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Spike Shoe Spring 2009 Newsletter

Dear Alumni, Parents, Officials, and Friends of UNC Track & Field & Cross Country:

I write to you as we enter the early part of our outdoor season. They come thick and fast in the ACC as we only have 6-7

weeks from the Indoor to Outdoor ACC Championships. You can.t get a more dramatic .climate change. than going from

Blacksburg VA in February to Miami FL in April. I have gone from worrying about snow storms impacting our bus travel to

thunderstorms impacting our return flight.

We had a very good indoor season for the women, 2nd in the ACC and 12th in the NCAA (highest team finish indoor since

10th in 2005) The only team to beat us at the ACC meet finished in the first 4 at NCAA Meet. Highlights include the women.s

DMR team of Brie Felnagle, Elizabeth Mott, Tasha Stanley, and Ashley Verplank earning National-Runner-Up honors and,

Felnagle picking up the 11th and 12th All-America honors of her career. It is worth noting that only on member of the

women.s NCAA squad was a senior.

Our men.s fourth place finish in the ACC occurred despite, and perhaps because of, some of our top men being hampered

by injury and illness: All-American High Jumper Donte Nall injured his ankle two days before the meet, sophomore sprinter

Charles Cox (last year.s ACC Freshman-of-the-year) was slowed by the flu, and NCAA level multi-event performer Mateo

Sossah did not compete, due to injuries to his wrist and hamstring. Daniel Keller and Austin Davis represented the men well

at the NCAA meet as both earned All-America honors.

Collectively the team earned 12 All-America honors and 4 ACC Crowns with Austin Davis - Triple Jump, and Brie Felnagle .

3000 earning individual crowns. The team of Christine Johnson, Elizabeth Mott, Callie Pottinger, and Tasha Stanley won the

4x400 title, while the men.s crew of Kyle Milks, Ryan Booker, Adam Smith and Adam Cunningham matched up by winning

the DMR.

We hosted our annual (4th annual 6th overall) Hall of Honor and Team Awards Banquet in January with over 200 attendees.

In addition to the three Olympians honored Crystal Cox, Laura Gerraughty, Vikas Gowda, we honored two historic teams

1994-1995 Women.s Triple Crown Team, and the 40 Southern Conference Championship team from 1926-1952. We were

blessed to have almost 20 members of each team in attendance. It was inspiring to see who they have become and

equally moving to hear how much their experience as a Tar Heel athlete impacted their lives. Some remembered

particular meets, others still had their letterman.s sweaters from more than 50 years ago (perhaps a little snugger now), but

all remembered the friendships and team spirit. See who was able to join us in this newsletter.

The economic challenges faced by the country, state, university, and even the athletic and track program remain a part of

everyone.s day to day reality. We in track have done our part by decreasing our travel where possible this year. As we

budget for 2009-10 I am sure we will be faced with similar choices: smaller travel squads, more local and home competition

and other cost cutting measures. In some ways it is almost funny to see some sports making choices that we in track have

been making for years (buses over plane trips, no spring break, making certain equipment last another year). This is not to

.poor mouth. as the department and university does all it can for us. But they are looking at both reduced endowment and

revenue. So we in track are caught up in the budget crunch as we seek to finish out the outdoor season (home and away).

If you have not been impacted by the economic slowdown, or if you have given up on investing in the stock market, and

have some money you want to invest, I encourage you to invest in the young athletes here at UNC. They are our future and

this season they are UNC.s Track and Field Team. I want to give them every opportunity to realize their dreams of qualifying

for the Regional, NCAA and USA Championships. We (and they) are doing everything we can to make that happen and

anything you can do to assist us financially would be appreciated. I want to thank all of you who have been able to offer us

support of any kind this year (and in past years), and also remind you it is not too late to join up or renew your membership

in Spike Shoe (and donate to our program for the 2008-09 year). Included in the newsletter is a membership roster if you

can.t remember if you have contributed this year. If you have any questions about Spike Shoe matters please contact

Andrew Allden . Allden@uncaa.unc.edu or 919-962-5195. If you are not receiving regular email updates regarding UNC

Track it is because we do not have a current email address, just send one to Coach Allden at the address listed previously.

As always we appreciate your support at meets so we have enclosed scheduling information for home and ACC meets.

We will try and keep you in the loop regarding NCAA Regional in Greensboro and NCAA Outdoors in Arkansas.

Sincerely

Dennis Craddock

2008-2009 Spike Shoe Club Members

Thanks for your membership this academic year.

If you have not already renewed for 2008-2009 see enclosed membership form.

Bronze

Frank Allston (1952)

Ron Austell (1958)

Brett Ayers (1982)

Brock & Mary Baker (Parents)

John Bannon (1962)

Fred Baur (1948)

Jacob Beatley (Parents)

Louis Beall (1954)

Phillip Burkhalter (1951)

William Croom Jr (1963)

Debbie & Jay Curtiss (Parents)

Lyndon De Borde (1959)

Karol Dorsett-Withrow (1987)

J. Garrett Fitzgibbons (1951)

Ron Foster (1966)

Janice Foushee (Parent)

Barry Gabel (1975)

Mark Gaylord (1976)

Paul Green Jr. (1947)

Larry Hamrick (1953)

Terry & Mont Hamrick (Parents)

Hunter Heggie (1949)

David Hensler (Official)

Timika Shafeek- Horton (1990)

Jean & Ben Houston (Parents)

John P Hussey Jr (1989)

Jill Irizarry-Gladieux (1989)

Shannon LeRoy (1978)

Dan Martin (1949)

Charles Matheson (1977)

Ralph Marshall (1950)

Dan Martin (1949)

Maurice McDonald (1963)

Kevin McGorty (1992)

Jonathon J. Mikula (1990)

Jack Moody (1951)

Amy Parulis (2004)

Andy Pflaum (1991)

Edward Pringle (Official)

Daryl Rotz (Parent)

Kimmey Seymore (1984)

Clyde & Sue Shook (Parents)

Tom Shreve (1948)

William Southerland (1977)

Brian Stroup (1997)

Dan Spake (1978)

John Sylvester (1958)

Grace Terrell (1983)

Mendham Magic Track & Field

Sonya Thomas-Stephens (1991)

Jerry & Leslie Villemain (Parents)

Parents of Evan Watchempino (Parents)

Romas White (1952)

Nicholas Williamson (Parents)

Silver

Jim & Rebecca Cooper (1982)

Mary Ann Edwards (1994)

Sean Ellison (1979)

Anthony Houghton (1955)

David & Lynette Johnson (Parents)

Dr. Alonzo Kornegay (1968)

Mel Landis (1987)

Mike Leonard (Parents)

Sam Magill (1950)

Nannette McNally (1986)

Rodney Sandmeyer (1979)

David Schnorrenberg (1986)

David & Tracie Smith (Parent)

Earl Owens (1971)

Tony & Julee Waldrop (1974/1981)

Gold

Gene Anderson

Auretha & Edward Baldwin (Parents)

Irwin Belk (1945)

Darren Biehler (1984)

Patsy & Dennis Bracy (Parents)

Megan Browning (2000)

Ron Boatwright (1981)

Dr. Bill Corpening (1940) in memory of

Sherri & Paul Cunningham (Parents)

John Fox (1959)

Marion Griffin (1957)

Gordon Hamrick (1952)

Bob Hart (1963)

Clinton & Linda Haislip (Parents)

Bill Higgins (1954)

Nick Iauco (2001)

Art & Linda Maillet (1965)

Rubin Patel (1994)

Gordon Rutherford (1982)

Walter Shuler (1981)

Dick Taylor (1950)

Kent Taylor (1977)

George Vestal (1956)

Alumni News

Tony Waldrop and UNC World Record Shuttle Hurdle Relay To be inducted into Penn Relays Carnival Wall of Fame

Tony Waldrop and the UNC Shuttle Hurdle Relay Team from 1949 which set a World Record will be added to the Penn Relays Carnival Wall of Fame at the 2009 Penn

Relays. Four individuals and four relay teams were selected by a panel of Penn Relays experts for this year.s class. The class of 2009, the 16th group of inductees

brings the number of individuals selected up to 79, with 69 relay teams having been chosen. The Penn Relay Carnival adds to the Wall of Fame begun in 1994 at the

time of the 100th running. The sole restriction in the nomination process is that only retired athletes (or those now competing as masters) may be nominated, and

inductees are honored solely for their accomplishments at the Penn Relays; achievements in any other meets are not considered.

Waldrop had a magical year in 1974, including a long string of indoor sub-4-minute miles and the world record. But his fastest race of the year

was his still-standing Relays record 3:53.2. His performance earned him the Outstanding Male Collegiate Tack Athlete for that year’s Carnival.

The North Carolina 1949 shuttle hurdles team set a pair of meet records that year, running 60.1 in the heats and becoming the first team under 60 seconds

with their 59.3 in the final. The mark, which lasted nine years, was set by Bob Morrow, Jack Moody, Bill Albans and Dick Taylor.

UNC Alums at Reebok Boston Indoor Games. Flanagan Destroys USA Indoor 5K Record. Schmidt Wins 800

Dangling a $25,000 carrot in front of the reigning Olympic 10,000m bronze medalist Shalane Flanagan may have given her that extra something on February 7, 2009 at

the Reebok Boston Indoor Games when she clocked a new American record in the women’s indoor 5,000 meters. In all fairness, Flanagan never mentioned the money,

but instead acknowledged the support of family, friends and the hometown crowd with helping her win. Oh, and then there was the diminutive Ethiopian hovering

behind her until the last 20 meters.

"If I’d been out there by myself, it would’ve been hard," Flanagan said of Sentayehu Ejigu’s following close behind. "To have someone right on me, it was a great

motivator." Running 25 laps around the blue, banked-track at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center, the Boston-area native added the new record to the three

other already under her belt . the indoor 3,000m and outdoor 5,000m and 10,000.m Flanagan’s 14:47.618 was overshadowed only by being beaten at the line by five

thousandths of a second to Ejigu. Flanagan led Ejigu from the moment that Serbian pacesetter Marina Muncan dropped off at 2,000 meters, which the pack hit in 5:56.

Not long after, they dropped Ireland’s Mary Cullen, who made a gutsy but failed attempt at her country’s record, and American Jen Rhines, who got lapped

as Flanagan and Ejigu reached for the tape. On the final straight, Ejigu drew even with Flanagan, pulling the roaring crowd to its feet. Although Flanagan’s torso

appears to have hit the tape first, Ejigu’s foot crossed the line ahead, and together they clocked the sixth-fastest time in history. In speaking of her next goals after setting

a fourth American Record, Flanagan spoke about lowering her outdoor 5K mark. "If I can get in the 14:30s, 14:20s, it’s going to be hard to do, just because even if I’m

in that shape," she said after the win, "just trying to find the right race to even try to achieve that, there’s only so many women in the world who can run that. So, we’ll

start trying to work on that now. I think that’s our next project." UNC Alumn Alice Schmidt won the 800m at the same meet, by out lasting long time rival Hazel Clark

down the stretch. Schmidt edged Clark 2:03.05 to 2:03:19. It was her only outing of the indoor season. Eventual USATF 2009 Indoor 800m Champion Kathy Waits

was 3rd.

Courtesy Runningtimes.com

Waldrop.s Record Falls.

Tony Waldrop.s 35 year old Indoor Collegiate Mile record was broken this February by German Fernandez a freshman from Oklahoma State.

Fernandez automatic time of 3:55.02 is deemed superior to Waldrop.s hand time of 3:55.0 which would generally be converted to a 3:55.24 fully automatic time. It is

worth noting that Waldrop still shares the American Collegiate outdoor record (3:52.2 tied with Jin Ryun) which he ran that same year to win the Penn Relays and the

indoor 1500 record set in route to his 3:55 Mile mark. Below is a reprint of an article on Tony from 2005.

Looking at a 3:55.0 Tony Waldrop (NC) Legend: Tony Waldrop, World Record Holder in 1974, Out of the Sport in 1975

Courtesy of LetsRun.com March 8, 2005

Thirty four years ago Richard Nixon was president, the Vietnam war was winding down, gas was 53 cents a gallon, television broadcasts were black and white in

Australia, Steve Prefontaine was still alive, neither Mo Green nor Tiger Woods were yet born, and amazingly the NCAA indoor record in the mile was 3:55.0, just like

it is today, thanks to the 3:55.0 world record run by Tony Waldrop of the University of North Carolina on February 17, 1974.

1974 was a magical year for Tony Waldrop. A senior in college, his indoor world record run was an unprecedented fifth-straight sub-four minute mile. Waldrop would

extend his record streak of consecutive sub-4 minute miles to nine* (all of them not rabbited according to Waldrop) grace the cover of Track and Field News two times

(March and May), win the NCAA title in the indoor mile, win the Penn Relays mile in 3:53.2 and graduate from the University of North Carolina. Although to be fair,

we probably should admit that he did lose the mile outdoors at NCAAs. (Editor’s note: we suggest you click on those two links entitled March and May as it gives you a

good visual representation of just how dominant Waldrop was in his era). In 1975, Waldrop continued with his running career while an assistant coach at North

Carolina, winning the 1500m gold medal at the Pan Am Games. Heading into 1976, an Olympic year, many would assume Waldrop’s future couldn’t be brighter.

Waldrop, too, was thinking about his future and it indeed was bright, but it did not include competitive running. Waldrop quit competitive running with no regrets after

the 1976 indoor season to pursue his PhD in physiology.

Today, Waldrop is Dr. Tony Waldrop, the vice chancellor for research and graduate studies at UNC, where he overseas the $577 million in research conducted annually

at his alma mater. When talking about his track career, one is struck at how very modest Waldrop comes across in regards to his athletic accomplishments. And given

his substantial professional accomplishments in academia, it doesn’t seem to be a stretch at all to believe Waldrop when he says it was an "easy decision" to hang up the

spikes for good, so he could get on with the rest of his life. "It was a really easy decision to decide to hang up the shoes and get on with the rest of my life," Waldrop

said of his retirement after the 1976 indoor season. Despite his Pan Am gold in 1975, Waldrop says he was only competing "half-heartedly" during 1975, as he was

helping coach at UNC. He would eventually pursue graduate work in physiology. But being a political science major, he had to start from scratch and take a year and a

half of undergraduate work.

"I never regretted the decision (to retire during the Olympic year), maybe there were one or two seconds (of momentarily regret) when I watched the 1500m at the

Olympics... I accomplished a lot more in track than I ever imagined I would. There were a lot more things I wanted to do with my life and I think it would be the same

today (even if I was competing in the era of professional track and field)."

Running for fun was the name of the game for Waldrop. Making the Olympics was "never an overwhelming goal" of his and for him the Trials weren’t fun at all so

walking away from a shot at it wasn’t a difficult decision. After winning the Penn Relays in 1974, Waldrop put on a gray jersey with the words "Run For Fun" before

giving his post-race interviews. Later that summer he was quoted in the New York Times as saying, "I want to run for fun. I tried for the Olympics in 1972 but never

again. The pressure of the Olympic trials is too great. It just isn’t any fun at all." And for all the cynics who doubt Waldrop would be able to reject the lure of today’s

professional contracts, they might believe him a bit more after hearing what he considers his greatest accomplishment in the sport: no, not his world record in the mile,

nor his NCAA title in the 1000m, nor his NCAA title in the mile, nor his Pan Am Games gold at 1500m, but rather being All-American in cross country.

"I was proudest of the year I was All American in cross country because I thought it wasn’t something I could accomplish," Waldrop says of his "much better" than

expected finish of 11th. Clearly, Waldrop while one of America’s greatest collegiate runners ran for his own reasons, not just the accolades of others, and evaluated his

running career on his own terms. When pressed about his personal bests 31 years later, he knew his best mile was 3:53.2, but this half miler out of high school did not

know what his life time best at 800m was because it was "not that important" to him. Waldrop is still surprised to have his 31-year old NCAA record, but very modest

about his accomplishment. "I’m shocked (about still having the NCAA indoor mile record), but pragmatic about it in that it’s not that frequent anymore that the mile is

run indoors," Waldrop says of today’s era (although we’re not really sure if this is true as every indoor meet we know of has a mile in it and even if the appeal of a sub-4

isn’t quite what it was back then, today’s collegian’s have the advantage of running on 200m mondo tracks often-times with rabbits) Waldrop set his world record on a

"10 or 11 lap to the mile" indoor track in San Diego, taking over after the half was reached in 1:59, running a 56 last 400m, in an unrabbited race. Waldrop, who came

to college envisioning himself as an 800m runner, relied on his speed as in his own words he "ran from behind" as he had "a very good finish". After breaking the

record, Waldrop told the Associated Press, "I’m still just a country boy from North Carolina... I’m tired of running all these sub-four minutes. There’s a lot of pressure,

and I don’t like pressure. That’s why I’ll never try the Olympics again.... it wasn’t any fun".

Waldrop’s streak of sub 4’s came to an end at the 1974 Modesto Relays on May 25, where his famed last lap kick didn’t materialize, and he ran 4:05.0 for 4th, behind

winner Paul Cummings who ran 3:57.7. Waldrop says he was somewhat "relieved to see it happen", as it was "such a relief to not have all the (widespread press)

attention" that resulted when the streak was alive. Amazingly, we want to remind you that he ran his 9 straight sub-four minute miles without the help of rabbits - yes

9 straight, all victories, with wins over Marti Liqouri and other legends.

Academic Achievement

UNC Men and Women.s Cross Country Team Earn USTFCCCA Division I All Academic Team Honors

March 5, 2009

NEW ORLEANS . UNC Men.s and Women. programs both earned 2008 NCAA Division I USTFCCCA Division I Academic Team Honors. On the women.s side

the Big East Conference and Big Ten Conference tied for the most conference members represented on the list with 11 teams each, followed by the Southeastern

Conference and the Big 12 Conference with nine teams each and the Atlantic Coast Conference with eight teams on the list. Only thirty-five percent of all Division I

institutions (315) who sponsor men.s cross country received the honor. The Big Ten Conference, Big 12 Conference, Missouri Valley Conference, and the

Southeastern Conference tied for the most conference members represented on the list with six teams each. UNC was one of five ACC teams to earn the honor. The

UNC women recorded a GPA of 3.130 to edge the men.s 3.095. For a team to be considered for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team award, they must have competed

and compiled a team score at an NCAA Regional Meet. The team must also have a minimum 3.00 team cumulative grade point average.

Brock Baker Earns ACC Post Graduate Scholarship

One of four Tar Heel Athletes Honored

March 16, 2009

GREENSBORO, N.C. . Brock Baker was one of four North Carolina student-athletes among a total of 42 who have been honored by the Atlantic Coast Conference

with postgraduate scholarships or honorary awards, the ACC announced recently. Baker was honored for cross country and track and field, he is a recipient of one of

the Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarships. Weaver-James-Corrigan and Jim and Pat Thacker scholarships were awarded to 36 ACC student-athletes who

intend to pursue a graduate-level degree following graduation. Each recipient will receive $5,000 to use towards his or her graduate education. Student-athletes

receiving the award have performed with distinction in both the classroom and in their respective sports, while demonstrating exemplary conduct in the community.

Baker, a senior from Nashville, Tenn., is working toward a double major in biology and Romance languages. A Morehead-Cain Scholar at UNC, he is the recipient of

the Sterling Stoudemire Medal for Excellence in Romance Languages. He was a 2008 All-ACC Academic Team selection for cross country and also has been named to

the ACC Academic Honor Roll and the Dean’s List. A team captain for both cross country and track and field, he represents his squads on the Student-Athlete Advisory

Council and is a recipient of the Three-Dimensional Leader Award, the Carolina Leadership Academy’s highest honor.

TV Notes

Broadcast of NCAA Outdoor Championships. CBS College Sports Network will broadcast the outdoor championships live from 7 to 10 p.m. Central time, Friday,

June 12. CBS will also broadcast live from noon to 2 p.m. Central time, Saturday, June 13.

Championships Broadcast. ESPN360.com will stream the championships LIVE, both days. To access ESPN360, visit www.ESPN360.com. Click on the FAQs link

for software and system requirements, etc. Anyone with at .edu e-mail address is able to obtain access to ESPN360 at no cost. Additionally, ESPN2 will air a 90-

minute show at 2:30 p.m. Eastern time, Monday, March 23.

2009 Spring Newsletter: Indoor Meet Recaps

Women Tie For 12th At NCAA Indoor Championships

Felnagle earns 12th All-America honor

March 14, 2009

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - The North Carolina women’s track and field team finished in a tie for 12th place in the country, by scoring a total of 14 team points at

the NCAA Indoor Championships in College Station. The finish is the highest for the Tar Heel women since the 2005 squad finished in 10th place. The Carolina men

finished with four team points for a tie for 41st place. Oregon claimed the men’s title, while Tennessee was crowned the women’s champion.

The North Carolina track and field teams opened competition at the NCAA Indoor Championships in College Station, Texas on Friday, March 13, with strong showings

by Daniel Keller, Vanneisha Ivy, Brie Felnagle and the women’s DMR team. The women’s DMR team claimed eight team points for Carolina as the group ran a

10:56.19, smashing the school record. The group of Ashley Verplank, Elizabeth Mott, Callie Pottinger and Brie Felnagle claimed a second place finish earning All-

America honors, while setting a new school standard in the DMR. The time was nearly three seconds faster than the 2007 national champion squad that Felnagle

appeared on as a sophomore. Tennessee claimed the title with a world-record setting time of 10:50.98. Felnagle and Ivy each finished in the top five of their respective

events to move on to the finals. Ivy punched her ticket to the final, as she matched her personal best in the event when she ran an 8.16 in the prelims.

Brie Felnagle earned her 12th All-America honor as she clocked a 4:37.00 for fifth place in the mile. Felnagle’s fifth place showing earned the Tar Heels four team

points, after she earned her 11th All-America plaudit with the third place DMR squad on the previous night. Vanneisha Ivy became a first-time All-America in the 60-

meter hurdles when she finished eighth overall in a time of 8.43 in the final. Ivy’s eighth place showing garnered Carolina a point. The Tar Heel women picked up

another point in the 4x400-meter relay as the group of Christine Johnson, Callie Pottinger, Elizabeth Mott and Tasha Stanley turned in the third-fastest time in school

history. The Carolina squad ran the event in 3:37.01 for the eighth place finish.

On the men’s side, Sophomore Austin Davis picked up his second All-America honor in as many years when he cleared 52-10 1/4 in the triple jump. Davis’ jump placed

him seventh in the country picking up two team points for the Tar Heels. Daniel Keller picked up All-America honors in the heptathlon as the senior accumulated 5,589

points for a seventh place finish. Keller opened Saturday with 858 points in the 60-meter hurdles as he posted a time of 8.51. The High Point, N.C., native stepped up in

his premiere event as he cleared 16-8 3/4 in the pole vault for 941 points. Keller would close out the day with 773 points in the 1000-meter run as he finished in 2:49.26.

Houston Reaches Provisional Mark At VT Last Chance

Women's 4x400 team improves on NCAA provisional time

March 7, 2009

BLACKSBURG, Va. & South Bend, Ind. - A few Tar Heel track and field athletes saw action across the country on Saturday as they sought spots in the NCAA

Indoor Championships in College Station, Texas. Freshman Scott Houston reached a new personal best in the pole vault at the Virginia Tech Last Chance Qualifier

when he cleared 17-6 1/4 to earn his first NCAA provisional mark. Meanwhile, in South Bend, Ind. the women’s 4x400-meter relay team improved on its NCAA

provisional time by nearly two seconds in preparation for next week’s championships.

Also in action in Blacksburg were freshmen Becky O’Brien and Michelle Newman. O’Brien reached her second provisional mark of the year with a toss of 50-3 1/2 in

the shot put but was unable to improve on her top throw of 50-9 1/2 set nearly a month ago. Newman, who holds two provisional marks of her own, cleared 40-11 in the

triple jump but will have to hope her leap of 41-11 1/2 is enough to earn her a trip to College Station.

On the men’s side, Edward Baldwin III cleared 23-9 1/2 in the long jump while Parker Smith joined Houston in the pole vault as he recorded a top jump of 17-0.

The women’s 4x400 team of Christine Johnson, Elizabeth Mott, Callie Pottinger and Tasha Stanley turned in a stellar performance in South Bend as the quartet

improved on their provisional time by nearly two seconds. The group tackled the course in 3:36.62 a week after the same foursome ran a 3:38.21 as it captured the ACC

crown in Blacksburg.

Women Finish Second, Men Fourth At ACC Indoors

Davis sets school indoor triple jump record

February 28, 2009

BLACKSBURG, Virginia. - The North Carolina track and field teams wrapped up competition at the ACC Indoor Championships February 28th in Blacksburg,

Virginia and the women turned in an impressive effort on the final day as they shot up the standings and finished second overall with 104 points. The men finished

fourth overall as they tallied 61.5 points on the weekend. The Tar Heels will travel to South Bend, Ind. next weekend for the Alex Wilson Invitational before heading to

the NCAA Indoor Championships to be held March 13-14.

The No. 13-ranked women picked up a quick three points in the mile run from freshman Ashley Verplank, in her 1st action of the indoor season to date placed sixth

overall in a time of 4:54.61. Vanneisha Ivy and LaToya James scored in the 60-meter hurdles for the Tar Heels as Ivy claimed All-ACC honors with a third place finish

in 8.24, while James finished seventh overall in 8.45. Ivy added another point in the 60-meter dash where she finished eighth overall in 7.63 before adding three more

points in the 200 (23.97). Freshman Elizabeth Mott fell just shy of the ACC title in the 400-meter dash as she clocked a 54.62 for a second place finish. Right behind

Mott was sophomore Christine Johnson who finished third as she ran a 55.02 to hold off a pair of Miami sprinters. The 800 saw Carolina put up 18 points as Callie

Pottinger finished second overall (2:08.13), Dominique Jackson third (2:09.58) and Tasha Stanley fifth (2:11.29) to shoot Carolina up the standings. Brie Felnagle

picked up the Carolina’s first ACC title when she ran a 9:25.97 in the 3000 to claim the top spot. Junior Lauren Holesh tacked on four more points for the Tar Heels as

she finished fifth behind Felnagle in 9:35.03. The 4x400 relay team of Christine Johnson, Elizabeth Mott, Callie Pottinger and Tasha Stanley turned in another ACC

title performance as the group set an ACC-record in the event in 3:38.21. Becky O’Brien picked up All-ACC honors in the shot put as she finished third with a top throw

of 49-5 3/4, while Kimberly Warren finished eighth to earn a point with a throw of 45-1. Another freshman, Michelle Newman, picked up three points with a sixth place

finish in the triple jump as she cleared 40-5.

The Tar Heel men picked up the majority of their points on Saturday from the field events as 2008 All-America Austin Davis set a new Carolina indoor record in the

triple jump as the sophomore cleared 53-5 3/4 to claim the individual title. With the mark, Davis punched his ticket to the NCAA Indoor Championships in two weeks.

Meanwhile, in the high jump Daniel Keller earned four points as he cleared 6-8 1/4 for fifth place, while teammate Travis Leonard equaled the mark in one more

attempt for sixth place and three points. In the track events Carolina picked up eight points in the 800 when Adam Smith finished second overall with a time of 1:52.33

to earn All-ACC honors. Charles Cox picked up a pair of points in the 200-meter dash as he clocked a 21.89 to earn seventh place in a highly competitive field.

Keller contributed two points to the Carolina men’s total in the pole vault as he finished seventh overall by clearing 16-4 3/4 only to be outdone by freshman Scott

Houston who registered a top jump 16-8 3/4 for sixth and Parker Smith who earned All-ACC honors by placing third after clearing 16-8 3/4 in fewer jumps. The field

events started with six titles up for grabs. Freshman Tyler Ford finished seventh in the long jump to nab two team points with a jump of 19-7 1/2, while Ashley Hill

added a point with an eighth place showing topping out at 19-2. Norjai Palma finished just shy of scoring in the weight throw with a ninth place showing (54-1).

Edward Baldwin III picked up a point for the Tar Heel men when he reached 23-11 1/2 in the long jump which secured him an eighth place finish. Fellow long jumper

Austin Davis finished two spots behind Baldwin with a top jump of 23-2 3/4.

The women’s Distance Medley team earned eight team points as the group of Callan Fike, Cierra McGee, Dominique Jackson and Brie Felnagle finished in second