The Tulane Green Wave indoor track and field team finished its participation at the Vanderbilt Invitational in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday. The event took place at the Vanderbilt Multipurpose Facility and featured strong performances from several Tulane athletes.
Sofie Groeninger achieved a throw of 13.98 meters in the shot put, which stands as the sixth-best mark in Tulane program history. She placed fifth in her event. Petra Dos Santos ran the 3,000 meters in 9:23.88, recording the fourth-best time ever for Tulane and finishing third overall behind two runners from Tennessee.
In total, seven Tulane athletes secured top-10 finishes during the meet. Dos Santos also competed in the women’s mile, placing tenth with a time of 4:52.75. Bernard Cheruiyot finished fourth in the men’s mile with a time of 4:03.34. Presley Wolfe tied for fourth place in the women’s pole vault invite by clearing 3.85 meters.
Elena Liano-Rengel earned seventh place in the women’s 800 meters with a time of 2:11.23, while Samuel Cohen placed ninth in the men’s 800 meters at 1:53.06.
Zaria Parker advanced to the semifinals of the women’s 60 meters after running a preliminary round time of 7.57 seconds and then posting a semifinal time of 7.61 seconds to finish ninth overall, narrowly missing out on advancing to finals.
The women’s 4×400 meter relay team—composed of Marissa Gordon, Nahema Dumonteil Cabanas, Elena Liano-Regel, and Jasper Newton—finished eighth with a combined time of 3:52.16.
Tulane’s next competitions are scheduled for January 30 and 31 at both the Lenny Lyles Invitational in Louisville, Kentucky, and the John Thomas Terrier Classic in Boston, Massachusetts.
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