Tigers Track And Field At A-State Invite This Weekend

Friday, January 27

Jonesboro, Ark.

University of Memphis

A-State Invitational

Photo by: Steve Austell

Tigers Track And Field At A-State Invite This Weekend

Jan 26, 2017 | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Action starts Friday, continues on Saturday.

Live Results/A-State Invitational

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The 47-day layoff from competition showed a little for the University of Memphis track and field squads at last weekend's indoor meet, but the Tigers and head coach Kevin Robinson look for a "bounce-back" this Friday-Saturday, Jan. 27-28 at the A-State Invitational in Jonesboro, Ark.

The A-State Invitational, held in the ASU Convocation Center, is set to begin Friday at 4 p.m. (CT) with field events. The track events start at 6 p.m. (CT). Saturday's action starts at 11 a.m. (CT).

Robinson on this week's meet:
"I want to see improvement this weekend. At last week's meet, we had a handful of good performances, and we also had a handful of not what I was hoping for. I would like to see improvement across the board.

"I want to see us compete harder. I want us to have a little more edge. I want to see us more driven to win. A couple of things I'm looking for this weekend are competitive maturity and tenacity.

"We're training really, really hard. But, that doesn't mean we can't step up and perform at a high level at these meets."

The following is this weekend's meet information:

Team Scoring:
The 2017 A-State Invitational is a non-scoring team meet.

Competing Schools:
Arkansas Baptist, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Arkansas State, Christian Brothers, Grambling, Harding, Little Rock, Louisiana, Memphis, Missouri State, Southern Arkansas

What To Watch For:

Sophomore Jordan Wesner looks to continue his climb toward his career indoor best in the men's high jump. Last weekend, Wesner came up 0.5 inches shy of tying his personal-best 7-1 indoor mark. Wesner's 7-0.5 (2.15m) jump is tied for 17^th nationally.
Junior Chelsea Ladd is expected to run in her first indoor meet of the 2016-17 season. Ladd returns to action after a tremendous 2016 women's cross country season in which she earned All-American Athletic Conference and All-NCAA South Region accolades.
Senior Martina Rodriguez Sala returns to the site where she set the program record in the women's 3000m. She ran a 9:45.42 at last season's A-State Invitational, breaking the previous record set in 2006. Rodriguez Sala placed second in the 3000m and won the mile at the 2016 A-State Invitational.
Brock Ballard (men's 3000m), Savannah Smith (women's 800m) and Ashley Pryke (women's shot put) all set indoor personal-bests at last weekend's Vanderbilt Invitational.
Senior Chardae Greenlee improved her mark in the women's triple jump to 41-7 (12.67m) last week (jumped 41-1.75 in Dec. 3 season opener). Her 41-7 mark is tied for the 29^th-best nationally.