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BLACKSBURG, Va. – Members of the Virginia Tech pole vault crew will open the 2011-12 indoor track & field season at the Liberty University Kickoff Meet this weekend at the Tolsma Indoor Track Center in Lynchburg.

Tech will send eight vaulters to Liberty, including five men and three women. Slated to compete for the Hokies are junior Leigh Allin, redshirt senior Joe Davis, junior Emma DeJarnette, redshirt freshman Matt Hoogland, senior Mike Miller, redshirt freshman Lyndsey Saunders, sophomore Corey Shank and freshman Chris Uhle.

The women’s pole vault will take place on Friday, Dec. 2 at 5:30 p.m. The men’s pole vault is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 3 at 2:30 p.m.

Following the Liberty Kickoff, Tech will compete as a full squad on Jan. 13-14, 2012 as it hosts its first home meet of the 2012 indoor campaign, the VT Invitational. All home indoor track meets are held at Rector Field House on campus in Blacksburg.

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