East Carolina University
UNC Invitational
Track Wins Nine Events At North Carolina
February 14, 2011 | Track & Field
Feb. 14, 2011
Complete Meet Results in PDF Format 
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - In its final tuneup before the Conference USA Indoor Championships, East Carolina exceled by winning nine individual event titles at the North Carolina Invitational.
"Our kids did a great job today and are really focused on improvement," head coach Curt Kraft said. "They are really doing the things we ask of them in order to get ready for the Conference USA Indoor Championships. We are really starting to understand what it takes to compete and have had some success. Any time you work as hard as they have, you always have a great chance to do some special things.
The Pirate men were the story of the day, as they captured the 60-meter dash, 60-meter hurdles, mile run, 4x400 relay, long jump and shot put.
Jordan Neil took an event for the third time this season, winning the mile by clocking in at 4:13.89. Torrance Hunt, who always plays football for ECU, won the 60-meter dash with a finals time of 6.84 after qualifying in first-place at 6.82. In the high hurdles, Mario Briscoe ran a 8.18 in the preliminaries to advance to the finals as the top seed. He did not dissapoint, taking the title in 8.20.
As the top team in the field, the 4x400 relay squad lived up to its billing with a time of 3:25.39 to finish in first place, six seconds ahead of the squad from Davidson. Additionally, reigning C-USA indoor and outdoor shot put champion Dennis Aliotta walked away with first in the event with a season-best heave of 17.22 meters. In the long jump, Austin Lewis and Joseph Samuels owned the top two spots with marks of 7.05 and 6.71 meters respectively.
Brittany Copeland continued her strong campaign for the women, taking first in the 3000-meter run with a time of 9:39.59. In the 200-meter dash, a pair of Pirate ladies, Tiffany Harris and Tania Minkins, went one and two - clocking in at 24.97 and 25.01 respectively.
Like their male counterparts, the ladies on the 4x400 relay team cruised to the win, finishing in 3:48.92.
In the field, sophomore All-America high jump specialist Tynita Butts was given the week off to rest for the upcoming conference meet while Ta'Shawnda Robinson recorded 4.85 meters in the long jump to take seventh while Donisha Brown finished fourth in the weight throw with a toss of 16.44 meters. Harris also showed well in the long jump, capturing fourth place at 5.43 meters.
East Carolina is back in action when it heads to Houston Feb. 25-26 for the Conference USA Indoor Championships at the Yeoman Fieldhouse.
