University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
Thundering Herd Invitational
Asheville Track and Field Concludes Day Two at Marshall
01.30.2016 | Track and Field
THE MEET
Thundering Herd Invitational
End Day Two
Location: Marshall University/ Huntington, W.V.
HUNTINGTON– The UNC Asheville Men's and Women's track and field teams wrapped up day two of competition at the Thundering Herd Invitational hosted by Marshall University.
NOTABLES
-Asheville saw their Women's 60 meter Hurdles record fall this afternoon, as Kayli Nichols posted a time of 9.08 to take over the number one spot on the Asheville all-time list. Nichols came in 16 overall in a field of 39 hurdlers.
-In the Heptathlon, Hunter Koike competed in the final three events on day two. He finished the 60 Meter Hurdles in sixth place (9.14), the Pole Vault in eighth place (3.15m) and the 100 Meter Run in fifth place (2:55.08). Koike finished all seven events in fourth place in a field of 11 athletes with 4,481 total points, which is an Asheville program record.
-Casey Greenwalt made strides in the Women's Mile, winning her heat with a time of 5:15.22. This is a 13 second improvement on her time at the ETSU Invitational earlier this year. She was joined in the top 20 by her teammate, Erin Dalton who finished 15th overall with a time of 5:17.81 to reach a new season best by 12 seconds.
-Asheville had two Bulldogs crack the top 10 in the Men's Mile, Chilton Birdwhitsell finished in eighth place overall with a time of 4:20.38. He was closely followed by teammate, Blanton Gillespie in tenth place with at time of 4:21.43.
-Freshman, Kimani Anderson broke into the top 10 in the Men's 400 Meter Dash, posting a time of 50.67. This time ties him for the number three spot on Asheville's all-time list.
QUOTABLES FROM HEAD COACH JESSE NORMAN
On the Meet: “I am extremely pleased with the long sprints and the middle distance runners, I think we had a good weekend with some fast times from that group in particular. Overall I think it was a productive weekend for us. There are a few things that we need to clean up in the technical events and with our long distance runners, but as a team we are in a good spot right now.”
On Progressing- “Right now we need to focus on getting everyone healthy, so we might unload a little this week heading into ETSU. That way we can get back on track and be ready when we come back to Marshall in two weeks.”
UP NEXT
Following this weekend's meet, the Bulldogs will return to the Buc Dome at ETSU in Johnson City, Tennessee for the Buccaneer Track & Field Invitational on February 5-6.
