University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Record-Breaking Start to Indoor Season at JDL College Kickoff for UNC Asheville
12.03.2016 | Track and Field
Overall Results
UNC Asheville women's results
UNC Asheville men's results
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - It was a record-breaking start to the indoor season for the UNC Asheville track and field teams at the JDL College Kickoff Classic at the JDL Fast Track on Saturday, Dec. 3.Â
On the women's side it was junior Kayli Nichols in the 60-meter hurdles who broke her own school indoor record by posting a time of 8.95. In fact, Nichols posted the new school-record in both the preliminaries and then again in the finals. Her new mark bested her original record time of 9.00.Â
On the men's side it was freshman Matthew Harding who set the new school mark in the men's 800 meters with a time of 1:54.33. The time allowed him to place first overall and best an individual for the top spot who recorded a time of 1:48 last year as well.Â
QUOTABLES
"This is a good place for us to start our competitive year. This meet is about getting our speed/power kids along with our freshmen back into competition mode. I believe that we did a good job with that." - Jesse Norman
UP NEXT
The Bulldogs will next travel to East Tennessee State on Jan. 13-14, 2017, for the ETSU Track and Field Invitational.
