Track And Field Hosts Fifth-Annual Bill Carson Invitational

Friday, April 6

Greenville, N.C.

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East Carolina University

Bill Carson Invitational

Track And Field Hosts Fifth-Annual Bill Carson Invitational

April 05, 2018 | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field, Track & Field

Schedule of Events | Live Results | Bill Carson Invitational Record Book

GREENVILLE, N.C. – For the fifth year running, the ECU track and field program will host the Bill Carson Invitational at the Minges Family Field at Bate Foundation Track & Field Facility. The meet is scheduled for April 6-7 and the visiting contingent is comprised of Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Troy and The Citadel.

Admission for the event is free of charge. Friday features the men's and women's hammer, javelin and discus events starting a 10 a.m. while the bulk of the meet is scheduled to begin Saturday at 11 a.m. with the women's pole vault.

"We are always excited to host this meet each and every year," Director of Men's and Women's Track and Field and Cross Country Curt Kraft stated. "As I have stated numerous times, this gives our student-athletes a chance to compete in front of our home fans, administration and their families. We have won this meet the last two years and our goal remains the same - it is to keep both trophies at home. Both teams are coming into our home meet with a lot of energy and enthusiasm from last weekend's Raleigh Relays.

Both the Pirate men and women have captured the team titles the last two years. The women set a meet record for team points in 2017, pulling away from the field early and racking up 281.5 to out-distance Charlotte who scored 141.5 points. The men netted 200 points to Troy's 138.

Last weekend, ECU traveled to NC State for the Raleigh Relays and set a pair of school records along with turning in numerous top-10 finishes.

Freshman Sommer Knight claimed fifth place in the pole vault invitational event, producing a school-record mark of 3.95 meters. She now owns the indoor and outdoor school records in pole vault. Additionally, junior Grace Sullivan smashed her personal record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, running a 10:26.02 - good for the program record and the top time in the American Athletic Conference this season.

Other Things to Note

Sullivan owns the 18th-fastest steeplechase time in the NCAA East Region this season.
Sophomore Nuria-Tillo Prats ran the fifth-best time in school history in the 1,500-meter run, crossing the finish line in 4:31.73. She also moved into seventh on the program career list in the 800-meter run at 2:10.54.
Junior Nick Ciaccia turned in the third-fastest time in school history in the 10,000-meter run, clocking in at 31:02.75.
Junior Stefano Migliorati leads the American Conference in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:49.54 while classmate Ryan Davis paces the AAC in the hammer throw with a mark of 64.38 meters.

Up Next: The Pirates remain in North Carolina for their next meet, heading to Greensboro for the Aggie Invitational April 13-14 at North Carolina A&T State University.