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CAROLINA TRACK & FIELD NOTES NORTH CAROLINA QUICK FACTS Locaton: Chapel Hill, N.C. NORTH CAROLINA Enrollment: 18,523 (undergraduate) Founded: 1789 Nickname: Tar Heels AT School Colors: Carolina Blue & White Conference: Atlantc Coast ACC OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD Chancellor: Carol L. Folt CHAMPIONSHIPS Athletc Director: Bubba Cunningham Conference: ACC TEAM INFORMATION CORAL GABLES, FLA. Head Coach: MAY 10-12, 2018 Harlis Meaders (6th Season) Assist. Coach (Distance): Mark VanAlstyne (6th Season) Coordinator of Sprints, Jumps, Hurdles & Relays: NORTH CAROLINA MEN AT THE ACC OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHMAPIONSHIPS Abigi Id-Deen (1st Season) • Finished seventh at the outdoor championships in 2017. (Finished 11th at the 2018 ACC Indoor Assistant Coach (Mults/High Jump): Championships) Nicole Hudson (6th Season) • Two Tar Heels won ACC ttles – Kenny Selmon (400-meter hurdles), Ceo Ways (400 meters). Assistant Coach (Middle Distance): • Eight Tar Heels earned All-ACC honors – RJ Alowonle (1st team, 400-meter hurdles), Kenny Selmon Logan Roberts (3rd season) Volunteer Assistant (Javelin): (1st team, 400-meter hurdles), Darryl Shaw (1st team, triple jump), Ceo Ways (1st team, 400 Jef Gorski (1st Season) meters); Daniel McArthur (2nd team, shot put), Zay Paschall (second team, long jump), 4x400 – RJ Volunteer Assistant (Sprints/Hurdles/Relays): Alowonle, Kwame Donyinah, Kenny Selmon, Ceo Ways (2nd team). Kia Id-Deen (1st Season) • Six Tar Heels earned All-ACC honors at the 2018 ACC Indoor Championships – Kenny Selmon (2nd Volunteer Assistant (Sprints/Hurdles/Relays): team, 400 meters), Darryl Shaw (2nd team, triple jump), Zay Paschall (2nd team, triple jump), Jernail Hayes (1st season) 4x400 – Amari DeVaughn, Isaiah Palmer, Jadon Johnson, Kenny Selmon (2nd team). Volunteer Assistant (Pole Vault): • North Carolina's fve ttles are the fourth most among current ACC members begind Clemson (10- Austn Vegas (1st season) 1), Florida State (10-1) and N.C. State (7-1). MEN'S OUTDOOR CONFERENCE TITLES • North Carolina men have won the second-most individual event and relay ttles (161-3) among 1955 • 1992 • 1994 • 1995 • 1999 current ACC members only behind Clemson (186-2). • North Carolina has the third-most All-ACC selectons in conference history with 202, only behind WOMEN'S OUTDOOR CONFERENCE TITLES Clemson (280) and Florida State (263). 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN AT THE ACC OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHMAPIONSHIPS • Finished 14th at the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 2017. (Finished 5th at the 2018 MEDIA INFORMATION Track & Field SID ..................................Mat Hodgin ACC Indoor Championships) Cell ....................................................... 919-475-0956 • Two Tar Heels were named to All-ACC teams in 2017 - Nicole Greene (1st team, high jump), Sarah E-mail ......................................... [email protected] Howard (1st team, shot put). • Eight Tar Heels earned All-ACC honors at the 2018 ACC Indoor Championships – Nicole Greene (1st Website: GoHeels.com team, high jump champion), Anna Keefer (1st team, long jump champion), Alex Cooke (1st team, Hashtag: #GoHeels weight throw); Cierra Dunston (2nd team, 400 meters), Morgan Ilse (2nd team, 5,000 meters), Twiter: @UNCTrack_Field Caroline Alcorta (2nd team, 5,000 meters), Blake Dodge (2nd team, 800 meters), Brianna Duncan Instagram: @UNCTrack_Field Facebook: /unctrackfeld (2nd team, 60 meters). • North Carolina has won the most ACC outdoor ttles of any school in the conference with 14. • The Tar Heels won the most consecutve conference championships with seven from 1992-98. 2018 OUTDOOR SCHEDULE • North Carolina women have won the most ACC individual and relay ttles of any school in the conference with 144. Mar. 16-17 – UCF Black & Golf Challenge (Orlando, Fla.) • North Carolina has the most All-ACC selectons in conference history with 253. Mar. 23-24 – Weems Baskin Invite (Columbia, S.C.) Mar. 30-31 – Raleigh Relays (Raleigh, N.C.) SEASON NOTES Apr. 6 – Batle of the Blues (Durham, N.C.) Apr. 14 – Hurricane Collegiate Invite (Coral Gables, Fla.) • Four current Tar Heels own six UNC records – Brianna Duncan (60m, 7.29; 100m, 11.27; 200m (O), Apr. 20-21 – Duke Invitatonal (Durham, N.C.) 23.13), Morgan Ilse (5,000m (I) - 16:16.77), Jill Shippee (Hammer Throw, 207-4), Kenny Selmon Apr. 20-21 – Virginia Challenge (Charlotesville, Va.) (48.60). Apr. 28 – Virginia Grand Prix (Charlotesville, Va.) • Current Tar Heels have 39 tmes/marks that rank in the top fve all-tme at UNC. May 10-12 – ACC Championships (Coral Gables, Fla.) • Senior Kenny Selmon has the fastest tme in the naton and sixth-fastest tme in the world in the May 23-26 – NCAA East Preliminary (Tampa, Fla.) men's 400-meter hurdles this season (48.98). Jun. 6-9 – NCAA Championships (Eugene, Ore.) • Sophomore Brianna Duncan has broken three school sprints records [60m, 100m, 200m (O)] this season that stood for at least 20 years. NORTH CAROLINA ATHLETES IN THE 2018 ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN'S TRACK 1,500 Meters 100 Meters Milligan, Alex (R-Fr.) • State College, Pa. (State College) Smith, Dontavian (Fr.) • Roxboro, N.C. (Person) • Personal Bests: 1,500m – 3:44.69 • 5,000m – NT • Personal Bests: 100m – 10.47 • 200m (O) – 21.02 • ACC Rank: 1,500m – 11th • ACC Rank: 100m – T-10th • 200m – T-9th • Ran his personal best in the 1,500 in the fnal meet of the regular season, • Ran his personal best in the 100 at Miami in the Hurricane Collegiate the Virginia Grand Prix on April 28. It was his second victory of the Inviatonal on April 14. season in the 1,500. • His lifetme best in the 200 came in the fnal meet of the regular season • Has not run the 5,000 in his career. at the Virginia Grand Prix on April 28. Tubby, Brandon (So.) • Hillsborough, N.J. (Penn State/Hillsborough) • Ran the third-fastest tme in school history in the 60 meters (6.80) at the • Personal Bests: 1,500m – 3:46.45 • 5,000m (O) – 14:48.81 2018 ACC Indoor Championships - took eighth in the fnals • ACC Rank: 1,500m – 17th • Played wide receiver and kick returner in high school. • Ran his personal best in the 1,500 in the fnal meet of the regular season, the Virginia Grand Prix on April 28. 200 Meters • First season at Carolina - transferred from Penn State Douglas, Cameron (So.) • Loganville, Ga. (Grayson) • Personal Best: 200m – 21.32 5,000 Meters Reddick, Brandon (Sr.) • Orlando, Fla. (Boone) Milligan, Alex (R-Fr.) • State College, Pa. (State College) • Personal Best: 200m (O) – 21.10 • Personal Bests: 1,500m – 3:44.69 • 5,000m – NT • ACC Rank: 200m – 11th • ACC Ranks: 1,500m – 11th • East Region Rank: 200m – T-88th • Ran his personal best in the 1,500 in the fnal meet of the regular season, • His lifetme best in the 200 came in the fnal meet of the regular season the Virginia Grand Prix on April 28. It was his second victory of the at the Virginia Grand Prix on April 28. season in the 1,500. CAROLINA TRACK & FIELD NOTES • Father played for the Indianapolis Colts in 1999. • Has not run the 5,000 in his career. Saint-Germain, Ryan (Fr.) • Jacksonville, Fla. (Paxon School) Tubby, Brandon (So.) • Hillsborough, N.J. (Penn State/Hillsborough) • Personal Best: 200m – 21.21 • Personal Bests: 1,500m – 3:46.45 • 5,000m (O) – 14:48.81 Smith, Dontavian (Fr.) • Roxboro, N.C. (Person) • ACC Ranks: 1,500m – 17th • Personal Bests: 100m – 10.47 • 200m (O) – 21.02 • Ran his personal best in the 1,500 in the fnal meet of the regular season, • ACC Rank: 100m – T-10th • 200m – T-9th the Virginia Grand Prix on April 28. • Ran his personal best in the 100 at Miami in the Hurricane Collegiate • First season at Carolina - transferred from Penn State Inviatonal on April 14. • His lifetme best in the 200 came in the fnal meet of the regular season 10,000 Meters at the Virginia Grand Prix on April 28. Myers, Mark (R-Fr.) • Lake Forest, Ill. (Lake Forest) • Ran the third-fastest tme in school history in the 60 meters (6.80) at the • Personal Best: 10,000m – 30:27.05 2018 ACC Indoor Championships - took eighth in the fnals • ACC Ranks: 10,000m – 21st • Played wide receiver and kick returner in high school. • His personal-best tme came ever running the race – at the Raleigh Relays. 400 Meters DeVaughn, Amari (Jr.) • High Point, N.C. (T. Wingate Andrews) 110-Meter Hurdles • Personal Best: 400m (O) – 47.74 Krah, Marcus (R-Fr.) • Durham, N.C. (Hillside) • ACC Rank: 400m – 14th • Personal Best: 110H – 14.21 • Lifetme best came this season at the Batle of the Blues • ACC Rank: 110H – 10th • His cousin won gold in the 1967 Pan American Games as a member of • Ran 14.21 at the Batle of the Blues on April 6 in his collegiate debut in the U.S. 4x400 relay. the event • Was a member of UNC’s All-ACC 4x400 relay team that took second at • Was the 2016 IAAF World U20 110-meter hurdles champion (13.25, 39"). the 2018 ACC Indoor Championships. • Began competng in track and feld at fve years old. Johnson, Jadon (Fr.) • Lewisville, Texas (Lewisville) • Founded the Impact Educaton Foundaton – an initatve that aims to • Personal Best: 400m (O) – 47.09 improve and advance public educaton in North Carolina. • ACC Rank: 400m – 16th (47.78) • Father played professional soccer in Liberia. • Played running back and wide receiver in high school. • His tme in the 60H is sixth in school history • Was a member of UNC’s All-ACC 4x400 relay team that took second at the 2018 ACC Indoor Championships. 400-Meter Hurdles Palmer, Isaiah (Fr.) • Plano, Texas (Liberty) Cachon, Brandon (So.) • Naples, Fla. (Barron Collier) • Personal Best: 400m (O) – 46.81 • Personal Best: 400H – 52.02 • ACC Rank: 400m – 5th (46.92) • ACC Rank: 400H – 15th (54.20) • East Region Rank: 400m – 30th • Ran his personal-best tme of 52.02 at the 2017 ACC Championships, • Finished 11th in the 400 at the 2018 ACC Indoor Championships.