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University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville
Big South Indoor Track & Field Championships
Bulldogs Return to Blacksburg for Big South Indoor Championships
02.22.2024 | Track and Field
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - The UNC Asheville Track and Field team is geared up and ready for the Big South Indoor Track and Field Championships, which begins this Friday, Feb. 23, at the Rector Field House at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va.
Ahead of the Championships, Asheville's men are No. 4 in the Big South with 263 points. The top three points scorers for the season are Zac Weas (60m Hurdles, 22.88 pts), Adam Hessler (5000m, 21.55 pts), and Alex Haines (20.44 pts). The women are currently ranked fifth with 191 points. The highest points scorers on the women's side this season have been Brianna Moore (Long jump, 23.66 pts), the DMR squad (Isabel Richardson, Amanda Orban, Alison Graf and Emma Kennett, 19.55 pts) and Mallory Haney (18.69 pts). High Point University tops the Conference tables for both men and women.Â
LAST TIME OUTÂ
The Bulldogs closed the regular season strong at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational on Feb. 9-10. Asheville had three individuals break program records throughout the weekend. Junior Alison Graf took the women's 1000m record at 2:57.28. Shortly after, Jalen Anderson rebroke his 200m record from the previous weekend (21.58) with his time of 21.43. Senior Adam Hessler joined Anderson with his third broken record in three meets after he took first place in the men's open mile in 4:11.72.
THIS TIME LAST YEARÂ
At the 2023 Big South Indoor Championships, UNC Asheville had 11 podium finishes, four conference champions secured, and three program records shattered. The four conference titles came from Claudia Prieto (long jump), Zac Weas (60-meter hurdles), Solomon McDonald (shot put), and Adam Hessler (5000-meter run).Â
Men's Lineup
Jr. DaMarr Harvey- 60m, 200mFr. Braelin June - 60m
Sr. Jalen Anderson - 200m, 400m
Sr. Anthony Mason - 200m, 400m
Fr. Isaac Wright - 400m
Jr. Christopher Owens - 400m
5th. Alex Haines - 800m, 1 Mile
Fr. Jaheem O'Hara - 800m
Gr. Brock Newsome - 800m
Gr. Tom Germann - 800m
Fr. Brandon Kalasnik - 800m
Fr. Lance Surles - 1 Mile
Fr. Jan Málek - 1 Mile, 3000m
Sr. Adam Hessler - 3000m, 5000m
Sr. Daniel Hopkins - 3000m, 5000m
Sr. Andrew Okon - 5000m
Fr. Jonas Roach - 5000m
Sr. Zac Weas - 60m Hurdles
Fr. Gabe Matthews - Long jump, Triple jump
Sr. Mason Bradley - Long jump
Sr. Adam Graham - Heptathlon
Fr. Dylan Metcalf - Heptathlon, Pole vault
Fr. Eli Oeschger - Heptathlon, Pole vault
4 x 400m - (Christopher Owens, Braelin June, DaMarr Harvey, Anthony Mason)
DMR - (1200m: Alex Haines, 400m: Brandon Kalasnik, 800m: Jaheem O'Hara, 1600m: Jackson Core)
Women's Lineup
Sr. Elyse Myles - 200m, 400mFr. Francesca Cergol - 200m, 400m, Long jump, Triple jump
Jr. Chaniya Owens - 200m
Jr. Alison Graf - 800m
Fr. Zoe Bos - 800m
Fr. Isabel Richardson - 1 Mile, 3000m
So. Emma Kennett - 1 Mile, 3000m
So. Emily Leo - 1 Mile
So. Sophie Lundin - 3000m, 5000m
Fr. Ella Moore - 3000m
So. Alyx Beausoleil - 3000m, 5000m
Gr. Brianna Moore - Long jump
Sr. Mallory Haney - Long jump, Triple jump, High jump, pentathlon
Fr. Lee Kania - High Jump, pentathlon
Fr. Amelia Rogers - Pole vault
Sr. Raina Jackson - Shot put, weight throw
Fr. Jaelyn Arnold - Shot put, weight throw
So. Madison Hannah - Shot put, weight throw
Sr. Maya Dulaney - Pentathlon
4 x 400m (Elyse Myles, Mallory Haney, Zoe Bos, Brianna Moore)
DMR- (1200m: Isabel Richardson, 400m: Amanda Orban, 800m: Alison Graf, 1600m: Emma Kennett)
MEET INFORMATION
Live results will be available HERE. For more information on the Big South Championships, visit HERE for the women's page and HERE for the men's page. Â
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