Track and Field Continue To Improve On Day Two at Darius Dixon Memorial

Saturday, February 12

Lynchburg, Va.

All Day

University of North Florida

8th Annual Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational

Photo by: KJ Jugar

Track and Field Continue To Improve On Day Two at Darius Dixon Memorial

2/12/2022 5:30:00 PM | Men's Track, Women's Track

Live Results

Meet: 8th Annual Darius Dixon Invite
Location: Lynchburg, Va.
Date: Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022

LYNCHBURG, Va. - North Florida track and field put together a solid day of competition at Liberty, as they closed out the final day of the Darius Dixon Invite. The Ospreys ran in five events this afternoon, along with two high jumpers competing in the field.

Kaley Petrosky and Ladarius Tellis both posted top-10 finishes in their respective events. Five runners also improved from their debut indoor 1-mile time from the Carolina Challenge, with Timothy Doyle and Hannah Martin clocked in collegiate personal-best times in the mile.

IN THE FIELD

Kaley Petrosky placed ninth in the women's high jump competition with a mark of 1.64m.
Tariq Lajoie also jumped well for the Ospreys with a mark of 1.91m.

ON THE TRACK

Men's Races

Ladarius Tellis placed ninth for his collegiate debut in the 1000m race with a time of 2:29.87.
Timothy Doyle ran a personal-best time of 4:07.59 to finish 17th in the mile race.
Robert Pedroza (4:12.14), Aiden Arnold (4:12.67), and Simon DeVoss (4:23.69) all shaved off time from their debut times in the indoor mile, with Pedroza and Arnold finishing within the top 30.
Ryan Thomas (23.39) and Jordan Travieso (23.73) posted times with a second of each other in their debut indoor 200m races.

Women's Races

Kaley Petrosky recorded a season-best mark of 1.64m in the high jump to bring home another top-10 finish for the Ospreys at Liberty.
Mia McLain led all Ospreys in the women's mile to take 27th with a time of 5:05.93.
McLain, along with Emma Jane Schlageter (5:08.30) and Hannah Martin (5:17.90), improved their best times in the indoor mile at the invite.
Celine D'Anna and Shawna Woodell also made their debuts in the 200m as well to finish with times of 27.80 and 28.57.

PIGG'S POINTS

"We finished the weekend with a lot of personal bests and gained more experience on the indoor track. After not running indoor track in 2021 due to the pandemic, we saw a lot of progress and growth among our athletes.

Ladarius Tellis kicked off the day on the track running a personal-best in 1000m. He looked strong and more comfortable than he did on the previous day in the 800m. Timothy Doyle, Aiden Arnold, and Robert Pedroza all ran personal bests in the mile and are starting to look more comfortable on the indoor track.

Likewise, on the women's side, Mia McLain and EJ Schlageter ran indoor personal bests and competed well. Many of our runners ran two events over the weekend, which provides good experience for them going into the ASUN Championships in two weeks where many of them will compete over multiple days. Kaley Petrosky continues to improve as she jumped a season-best of 1.64 meters and gains momentum going into the conference meet."
-- head coach Jeff Pigg

NEXT UP

The UNF track and field teams will head back up to Liberty in two weeks, as they will be competing in the ASUN Indoor Championships from Feb. 25-26 in Lynchburg, Va.