University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Track and Field Travels to ETSU
01.14.2016 | Track and Field
THE MEET
ETSU Track and Field Invitational
Location: Johnson City, T.N.
Date: January 15-16
LIVE RESULTS (Timing Inc.)
JOHNSON CITY – The UNC Asheville track and field teams take a short trip to Johnson City where they will compete in the ETSU Track and Field Invitational. The two day meet will be their first competition of the New Year, and the second competition of their indoor season.
NOTABLES
-Asheville is coming out of a long winter training cycle, and a six-week break from competition. This weekend's meet will be the first time back on the track for the Bulldogs since their first meet of the 2015-16 indoor season on December 5th at JDL fast track.
-On the women's side, the Bulldogs saw some solid opening marks at their first competition of the year. Alyssa Lashway had a first place finish in the 1,000 meter run with a time of 3:01.80. Freshman, Kayli Nichols opened up in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 9.22 seconds which was 10th overall, and 2nd in school history.
-On the Men's side, Asheville saw some production in the field from freshman high jumper, Camden Coble. Coble secured 7th place at JDL and tied the number three all-time mark at Asheville with a jump of 1.90 meters.
-The Bulldogs will be returning a few key runners who were out at JDL due to an extended cross country Season. On the Men's team, Asheville will see the return of Caleb Smith, Dominic Collichio, Ryan Catrine, Jacob Fink and Andy Thornburg which will add depth on the distance side. For the Women, Kelsie Rubino, Sarah Heisner, Erin Dalton, Scarlett Beamon, Megan Brewer and Casey Greenwalt will also be opening their indoor track season at ETSU.
QUOTABLES FROM HEAD COACH JESSE NORMAN
On ETSU- “We are looking forward to the meet this weekend at ETSU. The coaching staff is excited to see where everyone is at after our winter break. This is a good meet to bust the rust off and get back into competition mode. We will be bringing everyone that is healthy this weekend, which will be the indoor debut for some of the distance athletes, mainly the ladies who raced at the NCAA Regional Championships in the fall."
On looking forward- "At this meet our goal is just to compete and try to win the heats and flights that we are in. If we can accomplish those goals the coaching staff will view this weekend as a success and we will build on this weekend for our next meet at Marshall at the end of the month.”
UP NEXT
-Following this weekend's competition, the Bulldog Men and Women will travel to Huntington, West Virginia on January 29-30 to compete in the Thundering Herd Invitational hosted by Marshall University.
