Golden Eagles continue outdoor campaign at Catamount Classic
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech outdoor track and field team heads east to Cullowhee, N.C. for the Catamount Classic, competing at the two-day event on Friday and Saturday at the Catamount Athletic Complex.
Catamount Classic Schedule of Events
By Mike Lehman, TTU Sports Information
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech outdoor track and field team heads east to Cullowhee, N.C. for the Catamount Classic, competing at the two-day event on Friday and Saturday at the Catamount Athletic Complex.
will kick off the 2025 campaign with a pair of events, with the distance runners off to St. Louis, Mo. and the WashU Distance Carnival on Thursday and Friday. The remainder of the Golden Eagle squad will head south to Birmingham for the UAB Spring Invite on Friday and Saturday.
Catamount Classic Information
Apr. 25-26, 2025 – Located at the Catamount Athletic Complex in Cullowhee, N.C., Friday's action will kick off with field events at 12:00 p.m. CT and running events at 3:30 p.m. Saturday will open with field events at 10:30 a.m. and running events at 11:00 a.m.
What to Watch For
The purple and gold kicked off the 2025 outdoor campaign in style at the beginning of the month, delivering a number of personal records at the Tennessee Invite in Knoxville on Apr. 4 and 5.
Among the numerous highlights for the Golden Eagles, rookie Tyla Street fired off a massive personal record in the triple jump, launching to a distance of 11.92 meters (39'1.25"). The mark represented the third-best in the Ohio Valley Conference this season.
Fellow freshman Rylee Wells locked down the first sub-18-minute mark of her career in the 5,000-meter run, delivering a PR of 17:50.71 for the fifth-fastest 5K in the league. Also presenting a new career mark in the event, rookie Megan Forstner crossed the finish line at 18:36.39.
The youth continued to show off for the Cookeville crew in the 400-meter hurdles, with freshman Rachael Brewer nailing down the fourth-best time in the OVC with a PR of 1:04.78. Chipping in with her top performance of the year, sophomore Carolina Bannach cleared 3.61 meters (11'10") in the pole vault.
Sophomore Mattie Bush soared through the air on her way to a monster personal record in the long jump, landing at 5.94 meters (19'6") for the second-best leap in the conference so far this season. In the high jump, fellow sophomore Madison Johnson cleared a season's best height of 1.65 meters (5'5"), marking the third-best showing in the OVC.
Both Hannah Little and Kategie Casseus produced strong runs in the 400-meter dash, with the rookie Little's PR of 56.87 seconds ranking fifth in the league this year. Casseus clocked in at 58.78 seconds. In the 200-meter dash, Little compiled a competitive time of 25.00 seconds flat while rookie Aliyah Kennedy tallied a mark of 25.41 seconds.
Registering a new PR in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, Kendall Johnson finished the event with a time of 11:52.43. Tech's 4x400-meter relay crew of Little, Brewer, Kennedy, and Paris Bowles placed fifth among 16 different squads behind a season-best performance of 3:53.46.
Up Next
The Golden Eagles head to Nashville for the Music City Challenge, hosted by Vanderbilt, competing on Friday, May 2.
Photo by Reily Rogers
