April 19, 2018
By Hays Kassen, Auburn Athletics
AUBURN, Ala - Auburn track and field will host the War Eagle Invitational this Friday and Saturday at the Hutsell-Rosen Track and Field Complex in Auburn, Alabama. Saturday will mark the last home meet for 12 seniors that will be honored at approximately 12:30 p.m. CT.
Auburn will serve host to 23 other teams this weekend including fellow SEC competitors Alabama, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt. Other teams competing include: Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Ball State, Belmont, Central Florida, Cincinnati, Cornell, Indiana, Kent State, Jacksonville State, Manhattan College, MTSU, UMass-Lowell, South Alabama, UT-Chattanooga, Tiffin, Troy, Villanova, Virginia Tech and Yale.
The Auburn men will head into this weekend's event ranked 18th in the latest USTFCCCA rankings, while the women will head into the weekend ranked 36th, seven spots up from last week's rankings.
The Tigers are looking to build off their success from last week's Tiger Track Classic where Auburn produced 10 event wins and over 20 collegiate and personal bests. Auburn is entering the home stretch of the outdoor season fining tune before next month's SEC Outdoor Championships.
There are 27 men schedule to compete along with 30 women.
Men competing this weekend for Auburn include: Nathon Allen, Sherwayne Allen, Cade Antonucci, Erik Armes, Evan Blaire, Akeem Bloomfield, Jaron Brooks, Joshua Burks, Justin Carter, Raheem Chambers, Coleman Churitch, Xavier Coakley, Wesley Curles, Benedict Draghi, Noah Igbinoghene, Silas Kipngetich, Ryan Lee, Tommy McDonough, Wesley Pectol, John Putnam, Jack Rodgers, Mark Rubalcaba, Andy Smith, Jay Spieler, Chris Stone, Chiason Tenkiang and Alex Tucker.
On the women's side, Auburn competitors include: Caroline Bado, Dominique Bullock, Katherine Boone, Cassandra Carlile, Ashley Carter, Kylee Carter, Skyler Daniel, Kristen Dodson, Anna Gierow, Jakayla Hand, Amy Hansen, Deja Hillman, Brenda
Kigen, Joyce Kimeli, Mercy Kiprop, Caroline Lawrence, Myra Mack, Tyra Massey, Tori McKinley, Louisa McPherson, Kendra Mitchell, Peyton Montgomery, Ivana Muzaric, Frances Patrick, Erin Perkins, Renee Shaw, Jonielle Smith, Danielle Springer, Presley Weems and Natalliah Whyte.
The War Eagle Invitational will begin with the men's hammer throw at 2 p.m. CST on Friday and on Saturday with the women's pole vault at 11 a.m. Live stats can be found here.