BOONE, N.C. - The App State men's and women's track & field team is set to host its Mountaineer First Chance meet at the Randy Marion Track & Field Facility on Friday. Field events are slated for a 9:30 a.m. start and track events are scheduled to start at 1 p.m.
Joining the Mountaineers in Friday's competition will be Belmont Abbey, Emory & Henry, Ferrum, Hillsdale, King, Lees-McRae, Lenoir-Rhyne, Rio Grande (Ohio), Tusculum, UNC Greensboro, and UVA-Wise.
Admission is free and free parking is available for fans in the App 105 lot and ADA parking is available adjacent to the App 105 Building.
Last Time Out
The Mountaineers opened the outdoor season with a sweep of the Myrtle Beach Invitational titles on March 14-15 in Myrtle Beach. The men scored 142 points and the women scored 112.5 points. Graduate student
Ethan Turner led the pack in the men's 3,000 meters, clinching first and setting a new program record with a time of 8:21.76. The previous school record of 8:28.70 was set in 1998. The women's 4x100-meter relay team of freshman
Zaniya Littlejohn, sophomore
Nicole Wells, senior
Mariah McCord, and sophomore
Kendall Johnson finished first and set a new meet record with a time of 45.67. The previous meet record of 45.95 was set in 2010.
App State totaled nine event wins and 49 top-eight finishes on the weekend. In addition to the women's 4x100-meter relay win, App State saw first-place finishes from the women's 4x400-meter relay team and both men's and women's 4x800-meter relay teams. The women's 4x400-meter relay team of Wells, McCord, Johnson, and junior
Addison Ollendick-Smith stopped the clock at 3:53.96. The quartet of redshirt sophomore
Rylan Haskett, freshmen
Zach Makemson and
Rowan Gwin, and junior
Ethan Lipham clocked a time of 7:39.63 in the men's 4x800-meter relay, while the quartet of senior
Regan Hodge, junior
Maddie Quinn, and freshmen
Ella Battel and
Savannah Moore stopped the clock at 9:28.32 in the women's 4x800-meter relay.
Individually, Johnson clinched first in the women's 100 meters with a time of 11.71. Freshman
Thomas Wlazlowski placed first in the men's 1,500 meters with a time of 3:53.29 and redshirt junior
Chase Burrell stopped the clock at 15:12.98 in the men's 5,000 meters to place first. In the men's pole vault, graduate student
Patrick Freeman recorded a personal best clearance of 5.20m (17' 0.75") to place first and move to fourth in the App State all-time list.
Up Next
The Mountaineers will make an appearance in the Raleigh Relays, hosted by N.C. State on March 27-29.
