Bulldogs Return to Atlanta for the 2016 Georgia Tech Invitational

THE MEET

2016 Georgia Tech invitational

Location: George C. Griffin Track & Field Facility /Atlanta, Ga.

Date: April 22-23

LIVE RESULTS

ATLANTA, Ga. – The UNC Asheville Men's and Women's Track and Field teams will travel to Atlanta, Georgia for the 2016 Georgia Tech Invitational as one of two meets remaining before the 2016 Big South Conference Championships held in May.

NOTABLES

-Day one for the Bulldogs will open with the women's 100m hurdles on Friday beginning at 5:00p.m. Friday's competition will feature five running events: the 100m hurdles, 3,000m steeplechase, 1500m, 5,000m and the 10,000 meter run. In the first day of field event action, the Bulldogs will compete in the men's javelin, men's and women's long jump, and the men's pole vault.

-The remainder of the events will take place on Saturday, April 23 with the first event in the field being the women's high jump, set to begin at 11:00 a.m., and the first event on the track being the women's 4x100m relay at 1:00 p.m.

-In all running events throughout the weekend, the schedule will run Women, followed by Men.

LAST TIME OUT

-Asheville's last competition was the 2016 Beynon Sports Catamount Classic on April 15 and 16, where the Bulldogs recorded program bests and improved their positions in the Big South Conference Outdoor rankings.

-On the men's side, junior Dominic Collichio recorded a time of 33:39.13 in the 10,000m to move into fifth place in the Big South Conference rankings. His teammates, Zach Boone and Ryan Catrine also took advantage of the weekend, recording times that rank just behind him in fifth (33:39.14) and sixth (34:11.46), respectively.

-On the women's side, senior Kelsie Rubino's event-winning time of 2:14.36 in the 800m moved her to seventh in the Big South Conference rankings. In the 4x100 meter relay, Asheville's team of Kayli Nichols, Argia Gibson, Nateja Hale and Anna Gelbach posted a time of 48.52 to finish seventh overall and move into fifth place in the Big South.

QUOTABLES FROM HEAD COACH JESSE NORMAN

On the Meet-“We're looking forward to going back to Georgia Tech this weekend, there will be some high caliber competition, they have a great facility, and it looks like we'll have some good weather. We want to see where we're at as a team at this point in the season, as well as how much we've progressed since our last competition there.”

On Conference Qualifiers- “We're getting down to crunch time as far as our season goes, and a big focus for us this weekend will be improving our seedings in conference and getting those kids who are on the fence to a qualifying mark."

Athletes to Watch- “We're looking forward to a great race in the women's 800m within our own team, Alyssa (Lashway) and Kelsie (Rubino) are very close in their seed times so this will be a good opportunity for them to push each other. On the men's side we'll be strong in the middle distance events, with events ranging from the 400m to the 1500m being our strong suits."

UP NEXT

Following this weekend's meet, Asheville will send split squads to either Western Carolina University on Friday, April 29 or Appalachian State University on Saturday, April 30. These will be Asheville last competitions before the Big South Conference Championships on May 10-12.