Feb. 28, 2009
Complete Results
BLACKSBURG, Va. -
The North Carolina track and field teams wrapped up competition at the ACC Indoor Championships Saturday afternoon in Blacksburg, Va. and the women turned in an impressive effort on the final day as they shot up the standings and finished second overall with 104 points. The men finished fourth overall as they tallied 61.5 points on the weekend. The Tar Heels will travel to South Bend, Ind. next weekend for the Alex Wilson Invitational before heading to the NCAA Indoor Championships to be held March 13-14.
The No. 13-ranked women picked up a quick three points in the mile run from an unlikely athlete as freshman Ashley Verplank, in her lone action of the indoor season to date placed sixth overall in a time of 4:54.61. Vanneisha Ivy and LaToya James scored in the 60-meter hurdles for the Tar Heels as Ivy claimed All-ACC honors with a third place finish in 8.24, while James finished seventh overall in 8.45. Ivy added another point in the 60-meter dash where she finished eighth overall in 7.63 before adding three more points in the 200 (23.97).
Freshman Elizabeth Mott fell just shy of the ACC title in the 400-meter dash as she clocked a 54.62 for a second place finish. Right behind Mott was sophomore Christine Johnson who finished third as she ran a 55.02 to hold off a pair of Miami sprinters. The 800 saw Carolina put up 18 points as Callie Pottinger finished second overall (2:08.13), Dominique Jackson third (2:09.58) and Tasha Stanley fifth (2:11.29) to shoot Carolina up the standings.
Brie Felnagle picked up the Carolina's first ACC title when she ran a 9:25.97 in the 3000 to claim the top spot. Junior
Lauren Holesh tacked on four more points for the Tar Heels as she finished fifth behind Felnagle in 9:35.03. The 4x400 relay team of
Christine Johnson,
Elizabeth Mott,
Callie Pottinger and
Tasha Stanley turned in another ACC title performance as the group set an ACC-record in the event in 3:38.21.
Becky O'Brien picked up All-ACC honors in the shot put as she finished third with a top throw of 49-5 3/4, while Kimberly Warren finished eighth to earn a point with a throw of 45-1. Another freshman, Michelle Newman, picked up three points with a sixth place finish in the triple jump as she cleared 40-5.
The Tar Heel men picked up the majority of their points on Saturday from the field events as 2008 All-America Austin Davis set a new Carolina indoor record in the triple jump as the sophomore cleared 53-5 3/4 to claim the individual title. With the mark, Davis punched his ticket to the NCAA Indoor Championships in two weeks. Meanwhile, in the high jump Daniel Keller earned four points as he cleared 6-8 1/4 for fifth place, while teammate Travis Leonard equaled the mark in one more attempt for sixth place and three points.
In the track events Carolina picked up eight points in the 800 when Adam Smith finished second overall with a time of 1:52.33 to earn All-ACC honors. Charles Cox picked up a pair of points in the 200-meter dash as he clocked a 21.89 to earn seventh place in a highly competitive field.
Florida State claimed both the men's and women's team titles as the No. 6 women posted 132 total points, 28 ahead of the No. 13 Tar Heels in second place who outdistanced No. 8 Virginia Tech by 19 points. The Seminole men totaled 125 points, holding off Virginia Tech (98.5), Virginia (94) and Carolina (61.5). Both the Tar Heel men and women finished ahead of Duke in the standings and each earned a 1/2 point in the Carlyle Cup competition as Carolina now leads 11.5-3.5 in the competition.
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Women - Team Rankings - 17 Events Scored
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1) Florida State 132 2) North Carolina 104
3) Clemson 85 4) Virginia Tech 83.33
5) Miami 61 6) NC State 47
7) Georgia Tech 37.33 8) Virginia 29
9) Duke 26.33 10) Wake Forest 24
11) Boston College 23 12) Maryland 10
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Men - Team Rankings - 17 Events Scored
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1) Florida State 125 2) Virginia Tech 98.50
3) Virginia 94 4) North Carolina 61.50
5) Clemson 57 6) NC State 49
7) Wake Forest 46 8) Georgia Tech 43
9) Miami 31 10) Duke 28
11) Maryland 23 12) Boston College 3
ACC Champions
Ryan Booker - DMR
Adam Cunningham - DMR
Austin Davis - Triple Jump
Brie Felnagle - 3000
Christine Johnson - 4x400
Kyle Milks - DMR
Elizabeth Mott - 4x400
Callie Pottinger - 4x400
Adam Smith - DMR
Tasha Stanley - 4x400
All-ACC
Ryan Booker - DMR - 1st
Adam Cunningham - DMR - 1st
Austin Davis - Triple Jump - 1st
Brie Felnagle - 3000 - 1st; DMR - 2nd
Callan Fike - DMR - 2nd
Vanneisha Ivy - 60-hurdles - 3rd
Dominique Jackson - 800 - 3rd; DMR - 2nd
Christine Johnson - 400 - 3rd; 4x400 - 1st
Cierra McGee - DMR - 2nd
Kyle Milks - DMR - 1st
Elizabeth Mott - 400 - 2nd; 4x400 - 1st
Becky O'Brien - Shot Put - 3rd
Callie Pottinger - 800 - 2nd; 4x400 - 1st
Adam Smith - 800 - 2nd; DMR - 1st
Tasha Stanley - 4x400 - 1st
NCAA Provisional Marks Set
Alexandra Coppadge - Pentathlon - 3824 points
Brie Felnagle - 3000 - 9:25.97
Lauren Holesh - 5000 - 16:27.45
Vanneisha Ivy - 200 - 23.97; 60-hurdles - 8.21
LaToya James - 60-hurdles - 8.34
Elizabeth Mott - 400 - 54.25
Callie Pottinger - 800 - 2:08.13
Tasha Stanley - 800 - 2:09.16
4x400 relay (Christine Johnson, Elizabeth Mott, Callie Pottinger, Tasha Stanley) 3:38.21
DMR (Callan Fike, Cierra McGee, Dominique Jackson, Brie Felnagle) - 11:25.82
NCAA Automatic Marks Set
Austin Davis - Triple Jump - 53-5 3/4
Daniel Keller - Heptathlon - 5712 points
