Teams participating in the Classic along with Tech include Campbell, Central Florida\'s women\'s team, Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina\'s women\'s team, College of Charleston\'s women\'s team, Duke, Elon\'s women\'s team, Furman\'s women\'s team, High Point, Liberty, NC State, Richmond, UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Greensboro, UNC Wilmington, Virginia Commonwealth, Virginia Intermont, Wake Forest, Western Carolina, William & Mary.
Action starts at 10 a.m. with the women\'s weight throw. The running events begin at 11 a.m. with the women\'s 5,000 meters. The men\'s and women\'s triple jump concludes the field event portion of the meet at 2 p.m. while the last event of the day is the men\'s 4x400-meter relay at 5:40 p.m.
The Hokies are sending 32 athletes, 16 women and 16 from Tech\'s No. 25 men\'s team, to compete at the Classic. Included in the 32 athletes are throwers, jumpers and sprinters. Tech\'s distance runners will be back in action at the next home indoor meet, the Virginia Tech Challenge, on Feb. 11-12.
Quick notes
The Hokies welcome two new coaches to the track & field staff this
season, Lawrence Johnson (sprints coach) and Stacey Vidt (assistant
distance coach) ... Virginia Tech\'s men\'s track & field team tied for
25th place with Nebraska in this week\'s Trackwire 25 poll ... So far
this season Tech has qualified 5 athletes, 3 men and 2 women, to the
NCAA Indoor Championships on Mar. 11-12 at Arkansas ... To date, the
Hokies have broken 4 school records ... Nine athletes, 5 men and 4
women, have set PR\'s (personal records) this season.
Individual notes
MEN
Three-time All-American and two-time BIG EAST champion Spyridon
Jullien (Jr., Athens, Greece) remains the top men\'s weight throw
athlete in the NCAA division I according to Trackshark.com and leads
the ACC with his school record mark of 76\' ... Sven Hahn (Jr.,
Stuttgart, Germany) ranks 4th in the nation and 2nd in the ACC in the
shot put with his NCAA provisional qualifying and new school record
mark of 60\'3.25\" ... Ryan Norwood (Sr., Cheyenne, Wyo.), BIG EAST
outdoor champion and indoor runner-up, is listed 8th in the nation
and 3rd in the ACC with his NCAA provisional throw of 59\'8.25\" in the
shot put ... Hokie pole vaulters Brian Mondschein (Jr., Hummelstown,
Pa.), Adam Bingaman (So., New Berlinville, Pa.) and Daniel Gore (Jr.,
Leonardtown, Md.) rank 3rd, 4th and 5th in the ACC ... Jason Fludd
(Sr., Stafford, Va.) is 4th in the ACC in the triple jump event with
49\'6.25\" while teammate Idikoro Eradiri (So., Ashburn, Va.) ranks 5th
... Tech\'s men\'s 4x400-meter realy and distance medley relay teams
rank 6th in the ACC in their respective events.
WOMEN Tamarra Burns (Jr., Elm Creek, Neb.) is the 10th ranked women\'s weight throw athlete in the NCAA division I and the 3rd ranked thrower in the ACC with her NCAA qualifying and school record mark of 65\'6\" ... USA Junior Champion Kristen Callan (So., Monroe, N.Y.) is currently 29th in the nation and 4th in the ACC in the weight throw ... The 4x400-meter relay teams is 6th in the ACC standings.