March 14, 2009
COLLEGE STATION, Texas -
The North Carolina women's track and field team finished with 14 team points at the NCAA Indoor Championships in College Station, Texas en route to finishing in a tie for 12th place in the country. The finish is the highest for the Tar Heel women since the 2005 squad finished in 10th place. The Carolina men finished with four team points for a tie for 41st place. Oregon claimed the men's title, while Tennessee was crowned the women's champion.
Brie Felnagle opened the day by earning her 12th All-America honor as she clocked a 4:37.00 for fifth place in the mile. Felnagle's fifth place showing earned the Tar Heels four more team points, after she earned her 11th All-America plaudit with the third place DMR squad on Friday night.
Vanneisha Ivy became a first-time All-America in the 60-meter hurdles when she finished eighth overall in a time of 8.43 in the final. Ivy's eighth place showing garnered Carolina another point in the team competition.
The Tar Heel women picked up another point in the 4x400-meter relay as the group of Christine Johnson, Callie Pottinger, Elizabeth Mott and Tasha Stanley turned in the third-fastest time in school history. The Carolina squad ran the event in 3:37.01 for the eighth place finish.
On the men's side, Daniel Keller picked up All-America honors in the heptathlon as the senior accumulated 5,589 points for a seventh place finish. Keller opened Saturday with 858 points in the 60-meter hurdles as he posted a time of 8.51. The High Point, N.C., native stepped up in his premiere event as he cleared 16-8 3/4 in the pole vault for 941 points. Keller would close out the day with 773 points in the 1000-meter run as he finished in 2:49.26.
Sophomore Austin Davis picked up his second All-America honor in as many years when he cleared 52-10 1/4 in the triple jump. Davis' jump placed him seventh in the country picking up two team points for the Tar Heels.
2009 Indoor All-Americas
Men
Austin Davis - Triple Jump - seventh - 2nd All-America honor
Daniel Keller - Heptathlon - seventh - 1st All-America honor
Women
Brie Felnagle - Mile & DMR - fifth & second - 11th & 12th All-America honor
Vanneisha Ivy - 60-meter hurdles - eighth - 1st All-America honor
Christine Johnson - 4x400 - eighth - 1st All-America honor
Elizabeth Mott - 4x400 & DMR - eighth and second - 1st & 2nd All-America honor
Callie Pottinger - 4x400 & DMR - eighth and second - 1st & 2nd All-America honor
Tasha Stanley - 4x400 - eighth - 1st All-America honor
Ashley Verplank - DMR - eighth - 1st All-America honor
