Meet: Black & Gold Invite
Location: Orlando, Fla.
Date: Friday, Mar. 18, 2022
ORLANDO, Fla. - North Florida track and field had its outdoor season debut shortened due to inclement weather midway through the Black & Gold Invite hosted by UCF on Friday evening. The Ospreys will not be returning on Saturday for the second day of competition.
The women's team was able to complete the high jump, 200m dash, and 1500m race, while the men's team only finished the 400m hurdles and one heat of the 1500m event. Many lifetime marks and personal-best times were still accomplished by this group despite the weather delays.
IN THE FIELD
- Kaley Petrosky reached a new personal-best mark for the high jump on Friday evening at 1.67m.
- Izabelle Hays made her collegiate debut jump for outdoor with a mark of 1.57m.
ON THE TRACK
Men's Races
- Ryan Thomas had a great run in the 400m hurdles with a time of 56.87 to give him a 12th-place finish in a field of 27 runners.
- In the first and only heat of the 1500m before the meet's cancellation, Timothy Doyle paced the pack of six Ospreys with the second-fastest time in the race at 3:45.82.
- Robert Pedroza, Jake Turner and Aidan O'Gorman all posted lifetime bests following close behind Doyle with sub-3:49.00 times.
- Aiden Arnold ran an impressive time in his outdoor debut in the 1500m as well clocking in at 3:52.23, while Thomas Weiler wrapped up the grouping at 3:54.95.
Women's Races
PIGG'S POINTS
"Kaley [Petrosky] did a really good job. The meet was postponed, so she had her first jump and then jumped at a higher bar after the delay. EJ [Schlageter] lead the way for the women in the 1500m. It was new for her to run a 1500m, but compared to the 1-mile run, that was one of the best times she's ever ran.
Leah Pelham did the same thing in a good race, so that was exciting to see from those two girls.
On the men's side for the 1500m, I thought we had a really good race. Doyle opened at 3:45, followed by Robert [Pedroza], Jake [Turner], and Aidan [O'Gorman] at 3:48. That's a good opener with good times with PR's for the three of them.
Aiden Arnold did really well as a freshman in the same race as well. It was really good for us on the men's side and it just a really good meet. Unfortunate that we don't get to finish it, but that's just how it went." -- head coach
Jeff Pigg
NEXT UP
The UNF track and field teams will return to UCF next weekend to compete in the Knights Invite, while the Ospreys will also have runners at NC State for the Raleigh Relays on Friday, Mar. 25, in Raleigh, N.C.
