University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Asheville Opens 2015-16 Indoor Season at JDL Fast Track
12.05.2015 | Track and Field
THE MEET
JDL COLLEGE KICK-OFF CLASSIC
Results: Unscored
WOMEN: 4th - ASHEVILLE
Location: Winston- Salem, N.C.
Winston-Salem, N.C. – The UNC Asheville men's and women's track and field teams opened their Indoor season with a one-day meet between 20 teams.
THE TURNING POINT
The Bulldogs started off the day with a solid performance in the women's 60-meter hurdles from Kayli Nichols. Her time of 9.22 seconds was 10th overall, and 2nd in school history. Asheville also saw a good performance from freshman high jumper, Camden Coble. Coble secured 7th place at the meet and tied the number three all-time mark at Asheville with a jump of 1.90 meters.
NOTABLES
-Alyssa Lashway led the way for the Bulldogs with the top performance. Lashway placed 1st in the 1,000 meter run with a time of 3:01.80. Lashway was closely followed by her teammates Maddie Lowe (3:06.12), and Lana Reeves (3:11.09) who placed 5th and 6th respectively. All three ladies ran new personal bests.
-Marissa Banks also brought home a top finish for Asheville with a 6th place finish in the 3,000 meter run with a time of 10:53.10.
-Saturday's race was the first competitive meet for the Bulldogs and their 2015-16 squad. The Bulldogs returned 30, and brought in 14 new athletes.
QUOTABLES FROM HEAD COACH JESSE NORMAN
On the Track- “Overall, I'm pretty happy with our performances as a whole. Compared to years past, this year's squad is more than few steps ahead of where we usually start out at this point in the year. From top to bottom I'm really pleased with our performances. I think that comes from such great team chemistry, and some new testing we've implemented throughout our preseason.”
On the Break- “Going into the holiday break everyone will be re-gathering themselves and getting back into their training cycles. Our expectation as a coaching staff is for them to go home and work hard. We expect that they will hold each other accountable.”
On the Season- “I think both the men's and women's middle distance runners will be the foundation of our team this year. We have a crazy amount of depth. We also have more athletes in sprint events and field events then we've had in a while. I'm looking forward to what we can do this season.”
UP NEXT
Following this weekend's meet, Asheville men's and women's teams will compete at the East Tennessee State University Track & Field Invitational in Johnson City, TN on January 15th and 16th.
