University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
Big South Indoor Championship
Track and Field Concludes Big South Indoor Championships
02.27.2016 | Track and Field
THE MEET
2015-16 Big South Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships
Location: Location: Rector Field House, Virginia Tech University / Blacksburg, Va.
Place: Men 7th, Women 9th
BLACKSBURG– The UNC Asheville Men's and Women's track and field teams finished their final day of competition at the 2015-16 Big South Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships.
NOTABLES
- Two Bulldogs were named to the Big South All-Academic Team. Junior, Sarah Heisner was named to the women's All- Academic team, and junior Caleb Smith was named to the men's Big South All-Academic team, announced at the conclusion of the meet on Saturday afternoon.
-Senior, Erin Dalton placed fourth in the women's 5,000 meter run, just missing an All-Conference finish with a time of 18:19.52. Finishing closely behind her was teammate, Sarah Heisner in fifth place with a time of 18:19.83.
-Asheville had three Bulldogs score in the men's Mile Run. Blanton Gillespie placed fifth with a time of 4:26.11, Andy Thornburg placed sixth with a time of 4:28.89 and David Hager placed seventh with a time of 4:30.15. Kelsie Rubio also scored in the women's mile with a seventh place finish and a time of 5:03.71.
- Sophomore, Kayli Nichols placed sixth in the women's 60 meter hurdles. Nichols recorded a program-best 9.00 seconds, replacing her own record of 9.01 seconds from the preliminary races yesterday.
-Asheville had two men and one woman score in the 800 meter run finals. Senior, Patrick Osborne picked up seventh place with a time of 1.56.82 and Chase Stevens finished eighth with a time of 1:56.89. For the women, Alyssa Lashway placed sixth with a time of 2:16.26.
QUOTABLES FROM HEAD COACH JESSE NORMAN
On the Meet- " I Thought we did a great job competing this weekend. We were only just over 20 points behind a 4th place finish on both sides. We will need to get more bodies on the team so that we can close the gap on the rest of the conference. I'm super proud of how our kids competed with some tough circumstances this weekend. I believe this will set us up for a good outdoor season. "
