University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
ETSU Track & Field Invitational
Bulldogs Close Day Two of ETSU Invitational
01.16.2016 | Track and Field
THE MEET
East Tennessee State University Track and Field Invitational
Location: Johnson City, T.N.
JOHNSON CITY – The UNC Asheville Men's and Women's track and field teams concluded their second meet of the indoor track and field season with day two of the ETSU Track and Field Invitational.
The Bulldogs were highlighted by a standout performance in the women's Distance Medley Relay. Asheville took home first place with a time of 12:28.22. Asheville's DMR team was made up of Casey Greenwalt, Kayli Nichols, Alyssa Lashway and Sarah Heisner.
NOTABLES
-The Bulldogs also performed well in the men's Distance Medley Relay. The men's DMR team of Andy Thornburg, Kimani Anderson, Chase Stevens and Dominic Collichio placed third overall with a time of 10:28.79.
-Asheville freshman, Blanton Gillespie placed second overall in the men's Unseeded 800 Meter run. Gillespie posted a time of 1:59.67.
-Freshman jumper, Camden Coble moved up to tie the second place spot on Asheville's all-time list in the men's High Jump with a mark of 1.93 meters. Coble placed ninth overall in the event.
-In the women's field events, junior, Argia Gibson placed 10th in the women's seeded Long Jump with a mark of 5.35 meters.
QUOTABLES FROM HEAD COACH JESSE NORMAN
On the Meet: “Today was a good day for us, I was happy to see our athletes get into our heats and compete like we discussed coming into the meet. I think that overall we are in a good spot right now with some solid performances coming out of our winter training.”
On Moving Forward: “For the most part, our team is healthy and we're ready to put in a hard two weeks of training before we head to Marshall at the end of the month. We are continuing to make adjustments, because we know that once we get into the swing of our season we will be competing almost every weekend.”
UP NEXT
Following this weekend's meet, the Bulldogs will be back in action on January 29-30 at the Thundering Herd Invitational hosted by Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia.
