Columbus, Ohio - Individual wins by sophomore pole vaulter Paige Roberts and a pair of freshmen distance runners provided the top highlights for the Vanderbilt women’s track and field team at the Buckeye Invitational Saturday.

Roberts, a school indoor recordholder, cleared 11’5.75” on her second attempt to over Ohio State’s Becky Heintz to win the vault event, while freshmen Caitlin Shannon and Erika Schneble scored impressively victories in the mile and 3,000-meters, respectively.

Team scores were not kept for the early season meet, which featured numerous athletes competing unattached, including Vanderbilt graduate and former NCAA champion Ryan Tolbert. The Commodore assistant coach made a triumphant return to competitive racing after a one-year absence by winning the 600-meters in 1:33.77.

Shannon, a native of DePere, Wisc., captured the mile in 5:29.90. Schneble, a product of Hendersonville, N.C. coming off a superb cross country season, won the 3,000 meters comfortably in 10:25.66.

Cicely Campbell, the Ohio native and Vanderbilt senior returning from knee injury, narrowly missed winning the 800 meters, losing by .03 seconds to Tamecia Brown of Ohio State.

The Commodores return to competition Saturday, January 25, traveling to Lexington for the Kentucky Invitational.

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