The Citadel
SoCon Outdoor Championships
Track and Field Set to Compete in SoCon Championships
4/26/2019 2:46:00 PM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
Meet Information | Live Results
CHARLESTON, S.C. - The Bulldogs are set to compete in the Southern Conference Men's and Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the Samford Track and Soccer Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama, this Saturday and Sunday. This year marks the 95th annual championship for the men and 33rd for the women.
Saturday's schedule gets under way with the women's 10,000-meter run at 8 a.m., followed by the men's 10,000m. The decathlon commences at 9:30 and the heptathlon and field events begin at 10. A full day of events concludes with the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase and men's pole vault at 5:25 and the men's 3,000-meter steeplechase at 5:40 p.m. In all, 12 champions will be crowned on the first day of competition.
Sunday's schedule opens with the first of the final five decathlon events at 9 a.m., with the heptathlon resuming at 9:15. Field events begin with the women's high jump and men's shot put at 11 a.m. and the women's 4x100-meter relay gets the track events started at 1 p.m. The day concludes with the women's and men's 4x400-meter relays at 4:25 and 4:40, respectively, followed by the awards ceremony. Thirty events will crown champions on the final day of the meet.
Last year, Malik Diggs erased one of the championship's oldest records, in the 110-meter hurdles. The Bulldog graduate student ran 14.09 to finish under the mark of 14.1 set in 1977 and equaled in 1979 and 1980.
Josiah Johnson heads into the weekend in first place in the 100m and fourth place in the 200m race in the Southern Conference standings. The Citadel men's 4x100 team is currently ranked second sitting behind Western Carolina with a time of 41.76 seconds. Most recently named SoCon Field Athlete of the Week, Sam Blumer is in second place in the pole vault with a mark of 4.80 meter while teammate Devin Merrick sits in fourth. For the men's javelin, Charlie Hatler heads into the weekend ranked second while Evan McDonald rounds out the top-five in fifth.
Jessy Page is currently ranked second in the hammer toss with a mark of 51.53 while freshman, Shannon Ziccarello sits in third in the javelin.
2019 SoCon men's outdoor track and field power rankings
Team Points
Western Carolina 201.5
Samford 144
Furman 111
ETSU 110
Wofford 96
The Citadel 71
VMI 57.5
UNC Greensboro 9
2019 SoCon women's outdoor track and field power rankings
Team Points
Samford 194.83
Western Carolina 154.66
Wofford 117.5
ETSU 111
Furman 76
Mercer 52
VMI 46
The Citadel 28
Chattanooga 21
UNC Greensboro 13
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