Pirates Set for 2023 AAC Outdoor Championships

Friday, May 12

Tampa, Fla.

East Carolina University

AAC Outdoor Championships

May 11, 2023 | Track & Field

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GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina track & field team will compete at the 2023 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Friday-Sunday May 12-14 at USF Track & Field Stadium in Tampa, Fla. Parts of the meet will be available for streaming on ESPN+ on all three days of competition and live results will be available from Half-Mile Timing.

Pirate fans can be on the lookout for a host of outstanding ECU athletes looking to make their mark this week. On the men's side, Jared Harrell will look to defend his long jump title from the indoor championships while Royal Burris will aim to avenge his narrow defeat in the 200m indoors.

For the women, Melicia Mouzzon will figure to be a player in the 100m while Naadiya Faison will battle to build on her All-Conference finish in the indoor shot put. Faison has been on a tear in the outdoor season and will look to continue that on the hells of throwing a lifetime best last time out.

"Both teams are very excited to compete this weekend at the AAC outdoor championships," said Director of Track & Field Curt Kraft. "I feel like we have a lot of energy and excitement going into the weekend. Over the last two weeks both teams have had great practices and have had a chance to rest up, both physically and mentally.

"We have set many goals for the weekend," continued Kraft. "We feel as a staff that both teams are ready to compete at a high level. I told our teams at our team meeting on Sunday that they have to trust the process – they have worked extremely hard all year long to peak at this meet. If they perform like we know they can, we will have lots to be proud of. We have had a great season up to this point, and there is no reason to believe that will not continue through this weekend. At the end of the day, if you want to be the best, you have to beat the best."

ECU Entries
Men
100m: Burris, Cameron Moore
200m: Burris
400m: Zach Ray
800m: Coleman Ferrell
1,500m: Alex Sawyer, Chase Osborne, J Henry Lyon
5,000m: Osborne, Colin McCauley, Lyon, Nick Willer
10,000m: McCauley
400mH: Asa Simmons
3,000m Steeple: Willer
High Jump: Starrett Vesper
Pole Vault: Vesper
Long Jump: Harrell, Nate Williams
Triple Jump: Harrell, Williams
Shot Put: Logan Carroll
Discus: Carroll
Hammer: Brock Lasure
Javelin: Vesper
Decathlon: Vesper

Women
100m: Mouzzon, Rosalynd Hollingsworth, Makhia Jarrett, Naturi Robinson
200m: Mouzzon, Jarrett
400m: Nyah Gore, L'Nya Carpenter
800m: Lily Schlossberg
1,500m: Schlossberg
5,000m: Alyssa Zack, Jenna Strange, Hayley Whoolery, Lindsay Yentz
10,000m: Alyssa Zack
100mH: Sydni McMillan
3,000m: Lindsay Yentz, Jenna Strange
High Jump: Molly Stecker
Pole Vault: Rileigh Cardin
Long Jump: Elizabeth Taylor, Skyler Harrelson, Carpenter, Stephanie Robson
Triple Jump: Carpenter, Taylor, Robson
Shot Put: Faison
Discus: Rebekah Bergquist, Sashoy Benbow
Hammer: Jasmine Jenkins, Grace Wills, Nyah Edwards, A'riana Crumpler, Tytionna Spates
Javelin: Ansley Frady, Bergquist, Lindsey Bayes
Heptathlon: Tereza Babicka