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River City Classic
Track & Field Hosts River City Classic in Outdoor Opener
3/15/2023 1:00:00 PM | Men's Track, Women's Track
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida track & field will spring forward into the outdoor track & field season by hosting its first home track meet of the year, the River City Classic, from Mar. 16-17 at Visit Jax Track at Hodges Stadium.
This will be the first of two regular-season outdoor meets that the Ospreys will host on the season with the East Coast Relays coming at the end of April to close out the season. UNF will also host the ASUN Outdoor Track & Field Championships, as well as the first round of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field East Preliminaries.
LAST TIME OUT
Men
- Aidan O'Gorman secured a pair of gold medals in the 3000m and 5000m at the ASUN Indoor Championships.
- The senior broke the ASUN Indoor Championship record in the 3k, joining the ranks of special UNF names and greats to win the event including William Pearce, Nathan Jubran, Noah Perkins, Nick Morken and Logan Poteet.
- Mac Franks continued to dominate the men's mile final by snatching the second-place title and taking home the silver medal.
- Timothy Doyle also competed in the men's mile, finishing slightly behind Franks and clinched a lifetime mark of 4:04.69.
- Ryan Douihech notched a second-place rank in the men's 800m final clocking in at 1:51.59.
- Jacob Hippo had a career-best performance at the ASUN Indoor Championship, leaping 2.02m in the men's high jump.
Women
- Kaley Petrosky was the highlight of the ASUN Indoor Championships on the women's side with a third-place finish in the women's high jump.
- Isa Leen maintained exceptional strides at the ASUN meet clocking in at 9:46.40 in the women's 3k.
- Leen placed in 10th out of 48 contenders.
- Neve Moulai improved after individually bypassing her previous 3k career mark, receiving a new lifetime achievement of 10:14.81.
- Camryn Cooney also made significant strides in the 3k after earning a personal-best time of 10:17.06 in the race.
- Hannah Martin clocked in at 10:24.67 in the 3000m adding a personal-best mark to her season. Â
NOTABLE OPPONENTSÂ Â Â
This week, the Ospreys will compete against in-state competitors Bethune-Cookman, Edward Waters, Embry-Riddle, Flagler, Florida A&M, Florida Southern, Florida State, Florida Tech and cross-town rival Jacksonville. A few out-of-state competitors include Georgia State, Manhattan, Marshall and North Georgia.
We can expect to see notable strides from Kristi Snyman from Jacksonville, who previously set a new ASUN indoor record in women's high jump, as well as the four All-SWAC Wildcats, Amenda Saint-Louis, Jermaine Dyges, Michael Hopkins and Emmanuel Corral.
PIGG'S THOUGHTS
"It is an exciting time of the year. We have a lot of athletes coming off of lifetime bests from indoor competition, which has us looking forward to great outdoor marks as we continue the journey. In some cases, we will get the opportunity to run outdoor only events such as the 400m hurdles, steeplechase and the 10,000m run, which will be fun as well. Everyone is working hard and ready to kick off the outdoor season."
-- head coach Jeff PiggÂ
UP NEXT
The Ospreys will travel up north for a four-day event at the Raleigh Relays hosted by NC State from Mar. 23-26.
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