Pirates Travel to Virginia for a Pair of Meets

Friday, February 10

Virginia Beach, VA

East Carolina University

Kenneth Giles NSU Invitational

February 09, 2023 | Track & Field

Darius Dixon Live Results NSU Live Results

GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina track & field team will send athletes to two meets on Friday and Saturday: The Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational at Liberty University and the Kenneth Giles NSU Invitational in Virginia Beach, Va.

The Pirates will send a contingent of largely distance runners to Liberty while representatives from all event groups will travel to Virginia Beach.

"This is both teams last tune-up before we compete at the AAC Indoor Championships in two weeks," said Director of Track & Field Curt Kraft. "It's very important that we go into this last meet with a lot of energy and excitement, so that we can carry that momentum into the indoor conference championships. We have seen improvement from both teams each and every week, so we would expect nothing different this weekend."

The team will look to keep things rolling after setting four more top-10 marks in program history a week ago.

"We will see very good competition at both sites this weekend," continued Kraft. "The number one goal of the weekend is to come out healthy, so that we can be 100% at the championship meet."

Darius Dixon Entries
Men
800m: Alex Sawyer
1 Mile: Sawyer, J Henry Lyon, Zach Willer, Nick Willer
3000m: Elliott Kleckner, Ted Sielatycki
5000m: Austin Mathews

Women
800m: Lily Schlossberg
1000m: Schlossberg
1 Mile: Navaya Zales, Lindsay Yentz
3000m: Yentz, Alyssa Zack

Kenneth Giles Entry
Men
60m: Royal Burris, Jared Harrell, Zach Wadas, Terence Booth, Jr.
200m: Burris, Zack Ray, Kayin Fails, Nate Williams, Asa Simmons, Booth
400m: Ray
800m: Coleman Ferrell, Ethan Corrigan, Cooper Kleckner
1 Mile: Kleckner, Colin McCauley, Conner O'Shea
3000m: O'Shea, McCauley
60mH: Booth, Simmons
Pole Vault: Starrett Vesper
Long Jump: Harrell, Williams
Triple Jump: Harrell, Williams
Shot Put: Logan Carroll
Weight Throw: Brock Lasure

Women
60m: Melicia Mouzzon, Rosalynd Hollingsworth, Makhia Jarrett, Naturi Robinson, Sydni McMillan, Natalie Mial, Elizabeth Taylor
200m: Mouzzon, Jarrett, Hollingsworth, McMillan, Robinson, Mial, Tereza Babicka, Skyler Harrelson
400m: Jordyn Jeffers
800m: Hailey Yentz
60mH: McMillan, Babicka
High Jump: Molly Stecker
Pole Vault: Rileigh Cardin, Riley Jones
Long Jump: Harrelson, L'Nya Carpenter, Taylor, Stephanie Robson
Triple Jump: Taylor, Robson, Carpenter
Shot Put: Naadiya Faison, Sashoy Benbow
Weight Throw: Jasmine Jenkins, Naadiya Faison, Rebekah Bergquist, Grace Wills, Nyah Edwards, Tytionna Spates, A'riana Crumpler, Cassidy Clark

Last Time Out
The Pirates sent athletes to meets at Virginia Tech and the JDL Fast Track on Friday and Saturday. The Pirates found success at both meets with 24 personal or season bests and four top-10 performances in program history.

"Both Teams had a very good weekend overall," said Director of Track & Field Curt Kraft. "We figured that with 2 weeks off, everyone was rested both physically and mentally. We challenged both teams to step it up this weekend, and both teams responded to the challenge."

Two Pirates won their respective events on the weekend, both at the Doc Hale Virginia Tech Meet in Royal Burris and L'Nya Carpenter. For Burris, success on the track has become the norm as the junior took the win in the 200m in a time of 21.28. Carpenter won the triple jump for the women by leaping her way into the record book. Her mark of 12.66m (41-6.5) is tied for third best in program history in the event.

"We had numerous people set season bests and lifetime PRs," continued Kraft. "We made some major improvements towards moving up the AAC List. We have one more meet to prepare for our AAC Indoor Championships. We have to continue to stay focused and remain healthy over these next three weeks."

The ECU distance team showed out once again, this time at the Camel City Invitational. The Pirate men earned five PRs in the 3,000m alone with two of those performances landing in the top 10 in program history, led by J Henry Lyon with the second-best time in ECU history of 8:14.86, while two more registered in what would have been the top 10 entering the day.

Jared Harrell, the rising star freshman who previously leapt into the record books in the long jump, joined Carpenter in making history in the triple jump with the eighth best mark in program history of 14.82m (48-7.5).