Track and Field Returns to Host Doug Raymond Invitational
1/13/2017 1:37:00 PM | Track and Field, Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
KENT, Ohio- After a month-long layoff, Kent State's track and field programs will return to action as they host the Doug Raymond Invitational from the Kent State Field House on Saturday, Jan. 14. The meet begins at 10 a.m. with the women's weight throw.
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The Doug Raymond Invitational honors former Kent State track and field coach Doug Raymond, who led the Golden Flashes for 18 seasons (1960-1978). With Raymond at the helm, Kent State captured the program's first MAC Championship in the 1972-73 season, followed by another championship in the 1974-75 season. For his efforts, Raymond was inducted into the Kent State Athletics Varsity "K" Hall of Fame in 1998 and then was inducted into the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2003.Â
Kent State will host a total of four schools at this year's Doug Raymond Invitational, which will be scored in a double dual format. The women's team will face-off against the likes of Bowling Green, Duquesne, Ohio and Youngstown State, while the men's team will face-off against Youngstown State.Â
LAST TIME OUT
Kent State opened up the 2016-17 season with the Golden Flashes Gala on Dec. 10-11, with nine event titles going the way of the Golden Flashes. On day one of the Gala, Chelsea Laury won the pentathlon with a personal-record (PR) 5,545 points, Cayla Carey won the long jump with a mark of 5.62m (18' 5.25") and Sam Tollerud won the pole vault, clearing a PR height of 4.1m (13' 5.25").
Day two of the Gala resulted in six victories for the Kent State, three of which came in the men's field events. The three field event winners and their marks were Christian Champen-pole vault (17' 0.75"), Samory Fraga-long jump (22' 9.25") and AJ Stevens-triple jump (50' 1.75"). In the men's heptathlon, TJ Lawson was victorious with a PR 5,512 points. On the track, Golden Flashes swept the men's and women's 300m dashes with Riak Reese (34.55) winning the men's race and Jorian Ordway (39.73) winning the women's race.
RANKING THE GOLDEN FLASHES
• Tollerud's pole vault mark of 13' 5.25" ranks first in the nation and the Mid-American Conference, as well as second in the Kent State record book.
• Lawson's 5,512 points in the heptathlon is the third in the nation and first in the MAC, while ranking second in KSU history.
• Champen's mark of 17' 0.75" in the pole vault puts him seventh in the nation, first in the MAC and fourth in the KSU record book.
• Stevens also ranks seventh in the nation and first in the MAC with his mark of 50' 1.75" in the triple jump.
• Ryan Looser's 5,287 points in the heptathlon is eighth in the country and second in the MAC.
• Laury's 3,545 points in the pentathlon is 14th in the nation and first in the MAC.
• Other Flashes boasting the top mark in the MAC include: Brandon Harris-60m (6.86), David Paliscak-shot put (56' 8.5"), and Grant Onken-3000m (8:55.41).
UP NEXT
Kent State is using this weekend's this dual meet format to prepare for next week's Akron Dual, scheduled for Friday, Jan. 20 at Stile Athletics Field House in Akron, Ohio.
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