Pirates Set to Compete at Duke Invitational

Thursday, April 6

Durham, NC

East Carolina University

Duke Invitational

April 05, 2023 | Track & Field

GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina track & field team will travel to Durham for a weekend of competition at the Duke Invitational. Competition begins Thursday and runs through Saturday at Duke's Morris Williams Stadium.

The Pirates enter the meet after a successful home stand at the Bill Carson Invitational where the men and women both took comfortable team wins. In addition to the team titles, the Pieates won 24 of 40 contested events on the weekend.

"We are really excited to compete at the Duke Invite this weekend," said Director of Track & Field Curt Kraft. "I feel like after the performances we had last weekend at our home track meet, the kids have created a lot of energy and momentum going into this weekend. We will see a lot of great competition from ACC schools this weekend. The goal of both teams is to continue to get better each and every weekend, and hopefully we peak at the end of the season. everyone's individual success, leads to team success."
The team will be facing some stiff competition as they travel to Duke and the season moves into April. The Pirates will look to build off of their success to this point on the year in what should be a stellar environment.

ECU Entries
Men
100m: Royal Burris
200m: Burris, Zach Ray, Nate Williams
400m: Ray, Kayin Fails
800m: Alex Sawyer, Zach Willer, Coleman Ferrell
1,500m: Sawyer, Willer, Cooper Kleckner
5,000m: Chase Osborne, Austin Mathews, Ted Sielatycki
110mH: Asa Simmons
400mH: Simmons
3,000m Steeple: Nick Willer
Long Jump: Harrell
Triple Jump: Williams
Shot Put: Logan Carroll
Discus: Carroll
Hammer: Brock Lasure

Women
100m: Khaide'a Brown, Rosalynd Hollingsworth, Skyler Harrelson, Melicia Mouzzon
200m: Mouzzon, Hollingsworth, Makhia Jarrett, Sydni McMillan, Natalie Mial
400m: Nyah Gore, L'Nya Carpennter
800m: Lindsay Yentz
1,500m: Yentz
5,000m: Alyssa Zack
100mH: Sydni McMillan
400mH: Jordyn Jeffers, Naturi Robinson
High Jump: Molly Stecker
Pole Vault: Rileigh Cardin
Long Jump: Elizabeth Taylor, Harrelson, Carpenter
Triple Jump: Carpenter, Taylor, Robson
Shot Put: Naadiya Faison
Discus: Rebekah Bergquist, Sashoy Benbow
Hammer: Jasmine Jenkins, Grace Wills, Nyah Edwards
Javelin: Ansley Frady, Bergquist, Lindsey Bayes