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Track and field team finishes strong at Western
By Phillip Amos
Staff Writer
PMAMOS@UNCA.EDU
UNC Asheville senior sprinter Nat
alie Pearson dominated the 100 and
200 meter races, wiiming both at the
Beynon Sports Surfaces Catamount
Classic held at Western Carolina.
“Natalie ran two amazing races this
weekend. She has been the best ex
ample of how dedicating yourself to
your training will always pay off, and I
feel like the rest of the team has looked
up to her work ethic,” junior Simon
Haake said.
Both the men’s and women’s track
teams finished well, but the women
gained the most success on the day.
The women’s team plaeed in the top-
five in eight events.
Senior Corrie Trotter finished sec
ond in the high jump with a leap of
1.50 meters.
In the javelin, freshman Ashlei
Clodfelter placed second with a throw
of 36.29 meters. She also took 10th in
the discus with a distance of 34.28 me
ters.
“The meet overall went really good
because it was one of the smaller meets
we went to, and so everyone was real
ly competitive, which showed in their
performances,” Pearson said. “I was
really happy with my raees, as they
were both really comfortable wins.”
Freshman Alyska Kalmeijer took
fifth in the 800 meters with a time of
2:22, followed by Katie Olert, who
eame in 11th at 2:30. Freshman Kylie
Smith placed sixth in the 1500 meters
at a time of 5:12. Whitney Stafford
finished fourth in the 400 hurdles at
1:06 and then took seventh in the 100
hurdles at a time of 15.68.
For the first time this season, the
women reached the baton round in the
4x100 meter relay, which was made up
of Eureka Jones, Sarah Gentry, Pear
son and Clodfelter.
“There were quite a few highlights
from the meet yesterday. One of these
was the women’s 400 meter relay
team. These girls did an amazing job
getting around the traek,” Trotter said.
“They had smooth handoffs and had a
great time.”
Stafford finished fourth in the 400
hurdles at 1:06 and then took seventh
in the 100 hurdles at a time of 15.68.
Rebekah Pineda - Contributing Photographer
Top, Raymond Urrutia and Jordan
Yarbrough sprint to the finish line.
Jeremy Horn slings the shot put
during his competition at Western
as judges watch his throw.
In the 400 meters. Gentry came in fifth
at 58.96 and Jones finished right be
hind her, placing seventh with a time
of 1:00.30.
Rachel Ambrosia took 11th in the
5000 meters with a time of 20:38 and
Erin Putnam placed 13 th with a time
of21:ll.
Collectively, the men’s team yield
ed their best results so far this season
in the 800-meter race, placing three
runners in the top eight.
Sam Maynard placed third at
1:53.56, followed closely by Eliud
Chirchir in fourth at 1:53.57. Car
los Lopez finished eighth at 1:58 and
Chris Murray finished 17th with a time
of2:05.
“Ian and Simon deserve a big men
tion as always because they did like
four events each, definitely hard to do.
Sam and Eli also both had exciting 800
meter races,” Pearson said.
Kent Rankin finished 10th in
the 1500 meters at 4:10, and Adam
Schnapp took 18th at 4:15. Raymond
Urrutia placed 10th in the 200 meters
with a time of 21.90, and he also fin
ished 14th in the 400 meters at 51.23.
“The whole team is starting to show
how much stronger we are than last
year, and other teams in the conference
are noticing that we’re in contention in
many different events,” Haake said.
Billy Enright led the way in the field
events with a sixth-place finish in the
javelin with a throw of 49.34 meters.
Haake finished seventh in the high
jump 1.68 meters, and 10th in the shot
put with a throw of 12.62 meters.
“Simon Haake, in the past, has only
been a javelin thrower, but this year
Simon has decided that he would like
to try the decathlon,” Trotter said. “He
is really dedicated and deserves some
recognition for all his hard work and
his willingness to try new events.”
The men’s and women’s track and
field teams return to action this week
end at the Duke Relays.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Liberty edges
by Bulldogs
with 4-3 win
By Jeremiah Reed
Staff Writer
JJREED@UNCA.EDU
Despite picking up victories in two
of the last three singles matches of the
day, the UNC Asheville men’s ten
nis team lost in three straight doubles
matches and dropped an agonizing 4-3
defeat when they visited the Liberty
Flames on Saturday.
“It’s a little bit of a microcosm of
how we’ve been all season,” Head
Coach Lise Gregory said. “We haven’t
all been able to put it together at the
same time. For us to have the success
that we’re capable of having, we all
need to be solid.”
The Bulldogs exhibited good form
during singles action and avoided
looking rusty after weather sidelined
the team for more than a week.
Nicolai Nonnebroich gave UNCA
a good start, picking up a straight
sets victory over Sim Tuss in the first
singles mateh of the day, 6-4, 6-3. The
win gave Nonnenbroieh his team-high
sixth singles vietory of the season.
After dropping the next two singles
matches. Bulldog freshman Adrien
Langeard, who saw his first court time
since suffering an injury on March 7,
picked up a victory for his team by
winning in straight sets over Chad
Simpson, 7-6 (3), 7-5.
Langeard said he is not back to 100
percent but he’s glad to be on the court
again and still feels that he can pick up
victories for his team.
“I’m not perfectly healthy, but I feel
really confident that I can win all my
matches at the No. 3 spot,” he said.
UNCA equalized the score 3-3 af
ter Thomas Rees won the final singles
match of the afternoon, downing Ben
jamin Wirth in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3.
This was the last victory the Bull
dogs would see. All three doubles
teams suffered defeat, giving the de
ciding final point to Liberty.
The top two Bulldogs doubles
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