two weeks ago in Johnson City, Tenn., Lowery tied her own school
record in the pole vault with a jump of 10 feet. Borden had her
career-best in the shot put in December at the Southern Illinois
Invitational with a throw of 39 feet, seven inches. Cline (in
photo) finished third at the ETSU meet in the 5,000-meter run,
posting a career-best time of 19:20.22.
Tech's contingent will include 22 athletes, with two missing due
to injuries. Cox will be without sprinter Justine Phillips and
distance runner Peri Winborne, both of whom are expected to be
ready to compete in three weeks at the OVC Indoor Championships.
The Sewanee meet is Tech's final competition before the conference
meet, so Cox is using it to give his team a chance to prepare for
the league meet.
"We're putting people in the events that they will be competing in
at the conference meet, so it will give them the best chance of
improving their seed marks and adding to their experience in those
events," Cox said. "Therefore, most people will be doing fewer
events this weekend that they normally do at an invitational like
this one."
