Meet Information
Music City Distance Carnival
Saturday June 4th
Nashville, TN (Vanderbilt Univ.)
This will be a distance-only (800m & up) meet under the lights at Vandy\'s new Mondo track facility.
There will be seeded 800m, 1 mile, and 5000m heats for just about all ages/abilities, and there are invitational events (with strict entry guidelines( for 800m, 1 mile, 3000m S/C, 5000m, and 10,000m.
Come run a race (or two) and then watch some of the best open/post-collegiate runners east of the Mississippi run. 2-time Olympian Robert Gary will run the steeplechase. 28:28 10K guy Patrick Gildea is slated to run the 5000m. Johnson City-based Brit, Catherine Berry, who has run 15:19, will run the women\'s 5000m, seeking a World Champs qualifier, and 43-year-old Tony Young will attempt to take down the masters (over-40) world record for the mile, currently at 4:02.51. Also slated to run that mile are Andrew Bumbalough and Texan Scott MacPherson. Jill Skinner will make her 5K debut at this meet.
Saturday June 4th
Nashville, TN (Vanderbilt Univ.)
This will be a distance-only (800m & up) meet under the lights at Vandy\'s new Mondo track facility.
There will be seeded 800m, 1 mile, and 5000m heats for just about all ages/abilities, and there are invitational events (with strict entry guidelines( for 800m, 1 mile, 3000m S/C, 5000m, and 10,000m.
Come run a race (or two) and then watch some of the best open/post-collegiate runners east of the Mississippi run. 2-time Olympian Robert Gary will run the steeplechase. 28:28 10K guy Patrick Gildea is slated to run the 5000m. Johnson City-based Brit, Catherine Berry, who has run 15:19, will run the women\'s 5000m, seeking a World Champs qualifier, and 43-year-old Tony Young will attempt to take down the masters (over-40) world record for the mile, currently at 4:02.51. Also slated to run that mile are Andrew Bumbalough and Texan Scott MacPherson. Jill Skinner will make her 5K debut at this meet.