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The degree. The city. The SEC. #AnchorDown
Nashville, Tennessee
Joined September 2010
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣. One week 'til Veronica is standing among the best of the best at the @Paris2024 Opening Ceremony. (and only two weeks until she steps into the ring for the discus competition). #AnchorDown | #OlympiansMadeHere
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Taking in the views of the city 😍. T-🖐️ days until @vmfraley starts competition. #AnchorDown | #Paris2024
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A new era of Commodore cross country and track and field begins today. Welcome to Nashville, Coach! . 🗞 #AnchorDown
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In an effort to get more likes than @SonnyGray2 and @DAVIDprice24 Coach Keith and @LieutenantDans7 say bring it on. #AnchorDown
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ICYMI ➡️ Veronica advanced to the FINAL of the discus at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials seeded third. 💻 Tune in Thursday on Peacock to watch her compete for a spot on the podium and a ticket to the @Paris2024 Olympics. #AnchorDown
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Did you miss @kkdenk's vault that won her the SEC title? . No worries, we got you ⬇️. #AnchorDown
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A 𝘿𝙄𝙑𝙄𝙉𝙀 Dores debut! 🤩. Divine Oladipo didn't just set the new program record in the shot put, she 𝙊𝘽𝙇𝙄𝙏𝙀𝙍𝘼𝙏𝙀𝘿 𝙄𝙏! 😤. Welcome to your new No. 1 nationally. #AnchorDown
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Look who coach Keith ran into while setting up up for tonight's Commodore Invitational. #VUgreats @DAVIDprice24 @SonnyGray2
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Haley Bishop is in a league of her on, literally. No.1 in school history in the 100m dash. #AnchorDown
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After 26 years, we have a new 👑 of the 400m. Taiya Shelby with the new 𝐍𝐨.𝟏 time in school history. ⚓️ 52.40, 5th overall and qualifies for Saturday's finals. #AnchorDown
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𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞.⚓️⬇️. We’re excited to share that Cameia Alexander will be joining the Commodores as an assistant track coach!. #AnchorDown
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Competing in the first NCAA Indoor Championships of her career, leaving an All-American. 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝. 😤. #AnchorDown
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Courtney Clayton is an NCAA First Team All-American! She ran a new PR time of 2:04.02 and finishes 7th overall in the 800-meter run finals!
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Williams is 𝙂𝙊𝙇𝘿𝙀𝙉 🥇. Lily Williams and @USACycling took down New Zealand in the women’s team pursuit gold medal final. She is just the second Commodore to win Olympic gold. #OlympiansMadeHere | #Paris2024
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🚨 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙 🚨 . @haley_bishop_ shatters the Vanderbilt record in her first collegiate race. #AnchorDown
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An outdoor season for the history books. ⚓️ NCAA semifinalist (400m).⚓️ No. 2 at Vandy in the 400 meters .⚓️ Fastest 400 at Vandy in 24 years.⚓️ School record in the 4x100 (broke 23-year-old record).⚓️ No. 9 at Vandy in the 800 meters. #AnchorDown | @taiyashelby
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A young curiosity for improvement turned into a passion for coaching. Now, Vanderbilt's new track and field associate head coach @ashleykovacsusa has mentored multiple Olympians, including her husband @JoeKovacsUSA. More on the journey and the future still to come . 👇.
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Headed to Eugene! . @taiyashelby 𝑨𝑫𝑽𝑨𝑵𝑪𝑬𝑺 to the NCAA Championships in the 400 meters‼️. #AnchorDown | #NCAATFeast
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After 15 seasons at the helm of the Vanderbilt cross country and track and field programs, head coach Steve Keith announced his retirement. #AnchorDown .
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Courtney Clayton runs the third fastest time in the 800-meter run semi-finals and qualifies for the finals on Saturday at 6:45 p.m. (CT)!
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𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗦 👉 Here's when to watch @vmfraley18 at the 2024 @usatf Olympic Team Trials . 💻 Find the full broadcast schedule on #AnchorDown
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Denk cleared a career-best 14-3.5 to take home the pole vault crown tonight. @kkdenk is the first individual SEC Champion for the Commodores since Garnetta Holloway in 2006. #AnchorDown
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No. 2 in school history, No. 1 in our hearts. 🖤💛. @taiyashelby competes in the 400m for the first time this season and wins with a 𝟱𝟮.𝟵𝟭. #AnchorDown
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✍️ Someone say new record? . Divine's 17.43m in the shot put is the now the top mark in school history! . Currently the third best in the NCAA and the top mark in the SEC. #AnchorDown
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Didn't start running until 8th grade. No scholarship offers. Now the Commodore sophomore is the second All-SEC runner in men's program history and leads Vandy into the NCAA South Regional. #AnchorDown.
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What a season for @kkdenk!. School record ✔️.SEC Champ ✔️.Outdoor All-American ✔️. We couldn't be more proud. #AnchorDown
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First Commodore in 24 years to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 400 meters. @taiyashelby race day ➡️ Thursday. #AnchorDown | #NCAATrack
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Yet another honor for our girl. Congratulations, Veronica, the FIRST SEC Field Athlete of the Year in Vanderbilt history. 🙌. 🔗 #AnchorDown
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Freshman Regan Clay produces collegiate best in 200 (24.72) to earn 5th place finish at UGA meet. ⚓️⬇️
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All 😁 when you're in the Vandy Top 10!. Allyria McBride, Brooke Overholt, Kaira Brown, and Taiya Shelby are in the Vandy record books at no. 2 All-Time in the 4x400 meter relay finishing in 3:36.99!. #AnchorDown
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🚨🚨RING THE ALARM!!!!!!!!!!!!🚨🚨.🚨🚨NEW SCHOOL RECORD ALERT!🚨🚨. The 4x400 Relay team sets the new school record at 3:33.23!!!!!. #AnchorDown
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McKenzie you did not have to go 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 hard in your first 10,000m race! . 🔥🔥🔥. No. 2 all-time in school history. #AnchorDown
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Second man in @SEC history to win back-to-back Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors. Congrats, Nick! 👏 🙌.🗞 #AnchorDown | #SECXC
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👑 𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕟 '𝕖𝕞 👑. This distance medley relay team has taken the No.1 spot in school history and finished in the top-10 tonight. #AnchorDown
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NOT. DONE. YET. Our 400 meter 👑 qualifies for Friday's semis finishing 7th overall. #AnchorDown
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Kristen Denk becomes VU’s 1st qualifier to 2018 NCAA Championships!. ⚓️⬇️
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🗣️ BOOK THAT FLIGHT. ✈️. Veronica Fraley is headed to nationals as the East Region champion in the discus!. #AnchorDown
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⭐️𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 ⭐️. Introducing the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifiers:. ⚓️ Veronica Fraley .⚓️ Beatrice Juskeviciute.⚓️ Allyria McBride.⚓️ Brooke Overholt.⚓️ Taiya Shelby.⚓️ Jada Sims. #AnchorDown
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.@vmfraley18 representing the 🇺🇸 and the ⚓️ on the biggest stage. 📸 from the one-of-kind Opening Ceremony at the @paris2024 Olympics. #Paris2024 | #TeamUSA
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No. 2 U20 in the 🇺🇸‼️. Bria clocks 16:15.58 in the 5k to claim 🥈 at the @usatf U20 Championships. #AnchorDown
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Hey @JoeKovacsUSA and @GiveMe1Shot. What do you think of @DivineOladipo's 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱-𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 performance at the Commodore Challenge? 🤔. #AnchorDown .
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Things you love to see, 𝐍𝐨. 𝟐𝟐. 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙩 ranking to open a season ✔️. 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙩 ranking since 1998 ✔️. (Indoor rankings only). #AnchorDown
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Wasting no time. 🚨 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃 🚨 at the first meet of the season breaks a 23-year-old standard by more than a half second. #AnchorDown
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.@kkdenk is just the second pole vaulter in Commodore history to receive All-America honors. #AnchorDown
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Congrats to the 2019 shot put world champion and our assistant volunteer coach @JoeKovacsUSA on his performance yesterday! . ⚓️ 2nd place finish at 22.87 meters, with a pair of throws over 75ft . #AnchorDown
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𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅 𝐀 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐘 𝐁𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐏! 🤯 . 🌟 Top-5⃣ nationally in the women's 60m (7.37).🌟 Program record (broken twice in the same day).🌟 Personal best (broken twice in the same day). #AnchorDown
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🚨 Another one! 🚨. Actually 𝑻𝑾𝑶 more as @haley_bishop_ and Madison Fuller (11.66) 𝘽𝙊𝙏𝙃 break the 11-year-old school record of 11.80. #AnchorDown
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Grace Jensen just casually shedding time off her personal best and the No. 1 time in school history! 🤩. #AnchorDown
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Sarah Bell is an NCAA First Team All-American! She finished tied for eighth overall with a top height of 13' 7.25" on the day #ELITE 🇺🇸
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All she does is 𝙒𝙄𝙉! 🌟. Another 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙 and 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 for sophomore Haley Bishop. #AnchorDown
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🚨 NEW SCHOOL RECORD 🚨. Taiya Shelby sets a new school record in the 600m clocking a time of 1:29.06! 🔥💪. #AnchorDown
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𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓊𝓂𝑒 👑. • 2x NCAA Outdoor Championship qualifier .• 2022 NCAA Indoor Championships qualifier.• Second team All-American, indoor & outdoor .• Listed in program record books 18 times .• Top-20 collegiate 400 meter time . #AnchorDown
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𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙔𝙤𝙪, 𝘾𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙆𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙝!. After 15 years at the helm of the Commodores, we take a look back in photos: 📸👇.
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Watch Sarah Bell break Vanderbilt's all-time pole vault record with a vault of 4.25m (13' 11.25")! Listen to that crowd!
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Now at the helm of the Commodores, Thomas was regarded as one of the top assistant coaches in the nation and spent the last decade with some of the best programs in the nation and @SEC. 🗞 #AnchorDown
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Courtney Clayton is #TrackTownBound! Her time of 2:04.15 placed 3rd in her heat and she automatically qualifies for the NCAA Championships!
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Sarah Bell is headed to the NCAA T&F Championships! She was one of just eight athletes to clear the bar at 4.20m @ Regionals #TrackTownBound
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The route to Oregon is official for Divine! 🛫. ⚓️ Shot put at 17.64m, fourth overall . #AnchorDown
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Congrats Simone Charley on placing 2nd at NCAAs in the triple jump!! #anchordown ⚓️⬇️ #allamerican
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Shelby finishes second 🥈 in the 400. 🙌 . Career-best 54.64 and fourth-fastest time in Commodore history! ⚓️📜. #AnchorDown
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