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Catamount Classic Apr 13, 2023 14:16:58 GMT -5

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Post by The Cats on Apr 13, 2023 14:16:58 GMT -5

Western Carolina Hosts the Annual Catamount Classic This Friday & Saturday

Western Carolina track & field welcomes 11 teams to the Catamount Athletic Complex this weekend as it hosts the annual Catamount Classic over two days, Friday (April 14) and Saturday (April 15) as a precursor to WCU hosting the 2023 Southern Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships May 8-9. The event is open to the public and admission is free.

Live results for the meet will be available via a link on CatamountSports.com.

The meet begins Friday at 1 p.m. with the men's pole vault competition and also sees the men's and women's hammer throw, men's and women's javelin, men's and women's long jump, and women's pole vault on a busy day of field events. Track events start at 3:30 p.m. with preliminary heats of the women's 100-meter hurdles, with the opening day concluding with the men's 5,000-meter run at 8:30 p.m.

The Cats will be facing off against multiple Appalachian area universities including ETSU, Wofford, UNC Asheville, Northern Kentucky, the Citadel, Winthrop, and Gardner-Webb.

Last Edit: Apr 13, 2023 14:20:33 GMT -5 by The Cats

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Catamount Classic Apr 15, 2023 7:16:47 GMT -5 tarcat likes this

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Post by The Cats on Apr 15, 2023 7:16:47 GMT -5

Catamount Track & Field recorded Four Event Wins Friday at the Catamount Classic

In the men's pole vault which kicked off the meet, Jonathan Lehe won in a jump-off with a new personal best height of 4.46 meters.

Javon Brown led a WCU podium sweep in the long jump with a winning mark of 7.20 meters (23'7.5"). Javell Brown was second, also with a leap of 7.20 meters but was the runner-up due to needing more attempts. Tyler Rodriguez finished in third place with a top mark of 7.03 meters (23'0.75").

Jackson Livingston won the men's javelin with a throw of 52.37 meters. Dominick Dale finished sixth thanks to his mark of 46.34 meters with Kaleb Ambrose grabbing 10th at 42.23 meters.

catamountsports.com/news/2023/4/14/track-field-has-strong-start-at-catamount-classic.aspx

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Catamount Classic Apr 15, 2023 21:17:13 GMT -5 tarcat likes this

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Post by The Cats on Apr 15, 2023 21:17:13 GMT -5

Final Results ( s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/catamountsports.com/documents/2023/4/15/2023_Catamount_Classic_Track_Results.pdf )

Men's Scores
Pl Team Code Score
1 Western Carolina WCU 174
2 East Tenn. St. ETSU 104
3 UNC-Asheville UNCA 103
4 Tusculum TUSC 75
5 Winthrop WINT 65
6 Wofford WOFF 52
7 Citadel CIT 51
8 Gardner-Webb GWEB 37
9 Bellarmine BELL 22
10 Mars Hill MAHI 12
11 Northern Kentucky NKU 10
12 Guilford GUIL 7
13 Cincinnatus Elite CINC 3

Women's Scores
Pl Team Code Score
1 Western Carolina WCU 135.5
2 Wofford WOFF 132
3 East Tenn. St. ETSU 94
4 UNC-Asheville UNCA 72
5 Citadel CIT 65
6 Northern Kentucky NKU 63.5
7 Winthrop WINT 49
8 Gardner-Webb GWEB 43
9 Bellarmine BELL 38
10 Tusculum TUSC 31
11 Guilford GUIL 4
12 Mars Hill MAHI 2

The Western Carolina track & field teams earned three event wins and recorded several personal bests Saturday, the final day of the Catamount Classic at the Catamount Athletics Complex.

Michael Harris tied his men's 400-meter dash personal record of 47.62 as he took the event victory. Elias Barton placed ninth with a time of 49.76. Jonny Sherwood won the men's 3000-meter steeplechase in 9:50.24, outdueling ETSU's Abdul Jaber in a final lap battle.

Javon Brown won the men's triple jump with a leap of 14.96 meters (49'1"), besting his brother Javell Brown who placed second with a top jump of 14.76 meters (48'5.25"). Tyler Rodriguez finished eighth thanks to a jump of 13.55 meters (44'5.5").

Javell Brown earned his second podium finish of the day with a third-place finish in the men's high jump. Brown cleared the bar set at 1.95 meters (6'4.75").

WCU's men's 4x400-meter relay team of Noah Straley, Elias Barton, David Miles, and Harris closed out the meet with a second-place finish. The quartet finished the race in 3:14.97.

John Davis ran the third-fastest 800-meter run time in program history at 1:50.78, which is also a new personal best. He finished the race in third place. Henry Stecher finished in fifth place with a time of 1:53.39.

catamountsports.com/news/2023/4/15/track-field-earns-three-event-wins-saturday-at-catamount-classic.aspx

Last Edit: Apr 15, 2023 21:19:05 GMT -5 by The Cats

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