University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
TRACK AND FIELD SET TO BEGIN SEASON AT JDL CLASSIC
12.04.2015 | Track and Field
THE MEET
JDL College Kickoff Classic (Men & Women)
Location: Winston-Salem, N.C.
Date: Saturday, December 5
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The UNC Asheville track and field teams will head to Winston-Salem to compete Saturday in the JDL College Kickoff Classic.
NOTES
-The Bulldogs return 30 athletes this season including 16 for the women and 14 for the men.
-Kimani Anderson, Hunter Koike, Chris McKoy, Joe McNamara, Jason Perry, Sergeneno Rankin, Chase Stevens, Katherine Duquiatan, Lauren Etheridge, Anna Gelbach, Argia Gibson, Nateja Hale, Kayli Nichols, Chandler Randall and Tara Thompson will represent the Sprints division.
-Matthew Barrera, Chilton Birdwhitsell, Ryan Catrine, Dominic Collichio, Jacob Fink, Blanton Gillespie, David Hager, Nathan Kirse, Patrick Osborne, Caleb Smith, Andy Thornburg, Marissa Banks, Scarlett Beamon, Megan Brewer, Amy Castle, Kelley Coleman, Erin Dalton, Katie Gamble, Casey Greenwait, Sarah Heisner, Alyssa Lashway, Maddie Lowe, Kelly Petroski, Lana Reves, Kelsie Rubino and Phoebe Schneider will represent the Distance division.
-Camden Coble and Keenan Devaney will represent the Jump and Throw division.
-Head Coach Jesse Norman is joined by assistant coach Adam Puett (distance) and assistant coach Joel Williams (sprints, hurdles, jumps and throws).
QUOTES
“I'm looking forward to seeing where everybody is at, and seeing everybody being competitive. I want to see where the freshmen are and give them their first experience at a college track meet. We are going to focus on trying to win our heats and our flights and that is going to be a big thing to see where we are at and then seeing the team chemistry, team atmosphere, and what we need to work on going into indoors.” - Head Coach Jesse Norman
“What I'm hoping for this weekend is giving people a chance to break the rust from not competing in awhile. This is a reward for training; the chance to compete. I am not looking for anything specific other than people going out and competing hard and using the meet as sort of a barometer to let them know where they are in terms of there condition, things they need to work on and gives them a motivation of what they need to do over break. Hopefully that will motivate them to work even harder and to be very consistent in their training.” - Assistant Coach Joel Williams
UP NEXT
-Following this weekend's meet the Bulldog men and women will compete at the Wake Forest Invitational in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Saturday, Jan. 16.
