Keefer Runs Fourth-Best 100 in UNC History

Saturday, April 13

Coral Gables, FL

2 P.M.

North Carolina

Hurricane Alumni Invitational

Anna Keefer

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

April 13, 2019 | Track & Field

Hurricane Alumni Invitational Results Aggie Invitational Results

CORAL GABLES, Fla. / GREENSBORO, N.C. - North Carolina's Anna Keefer etched her name into the UNC record books for the second time this year. Keefer, a sophomore from St. Michaels Albertville, Minn., finished fourth in the women's 100 at Miami's Hurricane Alumni Invitational with the fourth-best time (11.43) in Carolina history.

"Anna Keefer had an outstanding performance in the women's 100 meter," head coach Harlis Meaders said. "She continues to get better on the track. We're still waiting for her to really put things together and get that speed on the runway because we feel like she's going to be a truly exceptional long jumper. The speed just keeps coming on the track so that's been exciting to watch."

Keefer also earned another first-place finish in the women's long jump with her mark of 19-9 1/2 (6.03 meters).

The sophomore ranks third all-time at UNC in the 60-meter dash. The 2018 ACC champion and 2019 ACC runner-up in the women's indoor long jump, Keefer is proving herself to be quite the competitor in her so-called secondary events.

The Tar Heels set 10 new season best times/marks. With just two weekends left in the regular season, the team and coaches are hopeful to see the progression peak when it matters most.

"Overall, it was a really exciting weekend for us down here in Miami," Meaders said. "The kids continue to get better across the board. I think most of our student-athletes had season bests so it's reassuring for us to see the kids continuing to improve each meet. As we get closer to the championship part of the season, these kinds of improvements are so important and we've seen our student-athletes really step up for the last couple of weeks."

OTHER CAROLINA HIGHLIGHTS

Aggie Invitational
• Nicole Greene, a redshirt junior from Ponte Vedra, Fla., returned to competition and brought home her fourth first-place finish of the season. Greene

Hurricane Alumni Invitational
Saturday
• Daniel McArthur, a junior from Mooresville, N.C., won the men's shot put for the second-straight meet. McArthur also finished second in the men's discus with a season-best mark of 176-11 (53.92 meters).
• Joey Souza, a redshirt junior from Kingsburg, Calif., jumped 24-2 1/4 (7.37 meters) for a season-best mark in the men's long jump.
• Marcus Krah, a redshirt sophomore from Durham, N.C., clocked a season-best 110-meter hurdles time of 14.28.
• Maiah Walker, a freshman from Lake Wales, Fla., and McKinley McNeill, a junior from Winston-Salem, N.C., went two-three in the women's 400. Both set season bests with Walker clocking 53.98 and McNeill 54.06.
• Three Tar Heels — Isaiah Palmer, Ryan Saint-Germain and Onyedikachi Ohia-Enyia — all finished among the top-10 competitors in the men's 400. Palmer, a sophomore from Plano, Texas, missed his career best by one one-hundredth of a second and ran 46.41 for a season best and the third-best time in the ACC, and Ohia-Enyia ran a season-best 47.44.
• Ryan Saint-Germain, a sophomore from Jacksonville, Fla., ran a 47.38 in his season-opening 400 appearance and also finished the 200 with a season-best time of 21.34 later in the day.
• Saypadia DeSaussure II, a freshman from Apopka, Fla., joined the list of ACC qualifiers with a season-best 100 time of 10.68.

Friday
• Madison Wiltrout, a sophomore from Connellsville, Pa., set a new school record of 181-4 (55.28) in the women's javelin for an 11-foot collegiate best mark. Her performance ranks second in the ACC by just four inches and seventh in the NCAA.
• Alex Cooke, a graduate student from Lowgap, N.C., earned the runner-up finish in the women's hammer throw, throwing 191-7 (58.40 meters).
• Emily Malone, a freshman from Missoula, Mont., barely missed her personal record in the women's javelin and finished third in the competition with a throw of 149-0 (45.42 meters).
• Jared Martin, a redshirt junior from Greensboro, N.C., threw a season-best mark of 208-9 (63.63 meters) to place second in the men's javelin competition.
• Will Eskew, a junior from Nashville, Tenn., set a new career best in the men's javelin and finished eighth with a mark of 179-5 (54.69 meters).
• Bailey Frederick, a junior from Waxhaw, N.C., cleared a season-best 14-11 (4.55 meters) in the men's pole vault for a third-place finish.