University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Track and Field Travels to Wake Forest Invitational
01.10.2015 | Track and Field
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The UNC Asheville Track and Field squads will have their first meet in 2015 on Saturday when the Bulldogs travel to Winston-Salem to take part in the Wake Forest Invitational that will be held at the JDL Fast Track.
This will be the Bulldogs second meet in the indoor season. Asheville opened the indoor season here last month. The meet begins with field events starting at 9:30 a.m.
Asheville coach Jesse Norman is anxious to see how his team does in the first meet of 2015.
“We're not bringing everybody on Saturday, but we will have the majority of our team competing,” stated Norman. “Hopefully, everybody has worked hard over the holidays and will be in good shape when we start competing. This is a great meet against some very good competition that will be a good gauge to see where we are at this point of the year.”
The Bulldogs had some good results here last month.
On the women's side, the Bulldogs did some good work in their distance events. Amy Castle came in fourth in the 3,000 meters at a time of 11:05.76. Asheville went 5-6 in the 1,000 meters with Casey Greenwalt posted a time of 3:04.69 to take fifth, while Alyssa Lashway came in sixth at 3:11.47.
Freshman Maddie Lowe came in 12th in the mile with a mark of 5:26.17.
Kassie Pierre competed in the 400 meters and finished 11th at 1:00.19.
Argia Gibson led the way for Asheville in field events. She took fourth in the long jump with a leap of 5.51 meters and ninth in the triple jump at 10.76 meters.
On the men's side, the Bulldogs had three runners place in the top 10 in the mile. David Hager came in third as he posted a mark of 4:35.26. Chilton Birdwhitsell finished fourth at 4:37.52. Jacob Fink took 10th with a time of 4:55.17.
In the 1000 meters, Nathan Kirse finished eighth with a time of 2:44.22. Brent Schouler took ninth at 2:44.30.
Mario Thorpe competed in the triple jump and came in 10th with a jump of 13.13 meters.
