Ospreys to Host A-Sun Track & Field Championships

2010 Track & Field Championships - Schedule of Events

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The University of North Florida track and field teams will host the 2010 Atlantic Sun Outdoor Championships this Friday and Saturday, May 14-15, for the second year in a row at Hodges Stadium.

Hodges Stadium will be the host facility for the second year in a row. North Florida's track has full markings for all NCAA and IAAF events, including the ability to run directional events in either direction on the new state-of-the-art Mondo surface. It is the same surface used at the most recent Olympic Games and is considered the fastest, safest and most durable tracks in the world.

All field event areas are within the stadium, including 4 horizontal jump pits, 8 pole vault locations, and multiple areas for each throwing event. To round out the package, the facility includes a full 400m, 3 lane warm-up track and brand new IAAF certified equipment provided by UCS.

On Friday the meet will start at 9 a.m. with the Women's Heptathlon and finish up day one with the men's 10000m event.

The Ospreys currently have 16 athletes ranked in the top five of their respective events in the A-Sun Outdoor Performance list. UNF also holds top five marks in the men's and women's 4x100-meter and 4x400m relay events.

In the field events, UNF holds first place scores in the pole vault with senior Anne DelBovo and sophomore Christina King tied for a height of 3.80m. DelBovo broke the school record in the vault at the FSU Seminole Invite but King followed her performance the following week with the same mark at the UNF Osprey Challenge.

North Florida also owns the high jump event in the conference with Elise Trexler in control of the top spot after her school record breaking height of 1.78m in the FSU Seminole Invite on April 9.

For the men, freshman James Post holds the top spot for the Ospreys with a second place time in the 1500m (3:55.32). He also is positioned third in the conference in the 800m, breaking the school's record with a time of 1:51.86.

At last season's conference championship, the women saw a third place finish behind Kennesaw State and Jacksonville. The men finished sixth overall.

UNF had 16 all-conference performers over the two-day meet, with 12 women earning all-conference nods while four men earned all-conference in 2009.

The women's 4x100m relay team set a team record with a time of 46.77, where this season they sit at a team best of 43.84. Ann DelBovo, who won the pole vault event, picked up her second all-conference honor in the 4x100m. SaLydia James, Keva Stephens and Charisma Anderson all took home conference honors, helping lead that 4X100 group to a second-place finish.

Laura Ragland finished second in the 1500m, Kayla Conrad finished third in the 800m, Ashton McGuire took home second in the women's javelin and Erin Heasley finished third in the steeplechase. All of those competitors earned all-conference nods for their efforts. Elise Trexler set a new personal best at the time of 5-7 in the high jump to highlight UNF's field events.

Of the four men who garnered all-conference awards, junior Noah Thompson will return this season. Thompson picked up third place in the pole vault in last year's outdoor championships with a vault of 4.45m.

Follow along at www.cfpitming.com for live results through Friday and Saturday.

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