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Friday Full of Strong Performances for Bulldog Track & Field

02.03.2017 | Track and Field


THE MEET
Buccaneer Track & Field Invitational
Location: Mountain States Health Alliance Athletics Center / Johnson City, Tenn.
Dates: Feb. 2-4

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - The UNC Asheville men's and women's track and field teams completed day two of the three-day Buccaneer Track and Field Invitational Friday afternoon.

The long day began for the Bulldogs with freshman Desire Brown placing 11th in the women's 400 meters, finishing in just under a minute (59.58) to advance to the finals tomorrow.

Three Asheville runners placed in the top-25 of the women's 60 meters prelims: freshmen Jailah Grimes (8.05) and Brown (8.07) and senior Argia Gibson (8.06). Grimes set her fifth-best time in this event with her performance.

In the women's 200 meter dash, junior Kayli Nichols placed 15th with a time of 25.78, moving to fourth on the all-time records for the Bulldogs.

The afternoon concluded with senior Phoebe Schneider finishing 10th with a time of 18:56.81 in the women's 5000 meters for Asheville.
 
BULLDOG BITES
FAMILIAR LOCATION: UNC Asheville's squads are no strangers to competing in Johnson City. In fact, the Bulldogs competed there to kick off their 2017 indoor season in the ETSU Track & Field Invitational.
 
BREAKING RECORDS: Junior Kayli Nichols maintained her solid start to the season, setting the fourth-best 200 meter time for the program. Nichols also turned in a pair of strong performances last weekend, establishing school bests in both the 60 meter hurdles and the 500 meter dash.
 
RUNNING HARD(ING): Matthew Harding continued his early collegiate success last weekend at the Darius Dixon Invitational with another top-five finish in the 400 meter dash. Harding had two top-three finishes the previous weekend as well, one in the 500 meter dash and another in the 1000 meter run.
 
UP NEXT:  Following this weekend's competition, the Bulldog men and women will travel to Huntington, W. Va., to compete in the Chipotle Marshall Invitational next weekend, Feb. 10-11.
 

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Desire Brown

Sprints
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Argia Gibson

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Jailah Grimes

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Matthew Harding

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Kayli Nichols

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Phoebe Schneider

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