Carolina Wraps Up Regular Season at Virginia Grand Prix Saturday

Saturday, April 28

Charlottesville, Va.

11 A.M.

North Carolina

Virginia Grand Prix

Marcus Krah

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

Carolina Wraps Up Regular Season at Virginia Grand Prix Saturday

April 27, 2018 | Track & Field

Schedule Start Lists Live Results

By: Matt Hodgin

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The University of North Carolina track and field teams return to Lannigan Field Saturday to close out the 2018 outdoor regular season at the annual Virginia Grand Prix on the campus of UVA.

With a large contingency entered to compete this weekend, this meet provides the final opportunity ahead of the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships for many Tar Heels to hit ACC qualifying marks or move up in the East region rankings.

The Virginia Grand Prix is set to get underway with the field events at 11 a.m. beginning with the women's javelin. Events on the track are scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. with the 10,000 meters. Carolina has athletes entered in nearly every event of the day .

HOW TO FOLLOW

Live Results will be provided by FlashResults.com.

Link – http://flashresults.com/2018_Meets/Outdoor/04-28_VirginiaGrandPrix/

A full schedule of events, heat sheets and a link to live results are available at GoHeels.com.

Fans can follow @unctrack_field on Twitter and Instagram for updates throughout the meet. UNC Track & Field is also on Facebook. A recap of performances and results will be posted on GoHeels.com following the conclusion of competition.

LAST TIME OUT
Last weekend, the Tar Heels split competition between the Virginia Challenge at Lannigan Field and the Duke Invitational in Durham, N.C. The big highlight of the weekend came from freshman Jill Shippee (Clifton Park, N.Y.) who broke Laura Gerraughty's 2003 UNC hammer throw record. Shippee threw for 207-4 (63.19 meters) on her first attempt at the Virginia Challenge to break the record.

Her throw on the day was also the second-best in the ACC, the fourth in the east region and the 16th-best in the NCAA this season.

At the Duke Invitational, redshirt-sophomore Jared Martin shattered his lifetime best in the javelin, throwing for 211-3 (64.40 meters) on his sixth and final attempt to break the 200-foot barrier for the first time in his career.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
Virginia Challenge
• In the women's 5,000-meter invite, senior Caroline Alcorta and junior Morgan Ilse both set lifetime bests in the highly-competitive race. Alcorta ran 16:01.59 to take third and break her previous-best time by 12 seconds. That time is fourth in the ACC, 14th in the east and 32nd in the nation this season. Ilse ran 16:05.83 to take fourth and break her previous best by 11 seconds. Her time is sixth in the ACC, 17th in the east region and 37th in the NCAA this season.

Duke Invitational
• In the men's high jump, redshirt sophomore Draven Crist set an outdoor personal best, jumping 6-11 ½.

IN THE RANKINGS
Heading into the final meet of the regular season, the Tar Heels hold 13 top-five times/marks in the ACC, 14 top-25 times/marks in the east region and 15 times/marks that rank top-50 in the country.

Kenny Selmon's time of 49.00 in the 400-meter hurdles continues to be the best in the country, and Anna Keefer's long jump of 20-9 No. 1 in the ACC. Jill Shippee (hammer throw - 207-4) and Cierra Dunston (400 meters - 52.99) also rank second in the ACC in their events.

TAR HEEL COMPETITION SCHEDULE
WOMEN
Saturday Field Events
Long Jump (1 p.m.)

Pole Vault (2:30 p.m.)