The North Carolina men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in the second Battle of the Blues meet on Saturday, April 1, in Durham, NC. The Tar Heels competed against the men’s and women’s track and field teams from Duke and Michigan.
In a running relay, there is a minuscule stretch of track designated as the exchange zone. Just a few strides long, it marks the finite distance in which one leg of the relay can hand off the baton to the next.
Nicole Greene is a sophomore high jumper for the North Carolina track and field team. Greene was UNC’s sole competitor at this weekend’s NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships in College Station, Texas.
A few cautious bounds, a skip and a hop, a full on sprint and then she’s off the ground. There goes Nicole Greene, repeating her ritualistic run-up to the high jump that she's bounded through a thousand times.
The North Carolina men's and women's track and field teams competed at the ACC Indoor Championships in South Bend, Ind. this past weekend. The Tar Heels peaked at the right time, posted a myriad of season bests and finished the ACC Championships with 11 individual All-ACC honorees and one team All-ACC distinction for the men's 4x400 relay. Both the men and women also finished in the top ten of the ACC leaderboard in team scores.
Many North Carolina athletes had the chance for a final tune up as the track and field team competed around the state in their last weekend of the regular season.
Sophomore high-jumper Nicole Greene spoke with Daily Tar Heel staff writer Jordanna Clark about this past weekend’s Camel City Invite, her personal success this season, and goals for herself and her team.
The North Carolina track and field team traveled to South Bend, Indiana to participate in the Notre Dame invite.
Emily Godwin took home first place in the women's pentathlon and several other Tar Heels impressed as the North Carolina track and field teams hosted the Tobacco Road Multis on Wednesday and Thursday.
The North Carolina track and field team opened its season on a good note — with the women's team winning the Dick Taylor Carolina Cup Friday and the men's team tying for first in the meet.
The NCAA East Preliminary track and field tournament saw three members of the North Carolina track and field team and one Tar Heel relay team qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships. The Preliminary took place from Thursday through Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla.
The North Carolina track and field teams competed at the ACC Championships over the weekend in Tallahassee, Fla. The men's team placed fourth overall, while the women's team came in 10th.
With 10 conference championship teams from the 2015 outdoor season and 11 conference championship teams from the 2016 indoor season, the Virginia Challenge featured elite competition all around.
The North Carolina track and field team made the short trek to Durham to compete in the Battle of the Blues on Friday and Saturday. The meet featured UNC, Duke and Michigan in the first ever time the three programs have met in a tri-meet.
The North Carolina track and field team scored top marks and showcased future potential in the Raleigh Relays this weekend.
The ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships held in Boston ended on Saturday with four All-ACC honorees from North Carolina.
North Carolina track and field athletes competed in two meets this weekend, serving as their final tune-up before the ACC Championships.
The Kent Taylor Invite on Sunday at the Eddie Smith Field House in Chapel Hill was the final indoor meet of the regular season for the North Carolina track and field team prior to the start of the ACC Championships.
The North Carolina track and field team has faced increasingly tough competition as the season has progressed. This past weekend's Iowa State Classic was no different. But the Tar Heels stepped up and showed improvement across the board with multiple personal records.
After its meet in Blacksburg, Va., was canceled a week ago, it was important for the North Carolina track and field team to come out firing on all cylinders.
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