Pirates Head to Blacksburg for Hokie Invite

Friday, January 24

Blacksburg, Va.

TBA

East Carolina University

Hokie Invitational

Photo by: Tom Connelly

January 19, 2023 | Track & Field

Live Results

GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina track & field program will travel to Blacksburg, Va. on Friday and Saturday for their second meet of 2023 at the Hokie Invitational.

"It's really nice to have one track meet under our belts," said Director of Track & Field Curt Kraft. "Last week was a great starting point, now we have to compete and get some results this weekend. It's always nice to go up against ACC competition. The schools we will see this weekend, I am confident will bring out the best in both of our programs."

The meet is the first of two for the Pirates at Virginia Tech with the Doc Hale Virginia Tech Meet coming up Feb. 3-4.

"This indoor track and field season goes by very fast, that's why it's really important to take advantage of every opportunity," continued Kraft. "It's very important that we see improvement each and every weekend, leading up to our conference indoor championships. As a coaching staff we are always looking for consistency in performances from week to week. You can't wait until the conference championships to prove that you can do something"

ECU Entries
Men
60m: Royal Burris, Jared Harrell, Terence Booth, Jr.
200m: Royal Burris, Zach Wadas, Zach Ray, Terence Booth, Jr.
300m: Zach Ray, Zach Wadas, Asa Simmons
600m: Coleman Ferrell, Kayin Fails
800m: Nick Willer, Zach Willer
1 Mile: Alex Sawyer, Zach Willer, Cooper Kleckner, Nick Willer
3000m: J Henry Lyon, Elliott Kleckner, Austin Mathews, Ted Sielatycki
5000m: Elliott Kleckner, Colin McCauley, Conner O'Shea
60mH: Terence Booth, Jr., Asa Simmons
Long Jump: Jared Harrell, Nate Williams
Triple Jump: Jared Harrell
Shot Put: Logan Carroll, Starrett Vesper
Weight Throw: Brock Lasure
Heptathlon: Starrett Vesper

Women
60m: Melicia Mouzzon, Rosalynd Hollingsworth, Naturi Robinson, Skyler Harrelson
200m: Melicia Mouzzon, Makhia Jarrett, Rosalynd Hollingsworth, Nature Robinson
300m: Melicia Mouzzon, Nyah Gore, Natalie Mial, Sydni McMillan
400m: Jordyn Jeffers
600m: Jordyn Jeffers
800m: Lindsay Yentz
1000m: Lindsay Yentz, Lily Schlossberg
3000m: Navaya Zales, Alyssa Zack
60mH: Sydni McMillan
High Jump: Molly Stecker
Pole Vault: Riley Jones, Rileigh Cardin
Long Jump: Skyler Harrelson, Stephanie Robson, Elizabeth Taylor
Triple Jump: Stephanie Robson, L'Nya Carpenter, Elizabeth Taylor
Shot Put: Naadiya Faison, Sashoy Benbow
Weight Throw: Jasmine Jenkins, Rebekah Bergquist, Naadiya Faison, Grace Wills
Pentathlon: Tereza Babicka

Last Time Out
The Pirates opened the 2023 indoor season at UNC's Dick Taylor Carolina Challenge. J Henry Lyon shined on the day with the fourth fastest indoor mile in school history at 4:09.94, good for second in the event. Alex Sawyer also represented the distance crew well with the lone Pirate victory of the day, taking the 800m in a time of 1:57.02.

Also on the men's side, Royal Burris continued to show his class on the heels of an AAC Indoor 200m championship, taking second place in the 60-meter dash and third in the 300m. In his collegiate debut, Jared Harrell took second in the 200m (23.63) as well as third in the 60m (7.01). Terence Booth, Jr. also found himself on the podium with his 8.28 finish for third place in the 60m hurdles.

For the women, Elizabeth Taylor nabbed a podium finish in her collegiate debut, finishing third in the triple jump with a distance of 11.48m (37-8). Melicia Mouzzon also had a strong day for the sprints group with a second-place finish in the 60m in 7.47.