Chenier Takes Down 3,000-Meter School Record in Nashville

Friday, February 10

Nashville, Tenn.

TBA

University of Memphis

Music City Challenge

Photo by: Michael Wade

Chenier Takes Down 3,000-Meter School Record in Nashville

Feb 11, 2023 | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

Friday Results (PDF)Saturday Results (PDF)

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis Track & Field wrapped up a busy weekend of running and jumping in Nashville at the Music City Challenge and throwers concluded the second day of competition at the Birmingham CrossPlex. Junior Vincent Chenier took down the Memphis 3,000-meter record (8:15.50 - Corentin Louis - 2015) with a personal-best time of 8:12.34.

"Vince [Chenier] ran a great race tonight and him breaking the school record is great to see," head coach Kevin Robinson said. "I thought Simone [Harper] and Gabby [Cross] both ran very well. It's great to see them rounding into shape. Evan [Puckett] just keeps getting better in the pole vault. We got a lot of solid reps in the throws at Birmingham and saw multiple PR performances, as well as season-bests. That group is starting to gain momentum and is building its confidence."

NOTABLES
• Chenier broke the Memphis 3,000-meter record with a personal-best time of 8:12.34 to finish third at the Music City Challenge. His time was nearly 14 seconds faster than his last time out on Feb. 5 at the South Alabama Jaguar Invitational and nearly seven seconds faster than his previous personal-best time.
• The Tigers swept the top-three spots in the men's shot put Friday night at the Samford Invite. Sascha Salesius Schmidt (17.42m / 57'2") launched a big PR throw to win the event. His mark ranks third in the AAC this year. Ryan Amador was runner-up (15.32m / 50'3.25") and Mans Roos finished third (15.29m / 50'2") with a personal-best throw. On Saturday at the Samford Open, Salesius Schmidt finished runner up with a 17.18-meter (56'4.5") throw, Will Dibo was third (17.05m / 55'11.25"), Amador finished fourth with a personal-best throw (16.43m / 53'11") and Roos rounded out the top five (15.99m / 52'5.5"), also throwing a personal-best distance.
• In the women's high jump, Jada Shanklin jumped a personal-best 1.75 meters (5'8.75") to win the event at the Music City Challenge. Her mark ranks seventh in the AAC this season.
• Simone Harper had a pair of personal-best performances in Nashville on Saturday, clocking a career-best 8.45 in the women's 60-meter hurdle semifinals and running 7.58 in the 60-meter dash semifinals. Harper made the final in both and finished fifth in the hurdles (8.66) seventh in the dash (7.68). Her hurdle time is seventh-fastest in the AAC.
• In the men's pole vault, Evan Puckett won the Music City Challenge with a personal-best vault of 5.23m (17'1.75"). Puckett's mark is No. 4 in the AAC and ranks 44^th in the NCAA.
• Amber Simpson won the women's weight throw at the Samford Invite on Friday night (20.55m / 67'5.25") and Samantha Lenton was the runner up (19.26m / 63'2.25"). They repeated as the top-two finishers at the Samford Open on Saturday, as Simpson won it again (19.69m / 64'7.25") and Lenton was runner up (19.62m / 64'4.5").
• Freshman Dylan Boldrighini won the open section of the long jump at the Music City Challenge (7.14m / 23'5.25").

UP NEXT
• The Tigers go to Cape Girardeau, Mo., next weekend on Friday Feb. 17 for the Redhawks Open.

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