Track & Field Caps Off Successful Weekend at Carolina Challenge

Saturday, January 22

Columbia, S.C.

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University of North Florida

Carolina Challenge

Photo by: David Hicks

Track & Field Caps Off Successful Weekend at Carolina Challenge

1/22/2022 7:00:00 PM | Men's Track, Women's Track

Live Results (Day 2)

Meet: Carolina Challenge (Day 2)
Location: Columbia, S.C.
Date: Friday, Jan. 22, 2022

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The North Florida track & field teams completed their indoor season debut at the Carolina Challenge with personal-best times across the board. The Ospreys started their season strong competing against a 44-team field that consisted of multiple Power Five programs, including Miami (FL) and Georgia Tech.

Most of the underclassmen for UNF have never raced on an indoor track before this weekend and have gained valuable experience competing in South Carolina.

IN THE FIELD

Izabelle Hays makes her collegiate field debut with a fifth-place finish in the women's high jump with a mark of 1.60m.
Kaley Petrosky also impressed on the field for the Ospreys matching Hays' mark of 1.60m to finish sixth in the women's high jump.
Tariq Lajoie makes his debut for indoor competition in the men's high jump invite with a mark of 1.93m.

ON THE TRACK

Men's Races

Timothy Doyle finishes fourth in the 1-mile run just clearing his personal-best mark with a time of 4:11.36.
Robert Pedroza put together a top 20 finish in his indoor debut with a time of 4:18.41 in the 1-mile race.
Nathan Jubran and Aidan O'Gorman teamed up for a second- and third-place finish shattering their personal-best indoor 3k marks with times of 8:09.43 and 8:12.51 respectively.
Aiden Arnold made his mark on the 800m finishing sixth with a time of 1:53.73, while Ladarius Tellis followed right behind him at 1:53.79.
Jordan Travieso and Thomas Weiler, along with Doyle and Pedroza, capped the meet off for the men in the distance medley with a second-place finish and a time of 10:07.27.
Tellis, as well as Onix Ortiz Vazquez, Ryan Thomas and Simon DeVoss, finished third in the distance medley with a time of 10:12.78.

Women's Races

Emma Jane Schlageter made her indoor debut in the 1-mile run with a time of 5:20.13.
Raquel Lespasio had an excellent time of 18:12.81 that put her at fourth in the 5k race.
Mia McLain, Celine D'Anna, Erica Fisher, and EJ Schlageter finished the day strong for the women in the distance medley with a time of 12:24.00.

PIGG'S POINTS

"It was an exciting weekend and I thought we competed well. I think one of the things that I saw was that we did have some good marks, but we had other runners who weren't quite where they wanted to be, but they still competed hard. Now we head back to training with some data of our strengths and weaknesses, so we know what we need to do to improve.

Both Nathan Jubran and Aidan O'Gorman both had high quality marks hitting 8:09 and 8:12 [in the 3k]. I thought Timothy Doyle competed well and did a good job in the 1-mile. Aiden Arnold and Ladarius Tellis are both true freshman that ran smart and competed well in the 800m. They executed their race plan really well and they did a good job.

The high jumpers, outside of Kaley Petrosky, have never competed indoors. Both Izabelle Hays and Tariq Lajoie were just coming in and figuring things out. They just needed to get comfortable and get their steps down. I though Tariq, as well as Kaley and Izabelle, did a nice job of getting good clearances. Izabella's jump was right at her lifetime best so that was a good event for us." -- head coach Jeff Pigg

NEXT UP

The Osprey track & field teams will travel up to Lynchburg, Va. for the 8th Annual Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational hosted by Liberty from Feb. 11-12. This will also be the host site for the ASUN Indoor Championship meet at the end of February.

Timothy Doyle will make an appearance at the Camel City Invitational in Winston-Salem, N.C. from Feb. 4-5 before the Liberty meet the week afterwards.