Hokie ClubThe Virginia Tech women’s track and field team is ranked seventh in the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s first regular-season poll of the indoor season, the association announced on Wednesday, by the USTFCCCA.
Six Hokies are already qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships on March 13 an 14 at College Station, Texas, two meets into the season. Senior Tasmin Fanning ran a 9:08.77 in the 3,000-meters at the Appalachian Invitational on Dec. 5, 2008, to set the school record and automatically qualify for the national meet. Senior Natalie Sherbak (3,000-meters), freshman Abigail Schaffer (pole vault) and junior Kristi Castlin (60-meter hurdles) are all provisionally qualified. On the men’s side, junior Yavgeniy Olhovsky and sophomore Hunter Hall are both provisionally qualified in the pole vault.
Tech will next travel to State College, Pa., for the Penn State National on Jan. 30-31. Results will be available on hokiesports.com following the meet.