University of North Carolina Athletics
Thursday, May 9
Charlottesville, Va.
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ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Nicole Greene
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UNC Track & Field Opens ACC Outdoor Championships On Thursday
May 8, 2019 | Track & Field
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The University of North Carolina track and field teams head back to the University of Virginia for the 2019 ACC Outdoor Championships beginning Thursday, May 9 through Saturday, May 11.
The Tar Heels will take a team of 43 individuals and three relays to the Championships held at Virginia's Lannigan Field. This is the third time Carolina will visit Charlottesville this season, having already competed in both the Virginia Challenge and the Virginia Grand Prix.
The meet is scheduled to begin with the men's decathlon at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday. The Tar Heels have a busy opening day as two of their nationally-ranked competitors and UNC record holders will throw for ACC titles. Jill Shippee, a sophomore from Clifton Park, N.Y., will compete at 2 p.m. in the women's hammer throw and Madison Wiltrout, a redshirt freshman from Connellsville, Pa., will throw in the women's javelin competition at 7:30 p.m.
The Championships will resume Friday at 11 a.m. with the final events of the decathlon. The field events will begin with the men's shot put at 3:30 p.m. and the running events will begin at 6 p.m. with the women's 100-meter hurdles prelims.
Saturday's finals will resume at 1:30 p.m. with the men's discus followed by relays and running finals starting at 4:05 p.m. In the final field event of the Championships, Carolina's Nicole Greene returns to the ACC stage for the first time since winning the NCAA women's high jump title at the 2018 NCAAÂ Indoor Track & Field Championships. Greene, a redshirt junior from Ponte Vedra, Fla. and currently tied at No. 2 in the nation, also won the indoor ACC title in 2018 before redshirting the 2018 outdoor and 2019 indoor track and field seasons.
HOW TO FOLLOW
For those fans traveling to the Championships, there is no charge for admission.
Live Streaming
ACC Network Extra will again stream three hours of live action on the event's first night (Thursday, May 9), followed by four hours of coverage on Friday and Saturday evenings. Sean Kenney returns to handle play-by-play, while former U.S. Olympic standout Dan O'Brien will serve as analyst. The pair will be joined by distance race analyst David Mitchell and Melanie Newman as sideline reporter.
ACC Network Extra will bring live action Thursday from 6 until 9 p.m. Friday's live coverage will air from 6 p.m. until 8:30 p.m., followed by Saturday's finals from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m.
Live Stream Links
Thursday | Friday | Saturday
Additional Information
Live Results | Schedule of Events | Meet Notes | ACC Championship Central
Fans can follow @unctrack_field on Twitter and Instagram for live 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 each day of competition.
IN THE RANKINGS
Heading into the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, the Tar Heels own 22 top-10 times/marks in the ACC, six top-20 times/marks in the East Region and five top-50 times/marks in NCAA Division I competition. Three Tar Heel women – Nicole Greene, Jill Shippee, Madison Wiltrout – have ranked among the top-10 competitors in the NCAA on numerous occasions. All three women held onto NCAA top-10 rankings for three consecutive weeks to close out regular-season competition.
Greene did not fall below No. 2 in the nation for the entirety of the outdoor regular season and tied her current event coach, Nicole Hudson, for third all-time in UNC high jump history (6-0
3/4 (1.82m)) at the Raleigh Relays on March 29.
Shippee has set the North Carolina hammer record a total of four times – 207-4 at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships, 210-6 at the 2018 USATF Junior Outdoor National Championships, 212-1 at the Raleigh Relays on March 30 and 220-1 (67.09m) at the Battle of the Blues on April 6.
Wiltrout topped the UNC record books in the women's javelin after throwing 181-4 (55.28m) at the Miami Hurricane Alumni Invitational on April 12. Her shortest throw of the year still bests the third-best performance in the ACC by seven and a half feet.
The Tar Heels will take a team of 43 individuals and three relays to the Championships held at Virginia's Lannigan Field. This is the third time Carolina will visit Charlottesville this season, having already competed in both the Virginia Challenge and the Virginia Grand Prix.
The meet is scheduled to begin with the men's decathlon at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday. The Tar Heels have a busy opening day as two of their nationally-ranked competitors and UNC record holders will throw for ACC titles. Jill Shippee, a sophomore from Clifton Park, N.Y., will compete at 2 p.m. in the women's hammer throw and Madison Wiltrout, a redshirt freshman from Connellsville, Pa., will throw in the women's javelin competition at 7:30 p.m.
The Championships will resume Friday at 11 a.m. with the final events of the decathlon. The field events will begin with the men's shot put at 3:30 p.m. and the running events will begin at 6 p.m. with the women's 100-meter hurdles prelims.
Saturday's finals will resume at 1:30 p.m. with the men's discus followed by relays and running finals starting at 4:05 p.m. In the final field event of the Championships, Carolina's Nicole Greene returns to the ACC stage for the first time since winning the NCAA women's high jump title at the 2018 NCAAÂ Indoor Track & Field Championships. Greene, a redshirt junior from Ponte Vedra, Fla. and currently tied at No. 2 in the nation, also won the indoor ACC title in 2018 before redshirting the 2018 outdoor and 2019 indoor track and field seasons.
HOW TO FOLLOW
For those fans traveling to the Championships, there is no charge for admission.
Live Streaming
ACC Network Extra will again stream three hours of live action on the event's first night (Thursday, May 9), followed by four hours of coverage on Friday and Saturday evenings. Sean Kenney returns to handle play-by-play, while former U.S. Olympic standout Dan O'Brien will serve as analyst. The pair will be joined by distance race analyst David Mitchell and Melanie Newman as sideline reporter.
ACC Network Extra will bring live action Thursday from 6 until 9 p.m. Friday's live coverage will air from 6 p.m. until 8:30 p.m., followed by Saturday's finals from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m.
Live Stream Links
Thursday | Friday | Saturday
Additional Information
Live Results | Schedule of Events | Meet Notes | ACC Championship Central
Fans can follow @unctrack_field on Twitter and Instagram for live 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 each day of competition.
IN THE RANKINGS
Heading into the ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, the Tar Heels own 22 top-10 times/marks in the ACC, six top-20 times/marks in the East Region and five top-50 times/marks in NCAA Division I competition. Three Tar Heel women – Nicole Greene, Jill Shippee, Madison Wiltrout – have ranked among the top-10 competitors in the NCAA on numerous occasions. All three women held onto NCAA top-10 rankings for three consecutive weeks to close out regular-season competition.
Greene did not fall below No. 2 in the nation for the entirety of the outdoor regular season and tied her current event coach, Nicole Hudson, for third all-time in UNC high jump history (6-0
3/4 (1.82m)) at the Raleigh Relays on March 29.
Shippee has set the North Carolina hammer record a total of four times – 207-4 at the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships, 210-6 at the 2018 USATF Junior Outdoor National Championships, 212-1 at the Raleigh Relays on March 30 and 220-1 (67.09m) at the Battle of the Blues on April 6.
Wiltrout topped the UNC record books in the women's javelin after throwing 181-4 (55.28m) at the Miami Hurricane Alumni Invitational on April 12. Her shortest throw of the year still bests the third-best performance in the ACC by seven and a half feet.
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