University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Indoor Track and Field Squads Head to Chapel Hill
02.11.2010 | Track and Field
ASHEVILLE, NC - The UNC Asheville men's and women's indoor track and field teams are back in action this Friday at the Gene Anderson Invitational hosted by UNC Chapel Hill.
Action is scheduled to kickoff at 3 p.m. with preliminaries in the 60-high hurdles and the 60-meter dash. Both Bulldogs teams return to competition after having a two-week layoff from competing. Third-year head coach, Jesse Norman is anxious to see how his teams will perform this weekend after being away from competition awhile.
"In the last two weeks we have been making our adjustments as a team and individually." stated Norman "This is our final opportunity for our distance runners, sprinters and hurdlers to improve on their season performances before the conference meet."
In action this weekend for the men is Eli Chirchir. Chirchir will make his second appearance at 800 meters this season. He recorded a 1:56.84 back in January at the Niswonger Invitational. His fellow colleague Raymond Urrutia will be looking to improve on his school record mark of 7.05 in the 60 meters this weekend. Urrutia is also scheduled to make his season debut in the 400 meters.
Melanie Kulesz, a Big South All-Conference performer in cross country, is set to lead the women's team. Kulesz who finished fifth in the invitational mile (5:17.20) at Niswonger is scheduled to compete in the 3000 meter run. Also in the headlines for the women are Alyska Kalmeijer and Clair Powell. Kalmeijer will compete in the 800 for the second time this season after finishing 18th (2:27.51) at the Niswonger. Powell will make her season debut in the mile after finishing 19th in the 3000 (11:04.38) at Niswonger.
