UNC Men 3rd, Women 5th After Day 1 At ACC Championships

Thursday, February 25

Clemson, S.C.

Noon

North Carolina

ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships

Photo by: ACC

February 26, 2021 | Track & Field

By: UNC Athletic Communications

CLEMSON, S.C. – North Carolina sits third in the men's standings and fifth in the women's following Day 1 of the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships, being held at Clemson's Indoor Track and Field Complex.

Action resumes Friday at 9:30 a.m. and continues through Saturday afternoon.

The Tar Heels' top Thursday finishes came in the weight throw, in which UNC put two on the podium and had another in the top eight. Junior Troy Yearwood placed second with a throw of 69-2 (21.08) and James Joycey took third (66-11.5). Daniel McArthur was seventh with a throw of 65-4. The throws were personal bests for both Yearwood and McArthur.

Two Tar Heels make a trip to the #ACCITF podium in the men's weight ... Heels take three of the Top 8 scoring spots overall for 16 points! 2 🥈- Troy Yearwood, 69-2/21.08 PR 3 🥉- James Joycey, 66-11.50/20.41 7 - Daniel McArthur, 65-4/19.91 PR #GoHeels 🐏 #TarHeelTough 💪🏿💪🏽💪🏼 pic.twitter.com/ZPGh59lPWk
— UNC Track & Field • XC (@UNCTrack_Field) February 26, 2021

Other Tar Heel highlights from Thursday's action:
• Sophomore Sydney Banks cleared a season-best 1.73m to tie for fourth in the women's high jump.
• Senior Jill Shippee threw a lifetime best 20.65m to place fifth in the women's weight throw. Her throw ranks second in program history.
• Sophomore Ben Finger cleared a season-best 4.92m to place eighth in the men's pole vault
• In the women's pole vault, senior Emerson Porter also cleared a season high –3.92m – to place seventh.
• The Tar Heel team of Will Coogan, Jared Williams, Isiah Travis and Allen Siegler placed fourth in the men's DMR in 9:49.29.
• The women's DMR team of Emmeline Fisher, Maiah Walker, Erin Edmundson and Mady Clahane was also fourth in 11:21.77
• UNC also had a notable performance in the prelims as senior Anna Keefer ran a lifetime-best 23.66 in the morning's heats to qualify for the 200-meter final on Saturday. Her time is the second-best in school history.

Anna Keefer throws down a lifetime-best 23.66 to become the No. 2 performer in the Carolina indoor history and qualify for Saturday's 200-meter final! #GoHeels 🐏 #TarHeelTough 💪🏿💪🏽💪🏼 pic.twitter.com/epCdcVc5ZO
— UNC Track & Field • XC (@UNCTrack_Field) February 26, 2021

2021 ACC Indoor Track & Field Championships
Thursday's Results
FINALS
Men's Pole Vault
8. Ben Finger, 4.92m

Men's 5000m
16. Marshall Williamson, 14:21.94 (PB)
23. John Tatter, 14:44.08

Men's DMR
4. UNC (Will Coogan, Jared Williams, Isiah Travis, Allen Siegler), 9:49.29

Women's DMR
4. UNC (Emmeline Fisher, Maiah Walker, Erin Edmundson, Mady Clahane), 11:21.77 (SB)

Women's Weight Throw
5. Jill Shippee, 20.65m (PB)
18. Grace Wills, 15.44m

Women's High Jump
T4. Sydney Banks, 1.73m (SB)

Men's Weight Throw
2. Troy Yearwood, 21.08m (PB)
3. James Joycey, 20.41m
7. Daniel McArthur, 19.91m (PB)
15. Madias Loper, 18.03m (SB)

Women's Pole Vault
7. Emerson Porter, 3.92m (SB)

Men's Heptathlon
60m
18. Isaac Young, 7.81
Long Jump
13. Isaac Young, 6.14m
Shot Put
4. Isaac Young, 12.92m
High Jump
12. Isaac Young, 1.81m

PRELIMS
Men's 800m
12. Michael Spragley, 1:53.47

Men's 200m
6. Isaiah Palmer, 21.20 (PB)
12. Cameron Douglas, 21.56 (PB)
18. Dontavian Smith, 21.76
19. Qhiyal Towns, 21.84
20. Saypadia DeSaussure II, 22.15

Women's 200m
3. Anna Keefer, 23.66 (PB)
15. Brianna White, 24.43 (PB)
29. Nicole Barnes, 26.62