Track and Field Preview: Memphis Invitational

Friday, April 26

Memphis, Tenn.

2 pm

University of Memphis

Memphis Invitaitonal

Olushola Olojo, 2018-19 Men's Track and Field

Photo by: Ben Solomon

Apr 25, 2019 | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

2019 Memphis Invitational Schedule Memphis Invitational Start List

Alumni reception Friday, Senior Day ceremonies Saturday.

Live Results

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis track and field team wraps up the regular-season portion of the outdoor campaign this weekend hosting its own Memphis Invitational Friday and Saturday, Apr. 26-27. The Billy J. Murphy Soccer/Track and Field Complex, located on the University's Park Avenue campus, is the site for the two-day meet.

Meet Admission
Friday – free for all
Saturday -- $5 (cash only at ticket gate); kids 12 and under free

Action at the Memphis Invitational begins Friday at 2 p.m. (CT) with the field events. Friday's running events kick off at 5 p.m. (CT). On Saturday, the field events start at 10 a.m. (CT), with the running events to follow at 12 p.m. (CT).

Senior Day ceremonies are scheduled for 12:20 p.m. (CT) after the running events start with the men's and women's 4x100-meter relays.

Alumni Reunion Reminder
The Memphis track and field program's alumni reunion weekend is set for Friday-Saturday, Apr. 26-27 on the University of Memphis campus. A special reception is scheduled for the Hardaway Hall of Fame, located at 570 Normal Street, on Friday. The reception starts at 6:30 p.m. (CT).

Team Scoring
The Memphis Invitational is a non-scoring meet.

Teams Competing
Arkansas Baptist, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Arkansas State, Austin Peay, Christian Brothers, Harding, Lipscomb, Little Rock, Memphis, Mississippi Valley State, Murray State, Southeast Missouri, Southern Indiana, SIU Edwardsville, Talladega College, Tennessee State, Union, University of the Ozarks, UT Martin

Tigers Tidbits

Fifteen Tigers track and field seniors will be honored near the start of the running events Saturday. After the 4x100-meter relays run at 12 p.m. (CT), the Senior Salute is scheduled to begin at 12:20 p.m. (CT) on the complex's infield.
For the fifth year in a row, the Tigers close out their regular season with a home meet at the Billy J. Murphy Soccer/Track and Field Complex. Memphis, as a full squad, competed in its final meet of the outdoor season at home in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and this weekend. Memphis hosted the Memphis Invitational in 2014, but the meet was held in late March. This is the 10^thtime in the last 11 outdoor seasons the Tigers are hosting an outdoor home meet. The only season in that stretch in which Memphis did not host a meet was 2013.
With this weekend being their last regular-season meet, the Tigers are using the Memphis Invitational as a final tune-up before the American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships in two weeks. The league championships meet is scheduled for Wichita, Kan., May 10-12.
The women's throws group is second nationally in the hammer, according to the U.S. Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCA) website. As a group, its average is 198-8 (60.54m), which is second to North Dakota State. The Tigers improved their average by over three feet from the previous week. The Memphis women's hammer group, which competes Friday afternoon, includes Amber Simpson, Vigdis Jonsdottir, Mona Jaidi and DeeNia McMiller.
The women's throws group also is ranked No. 16 nationally in the discus – headed up by Samantha Lenton. The group is second among the throws group in the South Region.
On the men's side, the Tigers' sprints group is ranked No. 19 in the 100 meters and No. 20 in the 200 meters nationally, according to the USTFCCCA website. Davon DeMoss and Imri Persiado pace the group in both events.

Tigers In NCAA East Region Rankings (Top 60)
Men
7. Adar Sheere (discus)
10. Memphis: DeMoss, Persiado, Gunnarsson, Bishop (4x100m relay)
13. Davon DeMoss (100m)
21. Julian Sanchez-Pinto (3000m steeplechase)
24. Davon DeMoss (200m)
32. Noah Agnew (high jump)
49. Imri Persiado (100m)
53. Adar Sheere (hammer)
54. Imri Persiado (200m)
59. Sir Newton Lee (400m)

Women
1. Ashley Pryke (javelin)
10. Mona Jaidi (javelin)
16. Saida Burns-Moore (triple jump)
18. Samantha Lenton (discus)
22. DeeNia McMiller (hammer)
28. Amber Simpson (hammer)
30. Saida Burns-Moore (high jump)
33. Mona Jaidi (discus)
37. Vigdis Jonsdottir (hammer)
39. Paige Sandwell (3000m steeplechase)
42. DeeNia McMiller (shot put)
44. Mona Jaidi (hammer)
54. Tanalya Gordon (long jump)