The William & Mary women's track & field team resumes action for the indoor season this weekend, heading up to Lexington, Va., for the VMI Keydet Invitational on Friday and Saturday.  Action at the Corps Physical Training Center begins at 2 p.m. on Friday afternoon and 10:30 a.m. on Saturday morning.  The meet can be followed through live results on TribeAthletics.com.

In addition to the Tribe, teams who are scheduled to compete across the two days of action include Marshall, Christopher Newport, UNC Asheville, High Point, Florida International, Army West Point, Virginia, Virginia Union, Norfolk State, VCU, Virginia State, St. Augustine, George Mason, Hampton, Lynchburg, Roanoke, James Madison, Washington and Lee, Richmond, UNCW, Gardner-Webb, and the host Keydets.  In its only meet of the fall semester, W&M finished tied for fourth out of nine teams at the Navy Invitational and earning two ECAC qualifications.

Both ECAC qualifiers will be back in action, with senior Grace Becker (Buckingham, Pa.) in the high jump and Alexis Brender a Brandis (Williamsburg, Va.) in the long jump.  Becker cleared a lifetime-best 1.72m (5-7.75) at Navy in December to set the facility record there.  To earn her second track record in as many meets this weekend will take another best, with VMI's young facility boasting an enviable record of 1.76m (5-9.25) in the event.  BABs, meanwhile, jumped 5.61m (18-5) in the long jump in December to punch her ticket, the first of hopefully several this season.  She's also entered in the 60m hurdles and the triple jump, where she's the school record-holder outdoors.  She'll be joined in each of her events by senior Bri Miller (Midlothian, Va.), reigning CAA Champion in the triple jump and school record-holder in the long jump.  Also in the field events, Lauren Graves (Fredericksburg, Va.) jumped an indoor-best 3.45m (11-3.75) in the pole vault to open the year at Navy, and will be back in action this weekend.

On the track, highlights include redshirt-sophomore Victoria Gersch (Mercer Island, Wash.), who is entered in both the 60m dash and the 400m as well as the 4x400m relay.  Gersch is the team's top sprinter, holding the school record in the 200m outdoors, and has a best of 7.90 in the 60m dash as she pursues the record of 7.76 in that event.  She opened the winter with a 58.02 in the 400m at Navy.  Junior Priya Sidhu (Issaquah, Wash.) is also in the 60m, after opening the year at 8.12 last month.  In the 500m dash, classmates Susanna Maisto (Silver Spring, Md.) and Gabby Runge (Midlothian, Va.) are both aiming for the ECAC mark of 1:16.04, and both are also entered in the 4x400m along with Gersch and sophomore Jadyn Currie (Virginia Beach, Va.).  The longer distances include junior Lauren Finikiotis (Gibsonia, Pa.) in the 1,000m run on Friday night, and junior transfer Liv Paxton (Rock Hill, S.C.) in the mile on Saturday morning.  Senior Lindsay Schott (Portola Valley, Calif.) is entered in the 800m, where her 2:13.97 PB is just off of ECAC pace, and junior Julia Montgomery (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) begins her training for the 3,000m steeplechase with a race in the flat 3,000m on Saturday evening.

Friday, January 18
2:00 PM - Women's 60m Hurdles Prelims - Brianna Miller, Jadyn Currie, Alexis Brender a Brandis
NCAA Predicted - 8.13; ECAC - 8.85; School Record - 8.65

3:00 PM - Women's Pole Vault - Lauren Graves, Taylor E. Jones, Olivia Tardieu
NCAA Predicted - 4.30m (14-1.25); ECAC - 3.65m (11-11.75); School Record - 4.17m (13-8.25)

3:15 PM - Women's 60m Dash Prelims - Victoria Gersch, Priya Sidhu, Jadyn Currie
NCAA Predicted - 7.24; ECAC - 7.73; School Record - 7.76

3:50 PM - Women's 60m Hurdles Semifinals - Brianna Miller, Jadyn Currie, Alexis Brender a Brandis
NCAA Predicted - 8.13; ECAC - 8.85; School Record - 8.65

4:20 PM - Women's 60m Dash Semifinals - Victoria Gersch, Priya Sidhu, Jadyn Currie
NCAA Predicted - 7.24; ECAC - 7.73; School Record - 7.76

4:30 PM - Women's Triple Jump - Alexis Brender a Brandis, Brianna Miller, Julia McDermott
NCAA Predicted - 13.12m (43-0.5); ECAC - 11.60m (38-0.75); School Record - 12.95m (42-6)

4:55 PM - Women's High Jump - Grace Becker, Claire Bailey
NCAA Predicted - 1.84m (6-0.5); ECAC - 1.70m (5-7); School Record - 1.81m (5-11.25); Freshman Record - 1.68m (5-6.5)

5:25 PM - Women's 500m Dash - Susanna Maisto, Gabby Runge
ECAC - 1:16.04; School Record - 1:13.54

6:20 PM - Women's 1,000m Run - Taylor D. Jones, Lauren Finikiotis, Olivia Rovin
ECAC - 2:56.24; School Record - 2:49.60


Saturday, January 19
10:30 AM - Women's Mile Run - Rachel Snyder, Liv Paxton, Megan Kolbe
NCAA Predicted - 4:38.97; ECAC - 4:59.04; School Record - 4:43.33

11:00 AM - Women's 60m Hurdles Finals - Brianna Miller, Jadyn Currie, Alexis Brender a Brandis
NCAA Predicted - 8.13; ECAC - 8.85; School Record - 8.65

11:50 AM - Women's 400m Dash - Victoria Gersch
NCAA Predicted - 52.76; ECAC - 56.94; School Record - 56.11

12:30 PM - Women's Long Jump - Brianna Miller, Alexis Brender a Brandis, Claire Bailey
NCAA Predicted - 6.27m (20-7); ECAC - 5.60m (18-4.5); School Record - 5.81m (19-0.75); Freshman Record - 5.58m (18-4)

12:30 PM - Women's Shot Put - Leah Earnest, Chelsea Wallace
NCAA Predicted - 17.06m (55-11.75); ECAC - 13.50m (44-3.5); School Record - 14.68m (48-2); Freshman Record - 13.42m (44-0.5)

12:35 PM - Women's 60m Dash Finals - Victoria Gersch, Priya Sidhu, Jadyn Currie
NCAA Predicted - 7.24; ECAC - 7.73; School Record - 7.76

1:05 PM - Women's 800m Run - Lindsay Schott, Deirdre Lewin, Anna Wasko
NCAA Predicted - 2:04.19; ECAC - 2:13.54; School Record - 2:09.68

3:10 PM - Women's 3,000m Run - Julia Montgomery, Julia Lambert
NCAA Predicted - 9:04.03; ECAC - 9:55.24; School Record - 9:09.74

4:10 PM - Women's 4x400m Relay - Gabby Runge, Victoria Gersch, Susanna Maisto, Jadyn Currie, Taylor D. Jones, Deirdre Lewin, Lindsay Schott, Anna Wasko
NCAA Predicted - 3:35.02; ECAC - 3:52.54; School Record - 3:46.70