TAMPA, FEB. 11, 2016 – USF's track and field team will look to fine-tune its skills on Friday at the Hoosier Hills Invitational before competing at the American Athletic Indoor Championships in two weeks.
The meet in Bloomington, Ind., will begin at around 4 p.m. with the 60m dash and conclude with the 4x400m relay at 10:30 p.m.
The Bulls will be competing a week after Bruce Barclay (60m hurdles), Bernicia Hollifield (weight throw), Matthew O'Neal (triple jump) and Laticia Sims (60m hurdles) all recorded first-place finishes at the Villanova Invitational.
With the conference championships looming (Feb. 28-29 in Birmingham, Ala.) many of the Bulls will look to improve on their season bests. Among the individuals competing is Devin Screen, who currently ranks third in the conference in the weight throw and seventh in the shot put. The Bulls will have seven pole vaulters competing on the men's side, including sophomore David Akins, who has the second-best height in the conference this season at 16-8.75. Freshman Joe Fogarasi and senior Winston Perry are tied for third at 16-2.75.
After running the third-fastest 60m hurdle time in school history last week, Sims will be back at it in the hurdles as well as the 60m dash. Her time of 8.46 in the hurdles is the third-fastest in the conference this season.
Freshmen Stephanie Lambeth and Frances Rice are among four individuals that will compete in the pole vault for the USF women. Lambeth's season-best of 12-1.5 ranks eighth in the conference and Rice's 11-9.75 is 10th. Another young freshman standout for the young women's team is Chelsea Francis, who has run season-best times of 7.56 in the 60m dash, which ranks eighth in the conference, and 25.12 in the 200m dash, which ranks 24th. Both are the top times for any USF runner this season.
Senior Lauren Kilts' season-best high jump of 5-7.25 is the fifth best in the conference this season.
Matthew O'Neal, who currently has an NCAA-best triple jump of 54-8, will not compete this weekend.
Women
Torriah Bell, LJ
Catherine Blaney, Mile
Sophia Brown, PV
Nicole Carroll, PV
Khadeeja Dooling, 400
Bethany Evans, 3K
Chelsea Francis, 60, 200
Simone Frauenfelder, 3K
Krysten Golden, 60, 200
Josephine Gulston, 400, 600
Sarah Hartman, Mile, DMR
Bernicia Hollifield, WT
Kadeidra Jackson, 60, 200
Lauren Kilts, HJ
Tierra Lacey, TJ
Stephanie Lambeth, PV
Sarah Leary, Mile
Kaylin Martin, 400, DMR
Leandra Munson, 3K
Mikeia Pooler, 60H, LJ, SP
Kirby Powers, HJ
Frances Rice, PV
Briana Rischar, 3K
Tiah Sanborn, 400, 200, 4x4
Laticia Sims, 60, 60H
Jessica Taylor, 3K
Ashley Wilson, WT
Melissa Westmorland, 3K
Men
David Akins, PV
Bruce Barclay, 60H
David Bell, PV
Anderson Charles, 800
Cody Chernoff, PV
Dwight Davis, 200
Zach Diaczynksy, SP, WT
Joe Fogarasi, PV
Eddie Galan, PV
Charvin Graham, WT
Justin Jack, HJ
Chase Myers, HJ
Mitchell Mueller, PV
Justin Osking, SP
Winston Perry, PV
Raekwon Scott, DMR
Devin Screen, SP, WT
David Tampa, Mile, 3K
John Weaver, 3K, DMR
Roshard Williams, 60, 200
Danny Yoon, 60, 200
Led by 10th-year head coach Warren Bye, the USF track and field team has produced 21 All-Americans (eight men, 13 women) since 2000 and at least one All-American in seven of the last eight years. Senior Matthew O'Neal is a four-time All-American in the triple jump. The Bulls host the USF Invitational on March 11-12 and the Bulls Invitational on March 17-18. USF is home to the 2018 NCAA Track and Field East Preliminary.
